Meanwhile in LI:
Sorrow sighed and walked up the stairs. She was relieved to see that Klutzy was not there. He must have went off selling or something.
Pep and Ani had decided not to sell after their talk in Ani's "office". They had made Klutzy sell though, not wanting him to be anywhere near Sorrow for the time being.
Ani looked up when she heard Sorrow come in. "So...how did it go?"
Sorrow sighed. "Okay I guess." She said.
Ani looked over at Pep.
"So, did you talk to Oscar about......you know..???" Pep asked.
Sorrow sat down on the couch. "No...he's hoit really bad. Klutzy was telling him he didn't treat me right and dat he didn't love me...I don't know what to do." She sighed.
Ani rolled her eyes sand shook her head.
Pep gave a concerned look. "Ya didn't even ask him? Den ya gotta
believe us cuz it's true!" she said. "Why else would we be sayin it?"
Sorrow looked up. "How do you KNOW it is?! Klutzy's lied in da past
you both know dat! And...why would he do that to some girl, I mean he wouldn't!"
Ani looked up. "DO you even know any of his past?! What he's done!?
Go ask any Manhattan newsie and tell spin a yarn better than any story teller. He's evil Sorrow!!"
Pep looked at Sorrow oddly. "We've spelled it out for ya, and ya still wont believe it? Didja know dat he's raped some Manhattan girls before, and he tried ta rape Sarah?" she asked.
Sorrow shook her head. "Yeah shoah. Goils lie...they know dat he
wouldn't touch them so they say this stuff..." She closed her eyes and gulped. "God! I'm so stupid!"
Pep put her head on Sorrow's shoulder. "You're not stupid, ya just love him a lot," she said softly.
Sorrow looked up. "But why didn't I just let my self admit dat it was
true?! I knew it was and I...I..." She put her head in her hands and sobbed.
Ani sighed and looked at Pep shaking her head. She didn't know what to say. She was still angry at Oscar.
"Shhhh......You were just confused," she said, taking her head off of her shoulder.
Sorrow wiped her tears from her eyes. "But I don't wanna leave him.
I know dese are terrible things but...I can't let him go." She said.
Ani sighed and stood up. I"m gonna go have a smoke. You two talk." she said.
Sorrow looked up at her. "Okay..." She said softly.
Pep sighed at Ani. She had had a feeling she would be the sympathetic one this time around. "Well, what are ya gonna do, Sorrow? We don't wanna see ya get hurt! And if he's involved wit Blade and dose guys...." she trailed off.
Sorrow groaned. 'I know...I've heard da stories...I...want to be with
him, but I have dis feeling I can't be, I mean unless Blade ends up dead or something but..." She sighed and looked up. "I was in da refuge...couldn't I handle this?"
"I don't know how you could handle this. The refuge is a lot different." she said, "Not dat I've evah been dere, but still."
Sorrow sighed heavily. "He doesn't know I know. I'm suppost to go
back to his place in a little bit I'll have a long tawk wid him den" She said.
"Alright," Pep said.
Race came up the stairs and found Pep sitting on t he couch. He took his hat off and held it in his hand as he walked over. "Heya." He said.
Pep sighed. "Hey." she replied softly.
Race sighed. 'so um mind if I sit with ya or something?" He asked.
"Of course not," Pep said.
Race smiled and sat down. "So um.." He started. "How's your day
since I left?"
"A mess," she replied. "I don't know what we're gonna do. Sorrow went back to Oscar's to talk ta him," she said.
Race sighed. "Oh that's great... maybe she'll dump him or sumthin. I mean now dat she knows, I'd hope she would."
Pep nodded. "I hope she does too, but ya nevah know what she's gonna do."
Race laughed a little. "Yeah...but enough about her. How are you
feeling?" He asked.
Pep sighed. "I don't know. I'm just so worried. I mean, and Ani isn't any help really right now. They've never been so...I don't know, weird to each other for this long. And I'm worried that Oscar will try to bring Sorrow into somethin with Blade's gang. And den all da other newsies would be involved, and it would be all a big mess." she said.
Race sighed deeply. "Oh boy...dat's a big worry, for sure. Um with Ani you think it's possible that she's jealous of their relationship, I mean not necessarily that she want' s Oscar but Sorrow's not paying that much attention to her? " He closed his eyes. "I don't really think she'd be dumb enough to do dat. She knows Blade right?"
Pep nodded. "I'm pretty sure. That's all I know though. I nevah did find out how she knew him or knew about him so well....." she trailed off.
Race groaned. "I can only imagine." He sighed and put his arm around
her. "Anything I can do?"
Pep sighed. "I don't know. I just wish I knew more than just bits and pieces of everything," she said.
Race nodded. "You know, if you want I'se will talk to her and see if
she'll tell you or something."
Pep looked over at him. "Wanna try ta find her now?" she asked.
Race looked up. "Shoah if that's what you want. Wanna go with me?"
He asked.
"Ya," she answered, giving off a small smile.
Race smiled and stood up. He held out his arm. "Shall we?"
Pep nodded. "Where do ya think she is?" she asked.
"Oscars probably. " He said, quietly. "I have no idea where dat is
but..."
Pep bit her lip. "We could try to find it," she said.
Race smiled. "Hey I just remembahed a bout where it is." He said.
'Jack told me once"
"Oh, I guess Jack would know, too," she said with a slight smile.
Race laughed. "Yep you're right. He most coitanly would!" he smirked.
Pep nodded. She had never been to where Oscar lived before, but she tried to pay attention to how to get there just in case she ever needed to again.
Race sighed. "Okay it's dis way I think" He said pointing down a street.
Race quickly pulled her out of the way from a coming carriage. "Dis has gotta be dere neighbourhood." He grumbled.
"And such a nice neighbourhood at dat!" Pep added sarcastically.
Race smirked. "Dis is da woist...ugh." he said pulling her close. "Stay by me, kay?"
Pep nodded. "Alright," she said.
Race sighed and looked back. "I don't wanna come back here evah again." He said, quietly.
"I'm just glad I'se not here alone," Pep said, shivering at some of the looks she was getting from some people.
"Just um try to ignore dem." He said nodding. Knowing that was gonna be dang near impossible.
"God, dese guys are woise den da Brooklyn boys," she commented quietly, clutching onto him a little bit.
Race quickly nodded. "Yes they are. You shoah you wanna go through
with this??"
Pep shook her head as she saw the familiar face of Blade. Of course, she didn't know him as Blade, she didn't even know him as Giovanni. She just knew he was the person who Ani, (person from LH), and her had to run from, the time that Sorrow had been thrown in the refuge. "Let's get out of here!" she said quickly to Race.
Race looked at her. "But why? Cause of these people? We're almost there."
"No, you don't understand. Remember how Sorrow was in da refuge during the strike? He's why." she said as she tried pointing to him without it being obvious that she was.
Race's eyes widened. "Okay lets' get outta here like now." He said grabbing onto her arm. "C'mon I know a short cut."
Sorrow sighed and walked up the stairs. She was relieved to see that Klutzy was not there. He must have went off selling or something.
Pep and Ani had decided not to sell after their talk in Ani's "office". They had made Klutzy sell though, not wanting him to be anywhere near Sorrow for the time being.
Ani looked up when she heard Sorrow come in. "So...how did it go?"
Sorrow sighed. "Okay I guess." She said.
Ani looked over at Pep.
"So, did you talk to Oscar about......you know..???" Pep asked.
Sorrow sat down on the couch. "No...he's hoit really bad. Klutzy was telling him he didn't treat me right and dat he didn't love me...I don't know what to do." She sighed.
Ani rolled her eyes sand shook her head.
Pep gave a concerned look. "Ya didn't even ask him? Den ya gotta
believe us cuz it's true!" she said. "Why else would we be sayin it?"
Sorrow looked up. "How do you KNOW it is?! Klutzy's lied in da past
you both know dat! And...why would he do that to some girl, I mean he wouldn't!"
Ani looked up. "DO you even know any of his past?! What he's done!?
Go ask any Manhattan newsie and tell spin a yarn better than any story teller. He's evil Sorrow!!"
Pep looked at Sorrow oddly. "We've spelled it out for ya, and ya still wont believe it? Didja know dat he's raped some Manhattan girls before, and he tried ta rape Sarah?" she asked.
Sorrow shook her head. "Yeah shoah. Goils lie...they know dat he
wouldn't touch them so they say this stuff..." She closed her eyes and gulped. "God! I'm so stupid!"
Pep put her head on Sorrow's shoulder. "You're not stupid, ya just love him a lot," she said softly.
Sorrow looked up. "But why didn't I just let my self admit dat it was
true?! I knew it was and I...I..." She put her head in her hands and sobbed.
Ani sighed and looked at Pep shaking her head. She didn't know what to say. She was still angry at Oscar.
"Shhhh......You were just confused," she said, taking her head off of her shoulder.
Sorrow wiped her tears from her eyes. "But I don't wanna leave him.
I know dese are terrible things but...I can't let him go." She said.
Ani sighed and stood up. I"m gonna go have a smoke. You two talk." she said.
Sorrow looked up at her. "Okay..." She said softly.
Pep sighed at Ani. She had had a feeling she would be the sympathetic one this time around. "Well, what are ya gonna do, Sorrow? We don't wanna see ya get hurt! And if he's involved wit Blade and dose guys...." she trailed off.
Sorrow groaned. 'I know...I've heard da stories...I...want to be with
him, but I have dis feeling I can't be, I mean unless Blade ends up dead or something but..." She sighed and looked up. "I was in da refuge...couldn't I handle this?"
"I don't know how you could handle this. The refuge is a lot different." she said, "Not dat I've evah been dere, but still."
Sorrow sighed heavily. "He doesn't know I know. I'm suppost to go
back to his place in a little bit I'll have a long tawk wid him den" She said.
"Alright," Pep said.
Race came up the stairs and found Pep sitting on t he couch. He took his hat off and held it in his hand as he walked over. "Heya." He said.
Pep sighed. "Hey." she replied softly.
Race sighed. 'so um mind if I sit with ya or something?" He asked.
"Of course not," Pep said.
Race smiled and sat down. "So um.." He started. "How's your day
since I left?"
"A mess," she replied. "I don't know what we're gonna do. Sorrow went back to Oscar's to talk ta him," she said.
Race sighed. "Oh that's great... maybe she'll dump him or sumthin. I mean now dat she knows, I'd hope she would."
Pep nodded. "I hope she does too, but ya nevah know what she's gonna do."
Race laughed a little. "Yeah...but enough about her. How are you
feeling?" He asked.
Pep sighed. "I don't know. I'm just so worried. I mean, and Ani isn't any help really right now. They've never been so...I don't know, weird to each other for this long. And I'm worried that Oscar will try to bring Sorrow into somethin with Blade's gang. And den all da other newsies would be involved, and it would be all a big mess." she said.
Race sighed deeply. "Oh boy...dat's a big worry, for sure. Um with Ani you think it's possible that she's jealous of their relationship, I mean not necessarily that she want' s Oscar but Sorrow's not paying that much attention to her? " He closed his eyes. "I don't really think she'd be dumb enough to do dat. She knows Blade right?"
Pep nodded. "I'm pretty sure. That's all I know though. I nevah did find out how she knew him or knew about him so well....." she trailed off.
Race groaned. "I can only imagine." He sighed and put his arm around
her. "Anything I can do?"
Pep sighed. "I don't know. I just wish I knew more than just bits and pieces of everything," she said.
Race nodded. "You know, if you want I'se will talk to her and see if
she'll tell you or something."
Pep looked over at him. "Wanna try ta find her now?" she asked.
Race looked up. "Shoah if that's what you want. Wanna go with me?"
He asked.
"Ya," she answered, giving off a small smile.
Race smiled and stood up. He held out his arm. "Shall we?"
Pep nodded. "Where do ya think she is?" she asked.
"Oscars probably. " He said, quietly. "I have no idea where dat is
but..."
Pep bit her lip. "We could try to find it," she said.
Race smiled. "Hey I just remembahed a bout where it is." He said.
'Jack told me once"
"Oh, I guess Jack would know, too," she said with a slight smile.
Race laughed. "Yep you're right. He most coitanly would!" he smirked.
Pep nodded. She had never been to where Oscar lived before, but she tried to pay attention to how to get there just in case she ever needed to again.
Race sighed. "Okay it's dis way I think" He said pointing down a street.
Race quickly pulled her out of the way from a coming carriage. "Dis has gotta be dere neighbourhood." He grumbled.
"And such a nice neighbourhood at dat!" Pep added sarcastically.
Race smirked. "Dis is da woist...ugh." he said pulling her close. "Stay by me, kay?"
Pep nodded. "Alright," she said.
Race sighed and looked back. "I don't wanna come back here evah again." He said, quietly.
"I'm just glad I'se not here alone," Pep said, shivering at some of the looks she was getting from some people.
"Just um try to ignore dem." He said nodding. Knowing that was gonna be dang near impossible.
"God, dese guys are woise den da Brooklyn boys," she commented quietly, clutching onto him a little bit.
Race quickly nodded. "Yes they are. You shoah you wanna go through
with this??"
Pep shook her head as she saw the familiar face of Blade. Of course, she didn't know him as Blade, she didn't even know him as Giovanni. She just knew he was the person who Ani, (person from LH), and her had to run from, the time that Sorrow had been thrown in the refuge. "Let's get out of here!" she said quickly to Race.
Race looked at her. "But why? Cause of these people? We're almost there."
"No, you don't understand. Remember how Sorrow was in da refuge during the strike? He's why." she said as she tried pointing to him without it being obvious that she was.
Race's eyes widened. "Okay lets' get outta here like now." He said grabbing onto her arm. "C'mon I know a short cut."