"Hiya Jack!! Where are da goyls?" Crutchy asked.
"Dey must not have gotten up yet. I'll get dem," He replied.
He walked down the hall to the girls' room. His hair was tousled and he only wore his white under shorts.
"Hey goyls you up yet?" Jack asked. When he received no answer, he quietly opened the door and peeked in. Both Kelly and Maura were still asleep. Jack walked over to Maura's bed side and tapped her.
"Maura!! You'se gotta get up!!" he said. Her eyes slowly opened. She looked up at Jack and then did a double take at his beautifully built body. Jack eyed her as she stared up at him.
"Jack! Hi! Oh crap we overslept. Don't worry we will be ready in a sec!" Maura said groggily. Jack left the room. Maura walked over to Kelly's bed and woke her.
"Kelly! Rise and Shine, Lazy Bones!! You just missed the greatest thing ever!"
Kelly began to rise out of her bed.
"What could possibly be more important than sleep right now?!" she said in a sleepy tone.
"Well Jack came in here to wake us up for work…Shirtless. And let me just say…it was good." Maura said excitedly.
"That's great. Anyway…let's get ready for work." They went into their washroom and prepared for the day.
Once they finished, they walked out of their bunkroom and into the boy's room. Fortunately for them, the boys were not finished getting dressed yet. Skittery walked out of the boy's washroom, also half dressed. "Mornin' Kelly!….and Maura," he said.
"WOAH BABY!!" Kelly screamed. Maura looked at her and elbowed her in the side. "I…I mean…Morning!!" she screamed again.
All of the boys looked at them smugly and went about their business.
Once everyone was prepared to sell their papes, they all met outside.
Skittery and Kelly walked side by side to the newspaper stand. "So are ya gonna sell papes wit' me again Kelly?" He asked her.
"Certainly" She replied.
"So me and Jack were thinking that wese could take ya to Medda's joint tonight." Skittery said.
"Great! That sounds fun. Back at the orphanage we would try to sneak out to see shows," Kelly replied.
"Ok well how bout' you guys get ready by seven thirty and den we can go," he replied.
"Ok, that sounds good," she said as they collected their papers and began walking down the street.
Meanwhile:
"Extra! Extra! Man Jumps off Brooklyn Bridge and lives to tell the
tale!!" Maura shouted. Several old men came and bought some papes from
her.
"Well don't you learn fast," Jack said.
"What can I say? I had a good teacher," she replied giving him a wink. He smirked at her comment.
They went around Manhattan and sold all of their papes. It was almost noon.
"So I was thinkin' dat we could take you and Kelly to Medda's later," Jack suggested.
"I would like that a lot. You really know how to make people feel at home…not that we ever had one. So where else is there to go in this city?" Maura said.
"Well me and da boys like goin ta Brooklyn ta visit our pal Spot. I'd like ta introduce you and Kelly to him. Wese can see him after lunch," Jack answered.
Maura smiled at him and they continued their way down the street.
To be Continued
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