It was December 24. Everybody was running around the lodging House and looking for their gifts. The Ball was tomorrow, so they knew getting dressed and prepared would take them a long time, the kids decided to celebrate their own Christmas. They sat around a big table, where Kloppman with the help of some of the girls served breakfast, Since Spot started to live with his mother in Manhattan, he hung around a lot with the Manhattan newsies, he wasn't the Brooklyn Leader anymore, but he was Jack's co-leader and they had become even greater friends.
"Jackie, thank God you're Teddy's friend" said Race taking a piece of bread." It's great we have breakfast and dinner for us now, huh. If he runs President, I'll vote for him".
"Well, yeah" Jack spoke. "He's indeed a very good person, especially with usĀ·."
"It's Christmas! Ain't that cute, Dutchy?" Spaz was extremely happy.
"What's so cute?" Dutchy was intrigued "Christmas?"
"Of course! Ya know what? I think that we should go and play outside with the snow." The girl replied.
"Why playing?" Cinnamon was sometimes to girly and grown up for those things.
"Cinna! We'se not woiking taday, so we're gonna play outside before celebrating Christmas." Sparks complained. "I'se know that you love Christmas." She smiled "Do ya love Christmas, Racey?" Race nodded.
"Christmas is so cool! To play with the snow and have a ride..." "If I had a sleigh" Shadow lamented.
"Well, if you don't have a sleigh we can go for a walk. I'm spending the day with me family and I wouldn't see you until tomorrow night." Dave looked at her.
"Wait guys!" Bumlets stood up "It's ok if I bring Sunshine, right?"
"Of course!" Bookworm yelled and Blink nodded. "Newsies all ovah are invited"
"This chocolate is delicious!" Chocolates smiled as she ate a Hershey bar.
"Is it true, Jack?" Skittery questioned
"What?" Jack raised an eyebrow.
"That Chocolates is delicious." Specs laughed.
"Creeps!" Jack joked.
"I didn't hear that..." the girl laughed.
"Ok guys! Turtle interrupted "It's time for the presents...." the red-haired girl ran upstairs and everybody followed her. One by one, they started to come down with bags of presents. They sat around the lobby and planned to give out the presents. Spaz came with a heavy bag.
"What are you carrying there, Spaz?" Sparks had her hand in her chin "Rocks, huh?"
"Well... yes I am" Spaz admitted.
"No, I mean. You're not carrying rocks ovah theah right?"
"I sweah I am" Spaz starts to take a lot of rocks out of the bag and everybody laughed. "You see, I didn't know what to give ya foah Christmas and I didn't have enough money, so I picked these rocks and painted your faces on them... and Dutchy's rock even has glasses" She gave the rocks to everyone and hugged them.
Chocolates stood up and started to talk. "I...I had no idea of what to give to you, so I made these letters to each of you saying how much I loved you guys. And also, I put a Hershey bar inside the envelope so you could remember me when you eat your chocolate."
Like that, everybody gave their own presents: books, candies, roses, hugs, kisses, letters, messages, boxes, hats, and many other things. At the end, Jack stood up and gave the presents to everybody... But he didn't give anything to Chocolates. He looked down at her; she was sitting in her floor and looking at her feet, waiting for Jack to give her a kiss, a hug, any proof of affection. Jack ran inside to Kloppman's desk and brought a big box.
"We saw this little thing on the street and you loved it so, this is my Christmas gift, baby"
She opened the box and yelled of happiness when she saw a little bog, "Jackie, it's an English Bulldog, my love!" She ran with the dog in her arms and hugged him. "I love you, Jack!"
"I...I adopted it. So... how are you gonna call him?"
"Rocky!" the girl smiled and the dog barked "What do you think?"
"I like it!"
Everybody got close to the puppy and started to play with him all the afternoon. They decided to go to sleep early, but still go to the boys' bunkroom to have a little meeting like everyday. The boys were excited about the ball and the girls even more. Chocolates had some fancy dresses that she used in the Boarding School when she had Fancy Balls; Elizabeth's family had bought them for her. They all slept easily and had a long, calm night. Tomorrow's ball was going to be one of the biggest events of the year, and the newsies were invited. The night would be more than corsets and suits, there would also be some surprises.
Ok, first I wanna thank you guys for reviewing and supporting me. This chapter is dedicated to my beloved dog Rocky (1995-2004) that died last June. He was the cutest dog ever and a ft and fluffy English bulldog... I just wanted you to know that. Guys! I also need to know what colour of dress (yes, I don't care if ya hate dresses, it's a fancy ball) Thanks to my reviewers....
Serena Conlon
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Have a nice day guys....
Chocolates.
