Sorrow hurried as far from Little Italy as possible. she hated lower Manhattan but she had to go somewhere.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Race smiled at Pep. "So are we selling to day?" He asked.
Pep shrugged. "If ya wanna. I don't know if it's too late or what." she said. "Ugh, god,
that was certainly a fun morning," she said with a sigh.
Race sighed as well."I"m so sorry you had to see and hear all dat." He frowned.
"Nah, it's alright. I'm glad I got ta talk ta Sorrow a bit, anyways. I just hope she doesn't go off and do anythin stupid aftah Ani gets through wit her," she said.
Race smiled. "Well is there anything that's stupider then what she did last night?" He asked.
Pep sighed. "Probably," she replied. "Believe me I can think of things woise."
Race sighed and wrapped his arms around her. "I'se so sorry...did you wanna go somewhere and talk some more?"
Pep nodded, glad he was willing to talk. She smiled, enjoying the feeling of his arms around her.
"where would you like to go??" Race asked stroking one of
her shoulders.
"Well where do ya think would be a good place ta talk?" she asked.
Race sighed. "I know a really private place at grand central wanna go there??" he asked.
Pep smiled at him. "Sounds like a plan," she said quietly.
Race smiled. "Great." He said. "Were not dat far.' Pep sighed as they walked over to the place.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sorrow headed to the DC. She knew better than this but she couldn't help it she had really no where else to go. She found Mush staring at her, as she waited for it to close. "Whaddya looking at Meyers?!" she shouted.
Mush quickly looked away. "Nothin..." he said.
Sorrow sighed. She walked over to him. "Listen Mush I'se really sorry. I shouldn't have snapped at you..." She gave her best puppy dog eyes but not on purpose.
Mush sighed. "It's alright I guess."
Sorrow shook her head. "NO it's not. You didn't do nothing to me and I treated you like dirt. Like...me...like what I am..."
Mush looked at Sorrow a bit confused. "Sorrow are you alright?" he asked.
Sorrow stood there bewildered. "I...Iii...I don't know..." She backed up a little. "I'm sorry...forget I even said anything...." She said turning around walking away.
Mush stood there studying Sorrow for a minute. "What's dis all about?" he asked.
Sorrow turned back around. "What?" She sighed. "I don't think you'd wanna hear it."She said.
"Its...not very good."
"Oh, it's not? Well, but....that's okay, I guess." he said.
Sorrow scoffed. "Well seeya around." She said with a smirk. That's one of the things she hated about the newsies, acting like they wanted to talk but just saying it to sound like they care.
Mush just stood there bewildered, not quite sure what had happened.
Sorrow sighed and started to walk away from the DC. Maybe she didn't need Oscar either; maybe she didn't need anyone. Maybe she should go back to the way it was in the Orphanage and the refuge.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Race sighed and sat next to her holding her hand. "Start wherever you need or want to"
"I don't know. It's just, I can't stand Oscar but I don't want Sorrow to break up with him. I don't know why though. It's driving me crazy!" Pep started.
Race sighed. "That's not a very good dilemma to be in.' HE frowned.
"No, it isn't," Pep agreed. "I just wish I could figure out why I didn't want them to break up so much! I don't know. I just hate this because I think I understand where both Ani and Sorrow are comin from," Pep said.
Race sighed. "Could it be that you don't won't them to break up because of you see how much she loves him and not saying he does but maybe that he loves her. And you can see wid Ani cause he is da creep dat's terrorized da newsie population for years?' He asked.
"Ya, something like that," she said, smiling at Race. "How come dat was so easy for you ta figure out?" she asked, bewildered.
Race shrugged. "I guess cause I ain't as close to da situation as you are, maybe I got a better and bigger picture of it."
Pep shook her head with a smile. She couldn't get over how amazing he was.
Race smiled back. "anything else you need to talk about??"
"Nah, I think I've had enough whinin for da day. I'm at me limit!" Pep said with a small laugh.
Pep laughed. "Oh yeah, I'm supposed ta meet Sorrow at Angelina's sometime today.....I'm not shoah when dough," she said with a small laugh.
Race laughed. "okay shall we go now den?" He asked.
"Shoah, why not," she said.
Race stood up and offer her his arm. Pep smiled and took it.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sorrow sat down on the curb. Maybe she would go back to the LH tonight. she didn't know. she just wished she had someone to talk to. Someone to hold her.
Oscar spotted Sorrow on the curb. Having no clue what she had just gone through, he sat next to her and put his arms around her.
Sorrow quickly looked up. she gasped when she saw him. "Oscar!" She shouted throwing her arms tightly around him.
Oscar smiled at her. "Now dis is da kind of welcome I could get used ta!" he said with a smirk.
Sorrow sighed and put her head against his chest. "God I hate me life."
Sorrow looked up at him, trying not to cry. She pulled away. She couldn't have him holding her, she didn't deserve it.
"What?" Oscar asked. "Is somethin da mattah?"
Sorrow nodded. "Yeah but...it's of no importance."
Oscar looked a little concerned. "Come on, ya can tell me," he said.
Sorrow looked back at him. "You'll just say something like stupid newsies or something and tell me dey'se street rat's and ain't woith it..."
Oscar shrugged. "So are ya gonna tell me or not?"
Sorrow turned around. "Okay...Ani...got on me again. Told me well she asked me if I can't keep my legs shut just once...she said I only think I love you and...but that's not the worst of it...well maybe it is but here is some of it. You soaked...Peppermint. Why?!"
Oscar shrugged. "I dunno, seemed like a good idea at da time. Besides, da little pipsqueak desoived it. I saw her watchin us one night!" Oscar said, getting defensive.
Sorrow looked at him. "Watching us do what???" She asked.
"She's just too dang curious for her own good. Just watching us talkin and stuff. I don't know. Since when do ya care, anyways? What's it ta you what pipsqueak I soak, huh?" Oscar asked.
Sorrow stared t him and narrowed her eyes. "It mattahs when its my little sistah!" she shouted. "Maybe not by blood but...' she closed her eyes. She didn't want to lose him.
Oscar scoffed. "Listen, I'm sorry, alright! I didn't know! I'll try not ta soak her no more, alright?"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Race smiled. "How far is it from here??"
"Not far." Pep replied.
Race sighed in relief. "Good I didn't sleep too well last night."
Pep laughed. "Ya, well, Ani gave me some somethin or other last night cuz I was worried about Sorrow, so...." she said.
Race nodded. "So her not coming home freaked you out?" He asked sadly.
Pep nodded. "Ya, maybe a little," she said softly. "But the liquor helped me forget about it," she added
Race nodded. Yeah it does do dat but it's not healthy to do I ta all the time."
Pep eyed Race. "Like you should be one to talk," she said with a laugh.
Race laughed. "yeah I now. But I'se speaking from poisonally experience."
Pep laughed. "I'm sure it's not, but I think I'm gonna let myself experience it anyways. Besides, how could I avoid it with Sorrow and Ani having it the way dey do!" Pep said with a laugh.
Race laughed. "I'se swear dose two have got drinking problems." He smirked. "Well with Sorrow..." his voice trailed off.
Pep's smile faded when he mentioned Sorrow. "Ya...." she started. "They shoah can drink."
Race sighed. "Is dat it up dere?" He asked pointing.
"Yep, I think so," Pep said as she spotted the building.
Race grinned and walked to her to it. He opened the door for her. "Ladies foist." Pep giggled as she walked in.
Race walked in after her. "Okay I feel stupid. I didn't realise it was an Italian restaurant!" He laughed.
Pep smiled. "I've never been here before." she said. "I wonder if Sorrow will remember to meet me here." she mused.
Race smirked. 'I shoah hope so. Unless she ran into..."
Pep groaned. "Don't say it. I hope she'd have enough senses to know dat she was da one dat said ta meet her here and she shows up. She bettah not let ol' Delancey keep her from doin somethin she suggested!" Pep said.
Race nodded. 'Yes I agree. Hopefully she don't bring him with 'er eithah.' HE said.
Pep nodded. "I don't think she'd do that after this mornin, but ya nevah know."
"How would you feel if she did?" Race asked her shifting in his chair.
behind her.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Race smiled at Pep. "So are we selling to day?" He asked.
Pep shrugged. "If ya wanna. I don't know if it's too late or what." she said. "Ugh, god,
that was certainly a fun morning," she said with a sigh.
Race sighed as well."I"m so sorry you had to see and hear all dat." He frowned.
"Nah, it's alright. I'm glad I got ta talk ta Sorrow a bit, anyways. I just hope she doesn't go off and do anythin stupid aftah Ani gets through wit her," she said.
Race smiled. "Well is there anything that's stupider then what she did last night?" He asked.
Pep sighed. "Probably," she replied. "Believe me I can think of things woise."
Race sighed and wrapped his arms around her. "I'se so sorry...did you wanna go somewhere and talk some more?"
Pep nodded, glad he was willing to talk. She smiled, enjoying the feeling of his arms around her.
"where would you like to go??" Race asked stroking one of
her shoulders.
"Well where do ya think would be a good place ta talk?" she asked.
Race sighed. "I know a really private place at grand central wanna go there??" he asked.
Pep smiled at him. "Sounds like a plan," she said quietly.
Race smiled. "Great." He said. "Were not dat far.' Pep sighed as they walked over to the place.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sorrow headed to the DC. She knew better than this but she couldn't help it she had really no where else to go. She found Mush staring at her, as she waited for it to close. "Whaddya looking at Meyers?!" she shouted.
Mush quickly looked away. "Nothin..." he said.
Sorrow sighed. She walked over to him. "Listen Mush I'se really sorry. I shouldn't have snapped at you..." She gave her best puppy dog eyes but not on purpose.
Mush sighed. "It's alright I guess."
Sorrow shook her head. "NO it's not. You didn't do nothing to me and I treated you like dirt. Like...me...like what I am..."
Mush looked at Sorrow a bit confused. "Sorrow are you alright?" he asked.
Sorrow stood there bewildered. "I...Iii...I don't know..." She backed up a little. "I'm sorry...forget I even said anything...." She said turning around walking away.
Mush stood there studying Sorrow for a minute. "What's dis all about?" he asked.
Sorrow turned back around. "What?" She sighed. "I don't think you'd wanna hear it."She said.
"Its...not very good."
"Oh, it's not? Well, but....that's okay, I guess." he said.
Sorrow scoffed. "Well seeya around." She said with a smirk. That's one of the things she hated about the newsies, acting like they wanted to talk but just saying it to sound like they care.
Mush just stood there bewildered, not quite sure what had happened.
Sorrow sighed and started to walk away from the DC. Maybe she didn't need Oscar either; maybe she didn't need anyone. Maybe she should go back to the way it was in the Orphanage and the refuge.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Race sighed and sat next to her holding her hand. "Start wherever you need or want to"
"I don't know. It's just, I can't stand Oscar but I don't want Sorrow to break up with him. I don't know why though. It's driving me crazy!" Pep started.
Race sighed. "That's not a very good dilemma to be in.' HE frowned.
"No, it isn't," Pep agreed. "I just wish I could figure out why I didn't want them to break up so much! I don't know. I just hate this because I think I understand where both Ani and Sorrow are comin from," Pep said.
Race sighed. "Could it be that you don't won't them to break up because of you see how much she loves him and not saying he does but maybe that he loves her. And you can see wid Ani cause he is da creep dat's terrorized da newsie population for years?' He asked.
"Ya, something like that," she said, smiling at Race. "How come dat was so easy for you ta figure out?" she asked, bewildered.
Race shrugged. "I guess cause I ain't as close to da situation as you are, maybe I got a better and bigger picture of it."
Pep shook her head with a smile. She couldn't get over how amazing he was.
Race smiled back. "anything else you need to talk about??"
"Nah, I think I've had enough whinin for da day. I'm at me limit!" Pep said with a small laugh.
Pep laughed. "Oh yeah, I'm supposed ta meet Sorrow at Angelina's sometime today.....I'm not shoah when dough," she said with a small laugh.
Race laughed. "okay shall we go now den?" He asked.
"Shoah, why not," she said.
Race stood up and offer her his arm. Pep smiled and took it.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Sorrow sat down on the curb. Maybe she would go back to the LH tonight. she didn't know. she just wished she had someone to talk to. Someone to hold her.
Oscar spotted Sorrow on the curb. Having no clue what she had just gone through, he sat next to her and put his arms around her.
Sorrow quickly looked up. she gasped when she saw him. "Oscar!" She shouted throwing her arms tightly around him.
Oscar smiled at her. "Now dis is da kind of welcome I could get used ta!" he said with a smirk.
Sorrow sighed and put her head against his chest. "God I hate me life."
Sorrow looked up at him, trying not to cry. She pulled away. She couldn't have him holding her, she didn't deserve it.
"What?" Oscar asked. "Is somethin da mattah?"
Sorrow nodded. "Yeah but...it's of no importance."
Oscar looked a little concerned. "Come on, ya can tell me," he said.
Sorrow looked back at him. "You'll just say something like stupid newsies or something and tell me dey'se street rat's and ain't woith it..."
Oscar shrugged. "So are ya gonna tell me or not?"
Sorrow turned around. "Okay...Ani...got on me again. Told me well she asked me if I can't keep my legs shut just once...she said I only think I love you and...but that's not the worst of it...well maybe it is but here is some of it. You soaked...Peppermint. Why?!"
Oscar shrugged. "I dunno, seemed like a good idea at da time. Besides, da little pipsqueak desoived it. I saw her watchin us one night!" Oscar said, getting defensive.
Sorrow looked at him. "Watching us do what???" She asked.
"She's just too dang curious for her own good. Just watching us talkin and stuff. I don't know. Since when do ya care, anyways? What's it ta you what pipsqueak I soak, huh?" Oscar asked.
Sorrow stared t him and narrowed her eyes. "It mattahs when its my little sistah!" she shouted. "Maybe not by blood but...' she closed her eyes. She didn't want to lose him.
Oscar scoffed. "Listen, I'm sorry, alright! I didn't know! I'll try not ta soak her no more, alright?"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Race smiled. "How far is it from here??"
"Not far." Pep replied.
Race sighed in relief. "Good I didn't sleep too well last night."
Pep laughed. "Ya, well, Ani gave me some somethin or other last night cuz I was worried about Sorrow, so...." she said.
Race nodded. "So her not coming home freaked you out?" He asked sadly.
Pep nodded. "Ya, maybe a little," she said softly. "But the liquor helped me forget about it," she added
Race nodded. Yeah it does do dat but it's not healthy to do I ta all the time."
Pep eyed Race. "Like you should be one to talk," she said with a laugh.
Race laughed. "yeah I now. But I'se speaking from poisonally experience."
Pep laughed. "I'm sure it's not, but I think I'm gonna let myself experience it anyways. Besides, how could I avoid it with Sorrow and Ani having it the way dey do!" Pep said with a laugh.
Race laughed. "I'se swear dose two have got drinking problems." He smirked. "Well with Sorrow..." his voice trailed off.
Pep's smile faded when he mentioned Sorrow. "Ya...." she started. "They shoah can drink."
Race sighed. "Is dat it up dere?" He asked pointing.
"Yep, I think so," Pep said as she spotted the building.
Race grinned and walked to her to it. He opened the door for her. "Ladies foist." Pep giggled as she walked in.
Race walked in after her. "Okay I feel stupid. I didn't realise it was an Italian restaurant!" He laughed.
Pep smiled. "I've never been here before." she said. "I wonder if Sorrow will remember to meet me here." she mused.
Race smirked. 'I shoah hope so. Unless she ran into..."
Pep groaned. "Don't say it. I hope she'd have enough senses to know dat she was da one dat said ta meet her here and she shows up. She bettah not let ol' Delancey keep her from doin somethin she suggested!" Pep said.
Race nodded. 'Yes I agree. Hopefully she don't bring him with 'er eithah.' HE said.
Pep nodded. "I don't think she'd do that after this mornin, but ya nevah know."
"How would you feel if she did?" Race asked her shifting in his chair.
behind her.