Wow chapter 4 amazing! I was about to give up on this story! Hehe!
Well here it is oh and I want to try and get 10+ reviews!
Chapter 4Realization
The brilliant sunlight drifted over the horizon lighting everything in New York beautifully. People opened curtains peeked out and smiled as a matter of fact everyone seemed to be smiling at the beautiful sun, except for a group of boys huddled together under a nearby tree.
"Snipe?" Les shakily tears forming in his eyes. "Where are we?"
Snipe ignored the question and Les broke-out in silent sobs.
"Boots do you think it is possible that we ran the WRONG way home?"
"Yeah I bet that's what happened so we'll just start walking that ah way!" Snipe laughed pointing the way they HAD come.
They walked slowly stomachs growling wondering when the older newsies would come looking for them or if they cared at all. They were walking by a group of people celebrating a birthday with a simple cake and a few friends. Les stopped short and stared and then smiled slyly.
"Guys yesterday was my 10th birthday, but wait." He looked crestfallen. "Do you think they would notice I was gone because I wasn't there to celebrate?"
"Probably!" Boots said happily. They continued walking at about noon they turned to each other confused.
"Haven't we gone too far?" Snipe asked.
"Wait a second!" Les and Boots peered around there were people trees and houses, but there were no tall buildings cobbled roads or anything.
"Either we have traveled out of New York City and into another part of New York or…" Boots didn't want to finish.
"We are out of New York entirely." Snipe whispered.
"Snipe this was YOUR great idea now we're lost and they don't care about us at all!" Les started shaking.
"Hey lets go that ah way!" He said trying to be funny.
"No I'm NOT GOING WITH YOU ANYMORE!" And with that Les turned and ran hightailing it down the street as fast as he could.
"Wait LES!" Snipe yelled after his friend.
"LES!" Both Snipe and Boots shouted.
The morning sun had also come upon a group of older boys relaxing in the sunlight in Central Park. They had Sunday's off and they were having fun just hanging out.
"Silence so peaceful." Mush said breaking the silence. The other newsies sat up while some socked him in the stomach. Then they looked at each other and realized something.
"Where are the little guys?"
"Did they come back last night?"
"I don't think so."
"Then where could they be?"
"I don't get it?"
"Why would they run away?"
This went on for about 10 minutes the newsies contemplating why the younger boys would have left with out telling anyone.
Race sat looking forlorn his shortness hiding himself in the tree in which he was sitting. It was his fault they left he knew it. If only he hadn't been so mean to Snipe none of this would have happened. He put his head in his arms and started to think hard about a way to find and save them.
"Jack I think we should go alert Spot, maybe they're over in Brooklyn."
"Wouldn't have Spot told us though if they had?"
"Not if he doesn't know!"
"How would Spot not know?"
"Well I was just saying."
"SHUT UP BLINK!" Jack yelled over Blink and Pie Eater.
"Guys Spot would know he IS the leader of Brooklyn! I'm going to Brooklyn anyone can come." Jack stated as he stood adjusted his shirt and walked confidently toward Brooklyn.
A mile ahead Les stopped and collapsed against a wall crying harder and feeling more scared than he ever had. He was alone he had run from his pals from his only comfort. Now he was lost alone and had nowhere to turn to at all.
"Good job Les!" He mumbled to himself. Feeling stupid he started slamming his head against the brick on the building behind him. It started to hurt a slow beat first than more rapid and finally the world started to blacken, with one final hit he SLAMMED his head against the wall and passed out sliding roughly down the wall. It was because of the brick, hunger, thirst, loneliness', dread and everything that had happened in the past 24 hours.
Snipe went over to a tree hanging his sandy blonde head low. He had let his friend go and now well now he didn't know what was going to happen to him. He felt tears welling in his eyes his BEST friend GONE. He angrily wiped them away. He couldn't cry he was the leader the strongest the person to let other people cry on him.
Boots leaning against a building watched his friend hunch over and start crying. His sobs were quiet, but violent shaking his whole body. Boots allowing his head rest against the building, he thought about how Les was gone probably going to die. About how they were probably all going to die how they didn't know where they were about how the older boys probably didn't care. He also felt himself getting teary and went over and sat next to Snipe.
Like two brothers they held each other cried out their fears and everything that had happened. People walking along the dirt were looking at them oddly as if they didn't belong. Then again they didn't belong so these people were right.
The sun set over a very odd scene Jack walking toward Brooklyn by himself. Snipe and Boots still holding each other crying. Boys in a lodging house playing poker and finally a small boy lying unconscious in an alley.
TADA!
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