It's been some time since I last updated. I've been busy and been trying to figure this story out. It started taking me in a different direction than what I had planned so I'm trying to fix that. Transitions. I know everyone felt it as well, there weren't any as I should say, so I tried to experiment with some transitions. Let me know what you guys think of it and I'll try to figure it out. I hope you guys like it. It should be better in later chapters.
Chapter 3:
"Dutchy, are you ok?" Specs asked him as they walked towards the Greeley Statue.
"Ya. It's just one of those days you know?" Dutchy said. He was feeling a little down still but as the day went he started on feeling a little bit more like himself.
"What do you think it is?" Specs asked.
"I'm not sure. It could have been something from yesterday. Meeting the girls, selling the papes or going to Medda's last night but I can't put my finger on it."
"Well I'm sure you'll be ok." he said as they walked up to the statue and saw Pie Eater and Snoddy already there.
"You boys ready?" Pie Eater asked the other two moving his eyebrows up and down.
"Ok, well I know I have Aimee and Pie has Tiffany. So I'm just guessing Specs you'll be Hellen and you'll be with Laura." Snoddy said trying to remember the other girls name but it looked as if he didn't care.
"Lynn and Hayley." Dutchy corrected him.
"Ya them." was all Snoody said. The boys just talked about nothing important as they waited for the girls to come.
"Did you read that one article today about the baby seal. I was laughing so hard, that was the most stupid thing I've ever read-" Pie didn't have time to finish because they all heard a lady's voice.
"Hey boys." Tiffany said with a hint of seduction in her voice. All the boys turned to look at them. She was standing with all her weight on her left left leg with her hand on her hip. Aimee was standing to the side of her practically in the same position and the other two just walked up.
Pie walked over to Tiffany and took her right hand. "Well, how are you fine ladies doing tonight?" he said gently kissing her hand. Lynn and Hayley watched with amusement. They both turned to each other with smiles in eyes. The other two girls soon heard little laughs escape from the other boys and turned around. They saw Lynn and Hayley bowing to each other. Hayley took Lynn's hand and brought it her lip to kiss mocking Pie.
"You guys." Tiffany snapped at them.
"What? We weren't doing anything." Hayley said tyring to play innoncent. Specs and Dutchy had to laugh at that.
"Whatever." Tiffany said to her friends and turned back to Pie. Snoody was standing across from Aimme smiling at her.
"Well should we get going?" Snoddy said.
"Yes." Aimee said taking Snoody's arm as he held it out to her. Pie did the same and as Tiffany took it she turned to the two the grils.
"We're going to with them. We'll see you tomorrow." she said a little coldly to them.
"Someone is seriously is a little catty." Hayley said. "All the time" she added after a moments pause. The two girls shuggred and turned to their dates.
"Hi. Dutchy and Specs, right?" Lynn asked the two boys as she shook their hands.
"Ya." Specs said. "Well what would you ladies like to do?"
"Are you hungry?" Hayley asked Lynn. She shook her head no. "Good. I'm not either. Well why don't we just walk around until we find something to do." she suggested.
"That sounds great." Specs said. "Dutchy?"
"Ya. Let's go." Dutchy said. And with that the four started walking.
Walking seememd to be the acitivty all four could agree upon. They started walking through Central Park and Specs and Hayley wouldn't shut up.
"Do you want to break away from the two chatter boxs?" Dutchy has asked Lynn. She nooded her vigoursly wanting to get away from her talkive friend.
"So Dutchy. Tell me five things about yourself." Lynn said. Dutchy hadn't been that talkive this whole time and Lynn was hoping to at least get him to talk like the pair in front of them. Hayley and Specs were not to far ahead. "Five things?" Dutchy asked. He never before been asked to do something like that.
"Yes. Five things. And it could ba anything." Lynn confirmed smiling at him.
"Well let's see. Um I'm a newsie, I will be eighteen next year. Umm I like to read, I like to have a good time. And. ..." he didn't know what else to say. He looked at her.
"You don't know what to say?" Lynn asked surprised. "Well what about your favorite color?"
"My favorite color" he started to saying. "My favorite color is green."
"See now that wasn't so hard." she said.
"Maybe for you it isn't but for me it was." He looked over at her. He knew hadn't been that talkive. He could tell she was trying to get him to talk and he was gald he didn't cancell on the group date.
She was nervously waiting for him to say something. She hadn't been on a date since, well since the last guy that broke her heart. She was rubbing her wrist, a nervous habit she had picked up over the months and that's when she saw it. She stopped dead in track and her face paled to a ghost white. He noticed she wasn't looking that good.
"Lynn are you alright?" Dutchy asked a bit concerned. She just started in front of her. "Lynn." He called her name three more times before she looked at him.
"I have to go." she said. "I'm sorry but I have to go, I'll see you later." She looked back to where she was staring and ran in the opposite direction.
"How long have you two been friends?" Specs asked Hayley. They seemed to be meshing, well Specs thought so and knew the way to get to a girl's heart was to learn about her friends.
"Forever. I can't remember a time where I haven't known her. She's my best friend." Hayley said. "So you have a best friend?" she paused. "Well guy's don't really have best friends huh?" she said after she thought about it for a second.
"No, not really." he said laughing lightly. "But Dutchy has been a good friend ever since I've known him."
"That's good." she said. "What's it like being a newsie?"
"Umm. Ok I guess." he said looking at her. It's not something I'm going to do for the rest of my life but it's something to get food in my stomach and a roof over my head for now."
"Well what about selling all to the different people? Don't you find it hard to get people to buy your papes?" she asked.
"Ya but" he just smiled. "We just improve the truth that's all."
"Ooo, improve the truth. Is that what you guys are calling it now?" she smiled as well.
"Hey you guys wait up." They heard and they turned around to see Dutchy jogging up to them.
"Where's Lynn?" Hayley asked when she noticed her missing friend.
"She left." he said with a disappointment written across his face.
"What do you mean she left?" she asked.
"She left. We were talking and then she didn't look to good. Like she saw a ghost and then took off." he said summarizing the events.
"There was nothing else she said." Dutchy shook his head. "That doesn't sound like her. To just take off." Hayley started becoming very concerned.
"Maybe she went home. Do you want to go check up on her?" Specs finally spoke up. She shook her head.
"No. I'll have to check up on her tomorrow at work." she said. The two boys studied her trying to figure out what was happening. "Um. I"m sorry Specs but I think it would best if I went home for the rest of the evening."
"Alright. I'll walk you home." he said with a hint of disappointement in his voice. "See you later Dutchy." And with that he followed Hayley to her home.
Home. It was excalty the place she didn't want to be but had to. She nearly ran home in fear of him catching site of her. She didn't want to see what would ever if she was ever caught lying. Well she knew what would happen but didn't want the experience of it. She ran up the stairs not looking where her feet were taking her.
"Watch out." was all she heard as she crashed into the boy. She stood up and once she was on stable feet she saw Tommy across from her.
"I thought you said you had to work?" Tommy said in whisper.
"No. I just went out with some friends." she said trying to catch her breath. They both sat down on the stairs.
"Did you have fun?" he asked.
"Ya. As much fun as one could have." she said trying to smile. Tommy knew she was lying. "How's everything going here?" she said trying to slow down her heart.
"Fine. Witch is still a pest. I can't see why we don't just get rid of her some way. Both of them to be excat."
"I know. Wouldn't that be the life." she said as her mind ran over the recent events. "Come on let's get inside.
Tevestar: Thank you, as I already told you I was going to go through it tonight and do all the spelling. But I also want to look at it and fix teh earlier chatpers as well. So it will still be sometime before I update those two.
cheekymouse: I'm glad you think so. Tell me what you think about the transitions in this chapter. I'm really trying to fix it. I think I read it, the title sounds really familiar.
Calzino: You will find out who Witch is soon enough. I'm in the middle of rewriting what I have because as I said it started taking me in a different direction.
NewsieGoil1899: I want to talk to you about Betaing. It wouldn't be totally soon in the near future but more towards when I finally get past all the things i need to finish before the semster is up. I'm glad you loved it. Well I hope you still do.