Whelp, this is a shorter chapter this time. *cheers* Only 5 pages long!
How about that?? You guys approve?? I hope so. This one was sort of a
rushed chapter I think; not rushed in like dialogue or events or anything,
I just sort of wrote it fully last night at like 10 o'clock at night. So,
you can see how much I rushed to put it out and stuff, ya know. Anyway, I
hope you enjoy this one. It hasn't really been long awaited per-say, but
it has been awaited. Now, I'm just talking crap. Anyway, happy reading!~!
And review!
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Blue Boxer ~~ You happy now? This is your chapter and so is the next one. *pllb* I DO read your stories! I read it again last night so you can't say that I didn't because I did. Love ya.
Tag Along ~~ Where did you go hun? You don't review anymore. *tear drop*
Splashey ~~ Thanks so much for reviewing~! You know I love you!~! Aww you LOVE Chicken Wing? I guess I can speak for myself; he is down right spiffy ain't he? *strokes CW's fro* I love the character I kinda created, except I didn't really create him fully. Just, you know the personality and name. Aww you're so sweet. You call my writing excellent? *blushes* Thanks so much!~!
Just Duck ~~ Another "groupie" for Chicken Wing. J/K. You might love him, but would you actually be his groupie? It's up to you, I mean he's up and willing, ya know. *winks* Haha okay, moving on now. Dr. Pepper can be dangerous can't it? I mean when you use it the wrong way. LOL be careful with it! You have to love it, but then again you also could hate it!~! Thanks so much.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Chapter 14: An Endless Prayer Can Turn Into a New Beginning.
The weeks passed by quickly. The winter had suddenly turned into spring, but then had turned back into winter again when the cold winds had brushed across the city. Snow would fall at least once a week, but later that day melt because of the hot sunlight. The sky was pure blue for a few hours, but at night would turn rainy and stormy. The days were bright and endless, but the nights were dark and cold as Blink sat up in his bed thinking and praying for something to happen. He had sat up there every night since he went to the church. He had isolated himself in his own little world and had forgotten everything but his dream; his dream of seeing Christina had overtaken him fully. He didn't know what else to do other then to think about her and pray about her. He would do the same thing consecutively. He would wake up in the morning, go out to sell until 6 or 7 o'clock, go to Tibby's for dinner, and go back to the Lodging House for the rest of the night when all of his friends would stay outside. His prayers were long and endless it seemed; always saying the same thing over and over again, wishing for the courage to go to her, praying for the words to say. He thought that it couldn't be true. Was he supposed to be with her? The thoughts of giving up flooded his mind, but the signs of hope seemed so real to him.
It was one day when his dream might have actually come true. He was selling in his normal spot. He was with Mush in Bottle Alley. They were just fooling around, hitting each other when he saw her. *Is that Christina?* He thought to himself.
Her golden brown hair flew in the breeze as she talked to some other Newsies around the corner. Blink, being the noble and fearless man that he is, yelled at the top of his lungs for her, sounding mostly like an idiot, but a determined idiot. "Christina!" He screamed.
Her head shot over in his direction as she saw the very strange boy waving his arms and jumping up and down in complete rhythm. *Who the heck?* She thought as she tried to get a closer look at the weird guy. A single name came to her mind for one reason or another: Blink. She looked closer to see the eye patch that he HAD to be wearing, which he was. "Oh my God! Blink!" She yelled as she casually jogged over to him.
He had the biggest smile on his face and was he relieved! Was this dream that he had been dreaming for so long coming true? The anticipation was just coiling inside him, he had to find out why she was here. Was she here to see him? Why did she leave in the first place? The questions flooded his mind rapidly as he caught his breath and tried to hide his nervousness. "Christina, oh my gosh, I'm so glad to see you! It's been such a long time, I've missed you so much!" He managed to say to her.
"Blink, how have you been? Gosh it's been too long actually! Is everything okay here? I mean 'Hattan's fine, right?" Her brown eyes glowed with happiness of seeing an old friend.
"Yeah, everythin's fine really. How is Brooklyn an' Spot? How is Spot?"
"He's okay. You know Spot, he's just himself." She smiled baring her white teeth.
A moment of silence passed over them. "So, what are you doin' here?"
"I just dropped by tah talk tah some old friends. Oh my gosh, I can't believe I saw you! This is so great!" She admitted.
Mush walked up to the two talking friends and just HAD to interrupt them. "Hey Blink." He said as he patted him on the shoulder. "Woah, look at you!" He said to Christina. "Man, you're damn sexy! Have I seen you before?"
"Yeah, Mush. I'm Christina, do you remember me?" She wasn't amused nor flattered.
"Oooh, how da hell?" He asked in confusion. "How da hell did you know my name? What? Who do you think you are?"
"Mush, I know your name because you're the one who knocked up my sister." She frowned at him.
"Ooh yeah." He laughed. "Imagine dat. Wait no! I wouldn't do anythin' like dat. You must be mistaken. I mean, dey don't call me 'mush' cause I like tah fu-uh-make love tah goils, dey call me dat cause of my skin tone." He tried to explain. "Yeah, do I even know your sistah? She as pretty as you?"
"Back off Mush. God dis is Christina, you know da one dat I was tellin' you about?" Blink nudged him to get the point across.
"Wait? Did I fuck her den?"
"NO!" Blink yelled. "Do you remember what I was just tellin' you?"
"Uh not really. I wasn't payin' attention, Blink. I mean, c'mon it is me, ain't it. I gotta pay attention tah myself right?" He asked arrogantly. "Now what was it you was tellin' me?"
"I was tellin' ya 'bout my old friend Christina and d-da s-stuff dat I was tellin' ya."
"And what was dat?" Mush asked as he felt his hair.
"Dat I'VE BEEN WANTIN' TAH SEE HER FOR FOUR WHOLE MONTHS BUT I'VE BEEN TO GOD DAMN AFRAID TAH GO TAH BROOKLYN AFTAH HER!" He covered his mouth, realizing he completely spilled the freaking beans.
"Oh my God, Blink!" Christina gasped in surprise.
"Oh my God, Blink!" Blink managed to say as he hit himself over the head.
"Oh my God, Blink!" Mush smirked as he started cracking up with laughter. "I mean, dis is da Christina you was talkin' all dat shit 'bout?" He started to laugh even more. "You think you can score wid a goil like her? C'mon, Blink. I know you'se stupid, but you ain't DAT STUPID. A goil like 'er belongs wid a fella like me." He pointed to himself and put his arm out to escort Christina. "Come wid me, my lady."
"Aww you're so sweet Mush." She inched closer to Mush. "I'm so flattered dat you'd offer to escort me with you. Seriously, dis is such an honor tah take an arm of such a handsome and sweet guy like you. I mean you're perfect, seriously. You're like da poifect guy an' everythin'." She said stroking his ego a bit. "But, Mush." She sighed. "My type prefer da one's wid da eye patches." She nodded.
Mush frowned in surprise. "What? But, I'm....Mush 'fuck me' Meyers, you can't actually do dis tah me right? You're just playin'! Haha, I see. Give me another one! Each one ya get, ya get an extra fuck, how's dat?" He laughed. "Come on, try me."
"She said beat it!" Blink pushed Mush away.
"But, no! Blink stop, I like dis! Dis is fun!" He was screaming as he was being pulled away. "Come on, give me another chance please! I like dis game! I really really really like it!" He screamed like a little girl as he was pushed out of the alley.
When Blink came back he was full of surprise. "You, you, you really prefer da eye patches?" He blushed a little.
"Well, I-I don't know, Blink. I mean, at foist I kinda felt sorry for ya." Blink frowned and looked at the ground. "But, den I just learned tah love ya."
"You love me?" He asked.
She laughed at his cuteness. "Blink, I always loved you. Always."
"But I thought dat you hated me for what I did?"
"Blink, I didn't hate you. I'd never hate you. I was angry at you, yes. But I didn't hate you. You hoit me. But, there's always forgiveness."
"Christina pick me! I LOVE YOU!" Mush had somehow found an eye patch and stole it from someone. He screamed and ran past Blink and Christina.
"Just forget about him, he's psychotic or something." Blink laughed. "So, why did you come here? I mean, for real."
"Blink, you actually prayed about me?" She asked confused. "I don't mean tah be rude or anythin', but you don't seem tah be da one dat would look to tah God for answers for goil problems." She laughed.
"Yeah, I know. It was kinda weird at foist, because I didn't know what da hell I was doin', but den I guess it just got easier, ya know. I had some help from a real great goil, who's just like you in a way. Yeah, an' she is in love wid a really great guy too. Deir relationship is somethin' dat I wished ours coulda' been, but." He shrugged.
"Who is she? Do I know her?" Christina asked in wonder.
"I don't know if you necessarily know her. I mean, you knew her, I don't know if you'd remember her at all. But, her name's Liz. Ring any bells?"
"Liz? Liz?" She repeated over and over again to herself, trying to bring back the memory of old times. "I think I remember her. Real small goil? Real skinny? Yeah, asian goil?" Blink nodded. "Yeah, I remember her. You guys friends now?"
"Yeah I guess so." He shrugged. "She's da one dat taught me an' stuff, so yeah I guess we're alright."
"Yeah, she's very nice, I remember her. So, who's she with now?"
"Snitch. You know da real tall guy; big buck teeth, uh sucks his thumb, da whole deal." He laughed.
"Can't forget him." She laughed right along with Blink. "He's da guy dat, oh oh, what did he do? Oh yeah, he put dat chair on da roof of Tibby's right?"
"Yeah dat was him. God dat stupid ass." Blink scratched his head.
"Why did he do dat?"
"I have no damn clue really. He just sort of did, I guess. God dat kid was wild back den. He's calmed down a bit now because he's older an' well he doesn't really do dat much widout Liz by his side, but yeah he's gotten better about things."
"I remember he used to always be bouncing off the walls all the time! God, Mush reminds me of him when he was young. Mush has changed so much. Oh my God, I think he got dumber! He didn't use tah be dis bad, I mean he was always dumb, but not dis dumb. How is everyone else doin'?" She asked in wonder.
"Well, do ya wanna go an' see dem? I mean, I just have tah sell dese last few papes an' we can go tah da LH an' see dem all." He suggested.
"Oh Blink, I don't know. I have stuff tah do."
"Oh come on. It'll be fun. It can sorta be like a Newsies reunion or somethin', ya know. It'll be fun. You get tah see all da new couples an' stuff. You get tah see Jack an' Race an' Bumlets an' Snoddy an' da whole gang. An' Tumbler! You remember Tumbler? He's gotten so big an' everythin'. Come on ya don't wanna miss dis, Chris. It's just like old times." He smiled with excitement.
"Blink, I-I." She sighed. "Just dis once."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Hey guys! How did ya like the shortened chapters?? You like them better or did you like the long ones better? Tell me tell me tell me!~! Any suggestions for anything? Comments, questions anything? You know what to do!~!
Now you wanna know what's gonna happen in the next chapter? Well I don't rightly know to tell ya the truth, but I might as well try to sum it up for you.
~~ Christina goes to the Lodging House to meet up with her old friends and possibly make some new ones.
~~ Christina has a deep secret held within her that she is afraid to tell Blink. Will he witness the truth or force it out of her?
~~ Possibly some Mush nudeage action in this next chapter. (A/N: Blue, this is something different then from your chapter in ABWB. So, I'm not copying you by any means.)
That's really all I can think of off the top of my head, but I'm sure there's gonna be a lot more coming your way!~! If you didn't review yet, please do. I'll love you forever!!!
Now on to everyone's favorite time. SHOUT OUT TIME:
Blue Boxer ~~ You happy now? This is your chapter and so is the next one. *pllb* I DO read your stories! I read it again last night so you can't say that I didn't because I did. Love ya.
Tag Along ~~ Where did you go hun? You don't review anymore. *tear drop*
Splashey ~~ Thanks so much for reviewing~! You know I love you!~! Aww you LOVE Chicken Wing? I guess I can speak for myself; he is down right spiffy ain't he? *strokes CW's fro* I love the character I kinda created, except I didn't really create him fully. Just, you know the personality and name. Aww you're so sweet. You call my writing excellent? *blushes* Thanks so much!~!
Just Duck ~~ Another "groupie" for Chicken Wing. J/K. You might love him, but would you actually be his groupie? It's up to you, I mean he's up and willing, ya know. *winks* Haha okay, moving on now. Dr. Pepper can be dangerous can't it? I mean when you use it the wrong way. LOL be careful with it! You have to love it, but then again you also could hate it!~! Thanks so much.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Chapter 14: An Endless Prayer Can Turn Into a New Beginning.
The weeks passed by quickly. The winter had suddenly turned into spring, but then had turned back into winter again when the cold winds had brushed across the city. Snow would fall at least once a week, but later that day melt because of the hot sunlight. The sky was pure blue for a few hours, but at night would turn rainy and stormy. The days were bright and endless, but the nights were dark and cold as Blink sat up in his bed thinking and praying for something to happen. He had sat up there every night since he went to the church. He had isolated himself in his own little world and had forgotten everything but his dream; his dream of seeing Christina had overtaken him fully. He didn't know what else to do other then to think about her and pray about her. He would do the same thing consecutively. He would wake up in the morning, go out to sell until 6 or 7 o'clock, go to Tibby's for dinner, and go back to the Lodging House for the rest of the night when all of his friends would stay outside. His prayers were long and endless it seemed; always saying the same thing over and over again, wishing for the courage to go to her, praying for the words to say. He thought that it couldn't be true. Was he supposed to be with her? The thoughts of giving up flooded his mind, but the signs of hope seemed so real to him.
It was one day when his dream might have actually come true. He was selling in his normal spot. He was with Mush in Bottle Alley. They were just fooling around, hitting each other when he saw her. *Is that Christina?* He thought to himself.
Her golden brown hair flew in the breeze as she talked to some other Newsies around the corner. Blink, being the noble and fearless man that he is, yelled at the top of his lungs for her, sounding mostly like an idiot, but a determined idiot. "Christina!" He screamed.
Her head shot over in his direction as she saw the very strange boy waving his arms and jumping up and down in complete rhythm. *Who the heck?* She thought as she tried to get a closer look at the weird guy. A single name came to her mind for one reason or another: Blink. She looked closer to see the eye patch that he HAD to be wearing, which he was. "Oh my God! Blink!" She yelled as she casually jogged over to him.
He had the biggest smile on his face and was he relieved! Was this dream that he had been dreaming for so long coming true? The anticipation was just coiling inside him, he had to find out why she was here. Was she here to see him? Why did she leave in the first place? The questions flooded his mind rapidly as he caught his breath and tried to hide his nervousness. "Christina, oh my gosh, I'm so glad to see you! It's been such a long time, I've missed you so much!" He managed to say to her.
"Blink, how have you been? Gosh it's been too long actually! Is everything okay here? I mean 'Hattan's fine, right?" Her brown eyes glowed with happiness of seeing an old friend.
"Yeah, everythin's fine really. How is Brooklyn an' Spot? How is Spot?"
"He's okay. You know Spot, he's just himself." She smiled baring her white teeth.
A moment of silence passed over them. "So, what are you doin' here?"
"I just dropped by tah talk tah some old friends. Oh my gosh, I can't believe I saw you! This is so great!" She admitted.
Mush walked up to the two talking friends and just HAD to interrupt them. "Hey Blink." He said as he patted him on the shoulder. "Woah, look at you!" He said to Christina. "Man, you're damn sexy! Have I seen you before?"
"Yeah, Mush. I'm Christina, do you remember me?" She wasn't amused nor flattered.
"Oooh, how da hell?" He asked in confusion. "How da hell did you know my name? What? Who do you think you are?"
"Mush, I know your name because you're the one who knocked up my sister." She frowned at him.
"Ooh yeah." He laughed. "Imagine dat. Wait no! I wouldn't do anythin' like dat. You must be mistaken. I mean, dey don't call me 'mush' cause I like tah fu-uh-make love tah goils, dey call me dat cause of my skin tone." He tried to explain. "Yeah, do I even know your sistah? She as pretty as you?"
"Back off Mush. God dis is Christina, you know da one dat I was tellin' you about?" Blink nudged him to get the point across.
"Wait? Did I fuck her den?"
"NO!" Blink yelled. "Do you remember what I was just tellin' you?"
"Uh not really. I wasn't payin' attention, Blink. I mean, c'mon it is me, ain't it. I gotta pay attention tah myself right?" He asked arrogantly. "Now what was it you was tellin' me?"
"I was tellin' ya 'bout my old friend Christina and d-da s-stuff dat I was tellin' ya."
"And what was dat?" Mush asked as he felt his hair.
"Dat I'VE BEEN WANTIN' TAH SEE HER FOR FOUR WHOLE MONTHS BUT I'VE BEEN TO GOD DAMN AFRAID TAH GO TAH BROOKLYN AFTAH HER!" He covered his mouth, realizing he completely spilled the freaking beans.
"Oh my God, Blink!" Christina gasped in surprise.
"Oh my God, Blink!" Blink managed to say as he hit himself over the head.
"Oh my God, Blink!" Mush smirked as he started cracking up with laughter. "I mean, dis is da Christina you was talkin' all dat shit 'bout?" He started to laugh even more. "You think you can score wid a goil like her? C'mon, Blink. I know you'se stupid, but you ain't DAT STUPID. A goil like 'er belongs wid a fella like me." He pointed to himself and put his arm out to escort Christina. "Come wid me, my lady."
"Aww you're so sweet Mush." She inched closer to Mush. "I'm so flattered dat you'd offer to escort me with you. Seriously, dis is such an honor tah take an arm of such a handsome and sweet guy like you. I mean you're perfect, seriously. You're like da poifect guy an' everythin'." She said stroking his ego a bit. "But, Mush." She sighed. "My type prefer da one's wid da eye patches." She nodded.
Mush frowned in surprise. "What? But, I'm....Mush 'fuck me' Meyers, you can't actually do dis tah me right? You're just playin'! Haha, I see. Give me another one! Each one ya get, ya get an extra fuck, how's dat?" He laughed. "Come on, try me."
"She said beat it!" Blink pushed Mush away.
"But, no! Blink stop, I like dis! Dis is fun!" He was screaming as he was being pulled away. "Come on, give me another chance please! I like dis game! I really really really like it!" He screamed like a little girl as he was pushed out of the alley.
When Blink came back he was full of surprise. "You, you, you really prefer da eye patches?" He blushed a little.
"Well, I-I don't know, Blink. I mean, at foist I kinda felt sorry for ya." Blink frowned and looked at the ground. "But, den I just learned tah love ya."
"You love me?" He asked.
She laughed at his cuteness. "Blink, I always loved you. Always."
"But I thought dat you hated me for what I did?"
"Blink, I didn't hate you. I'd never hate you. I was angry at you, yes. But I didn't hate you. You hoit me. But, there's always forgiveness."
"Christina pick me! I LOVE YOU!" Mush had somehow found an eye patch and stole it from someone. He screamed and ran past Blink and Christina.
"Just forget about him, he's psychotic or something." Blink laughed. "So, why did you come here? I mean, for real."
"Blink, you actually prayed about me?" She asked confused. "I don't mean tah be rude or anythin', but you don't seem tah be da one dat would look to tah God for answers for goil problems." She laughed.
"Yeah, I know. It was kinda weird at foist, because I didn't know what da hell I was doin', but den I guess it just got easier, ya know. I had some help from a real great goil, who's just like you in a way. Yeah, an' she is in love wid a really great guy too. Deir relationship is somethin' dat I wished ours coulda' been, but." He shrugged.
"Who is she? Do I know her?" Christina asked in wonder.
"I don't know if you necessarily know her. I mean, you knew her, I don't know if you'd remember her at all. But, her name's Liz. Ring any bells?"
"Liz? Liz?" She repeated over and over again to herself, trying to bring back the memory of old times. "I think I remember her. Real small goil? Real skinny? Yeah, asian goil?" Blink nodded. "Yeah, I remember her. You guys friends now?"
"Yeah I guess so." He shrugged. "She's da one dat taught me an' stuff, so yeah I guess we're alright."
"Yeah, she's very nice, I remember her. So, who's she with now?"
"Snitch. You know da real tall guy; big buck teeth, uh sucks his thumb, da whole deal." He laughed.
"Can't forget him." She laughed right along with Blink. "He's da guy dat, oh oh, what did he do? Oh yeah, he put dat chair on da roof of Tibby's right?"
"Yeah dat was him. God dat stupid ass." Blink scratched his head.
"Why did he do dat?"
"I have no damn clue really. He just sort of did, I guess. God dat kid was wild back den. He's calmed down a bit now because he's older an' well he doesn't really do dat much widout Liz by his side, but yeah he's gotten better about things."
"I remember he used to always be bouncing off the walls all the time! God, Mush reminds me of him when he was young. Mush has changed so much. Oh my God, I think he got dumber! He didn't use tah be dis bad, I mean he was always dumb, but not dis dumb. How is everyone else doin'?" She asked in wonder.
"Well, do ya wanna go an' see dem? I mean, I just have tah sell dese last few papes an' we can go tah da LH an' see dem all." He suggested.
"Oh Blink, I don't know. I have stuff tah do."
"Oh come on. It'll be fun. It can sorta be like a Newsies reunion or somethin', ya know. It'll be fun. You get tah see all da new couples an' stuff. You get tah see Jack an' Race an' Bumlets an' Snoddy an' da whole gang. An' Tumbler! You remember Tumbler? He's gotten so big an' everythin'. Come on ya don't wanna miss dis, Chris. It's just like old times." He smiled with excitement.
"Blink, I-I." She sighed. "Just dis once."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Hey guys! How did ya like the shortened chapters?? You like them better or did you like the long ones better? Tell me tell me tell me!~! Any suggestions for anything? Comments, questions anything? You know what to do!~!
Now you wanna know what's gonna happen in the next chapter? Well I don't rightly know to tell ya the truth, but I might as well try to sum it up for you.
~~ Christina goes to the Lodging House to meet up with her old friends and possibly make some new ones.
~~ Christina has a deep secret held within her that she is afraid to tell Blink. Will he witness the truth or force it out of her?
~~ Possibly some Mush nudeage action in this next chapter. (A/N: Blue, this is something different then from your chapter in ABWB. So, I'm not copying you by any means.)
That's really all I can think of off the top of my head, but I'm sure there's gonna be a lot more coming your way!~! If you didn't review yet, please do. I'll love you forever!!!
