Hallie fell to her knees in an alley near by. "I can't run any more. Spot wont let me come back...I just kicked his girlfriend's ass..." She sighed.
"Don't feel bad baby goil, I can make ya feel better." Said a voice drawing toward her. "Who...who's there?" She gasped. "Ya dream baby doll!" He yelled until he grabbed her arm and pulled her into the light. It was a boy a little taller then she was. His skin was the color of oatmeal and he had curly brown hair. "Who are you?" She said darkly.
He laughed hysterically. "Sorry Ise scared youse, Ise have a knack for doin' that. Me name's Mush by the way and I'm a Newsie. Hallie let out a breath she had inhaled a long time before. "I thought you were a real jerk." She said with some laughter. "Nah, I wouldn't hurt ya ever." Mush said giving her a smile. Hallie thought he was really hot. He had a nice build. HOTTIE written all over him. Plus it seemed like he had a great personality.
"Well, I got to find a place to stay so I guess I'll catch ya later!" She called walking away. "Wait! You can stay with us at the Manhattan Lodging House!" He called. "Ya mean it?" She asked excitedly running back. "Yep!" Mush said holding out his arm and she looped her arm in his and they took off toward Manhattan Lodging House.
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"No luck Spot?" Raven asked Spot as he walked in the doorway. "Nah, we neva found her." He said sadly. Soon there was a shriek from outside. "What? An attack at this hour?" Dusk asked Spot. "Betta go see!" Spot yelled and ran out to fing Lightning floating on a matress in the middle of the water. (PARENT TRAP! LOL!) "SPOT CONLON!" She shrieked at the top of her lungs.
"Shad up! Ya goin' to wake up da whole neighborhood!" Spot yelled. "Is it my fault I have a dumbass for a boyfriend?" She asked in rage. "Ya know what? Forget you Lightning Coleman! I could do betta than a little slut like you!" He yelled and went back into the lodging house.
"It's all Sodapop's fault! That little tramp! Spot baby, come back! I was only joking!" She yelled.
Spot went into his room and thought about Hallie for the first time in a long time.
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"Hey, Jack this is Sodapop. Could she stay heah for a while please?" Mush asked Jack with a puppy dog look. "Well nice ta meet ya Sodapop...." He said waiting for some kind of last name is she had one. "Basham." She told him boldly. "Sodapop Basham." He finished looking her over. "Well, are you goin' to be good with Newsie life? He asked her.
"What you kiddin? I'm used to dis type of life ya know?" Hallie said in the best accent she could. "Well, Spot's payin' us a visit tomorrow so we'll see if he likes ya at all." Jack told her with a funny smile.
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The next morning Hallie woke with a start. She got up and went over to the sink to wash her face. "Sodapop Basham..." She sighed looking at her reflection in the mirror. "No more Lindsey Hallie Basham." She said boldly. Hallie was her middle name and no one knew her first name except Alex. Well better get ready she told herself and went to get dressed.
She got dressed in some of mush's old clothes. They were a bit big on her since she was a skinny bit of nothing. Her green eyes stood out in the sunlight as she brushed her long straight black hair softly. "Why are you so pale Soda?" Mush asked looking at her ghostly white complexion. "I don't get out much but now it looks like I'm gonna huh?" She asked with a smile. She once again looped her arm in his and they took off to go sell.
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"That was so easy Mush!" Hallie said feeling coins jingling around in her pocket. "Oh yeah? Lucky foist day!" Mush said hitting the rim of her hat so that it fell in her eyes. "Hey!" She laughed.
"Hey Jackie Boy." Said a fimilar voice off to the right. She lifted the hat to find Spot Conlon. "Soda?" He asked astonished. "Spot?" She asked back blinking. "We'se was out all night lookin' for youse! I can't have me Newsies, especially a goil running all the way to Manhattan with no protection, who knew what could of happened to youse!" Spot was getting ahead of himself.
"You're Newsie?" Jack asked stepping in. "Yes, Jackie boy she ran away right after she beat the shit outta Lighting. "You did?!" Mush asked with a huge smile. "Yep." She said with a smirk but then she looked at Spot. "Sorry Spot." She said sadly. "Don't be apologizin! That is the kind of fight I wanna see in me goils! Brooklyn Newsies gotta have spunk and they gotta be tough. Lightning Coleman was nothing but a tramp and a bitch." He said.
"But she's you're girlfriend." She said. "Was." Spot replied. "Spot, go back to her don't waste your time here, I'll stay with Manhattan. I dunno if I'm cut to be a Brooklyn Newsie." Hallie said taking her hat off her head. "Hallie, I need someone to talk to, I can't talk to me boys or the other goils, I dunno, I just feel more betta around you, like I've known ya for Years ya know?" He was saying. "So please, don't leave now."
"Well Spot, could I maybe trade off with Manhattan and Brooklyn? I love both of you guys so much. She said with a smile. "Shoa, but be back in Brooklyn tomorrow okay?" He said. "Deal." She said spitting in her hand as he did the same and they shook. So then Spot made his way back to Brooklyn.
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Hallie had been trading off back and forth now she was back in Manhattan she had to meet the guys for lunch in Tibby's so she ran until she got there. She smoothed back her hair and put her hat on again. "Hey fellas! She called walking in. "Hey Soda! They all called. Soda went and sat beside Blink. Mush was talking to Race.
"So waddya wanna talk about Mushy boy?" He asked lighting his cigar. "Race, I love Soda." He said. Race nearly choked on his cigar. "You do? Well lots a guys get da same thing, it'll pass." Race said putting it back in his mouth. "No Race, I've liked her for as long as I've known her." Mush said seriously. "Well you should tell her." Race said. "Well, I could walk around Central Park with her I guess....." Mush said.
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Soda and Mush were walking around Central Park. "Soda, this is hard to say....but I....love ya." Mush said taking her hand. "Mush..." She said quietly. "Look Soda, I know it's sudden but I've loved ya from da foist time I layed eyes on ya in that alley." Mush said. "Well, Ise kinda liked you too." Soda said nervously. "Wouldya be me goil?" He blurted out.
"Sure Mush, I'd like that very much." She said taking his hand. He leaned over on the bench they were sitting on and kissed her. It was along time before they broke apart. "Wow." Soda said with a smile. Mush rubbed her hand with his thumb. "I love ya Sodapop Basham." He said giving her another kiss and this time they felt an extreme burst of emotion they broke apart and looked into each others eyes.
"Look at the sunset Mush." she said. It was such a beautiful sunset. It was golden with purple in it too. Mush smiled and got up with her and they walked back to the lodging house holding hands the whole way there.
"Don't feel bad baby goil, I can make ya feel better." Said a voice drawing toward her. "Who...who's there?" She gasped. "Ya dream baby doll!" He yelled until he grabbed her arm and pulled her into the light. It was a boy a little taller then she was. His skin was the color of oatmeal and he had curly brown hair. "Who are you?" She said darkly.
He laughed hysterically. "Sorry Ise scared youse, Ise have a knack for doin' that. Me name's Mush by the way and I'm a Newsie. Hallie let out a breath she had inhaled a long time before. "I thought you were a real jerk." She said with some laughter. "Nah, I wouldn't hurt ya ever." Mush said giving her a smile. Hallie thought he was really hot. He had a nice build. HOTTIE written all over him. Plus it seemed like he had a great personality.
"Well, I got to find a place to stay so I guess I'll catch ya later!" She called walking away. "Wait! You can stay with us at the Manhattan Lodging House!" He called. "Ya mean it?" She asked excitedly running back. "Yep!" Mush said holding out his arm and she looped her arm in his and they took off toward Manhattan Lodging House.
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"No luck Spot?" Raven asked Spot as he walked in the doorway. "Nah, we neva found her." He said sadly. Soon there was a shriek from outside. "What? An attack at this hour?" Dusk asked Spot. "Betta go see!" Spot yelled and ran out to fing Lightning floating on a matress in the middle of the water. (PARENT TRAP! LOL!) "SPOT CONLON!" She shrieked at the top of her lungs.
"Shad up! Ya goin' to wake up da whole neighborhood!" Spot yelled. "Is it my fault I have a dumbass for a boyfriend?" She asked in rage. "Ya know what? Forget you Lightning Coleman! I could do betta than a little slut like you!" He yelled and went back into the lodging house.
"It's all Sodapop's fault! That little tramp! Spot baby, come back! I was only joking!" She yelled.
Spot went into his room and thought about Hallie for the first time in a long time.
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"Hey, Jack this is Sodapop. Could she stay heah for a while please?" Mush asked Jack with a puppy dog look. "Well nice ta meet ya Sodapop...." He said waiting for some kind of last name is she had one. "Basham." She told him boldly. "Sodapop Basham." He finished looking her over. "Well, are you goin' to be good with Newsie life? He asked her.
"What you kiddin? I'm used to dis type of life ya know?" Hallie said in the best accent she could. "Well, Spot's payin' us a visit tomorrow so we'll see if he likes ya at all." Jack told her with a funny smile.
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The next morning Hallie woke with a start. She got up and went over to the sink to wash her face. "Sodapop Basham..." She sighed looking at her reflection in the mirror. "No more Lindsey Hallie Basham." She said boldly. Hallie was her middle name and no one knew her first name except Alex. Well better get ready she told herself and went to get dressed.
She got dressed in some of mush's old clothes. They were a bit big on her since she was a skinny bit of nothing. Her green eyes stood out in the sunlight as she brushed her long straight black hair softly. "Why are you so pale Soda?" Mush asked looking at her ghostly white complexion. "I don't get out much but now it looks like I'm gonna huh?" She asked with a smile. She once again looped her arm in his and they took off to go sell.
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"That was so easy Mush!" Hallie said feeling coins jingling around in her pocket. "Oh yeah? Lucky foist day!" Mush said hitting the rim of her hat so that it fell in her eyes. "Hey!" She laughed.
"Hey Jackie Boy." Said a fimilar voice off to the right. She lifted the hat to find Spot Conlon. "Soda?" He asked astonished. "Spot?" She asked back blinking. "We'se was out all night lookin' for youse! I can't have me Newsies, especially a goil running all the way to Manhattan with no protection, who knew what could of happened to youse!" Spot was getting ahead of himself.
"You're Newsie?" Jack asked stepping in. "Yes, Jackie boy she ran away right after she beat the shit outta Lighting. "You did?!" Mush asked with a huge smile. "Yep." She said with a smirk but then she looked at Spot. "Sorry Spot." She said sadly. "Don't be apologizin! That is the kind of fight I wanna see in me goils! Brooklyn Newsies gotta have spunk and they gotta be tough. Lightning Coleman was nothing but a tramp and a bitch." He said.
"But she's you're girlfriend." She said. "Was." Spot replied. "Spot, go back to her don't waste your time here, I'll stay with Manhattan. I dunno if I'm cut to be a Brooklyn Newsie." Hallie said taking her hat off her head. "Hallie, I need someone to talk to, I can't talk to me boys or the other goils, I dunno, I just feel more betta around you, like I've known ya for Years ya know?" He was saying. "So please, don't leave now."
"Well Spot, could I maybe trade off with Manhattan and Brooklyn? I love both of you guys so much. She said with a smile. "Shoa, but be back in Brooklyn tomorrow okay?" He said. "Deal." She said spitting in her hand as he did the same and they shook. So then Spot made his way back to Brooklyn.
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Hallie had been trading off back and forth now she was back in Manhattan she had to meet the guys for lunch in Tibby's so she ran until she got there. She smoothed back her hair and put her hat on again. "Hey fellas! She called walking in. "Hey Soda! They all called. Soda went and sat beside Blink. Mush was talking to Race.
"So waddya wanna talk about Mushy boy?" He asked lighting his cigar. "Race, I love Soda." He said. Race nearly choked on his cigar. "You do? Well lots a guys get da same thing, it'll pass." Race said putting it back in his mouth. "No Race, I've liked her for as long as I've known her." Mush said seriously. "Well you should tell her." Race said. "Well, I could walk around Central Park with her I guess....." Mush said.
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Soda and Mush were walking around Central Park. "Soda, this is hard to say....but I....love ya." Mush said taking her hand. "Mush..." She said quietly. "Look Soda, I know it's sudden but I've loved ya from da foist time I layed eyes on ya in that alley." Mush said. "Well, Ise kinda liked you too." Soda said nervously. "Wouldya be me goil?" He blurted out.
"Sure Mush, I'd like that very much." She said taking his hand. He leaned over on the bench they were sitting on and kissed her. It was along time before they broke apart. "Wow." Soda said with a smile. Mush rubbed her hand with his thumb. "I love ya Sodapop Basham." He said giving her another kiss and this time they felt an extreme burst of emotion they broke apart and looked into each others eyes.
"Look at the sunset Mush." she said. It was such a beautiful sunset. It was golden with purple in it too. Mush smiled and got up with her and they walked back to the lodging house holding hands the whole way there.