Chapter 2: It sure is a sweet sixteen!

"Hey Kat!" Riley walked up to me and put his arms around my waist. "You look beautiful," he breathed into my ear.

"Thanks, Riles," I whispered. I guess I did look pretty. I was wearing a deep red tube dress with a black slit on one side. Plus, my light brown hair was straight for once and fell down really close to my waist and his hands. But Riley now looked embarrassed. Well, he is shy! But I couldn't help myself; I laughed loudly. "Come on, I'm sixteen now, Riley! I'm your girlfriend! Kiss me!" Then I whispered in his ear, "You know you want to!"

"Yeah!" Called Sam, who was standing nearby with Liv. "Kiss her, Riley!"

So, the boys started a chant of, "Kiss her! Kiss her!" Ah…well, teenage boys will be teenage boys all right!

Riley was turning pink, but looking straight into my (stunning) blue eyes. He did have a look that said he wanted to kiss me, one of those great, long kisses. So, he grabbed me tighter, tilted me a bit, and kissed me. It did last a long time, but it was amazing.

They guys were cheering really loudly now. Geordan called, "Yeah, Riles! That's it! That's the way!"

"Ah, Geordan, shut up!" Riley called to him. To me, he whispered, "Attack of the teenage idiots! Let's go up to your room, Kat."

I nodded, relieved. I wanted to get away. Sure, it was my party, but I needed a break from the teenage idiots (LOL, not all of them). So he whisked me up the stairs before anyone noticed. We had a way of moving fast and quietly…

My parents didn't even ask why we weren't at the party. I think they knew we didn't particularly like so much crazy loudness. Plus they trusted us.

So we went up more stairs (yes, more) to my room. He kissed me again when we got in there. I sat on my bed and he sat at my desk.

He said, "God, I hate Geordan!"

But all I got to do was say, "Aww…Riles, don't wo—" before we were interrupted.

Unfortunately, we forgot to shut the door. Sam and Liv came bounding through the door, talking loudly and out of breath.

"Hey! We figured you two came up here! Come back down!" Sam pleaded.

"Yeah!" Liv agreed. "You can't miss your own Sweet Sixteen, Kat!"

I sighed and looked at Riley for his opinion. He shrugged and answered, "Just don't embarrass me again, Sam!"

Sam laughed and agreed. So we went back downstairs.

"Wow!" Riley said, brushing back his sweaty blond hair. "That was great! I'm glad you made me come back, Kat!"

I grinned. He had tried to escape again, but I wouldn't let him. We danced nearly every song and made sure not to miss a slow dance. We kissed 11 times more, too. "Yeah, it was great!" I looked around at the empty room and then the clock. It was 12:30 am…LONG PARTY…especially for starting at 7:00 pm. "But you better get home before you and Sam get in trouble!"

He looked at the clock too and laughed. "Yeah!" Then he whispered to me, "Bye, Kat. Happy Birthday. I love you, forever." He kissed me for the 12th time. I would've made it last forever, too, but he really had to leave. So we broke apart. He smiled and ran his hand through my hair. "Bye," he said again softly. He walked towards the door. Then he called, "Hey, Sam, get you're butt ovah heah! We need ta leave!"

I looked to the right. Sam and Liv were having a hard time breaking apart. They were talking, softly, like they do when they really feel romantic. Sam looked at his watch, kissed Liv, and walked to the door. Liv walked to my side. At the same exact time, they turned and said, "Bye!" Riley smiled and waved before letting the door close behind him.

Liv then turned to me, grinning idiotically. "Sooo…Newsies time!" I giggled and pulled her to the TV. "Are we really gonna try, Kat?"

I grinned. "Yep. Got your bag?"

She checked and answered, "Yes. So right aftah the second Seize the Day?"

"Yes, and hopefully they'll notice us." As I talked, I turned the movie to the right spot. "Ready?" She nodded. "One…Two…"

OK, before I say three (well, in this story, anyway…) I'll explain. You are probably thinking something like, 'What the hell?' or 'Wow, they're insane…' And I don't blame you. LOL, we are insane…OK, so we were going to jump into the TV and try to get into the movie. Yes, send us to the funny farm, we could use the vacation! (That was taken from the Charmed episode, Trial by Magick, I just changed it a little)

"Three!" And we jumped. It felt like jumping through a very hot, dark, pool. Weird…But, somehow it worked…Hmm….We were standing in front of a very shocked group of newsies. We stood so long Brooklyn came, as they were obliged to do.

Luckily, Spot (Yay Spot! Go Spot! Spot rox! Spot is hot!) wasn't completely stunned (smart Spot!). He came over to us and stood there, staring.

"Uh, Hi, Spot!" I waved at him.

"Umm…Hi…" he hesitated, then continued, "Who are you?"

Liv started to giggle, but I stepped on her foot and she stopped. I smiled. "Hi. I'm Kathryn Winters and this is Olivia Underhill. Nicknames, Kat and Liv."

He looked us over before answering, "Well, I like the names, but if you want to stay here, you need a newsie name."

"Oh, right!" I laughed a little. "I go by Spaz and Liv is Dead Beat."

He looked at us again, nodded, said, "Excuse me," and walked to the other newsies.

Liv and I stood there, in our nice formal dresses (tube dresses, silk, Liv's blue one had some lace on it). It wasn't exactly wear for 1899, especially in front of a bunch of newsies. I couldn't wait until we could go change.

I turned to Liv and grinned. "Well," I said, "It sure is a sweet sixteen!" She began to giggle and I caught on. We couldn't stop, which was cause for more staring from the newsies.