Disclaimer: Nope Still don't own Newsies!
Ms. Brownfield opened the door and Knots stepped inside.
Her stomach dropped, and yet she wasn't surprised to see that her room was just as dark and eerie as the rest of the lodging house. She looked at a room with an old hardwood floor, dark walls and two small beds, one on either side of the room. The only thing that kept the room from being pitch black, was a huge window with a window seat.
"Well this is lovely" Knots's mother said
"She MUST be joking" Knots thought to herself.
" Okay dear, see you when you graduate" her mother said happily
" Why is she so perky?" Knots tried to figure out.
And with that her mother handed her her luggage and gave her a kiss on her cheek. Both her and Ms. Brownfield left her to settle into her room.
Before Knots could do anything Ms. Brownfield poked her head back in the room.
" Because you just got here today, you won't have to attend class like the other young ladies, but you will tomorrow. I expect you to be up and dressed at five A.M. Oh, and here is your uniform."
Ms. Brownfield threw some clothes at her as well as a pair of shoes, one of which hit her on the arm.
The door slammed shut and Knots was left alone one again.
She looked around the room trying to take it all in. She noticed that one of the beds had belonging on it and she realized she had a roommate.
She walked slowly over to a bare mattress that was to be her bed for the next four years.
When she sat down on it, it let out a loud creak.
Knots started to shake.
She then reached into one of her bags and pulled something out. It was Jack's bandanna. She held it tightly in her hands and then rubbed it against her cheek.
It still smelled like Jack.
Her eyes began to water, but she fought the tears. She had to be strong, they couldn't break her.
Just then she started to think about what Jack was doing right now. He was probably finishing selling his papers.
Knots began to feel better thinking of her good memories with Jack, but then out of no where a horrible thought entered her mind.
"What if Jack forgets me?" She thought
" What if he doesn't wait for me? What if he finds someone else? What if he doesn't want me to come back?"
Knots couldn't handle it anymore. She started to sob hysterically.
" Maybe I'm not supposed to be with Jack. Maybe this all happened for a reason. Maybe I have a different destiny that doesn't have Jack and I together in it. I should just try and go along with it. I could possibly learn something from this boarding school"
Hearing herself say the words out loud made Knots cry even harder. She laid her face down on her bed and cried until she fell asleep.
During her sleep she had a dream.
She was back in New York watching her and Jack run through Manhattan holding hands.
Next she was at the train station seeing her and Jack say their Goodbyes.
Then she was in the streets of New York again. This time she saw Jack. He was alone. He looked tired, hungry, and beaten.
Knots ran to him.
" Jack! Jack!" she cried
Jack didn't hear her. He just kept walking.
" Jack!" she yelled again
"Whaddya want?" he turned around saying.
" Ise jus wanna know if youse going to Tibbys." A male voice answered.
" No crutchy, sorry. Ise gotta finish sellin my papes. Even if Ise was done, Ise gotta save my money so Ise can go to Santa Fe."
" Gee Jack, what's so special about Santa Fe?"
" My life is there Crutchy. I'm dead without it."
" That's funny Jack. You look alive to me!"
" You don't understand."
" Uh Ok Jack, sees ya around."
Jack started walking off with his papers calling out headlines.
" Jack!" knots called out once again.
She wanted to hold him so bad.
" Miss! Miss!" a girls voice was calling.
Knots felt someone shaking her.
She rolled over and opened her eyes to see a girl about her age with brown hair.
Knots sat up remembering the dream.
"Oh my gosh!" she exclaimed grabbing the girls shoulders.
" Do you know what this means? Jack hasn't forgotten about me! In fact, he's trying to get to me! He does love me!"
By now the girl looked frightened.
" Uh, well, I'm glad that this Jack fellow hasn't forgotten you, but um, could you please let go of me?"
Knots realized that she was grabbing hold of a complete stranger and yelling about Jack.
" Oh dear, I'm so sorry."
" Its ok doll, don't worry. So who is this Jack fellow?"
" Well, it's a long story."
" We've got time. Dinner isn't for another hour or two"
Knots started telling the girl everything. From when she first met Jack and became a Newsie, till when she left Jack and had the dream.