Chap. 3

"Dolly, ya almost ready for tonight?" I asked.

"Hold on, Sweets, I have to look poifect for David." She said, sighing.

We were going to see Medda for the first time. All of us had heard plenty about her, especially from Racetrack.

"Hey, Three ya goin' wit Jack?"

"Ya, I thinks so." She answered, "You goin' wit Mush?"

"Of course." I answered, thinking about how my relationship with him had developed over the time we had been in 1899.

As we all headed off to go to Irving Hall, we met up with David, Mush, and Jack. I thought about how just a couple of weeks ago, we all (except Copper/Jacqueline) had only dreamed of being where we were right then.

We were almost there, and I noticed that Copper looked a little bit sad. I hung back to talk to her.

"Hey, Coppah, why do ya look so glum?"

"I guess I'se just sad that Spot ain't here."

I remembered how they had started to get close after that first day that they had met. She had been talking about him a lot more lately. I decided to try to show her how good she had it now, even being here.

"Ain't you'se the one dat didn't even want ta come here?" I said.

"Maybe I changed me mind, dat's all." She said scornfullyas she ran off.

Mush gave me a strange look that seemed to say- What's wrong with her?- I just looked at him and shrugged. He got the hint and didn't say anything. He then held the door open for me when we got to Irving Hall.

A lot of the newsies were there, like Racetrack, Kid Blink, Skittery, Boots, and Crutchy. I was surprised that Spot hadn't shown up because he seemed like he really wanted to come to see Copper.

I was still worried about where Copper was, but I knew that she knew her way around New York pretty well, even if she was only used to the 2006 one that she had visited often. I figured they couldn't be that different.

"Sweets, are you'se sure dat you'se alright?" Mush asked me with a concerned look on his face.

"I'se okay Mush, just worried 'bout Coppah."

"Do ya wanna go look for her?" he asked.

I shook my head. The show started then, so I settled back to watch.

Around Intermission, when we were walking around the lobby, Spot walked up to us with Copper!

"Where have ya been?" I asked her anxiously.

She told me of how after she ran off, Spot found her on the Brooklyn bridge. He talked to her about why she was mad at me. Finally, they decided to come back and talk with us about it.

"Oh, Coppah! I'm so sorry!" I said, truly sorry about what I had said.

"It's alright, Sweets, I understand dat I overreacted." She said as she squeezed my hand.

We sat down to watch the rest of the show. Medda even sang 'High Times, Hard Times' All of us knew the song, too, so we sang along with her. Have you ever seen a bunch of boys sing and dance about sticking out their chests? After it was done, we all were laughing.

After the show, the newsies wanted to know how we knew that song. We didn't know what to tell them since they didn't know where we were from. I started to say something and I hoped it would work.

"Um… you'se remember dat we'se not from around here, right?" they nodded, so I contined, "well, where we was from, we'se knew that song pretty well."

They seemed to understand that, but then Racetrack asked:

"Well, where are you goils from then?"

"Ya, we neva got told." Mush agreed.

I looked over at Dolly, Three, and Copper to see what they thought, but they just looked at me helplessly. It looked like I was going to have to be the one to either tell a lie or spill our secret. We were stuck. I thought quickly about what I was going to say, and then I started, slowly.

"Well… we'se all from Iowa, ya know Iowa right?" they nodded, "but don't worry because Coppah has family in New Yawk." I continued, "And… we'se don't really live here… in 1899 I mean." I didn't dare to look up, I just continued on, "because we'se from the year 2006."

I was scared to make eye contact with any of them, especially Mush after that. It was so quiet that I was sure that they were angry at me or all of us girls. I ran out of there and went back to the Lodging House. I saw Kloppman, but I just kept running upstairs to the bunk room.

a/n- i had to put in High Times, Hard Times! haha i think its really funny how all of them are dancing during that scene in the movie...

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