Beta Readers: Fang, Idiosyncrasy, Biddy, Twister
A big thank you goes out to my Beta Readers: Fang, Idiosyncrasy, Biddy, Twister. Without ya'll I wouldn't have the great reviews I received. Thanks again!
Jester – I'm glad you really like it. I'm so happy that someone believes everyone will love it. I really appreciate your review because you sealed the "fate" of this fic. I will continue it and finish it.
Fantasy3 – I'm happy you like it! I'm going to update this fic as soon as I can with a new chapter. When I work, I normally can be held up to 18 hours and that's a long time in the sun. It's very physically exhausting but with reviews saying they love it, keeps me going. So thank you so much.
Miyamashi – Aww…Morgie! You actually started reading it! I'm happy you like it. I know Blink has it hard right now. I won't tell you if it will look up or not but I'm glad you like! .xx
Best Beta Reader Award for Chapter One:
I am proud to present this award to Fang for her brutal honesty with how chapter one seriously went! I really appreciate it! I love brutal honesty because even though it hurts, it's the best thing you can receive! Thank you and congratulations!
Thanks for the reviews and I'm glad it's looking good so far. Here's chapter two for ya'll and I hope ya'll continue to like it!
Disclaimer: Newsies belongs to Disney, not me. Marguerite belongs to me because I created her for this purpose. Anything that seems like the movie, most likely belongs to Disney. I'm not making money off of this.
Chapter 2: Chance Encounter
"Extra! Extra!" Blink yelled. He was being swamped with customers and he could barely keep up with selling his papers. I should have bought more papers today, he thought to himself as he realized how unusually busy the street he referred to as his "selling spot" was. He stopped to sit down on the curb for a minute once the last customer in a crowd was satisfied.
Blink put his head in his hands to scratch it. As he looked up he noticed a policeman. I hope he's not looking for me, he thought to himself as he turned his head away from him. Blink looked out of the corner of his eye and watched the policeman continue on his way around the corner. Rushing across the street to sell more papers, Blink began thinking of more headlines in his head.
"Smallest baby in the world!" Blink yelled as a man walked up to him. Grabbing the penny from the man, he noticed a beautiful silhouette not more than five feet from him. Who's that?' he thought. He quickly handed a paper to the man and made his way over to her. Continuing his "improved" headlines, he handed a paper to a gentleman with a beautiful woman on his arm. It's her! Blink quickly looked around and then started walking in the opposite direction, until he came to an alley that he could duck into.
"This can't be," he stammered. He began looking through a paper for the most interesting headline. Blink didn't want to lie to the girl if she decided to actually buy a paper from him. Closing the paper and refolding it, he looked into the alley and took a deep breath before he decided to walk back into the street.
"May I have one?" a feminine voice said behind him. Blink jumped and then froze. He slowly turned around and was all of a sudden face to face with the most beautiful girl he had ever seen: with her long, brown, wavy hair, it was the mayor's daughter. The real Marguerite Van Wyck. "Well, may I?" she prompted as she held out a five cent piece.
"Y-yes," he stammered as he grabbed for a paper. As he handed it to her and took the five cent piece, she thanked him with that award-winning smile from his dreams. Marguerite didn't wait for her change and allowed him to keep the extra four cents! Blink began to remember his dream the previous night.
"Hey! Are you in there?" Jake said as he knocked on Blink's head.
"Stop that!" Blink yelled as he tried to swat Jake's hand away. "What do you want?"
"You done selling yet? I'm hungry."
"Then go eat." Blink turned and tried to go back to selling his last dozen papers.
"I was going to buy you something." Jake tried to tempt Blink halfheartedly.
Blink sighed and agreed to meet Jake at Tibby's in a half hour. Jake smiled and spit into his hand for a shake and Blink returned the gesture. "See you there," Jake called as Blink sauntered off.
"Extra! Extra! Pulitzer beats out Hearst!" Blink yelled. He smiled as a crowd came up to him holding out pennies and five cent pieces for a paper. Acting as a professional, Blink didn't show how he struggled when he juggled change and the papers to his customers. A few of them even shook their heads and allowed him to keep the change.
"Extra! Extra!" Blink tried to sell his last paper before that previous crowd came back and demanded change for the twisted headline he had yelled out. He didn't lie. Blink just didn't elaborate that it was just a poker game. Finally, he thought as a customer held out a penny. Blink handed the lady his last paper and ran off to meet Jake at Tibby's.
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Blink walked into Tibby's and noticed Jake at one of the boys' usual tables: right in the center of the restaurant. He walked over and sat down as Bill walked up with Jake's food. "The usual," Blink said and Bill walked off to fill the order.
"Good day?" Jake asked, implying the paper sales.
Remembering his encounter with the mayor's daughter, he smiled with the comment, "Yeah, really good."