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Okay guys, here it comes!
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"Donny just calm down" Rhythm said, trying to get the gun from going off.
"Fuck you" was Donny's answer
Shay was in such shock, she couldn't talk, she just sat back watching it all happen before her eyes, almost as if watching a movie (A)
She watched as a boy she had never seen before crept silently to the doorway. He saw Rhythm with his hands up, and Donny with a gun pointed at him. He put two and two together. Quickly and silently pulling his gold tipped cane from his suspenders, he crept forward, careful not to make a sound.
He pulled the cane back, and whacked Donny across the back of the knees, resulting on Donny collapsing. As he did the gun slipped from his sweaty palms and slid across the floor. Rhythm quickly grabbed it up, and pointed it down at Donny.
"Don't move, I don't want to have to hurt you" Rhythm said, his chest heaving as he took deep breaths, trying to control his heart rate.
The boy Shay didn't recognize placed his cane back through his pants, and extended a hand towards Rhythm.
"Youse alright?"" He asked
"Yah, thanks to you Spot" Rhythm answered.
Suddenly it all clicked in Shays head. This was Spot Conlon the feared leader of Brooklyn. Shay could see it in his eyes.
"Shay youse okay?" Rhythm asked, turning his attention back to her, extending a hand to help her up.
"I…I.." Shay began but she couldn't finish, she was in tears. She sobbed uncontrollably, and fell into Rhythm's outstretched arms.
Spot knew that this wasn't his place and quickly grabbed Donny up by the back of his collar. A quick call down the stairs, and in no time two of Brooklyn's finest where at the door, ready to "escort" their unwelcome guest back out.
Shay cried for a good half an hour, before she finally got control of her self.
"I'm sorry" Was the first thing she said to Rhythm, who was still holding her tight, his shirt now soaked with her tears.
"Will you stop apologizing!" Rhythm said, wiping a stray tear away with his thumb.
Shay smiled a little.
"Rhythm…" She started to ask
"Yah" He answered, looking her in the eyes.
"I wanna go home…" Shay said quietly
"Sure" Rhythm answered with a smile.
"Its just…." Shay started
"Just what?" Rhythm asked
"Well… Medda is having this party tonight, for all the boys and all, ya know for Christmas and all… and by the time we get to 'Hattan, it almost be dark, and it would be stupid for you to walk back by yourself..…"
Rhythm smiled a little, as Shay began to blush.
"I'd love to come." He said with a smile.
"Thank you" Shay said giving him a hug.
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Within a half and hour Shay, Rhythm and Sprockets were on their way back to Manhattan. Shay had felt bad leaving Sprockets behind, after all he had done for her, so she had invited him along.
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Shay lightly knocked on the door to the lodging house, desperately wanting to get out of the cold.
It was Race who answered the door.
"Thank god" was the first thing he said.
Shay gave him a puzzled look.
"Parker and Shane went bizerk, dey been lokin for you all day." Race said, stepping out of the doorway , to let Shay and Rhythm and a newsie he didn't recognize in.
"Youse didn't tell him We'se went to Brooklyn did ya?" Shay asked, her accent getting thicker because of stress, as it always did.
"Ise didn't no….." Race answered. "But ah…." He didn't have to finish
"I'll kill him" Shay said flatly "Where is he?"
Race jerked his head towards the stairs.
Shay took off, now on a mission.
"How could you!" She screamed, busting through the bunk room door. Blink jumped up from his bed in surprise.
"Shay thank god your okay" He said, wrapping his arms around her.
"Don't give me that shit." Shay said pushing him away
"What did I do? Asked Blink, a pained expression painted across his face.
"Youse know damn well what you did. How could you tell Parker!" She screamed, her face red with anger.
"Shay, he's your brother, and he was worried sick. So was I. I don't wanna see you get hurt…" Blink said, reaching out a hand to touch her cheek.
Shay slapped his hand away. "Don't ever touch me again" She said angrily. "And to think I trusted you! Of all people Blink I never thought you would do this to me. After what we've gone through. After what I alone have been through today. I was almost raped, had a gun pulled on me by my own brother, and now this." Shay said, close to tears again.
At that moment, Race Sprockets and Rhythm all finally made it upstairs.
Shay turned to face Rhythm "Lets go" She said
"This was a mistake."
"Shay, are you sure?" Rhythm asked. "What about Matty, you cant just leave him again. And Shane. Remember what it was like when Parker left? Do you want to put your family through that again?"
At that moment, Shay hated Rhythm. Because he was right. She couldn't leave. She studied the ground for a minute.
"Fine I'll stay." Shay said flatly. Then she turned to face Blink. "But me and you. Were done."
With that she turned on her heel and stalked off into her room, slamming the door loudly.
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"Where is she Conlon?" Skittery said, as Spot answered the door to the Brooklyn Lodging House
"My sista" Skittery answered hotly, trying to control his temper. Crossing Spot Conlon was not a smart thing to do. Crossing Spot Conlon in a room full of Brooklyn Newsies was like asking for the death penalty.
"Youse mean the one that was wit Rhythm?" Spot asked.
"Yeah, that's her."
"She left" Spot answered flatly, preparing to shut the door.
Skittery stuck out his foot to stop him. "What do you mean she left?"
"Well…. Some drunk fool came up here, and pulled a gun on Rhythm when he was with Shay. I snuck up behind him took his knees out with me cane" Spot said, rubbing the gold tip of his cane fondly, proud of himself. "Den we took the bum outside, and by the time I came back, her and Rhythm and Sprockets where on their way out the door. Said sumtin about Medda's party tonight, so deys probably in 'Hattan already." Spot said, and then closed the door behind him.
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"Where is she?" Skittery said to no Newsie in-particular as he walked back into the Manhattan Lodging house.
All the Newsies pointed upstairs in the general direction of Shay's room. Skittery didn't stop, he just ran straight up the stairs to her door, Shane close behind.
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Aight guys, bit of a cliffy, but this was a long one, so they cancel out. Oh and happy late birthday to Sweets, my most loyal reviewer!
Oh and if you remember, earlier In this chappy, i put (a) in parenthesis, cause I know that movies weren't around back then, but just live with it okay!