okay so i had shoutouts to my reviewers on my original doc. but my comp decided to be a pain in my ass and mess up, and im tired like whoa so i'll do some induvid shoutouts eventually (since i really dont do themanyway.) okay, so lets bring some hott, sexaaay newsboys back into the pictcha.... ;-) ( little longer than my usual chptrs)
Chapter 3: Gin, Poker, and Dance Partners
The girls walked around for over an hour, but everything was either full, closed, or filled with rich men wanting to get away from their wives. All they needed were drunk, married men chasing them down in the middle of the night. They were all gorgeous girls, but they were all dressed up with no place to go. As they were preparing to give up and go home, Madison saw Jack.
"Jack!" he stopped and turned.
"Well whatta'ya know? I thought I had gotten rid of you!" he said, half sarcastically.
"Very funny...We um...need some help..."
"Look, I'd love to help but I've got a a girl waiting at this party-what was your name?"
"Madison-do you know hers?" she raised an eyebrow, placing her hands on her hips.
He hesitated, "Look, I'm gonna be late and it's an invite only party ok?" he started to walk off
"Wait-a party? We've been walking around for hours! Can you get us in, please Jack?" she futtered her eye lashes.
"I-I just can't-" he was cut off by 5 girls surrounding him, pouting and pleading as best they could. He looked at them all, over-whelmed, then over at Madison. She crossed her arms and smirked, challenging him to say no, "Fiiiiine..." they all squealed, "But-" they stopped immediatly, "As soon as we get in there you're on your own. I got a girl waiting, remember?"
"Yes, sir!" Madison sarcastically saluted him. He eyed her then led them down the street.
He took them all the way to Brooklyn and convinced the guy at the door of the building to let the girls in easily. They followed in, taking in their surroundings. They were in an old warehouse, but it had been done up somewhat. Once they were in Jack pretended to tip a hat and was lost in the crowd. Madison spotted him one last time taking a girl under his arm. The girls all just stood, debating whether or not they were going to let go.
"That's it-come on girls we're gonna make the most of this..." Chloe grabbed several glasses filled with what she could only assum was alcohol. The girls hesitated, "What-never had a drink before?" they all shook their heads.
"Hey-I'm here to experiance new things-and if drinking gin is one of them, then what the hell?" Madison grabbed a glass and clanked hers with Chloe's before attempting to down it all.
She got several gulps before she stopped and her eyes bulged-it was stronger than she had expected. Chloe downed the entire glass without stopping for air and slammed it down on the table in front of her. Several guys around them stopped, obviously intrigued.
One stepped forward, "I can't say I've ever seen a lady, especially one so lovely as yourself, dry out a glass of hard gin like that..."
Chloe burped, wiped her mouth, and laughed, holding out her hand, "Except I'm no lady...Chloe Daniels."
He perked up at her offering and shook, "Spot Conlon."
"Nice to meet you. You have a light?" he pulled out a match and lit the cigarette she pulled out of her pocket.
Madison laughed-she had no idea Chloe was that-out there. Chloe turned back to the girls after letting out a puff of smoke, "Come on girls-down the hatch!"
All the girls began downing the drinks in front of them. Spot laughed at the situation in front of him. Most the girls at the party were newsgirls from Manhattan, Brooklyn, Harlem, Midtown, and the Bronx. The rest were either whores that charmed their way in or they belonged to a guy there. These girls fell into their own category. Gorgeous, young, basically broke, and most of all-innocent. But not Chloe. Spot had a feeling his night was about to get a whole lot better. That Madison girl had some fire in her too...
Once they had all finished Chloe laughed at their expressions, "Alright girls. No turning back now. Have fun!"
They paired up and went their separate ways, Adrianna and Ruth joining the dancing, Lucillie and Emily talking to boys, and most ironically-Alice could be found taste testing every drink that passed by her! Chloe and Madison went with Spot and some of his friends for poker and more drinks. About an hour later Chloe was deep into a high stakes game of 5-card draw. The pot had become large for their income, but it was the best of the best wanting to be forever crowned.
"Whatta'ya say Race?" she asked.
"I'm in doll-don't think I'm about to let some dame beat me at my own game..." he threw several coins in.
"Well 'Jimmy of Harlem,' you in?" she asked, mocking the way he had introduced himself to her earlier.
"Too rich for my blood..." he threw his cards in.
A kid from the Bronx and one of Spot's boys both stayed in, ready to collect their winnings. Madsion watched intently, hoping her friend knew what she was doing. She had to admit-Chloe was quite a sight. Hair slightly out of place, cigarrette hanging from the side of her mouth, outter layers now gone as the room continued to grow hotter, eyes never faultering as she kept the bet poker face any of them had ever seen-not to mention she had finished off at least 4 more glasses of gin. The other two boys she didn't know layed out their cards, both having very good hands.
"Read em a weep boys-I got me a straight,King high! " Race began pulling the money towards him.
They all looked at Chloe-the pot was one of the biggest ever bet at one of these parties. She sat back in her chair, "Damn Race-I underestimated you..." he grinned proudly and started to get cocky when she cut him off, "You're a better loser than I thought!" his grin quickly shot down to a frown and she carelessly tossed her cards onto the table" Royal Flush..."
The group cheered as she cockily grinned at Race, arms crossed, sitting back in her chair. She took a deep puff of her smoke let it out in a ring before pulling her earnings to her side of the table.
"Looks like there's a new poker champ in town..." Spot said, winking at her.
Not long after most everyone was on the dance floor. Madison spotted Jack dancing with his date, whoever she was. She was obviously a one night thing-considering Jack didn't even know her name...Madison grabbed a random guy and started dancing with him in the same area.
It was almost 3 in the morning and everyone was so drunk the dancing was all over the place. Chloe and Spot were together, Emily had attached herself to a rather large guy from Brooklyn, and the other girls had all managed to find plenty of guys willing to dance with them.
Madison asked the guy his name, "Kid Blink-Manhattan," he yelled over the noise.
"Madison," she yelled back.
"You're interested in someone else here aren't you?"
"What? What makes you say that?" she tryed to act innocent.
"Because you keep checking to see if Jack-boy over there has noticed you...." she looked at him, slightly embarassed, "Trust me he has..."
He began spinning her and doing crazy moves to show her off. Soon he managed o get Jack to switch parnters and Madison found herself clinging to the one guy she couldn't stand-or could she? Shouts and cheers could be heard on one side of the room where a group of boys were gathered around a table. Of all people, Alice was having a drinking contest with one the biggest guys in Brooklyn-and she was winning.
Suddenly the doors burst open and a group of cops came in, "Alright kids-let's go. It's one night in the refuge for all of you. We warned ya...."
With that, any kid they could manage to round up was sent off to the refuge. They had been warned that their monthly parties had gotten too loud and too wild, but obviously they refused to listen.
As they were taken in Jack caught up to Madison, "Looks like you're getting to experiance another great part of our great city!"
She glared at him, "Not funny..." she walked ahead of him, to drunk to argue.
A/N: longer than i had expected but o well. ill post again when im not so tired so sry if theres a lot of mistakes i tihnki got the poker crap right-yea i dont member i havent played in months and im pissed about it. im addicted too. so yea lets just say even if i got it wrong that Chloe wins bc...its my story....so yea.....review...