*Kawaii Julie Sama stands up from her computer chair and gives hugs and
candy to her awesome reviewers*
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Spot: Ya bettah get a good look 'cause ya won't see her out of dat chair till school starts.
*KJS smacks Spot*
Spot: What was dat foah?
I do too leave my computer.
Spot: No ya don't
Uh-uh I leave it for social events.
Spot: Ta go to social events ya have ta have a social life.
I have a social life.
Spot: Naw ya don't. Ya spend all yeh time wid me.
I think it's time for shout outs *glares at Spot*
Rainbowspy: Thanks bunches for the review
Pyromaniacal Llama: Yeah Julie would do quite a few things if money was involved. Not anything that would umm, ya know. Ok I'm going to shut up now. Thanks so much for the review.
Fish: Thanks I'm glad you like it. I like to do original things and when I see something someone hasn't done yet I jump on it; although sometimes I do more regular pieces. Ok now that I've rambled. I thank you profusely for the review.
Sapphy: I'm not sure about the students hitting on Julie...... but that would be fun to write......hehehehe. Yes I greatly appreciate the review.
Ok I wrote this at 1 in the morning if there's typo's so shot me.
Chapter 6
"Julie," I said after a speedy recovery.
"Nice to meet you Julie," he said before following the other boys to the lunch hall.
That would be number two of newsies from the strike I've met. Neat huh? This would be so much more exciting if I didn't have to worry about things like food, lodging, and a certain little brother. Oh my John!
I hoped more than anything that Flame was taking good care of him. Oh if he wasn't I was going to give him quite the verbal berating. That boy would take good care of John after the telling I'd give him. I even started planning it right then just in case.
Eventually the lunch break ended and I was drafted to clean up the trash in the lunch hall. Hey it was better then the rag gig they had me doing earlier. It didn't take long either. When I was finished I ended up back in the chair from before with nothing before. They didn't seem to need me to do anything.
"So Jill why are you working at a school and not somewhere else on the streets?" There was the teacher from room number four standing near me. I had to figure that he was on her prep period or something.
I figure I should take the time now to describe him. The teacher from room four was a tall man about thirty with a long face and dark brown eyes. He had short black hair and nice suit. He was umm how should I put it full in the middle. He wasn't fat just not skinny either.
"Why aren't you teaching your class?" I replied honestly curious if they had prep periods back then.
"Avoiding the question?" he asked.
"No, just curious"
"School is over," he said answering my question. Wow that went by fast. "I don't have to teach after the final bell."
"Yeah," I replied.
"You still haven't answered my question," he informed me as if I didn't know already. "Could it be because you're embarrassed about the answer."
"Um, no" I had no idea what he was talking about I promise you this guy didn't make any sense at all.
"Could it be that you wanted to work at a school because you're interested in getting an education?"
I stared at him speechless. There was honestly nothing that I could reply to that. I promise you. Yeah I liked learning to an extent most people do but my level of education had probably already exceeded the senior level at this school. We sat in silence as he waited for a reply to his comment.
"No," I replied quite bluntly after a moment of that annoying silence.
"I don't believe that," he replied.
"I looked for a job at a school because a friend suggested that is was something that I could do." I replied figuring, or well hoping, that the truth would be most believable. "They wouldn't let me be a teacher because I was too young so I was offered a job as an assistant. I took it because I need the money to support myself and my little brother."
"You wanted to teach?" he asked still processing what I had said.
"If it would get me money, sure I'd put up with teaching someone things they didn't know."
"How about I take you on as an apprentice to the art of teaching? With pay mind you, I'll speak with the headmaster. If a can get him to agree will you do it?" This came as a shock. I didn't expect him to ask me to be his student teacher. Hey it was money and probably would be easier than this.
"Alright," I replied. "But um if I'm going to be you're 'apprentice' (yes used air quotes) then I'm going to need to know you're name."
"Nathaniel Ghoti," he replied chuckling. I think it was at the air quotes though. "And yours is."
"Julie O'Carroll," I replied and watched at a look of confusion on his face. "My name isn't Jill I just used the phase Jack-of-all-trades and changed it to Jill, because Jack and Jill went up the hill."
"Ah," he replied. "Alright I'll see you tomorrow."
"Sure," I replied standing up and watched as the rest of the staff started out. I headed to the headmasters office to see if my work day was over. He confirmed that it was, handed me the 75 cents, and informed me that I was expected to me there by 7:00. I beamed at the 75 cents and left the school to find I every much didn't know where I was.
Memorizing the exact street and such I was on so that I could find it again. Next to figure out which way I went to get here. Lets see I was walking north because the sun was too my right and it was still raising; which meant that I now had to go south. So I did. Eventually I found the Brooklyn Bridge which was a good sign.
After crossing the Brooklyn Bridge all I had to do was find a newsie and ask them where Flame sold.....Or I could ask them where the distribution office and get the late afternoon edition of the World and join in the selling. Make a little extra money you know. I settled on the second.
With the help of an extremely helpful newsie, actually I think he was helpful because he thought I was Riley's girl. I didn't correct him until we reached the D.O. though, I didn't need him to suddenly stop being helpful. I got 50 of the late afternoon edition and started selling. Most of the boys ignored me when I sold in their spots. Riley needed to announce that I was in fact not 'his' girl but just a girl that they should be nice to anyway.
I managed to see all my papers and was very proud. I even improved the truth a few times which was lots of fun. The headlines were good which helped the selling mind you and in the end I had made a whole other quarter. So now I had a dollar instead of just 75 cents.
Next order of business was to find a place to live. Honestly I think I could have pulled out maybe one more night at the lodging house. Riley didn't seem to on keen of John and I sleeping in his lodging house. Wandering around I eventually found a lodging house clearly for girls.
I walked through a pair of gates to the small wooden door and pressed it open to see a small older woman standing at a desk. I approached hoping this was in fact a lodging house for orphaned girls.
"Can I help you?" she asked. She looked so kind.
"Is this a lodging house for girls on the streets?" I asked hoping more than anything it was.
"Yes it is," she replied. "It's a nickel a night. Another dime for every meal you eat here."
"Can I bring my little brother too?"
"How old is he?"
"Three,"
"Oh definitely," the women replied assertively.
My face lifted with a sigh of relief. Now we had a place to live too. I could live through this without having an emotional breakdown or anything. Chances were that I would at some point anyway though.
"I'm Mrs. Konell but most of the girls call me Mama. We can set up a set of blankets next to your bunk for your little brother so he can be right next to you.
I nodded.
"Thank you," I need to go find my little brother now; left him with a friend while I was working." I explained exiting. I wandered back to the lodging house which was empty at the moment. Then I remembered that in the movie the Brooklyn boys hung out at the docks so that's where I headed.
Walking up to the dock I saw several of the boys in the water despite the fall chill. It wasn't full fall yet but still. Next I had to find Flame. I found him over by Spot's perch. John was playing marbles with one of the younger boys on the floor of the dock.
"Look who's heah Petah Pan." Flame said to John. John looked up and me.
"Julie!" he ran over to me and I picked him up hugging him.
"How was your day bud?" I asked using my nickname for him.
"Julie you supposed to call me Peter Pan. I'm Peter Pan today." John replied. He did this a lot, being Peter Pan, Captain Hook, sometimes even Bob the builder.
"If you're Peter Pan then who's Captain Hook?" I asked knowing that I was if he was Peter Pan.
"Your Captain Hook silly,"
"Oh,"
Then John ran over to Riley and took his Cane right out of Riley's hand.
"I need this," John said running back over to me. Riley couldn't believe his cane had just been taken right out of his hand. Nobody I guess touches Riley's cane.
"En grade you little cod fish," John said to me waving the can like a hook. I looked around for a hook and found a piece of a broken anchor. That would work.
"I'm going to get you Peter Pan," I replied thrusting the make believe hook out at John.
I figured I had to play with him for a little before it was too late. When we went to out lodging house it would be time for bed. We pretended to sword fight and gained an audience as if we were putting on a play. John dropped Riley's cane and I picked it up.
"Give it back you cod fish," John said using his Captain Hook voice even though he wasn't playing Captain Hook.
"Nope," I replied. "I've got Pan's sword I'm the Pan now," I thrust the cane up in the air and quoted Rufio from 'Hook'. "And there's noting you girls can do about it." While I was at it I figured I should quote Mulan too.
"Who's Peter Pan?" one of the boys asked.
I turned and stared at the boy in complete shock.
Thank you, thank you, thank you.
Spot: Ya bettah get a good look 'cause ya won't see her out of dat chair till school starts.
*KJS smacks Spot*
Spot: What was dat foah?
I do too leave my computer.
Spot: No ya don't
Uh-uh I leave it for social events.
Spot: Ta go to social events ya have ta have a social life.
I have a social life.
Spot: Naw ya don't. Ya spend all yeh time wid me.
I think it's time for shout outs *glares at Spot*
Rainbowspy: Thanks bunches for the review
Pyromaniacal Llama: Yeah Julie would do quite a few things if money was involved. Not anything that would umm, ya know. Ok I'm going to shut up now. Thanks so much for the review.
Fish: Thanks I'm glad you like it. I like to do original things and when I see something someone hasn't done yet I jump on it; although sometimes I do more regular pieces. Ok now that I've rambled. I thank you profusely for the review.
Sapphy: I'm not sure about the students hitting on Julie...... but that would be fun to write......hehehehe. Yes I greatly appreciate the review.
Ok I wrote this at 1 in the morning if there's typo's so shot me.
Chapter 6
"Julie," I said after a speedy recovery.
"Nice to meet you Julie," he said before following the other boys to the lunch hall.
That would be number two of newsies from the strike I've met. Neat huh? This would be so much more exciting if I didn't have to worry about things like food, lodging, and a certain little brother. Oh my John!
I hoped more than anything that Flame was taking good care of him. Oh if he wasn't I was going to give him quite the verbal berating. That boy would take good care of John after the telling I'd give him. I even started planning it right then just in case.
Eventually the lunch break ended and I was drafted to clean up the trash in the lunch hall. Hey it was better then the rag gig they had me doing earlier. It didn't take long either. When I was finished I ended up back in the chair from before with nothing before. They didn't seem to need me to do anything.
"So Jill why are you working at a school and not somewhere else on the streets?" There was the teacher from room number four standing near me. I had to figure that he was on her prep period or something.
I figure I should take the time now to describe him. The teacher from room four was a tall man about thirty with a long face and dark brown eyes. He had short black hair and nice suit. He was umm how should I put it full in the middle. He wasn't fat just not skinny either.
"Why aren't you teaching your class?" I replied honestly curious if they had prep periods back then.
"Avoiding the question?" he asked.
"No, just curious"
"School is over," he said answering my question. Wow that went by fast. "I don't have to teach after the final bell."
"Yeah," I replied.
"You still haven't answered my question," he informed me as if I didn't know already. "Could it be because you're embarrassed about the answer."
"Um, no" I had no idea what he was talking about I promise you this guy didn't make any sense at all.
"Could it be that you wanted to work at a school because you're interested in getting an education?"
I stared at him speechless. There was honestly nothing that I could reply to that. I promise you. Yeah I liked learning to an extent most people do but my level of education had probably already exceeded the senior level at this school. We sat in silence as he waited for a reply to his comment.
"No," I replied quite bluntly after a moment of that annoying silence.
"I don't believe that," he replied.
"I looked for a job at a school because a friend suggested that is was something that I could do." I replied figuring, or well hoping, that the truth would be most believable. "They wouldn't let me be a teacher because I was too young so I was offered a job as an assistant. I took it because I need the money to support myself and my little brother."
"You wanted to teach?" he asked still processing what I had said.
"If it would get me money, sure I'd put up with teaching someone things they didn't know."
"How about I take you on as an apprentice to the art of teaching? With pay mind you, I'll speak with the headmaster. If a can get him to agree will you do it?" This came as a shock. I didn't expect him to ask me to be his student teacher. Hey it was money and probably would be easier than this.
"Alright," I replied. "But um if I'm going to be you're 'apprentice' (yes used air quotes) then I'm going to need to know you're name."
"Nathaniel Ghoti," he replied chuckling. I think it was at the air quotes though. "And yours is."
"Julie O'Carroll," I replied and watched at a look of confusion on his face. "My name isn't Jill I just used the phase Jack-of-all-trades and changed it to Jill, because Jack and Jill went up the hill."
"Ah," he replied. "Alright I'll see you tomorrow."
"Sure," I replied standing up and watched as the rest of the staff started out. I headed to the headmasters office to see if my work day was over. He confirmed that it was, handed me the 75 cents, and informed me that I was expected to me there by 7:00. I beamed at the 75 cents and left the school to find I every much didn't know where I was.
Memorizing the exact street and such I was on so that I could find it again. Next to figure out which way I went to get here. Lets see I was walking north because the sun was too my right and it was still raising; which meant that I now had to go south. So I did. Eventually I found the Brooklyn Bridge which was a good sign.
After crossing the Brooklyn Bridge all I had to do was find a newsie and ask them where Flame sold.....Or I could ask them where the distribution office and get the late afternoon edition of the World and join in the selling. Make a little extra money you know. I settled on the second.
With the help of an extremely helpful newsie, actually I think he was helpful because he thought I was Riley's girl. I didn't correct him until we reached the D.O. though, I didn't need him to suddenly stop being helpful. I got 50 of the late afternoon edition and started selling. Most of the boys ignored me when I sold in their spots. Riley needed to announce that I was in fact not 'his' girl but just a girl that they should be nice to anyway.
I managed to see all my papers and was very proud. I even improved the truth a few times which was lots of fun. The headlines were good which helped the selling mind you and in the end I had made a whole other quarter. So now I had a dollar instead of just 75 cents.
Next order of business was to find a place to live. Honestly I think I could have pulled out maybe one more night at the lodging house. Riley didn't seem to on keen of John and I sleeping in his lodging house. Wandering around I eventually found a lodging house clearly for girls.
I walked through a pair of gates to the small wooden door and pressed it open to see a small older woman standing at a desk. I approached hoping this was in fact a lodging house for orphaned girls.
"Can I help you?" she asked. She looked so kind.
"Is this a lodging house for girls on the streets?" I asked hoping more than anything it was.
"Yes it is," she replied. "It's a nickel a night. Another dime for every meal you eat here."
"Can I bring my little brother too?"
"How old is he?"
"Three,"
"Oh definitely," the women replied assertively.
My face lifted with a sigh of relief. Now we had a place to live too. I could live through this without having an emotional breakdown or anything. Chances were that I would at some point anyway though.
"I'm Mrs. Konell but most of the girls call me Mama. We can set up a set of blankets next to your bunk for your little brother so he can be right next to you.
I nodded.
"Thank you," I need to go find my little brother now; left him with a friend while I was working." I explained exiting. I wandered back to the lodging house which was empty at the moment. Then I remembered that in the movie the Brooklyn boys hung out at the docks so that's where I headed.
Walking up to the dock I saw several of the boys in the water despite the fall chill. It wasn't full fall yet but still. Next I had to find Flame. I found him over by Spot's perch. John was playing marbles with one of the younger boys on the floor of the dock.
"Look who's heah Petah Pan." Flame said to John. John looked up and me.
"Julie!" he ran over to me and I picked him up hugging him.
"How was your day bud?" I asked using my nickname for him.
"Julie you supposed to call me Peter Pan. I'm Peter Pan today." John replied. He did this a lot, being Peter Pan, Captain Hook, sometimes even Bob the builder.
"If you're Peter Pan then who's Captain Hook?" I asked knowing that I was if he was Peter Pan.
"Your Captain Hook silly,"
"Oh,"
Then John ran over to Riley and took his Cane right out of Riley's hand.
"I need this," John said running back over to me. Riley couldn't believe his cane had just been taken right out of his hand. Nobody I guess touches Riley's cane.
"En grade you little cod fish," John said to me waving the can like a hook. I looked around for a hook and found a piece of a broken anchor. That would work.
"I'm going to get you Peter Pan," I replied thrusting the make believe hook out at John.
I figured I had to play with him for a little before it was too late. When we went to out lodging house it would be time for bed. We pretended to sword fight and gained an audience as if we were putting on a play. John dropped Riley's cane and I picked it up.
"Give it back you cod fish," John said using his Captain Hook voice even though he wasn't playing Captain Hook.
"Nope," I replied. "I've got Pan's sword I'm the Pan now," I thrust the cane up in the air and quoted Rufio from 'Hook'. "And there's noting you girls can do about it." While I was at it I figured I should quote Mulan too.
"Who's Peter Pan?" one of the boys asked.
I turned and stared at the boy in complete shock.