"Gotta get out of here...gotta get out of here..." Mary talked to herself yet again as she hurried down Manhattan's East Side ( A/Ndon't ask me how she got there...truth is....I dont know)
"You will stay here till you like it, or I kill you. Whichever comes first."
Mary wheeled around and looked down in disbelief.
"Caroline? You're a--"
"Chicken? Yeah no kidding." The chicken squawked back at Mary. "They're coming! Now make like Dorothy and hit the Yellow Brick Road!" Caroline/the chicken flapped her/its wings and waddled away.
Mary turned and saw a bunch of newsies heading down the opposite sidewalk.
"Hey! Skittery!"
"I didn't do it! Oh, sorry....reflex."
"Whatever. Listen, you wouldn't wanna show me around this hellhole, would ya?"
Skittery grinned. This girl was perfect for him. She was totally cynical about....well....EVERYTHING.
"Yeah sure. We eat at this dump called Tibby's....WORST food you could ever imagine. I just eat there because it's cheap..."
"So what else are you forced to deal with in your miserable life?" Mary asked Skit eagerly at the table in Tibby's.
"Les."
Mary gave him a roll of the eyes in sympathy, "I feel your pain. That kid bugs the hell outta me too."
Skittery smiled inwardly. Mary was hilarious in the way that they were both unenthusiastic about the same things. Mary was great; Skittery thought happily about how he was going to ask her out and then he'd have a girlfriend who would make fun of everyone else with him.
But Skittery's luck was about to change. David happened by the table just then.
"Hi Mary!" David smiled, squeezing beside her at the booth. His adorable eyes lit up as she sniffed in contempt. "I brought you some flowers." He handed her a bouquet of yellow roses.
"Get away from me, newsie scum of the earth." Mary said matter-of-factly.
"Wait a minute! Wait a minute!" A voice boomed from above. The whole restaurant froze. Newsies sat frozen, forks halfway to their mouths and Specs in mid-sneeze. (Not a pretty picture)
"What did you do, Caroline?" Mary propped her head on her arm, boredly.
Caroline's face appeared on the menu, over the words, "Roast Beef Special".
"I hit the 'pause' button." She told Mary.
"Figures..." Mary muttered to herself.
"Listen, you can't do that to David....He's my favorite!" Caroline whined.
"Ew, why?" Mary looked over at David frozen beside her, his eyes half-hooded in mid-blink and the goofy smile still fixed upon his face.
"He's cute!"
"Look at that goofy smile."
"He's adorable, so shut up." Caroline hit the "play" button and the buzz of the restaurant resumed.
David looked unfazed. "Okay! Call me!" He jumped up and skipped away from the table cheerfully, as if Mary had just kissed him.
Mary turned back to Skittery
"Moron." They both muttered under their breath and snickered.
Mary and Skittery locked eyes for a brief but loving moment. There was the silent understanding that everything was going to change Then Crutchy tripped and as Mary guffawed, Skittery called him "the biggest screw up to ever limp around the planet."
Ah yes. This, ladies and gentlemen, was true love.
yes I know. I bit short. S'okay though!!
"You will stay here till you like it, or I kill you. Whichever comes first."
Mary wheeled around and looked down in disbelief.
"Caroline? You're a--"
"Chicken? Yeah no kidding." The chicken squawked back at Mary. "They're coming! Now make like Dorothy and hit the Yellow Brick Road!" Caroline/the chicken flapped her/its wings and waddled away.
Mary turned and saw a bunch of newsies heading down the opposite sidewalk.
"Hey! Skittery!"
"I didn't do it! Oh, sorry....reflex."
"Whatever. Listen, you wouldn't wanna show me around this hellhole, would ya?"
Skittery grinned. This girl was perfect for him. She was totally cynical about....well....EVERYTHING.
"Yeah sure. We eat at this dump called Tibby's....WORST food you could ever imagine. I just eat there because it's cheap..."
"So what else are you forced to deal with in your miserable life?" Mary asked Skit eagerly at the table in Tibby's.
"Les."
Mary gave him a roll of the eyes in sympathy, "I feel your pain. That kid bugs the hell outta me too."
Skittery smiled inwardly. Mary was hilarious in the way that they were both unenthusiastic about the same things. Mary was great; Skittery thought happily about how he was going to ask her out and then he'd have a girlfriend who would make fun of everyone else with him.
But Skittery's luck was about to change. David happened by the table just then.
"Hi Mary!" David smiled, squeezing beside her at the booth. His adorable eyes lit up as she sniffed in contempt. "I brought you some flowers." He handed her a bouquet of yellow roses.
"Get away from me, newsie scum of the earth." Mary said matter-of-factly.
"Wait a minute! Wait a minute!" A voice boomed from above. The whole restaurant froze. Newsies sat frozen, forks halfway to their mouths and Specs in mid-sneeze. (Not a pretty picture)
"What did you do, Caroline?" Mary propped her head on her arm, boredly.
Caroline's face appeared on the menu, over the words, "Roast Beef Special".
"I hit the 'pause' button." She told Mary.
"Figures..." Mary muttered to herself.
"Listen, you can't do that to David....He's my favorite!" Caroline whined.
"Ew, why?" Mary looked over at David frozen beside her, his eyes half-hooded in mid-blink and the goofy smile still fixed upon his face.
"He's cute!"
"Look at that goofy smile."
"He's adorable, so shut up." Caroline hit the "play" button and the buzz of the restaurant resumed.
David looked unfazed. "Okay! Call me!" He jumped up and skipped away from the table cheerfully, as if Mary had just kissed him.
Mary turned back to Skittery
"Moron." They both muttered under their breath and snickered.
Mary and Skittery locked eyes for a brief but loving moment. There was the silent understanding that everything was going to change Then Crutchy tripped and as Mary guffawed, Skittery called him "the biggest screw up to ever limp around the planet."
Ah yes. This, ladies and gentlemen, was true love.
yes I know. I bit short. S'okay though!!