I woke up the next morning refreshed. It still felt too early to be up so I snuggled back into Jack's arms. I felt his grip tighten and I looked up at him. "Mornin', beautiful," he smiled and kissed my lips lightly.
"G'mornin', Jackey boy," I grinned and he buried his face in my neck. Suddenly, I remembered that I hadn't been home to see my 'family' in a long time. Even though they never had plans to tell me about my past, they did raise me and give me everything. I wanted Jack to meet them. "Hey, Jack?"
"Yea, dollface?" he lifted his head to look at me.
"Okay, one, don't call me dollface unless ya have a death wish, stick wid beautiful. I like dat one," I smiled and he laughed, nodding, "two, I just realised I haven't been to my house in a while. Whenever I go I never bring you guys wit me, so I was thinkin'...maybe...do ya wanna go ovah an' meet da Blooms? I'm shoah dey'll love ya an' I really want ya ta meet dem."
"Ya haven't been dere a lot, have ya?" I shook my head. "hmmm...well, fer you, yeah, shoah I'll meet dem," Jack said and I smiled and hugged him tightly.
"Thank you, Jack. Don't worry, you'll love dem, too," I said and I kissed him softly. I pulled back, but Jack had other ideas and pulled me in closer. I kissed him back and fell into heaven.
"Don't mean ta interupt anythin', but it's time ta sell da papes, kids," Kloppman had entered the room without a sound and we jumped apart. I almost fell of the bunk, but Jack quickly caught me. Kloppman left the room laughing and shaking his head. We got ready quickly and followed all the guys out the door. On the walk to the distribution alley, some of the boys were snickering behind Jack and I. I turned to see Blink, Mush, and Skittery and they all stopped laughing when I looked at them. "What's so funny, you three?" I asked and they looked away, any place but my eyes.
"Nothin'," said Blink.
"Yea, nothin'," the other two replied.
I shrugged and I kissed Jack on the cheek before running to catch up with some of the girl newsies I talked to.
POV CHANGE
Jack stood in line at the distribution alley, mesmerised by the blonde girl near the front of the line who was smiling and laughing with some of the other newsies. Racetrack saw Jack was in his own world and took advantage of that.
"Heya, Jack. Jack! Are ya listenin'?" he received no response and some of the boys around him started to listen in. He grinned and said, "I heard dat Bailey was gonna run off wid Bumlets. He told meda uddah day," the boys around him laughed and he continued when Jack stood there, clearly not hearing him. "Yeah, he said dey were gonna run off ta join da circus. Dey were gonna have a bunch a kids, dey were even gonna name one of 'em Jack fer ya," by this time the other boys were laughing so hard they had tears in their eyes.
Bailey came over to Jack and he came out of his trance. The boys laughed harder when she came over and she gave them a weird look. "What's goin' on, boys?"
Blink was the first to recover and he said, "Race was jus talkin' bout ya, weren't ya Race?"
She turned to Race and he turned a light shade a pink. "Naw, I wasn't! Don't listen ta im! Ya holdin' up da line, Jackey! Some ah us gotta woik fer a livin'!" he pushed Jack ahead and they all got their papers, forgetting about the earlier conversation.
BAILEY'S POV
Jack and I sold papes all morning and then set off for the Bloom's house after lunch. We got there around 1:30.
"Hello? Anybody here?" I yelled into the house as we entered.
"We're in the living room, darling!" Rebecca shouted back and I took Jack's hand before leading him into the living room. "Where have you been these past couple of weeks. We've missed you!"
"I thought you understood dat I wanna live wit my real family. Mah brothers an' my sister...my friends," I said and looked at Jack before looking back at her. I saw Andrew and Allison sitting at the couch to her left. "Heya, Andrew."
"Hey, Bailey. How are you?" he got up and gave me a hug and I said I was fine.
"Oh, Bailey. What a plesant suprise," Allison mocked happiness as she stayed put. Allison and I never got along and it never bothered me; she never seemed like she was worth knowing.
"Allison! So good to see you. Who have you been doing? I mean, what have you been doing?" I smiled, mocking her proper accent and she gave a very unlady like snort.
"Allison Elizabeth Bloom!" Rebecca gave an order with her eyes and Allison didn't talk again.
"I wanted ta introduce ya to Jack Kelly. He's a really good friend ah mine," I smile and squeeze his hand, "Jack dis is Rebecca Bloom, my adoptive muddah and my brudda, Andrew. Oh,an' dat's Allison," I finished with a small snort of my own.
"It's nice ta meetcha all. Bailey's said such nice things boutcha," Jack said, but it wasn't entirely true. I told him good things about Andrew, not the rest of the family.
We stayed there for a little while longer. Jack seemed to be getting along well with Andrew, and vice verca. It could be the beginning to a very good friendship. We said our goodbyes and were on our way by 3. I looked around when something caught my eye. I saw the Delancy brothers running in the opposite direction of the Bloom's house. "Jack look!" I pointed them out and grasped his hand. "Whudd ah dey doin' all da way out ere?"
"I dunno, but it can't be good. C'mon, I'm gonna take ya ta Brooklyn. Ya can hang out wid Ang and Spot fer a while, but I gotta come back ere and investigate wid some ah da guys, okay?"
I felt a little uneasy, but nodded. The Delancy's were up ta something and I was determine to find out what.
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