Thanks, guys. Way to make my job so much harder! Don't get me wrong, I superbly appreciate all the reviews, the thank yous, the praising the stuff I've already written so far(but then, when it's me and David, how can it be bad? ((sigh)) I'm really lucky I'm not a Spot worshipper, seeing as only a select few are allowed to lay a hand on him in Newsies fandom world. Davey's always free! ((smooches Davey)) Ah, I love the nerds). And I'd also like to thank YOU guys for responding and filling out CC's even though I forgot to put up the form(I'm sorry, I completely forgot to write it in at first). The unfortunate part is, three of you said you really wanted to be Kim and there were two requests for Ursula and Alice. Everyone said they'd be alright with being the others if they couldn't be their chosen role, but I still feel awful. I would have all of you in the role you wanted if I could, but I had to choose. And since I said it was going to be first come first serve, well....
COMPLETE CAST OF CHARACTERS
THE STARS
DAVID JACOBS is ALBERT PETERSON
MOSEPH is ROSE ALVAREZ
JACK KELLY is CONRAD BIRDIE
THE GIRLS
COLLEEN DUPONT is KIM MacAFEE
ROSE HAMILTON is URSULA MERKLE
CATHERINE O'CONNELL is ALICE
ASHLEIGH RAYE is MARGIE ANN
SKYLAR SALVATO is DEBORAH SUE
ALISON BAKER is NANCY
KATHLEEN QUINLAN is HELEN
RAELYN PLATZ is PENELOPE ANNE
DANIELLE KEMPERT is SUZIE
THE BOYS
RACETRACK HIGGINS is HUGO F PEABODY
SPOT CONLON is KARL
KID BLINK is FREDDIE
MUSH MEYERS is HARVEY JOHNSON
THE OTHERS
MEDDA LARKSON is MRS MacAFEE
BRYAN DENTON is MR MacAFEE
LES JACOBS is RANDOLPH MacAFEE
ESTHER JACOBS is MRS PETERSON
Once again, I am so incredibly sorry to anyone who didn't get the part they wanted. But I hope you guys will still review! Quick shout outs:
Oxymoronic Alliteration: ((hangs head in shame))So...incredibly...sorry that I forgot to put what I was looking for. Anyway, you got that part you wanted. Enjoy!
Dimonah Tralon: I'm so sorry you can't be Kim. But you're Nancy, who was played in our version by the coolest of the cool Kaity Killoran! Please, feel honoured! Enjoy!
Ccatt: I feel so, so, so, so, awful that you(as well as Dimonah) couldn't be Kim. You're Penelope Anne though, and if you want, I can probably arrange it so you get the boy of your choice! (Just not Race, Jack, David, Spot or Blink, sadly) Please, keep reading!
TheAngryPrincess13: Thanks for applying! Since you didn't say any person in particular you really wanted to be, I put you as Deborah Sue, because she's cool. Enjoy!
PeliculaJane: Yes! A fellow Bye Bye Birdie actor! ((high fives)) Anyway, you're Alice, as you requested. Who were you in your version of Bye Bye Birdie? Were you chorus like me or did you have an actual name? ((shakes head)) I was a poor little nameless girl. When we said the Conrad Birdie pledge, I had to make up a name. I was officially dubbed Peggy Sue. Enjoy! ((coughUPDATEKINGSOFNEWYORKcough))
Knots: I'm so glad you liked it! I hope I'm doing it justice. Ursula is SO the best part! I mean, come on! That whole "snarling, raging, panting jungle beast" thing? Pure gold! Enjoy!
LegallyRed: Woot! I'm glad you applied! I hope this one will be good! I'm sorry, but Ursula wastaken. I'm giving you Helen, though, and she's cool. Elvis wasn't in the movie. It might have been based on him. Sorry, you can't have Jack, but you can obsess over him! Enjoy!
Dreamless-Mermaid: Aw, I'm really sorry you couldn't be Alice or Ursula. But don't worry, you're Suzie. I had you as Penelope Anne, but you said you had an issue with the name Penelope so you're Suzie! Yeah, the story LegallyRed and I are writing is pretty awesome. At least, I think. Enjoy!
XbeLLaViTaX: Yay! You have no idea how much I desperately wanted to write this chapter and I was just waiting for that last review and BAM! There you were! And you requested to be Margie Ann, too! And since you're the only one who did, you got your wish! ((happy dance)) Enjoy, please!
On a side note, I CAN'T BELIEVE DAVID MOSCOW WAS AT THE GOLDEN GLOBES AND I MISSED IT!!!!!! "ARGH!" DOESN'T EVEN BEGIN TO COVER IT!!!!!!!! Alright, that's out of my system now.
Disclaimer: Disney owns Newsies and the people who wrote it own Bye Bye Birdie. I own Moseph/Michelle(yay me!) and Peggy Sue(also me!). All the other characters are owned by the people who sent them in. That's it.
"It's just all so romantic," Kathleen sighed, falling back onto her pillow covered bed. She was exhausted, having run all the way home after hearing. She had flown in the door, stolen the phone from her older brother talking to his girlfriend and run up to her room, prepared to stay on the phone all night if she had to. Her cheeks were flushed, her skirt was dirty from falling so many times in her effort to get home and her ponytail was almost falling out, but it was all worth it to hear from a reliable source.
"I know. I never pegged Racetrack for the romantic type, either. But when he walked right up to Colleen, in front of everybody, and asked her to be his steady...oh, you had to be there!" Alison said excitedly into the receiver.
"You're so lucky you were there!" Kathleen moaned jealously. "What was it like?"
"Tragically beautiful..." Alison sighed, eyes shining.
"Did they kiss?" Kathleen asked, voice barely above a whisper.
"I...I don't know. But I do know that he pinned the pin on himself," Alison said, trying to sound like a reliable gossip source.
"How can you not know?" Kathleen demanded, sitting up immediately. "You were there, right?"
"I was there! Well, for most of it. I had to run off and tell the rest of the girls, so I missed what happened after he pinned it on," Alison admitted. Kathleen sighed and adjusted her ponytail so it was high and perky once again.
"Well, I'm going to try calling Colleen again. I've been trying to get through forever!"
"Racetrack and Colleen? Really?" Catherine asked again, sitting crosslegged on the bed.
"For the millionth time, yes," Ashleigh sighed, preoccupied with combing her shiny blonde hair. The telephone crackled with silence for a moment.
"Are you absolutely sure?" Catherine asked again after a long pause.
"Well, I wouldn't be telling you if I hadn't heard it directly from the source," Ashleigh said, satisfied with her appearance and belly flopping onto her own bed.
"You heard it from Colleen?" Catherine questioned skeptically.
"Well, no," Ashleigh admitted. "But I heard it from Skylar, who heard it from Rose. And Rose wouldn't make things up about her best friend."
"It's just so odd," Catherine sighed, standing up and pacing around her room. "I mean, yesterday she was just plain old Colleen Dupont and now...now she's Colleen Dupont, Racetrack Higgins' steady." Ashleigh cradled the receiver between her shoulder and her ear.
"Well, she is fifteen years old. Don't you think it's time she found one? A steady, I mean," Ashleigh asked.
"I guess so," Catherine said unsurely. "D'you think she'll give up the fan club?" Ashleigh paused.
"Maybe. I'll try calling Rose to find out."
"Hello?" Mr. Platz said gruffly.
"Oh, hello Mr. Platz," Mush squeaked meekly. "This is Mush Meyers. Can I speak to Raelyn, please?"
"Sure, Mush," Mr. Platz said. "Raelyn! Telephone!" There was a loud thump from upstairs, then footsteps running down the stairs. Raelyn tore into the kitchen, curly blonde hair flying behind her and snatched the phone from her father.
"Skylar? What's the news?" she asked breathlessly.
"Um, Raelyn? It's Mush. Mush Meyers."
"Oh. Do you know anything about Racetrack and Colleen?"
"Well, I heard they got pinned, but I was actually calling about-"
"I knew it! I knew he would ask her to go steady!"
"Um, yeah. Now, about the prom-"
"I should call Colleen right now and get all the details!"
"But the prom's on Satur-"
"I can't talk now, Mush. Bye!" Raelyn hung up, picked up the phone again and dialled Colleen's number hurriedly.
"Are you kidding me? Colleen and Racetrack? I give them a week," Danielle sneered into the phone.
"What makes you think that, Dani?" Skylar said distractedly, filing her nails.
"Well, for one, Racetrack is way too short," Danielle said.
"But Colleen's short too," Skylar reminded her.
"Okay, well, Colleen's got red hair," Danielle said, making no sense whatsoever. There was a long pause on the other end of the line.
"Do you have something against redheads, Dani?" Skylar finally asked.
"Well, no. But...oh, just forget it!" Danielle snapped.
"Hello?" Mrs. Salvato said pleasantly.
"Hello Mrs. Salvato. This is Mush Meyers. Can I speak to Skylar?"
"You're in luck, Mush. She just got off the phone. I'll go get her for you." Mrs. Salvato put down the phone and called for her daughter. Skylar ran into the kitchen and dove for the phone.
"Rose?"
"Uh, no, it's Mush."
"Who?"
"Mush Meyers. I'm in your history class."
"Oh. Right. Hi Mush. What's going on?"
"Well, as you know, the prom is coming up this Saturday and I was wondering if you would like to-"
"Oh shoot, I completely forgot to call Danielle back! I'm sorry Mush, I have to go, but I'll talk to you tomorrow!" Skylar hung up the phone with a clunk.
"What were you thinking, Race?" Spot moaned into the phone. "You're still young, whadja wanna go get pinned for?"
"Hey, I like Colleen!" Racetrack answered defensively. "She's pretty, she's funny and she laughs at my jokes!"
"That's what girls do, Race!" Kid Blink said, taking the phone from Spot. "They're all desperate to get pinned! They'll flirt with any male, human, breathing...thing!"
"You guys both have girlfriends," Racetrack retorted.
"Yeah, but that's different," Blink protested.
"How? You're going steady, seeing only each other, same as me and Colleen. And I've seen both of you heading off to the Ice House with your girls. Are you saying Catherine andAshleigh would go to the Ice House with boys who aren't their steadies?" Racetrack argued. Blink and Spot looked at each other.
"Never mind that. Have you lost your marbles, Race?" Spot demanded. "This is the end of your social life! Colleen will never let you out of her sight. You'll never have another girlfriend again!"
"Again, you both have girlfriends," Racetrack said simply. Spot and Blink both paused, racking their brains for comebacks. Blink suddenly grabbed the phone back from Spot.
"Yeah, but you're younger than us. We want you to sow your wild oats before you settle down," Blink said, smiling smugly. Spot high fived him.
"You're older than me by, what, three months?" Racetrack asked.
"Three months older and wiser, my friend," Blink answered.
"Never mind. I'm going now. I have to call Colleen," Racetrack sighed.
"You're already calling her?" Blink asked, horrified.
"Well, she is my steady. And that's what steadies do," Racetrack said proudly.
"Race, do you know nothing about being a guy?" Blink sighed, shaking his head.
"Blink, when you're in love like I am, you'll know," Racetrack said happily. "I've got to call her before Rose does. Otherwise, I won't talk to her until tomorrow!"
The phone rang shrilly. Mrs. Philips put down her cookbook, wiped her hands on her apron and walked to the phone in the adjoining room, her heels clicking on the tile.
"Hello?" she said into the phone. A adolescent boy's voice squeaked on the other end.
"Hello Mrs. Philips. Is Peggy Sue home from school yet?"
"Well, it's about time they got pinned!" Raelyn said, fixing her hair in singular braid.
"I'm just sooooo happy for them, though," Alison gushed. "I mean, guy and girl, going steady at last. That's the way things should be."
"I'm sure they'll be happy," Raelyn agreed, jamming a bobby pin in expertly.
"Going steady is definitely for me. That's the way you should go," Alison told her.
"I don't know if I should. Do you really think so?"
"Absolutely. Who wouldn't want to?" Raelyn shrugged.
"I don't know. Mormons, maybe?" Alison sighed and leaned back against her pillow.
"Well, I'm going to get pinned. Either that or I'll go to New York and become an actress and marry Jack Kelly," she said, popping her gum.
"ALISON! GO TO BED! IT'S PAST MIDNIGHT!" an aggravated voice called from across the hallway. Alison sighed.
"Well, I've got to go, Rae. I'll talk to you tomorrow!"
"Bye Alison!"
Have any of you ever listened to the Newsies soundtrack whilst at school or going about your everyday business? It's so cool. I seriously feel like if I turn around, I'll see the newsies, just a dancin' away behind me. And then I turn around and they aren't there and I feel so disappointed.
Oh, right, the chapter. Well, all you guys have been introduced except Rose/Ursula and Colleen/Kim. Don't worry, you'll be in the next chapter for sure. I hope you guys don't mind, I had to tweek personalities a bit to fit the age and times. So yes, you're all a bit airheadish, a bit nosy and a bit obsessed with getting pinned. I'm sorry if anyone feels this is a great misrepresentation of their character. But it's the early sixties and you're teenage girls. If anyone has seen the movie or the play, you'll know why you had to be that way. It's just the way the song goes. Also, I tried to follow the song's format as best as I could. Like, it starts out with Helen/Kathleen and Nancy/Alison and then it's Alice/Catherine and Margie Ann/Ashleigh and so on and so forth. If any of you haven't heard the song, I suggest you all find someway to hear it, because it's quite catchy. ((bops)) Goin' steady! Goin' steady! Goin' steady! Goin' steady, steady for good! Oops, I must be going now. Please, review everyone! Kisses!
newsiesmoseph
P.S. Jack Kelly Fan Club buttons to those who can spot the Rocky Horror Picture Show reference or the Wicked reference. Signed Jack Kelly posters to those who can spot both!