Erm well I'm at my dad's house writing this so all the shout outs are on my
computer at my mom's house. Thus there are no shout outs this chapter but
I'll put them into the next chapter. We can all thanks Sapphy for this next
chapter because I got inspired to write again because of her. This chapter
is also going to take a little different stance than all the other ones
(aka I was bored with my former layout of the story and am now improvising
it)
Chapter 15
Spot scaled the stairs up to the roof of the building. He wasn't completely sure what had drawn him here, but he was sure it had to with the mystery that revolved Julie. This was where he had first experienced whatever kind of magic surrounded her. He was sure it was magic because that first time he had been with her the world seemed completely screwed up. Every meeting since then the world had been normal but she sure wasn't. The others noticed it too, but didn't say anything because they didn't think anything of it. Spot on the other hand wanted answers, and she wasn't going to give them to him. This frustrated the Brooklyn leader to no end.
Pushing through the door out to the roof Spot sighed seeing nothing was out of place. Nearly anything had changed since even he had resided in the apartment building with his family. You could say that's why he met her in the first place. He had been visiting his old roof. He owned it back then, before the accident. Now he just visited it.
An array of yellows and purples sprinkled the sky as the sun set before the newsie's eyes. He smiled remembering why he used to visit this spot. It hadn't lost its beauty at all. This was where his brother used to take his to watch the sun set. It then occurred to Spot that maybe that's why he had been so willing to help Julie and John. They reminded him of his older brother and himself. What if someone had helped them, would Spot be the only one left then?
Pushing this aside in his mind Spot decided to just sleep up here again. He didn't see any point in going back to the lodging house. His followers were used to him not coming back some nights. Most thought that he was having a one-night stand when he didn't come back. Spot didn't care what the newsies thought.
I walked down the road towards the Manhattan distribution center accompanied by several of the girls who were going to sell with the Manhattan boys. Their chatter filled the streets along with bursts of laughter. I didn't feel much like joining them at the moment. I was way too worried about what the Manhattan boys would be like. Would they be anything like they were in the movie, or complete opposites? A million questions fluttered through my mind on the subject.
Returning my attention to where I was going I realized that we had reached our destination. I smiled at the gates as they opened to admit us. The line of newsies startled me and I tried to pick out the different newsboys. With out much success I decided to wait for an introduction.
"Come up to de front wid me," Miracle said grabbing my arm. I followed, or more of was dragged, to the front of the line where stood the Jack Kelley. I was in complete and utter awe. Not quite as hot as Christian Bale was playing the New Yorker, but that's hard to do. Looking around I noticed quite a few of the others. Kid Blink was hard to miss along with Crutchy and Boots. Then I picked up Racetrack's voice asking who wanted in on the bet.
"What'cha smilin' 'bout goily?" Kid Blink asked me grinning.
"Heh, nuthin'." I replied knowing that my smile couldn't be repressed no matter how much I tried. I decided to not even try.
"Uh-huh, and I goes around wid a smile that big all de time too," He replied slyly, and then pointed forward.
I blushed realizing that I was next in line and hadn't been paying attention. I stepped up the window and bought 60 papers then moved out of the way for Blink. Standing off to the side I looked around for Miracle or one of the other girls I knew. No such luck. A hand rested on my shoulder making me jump. I turned to see Kid Blink laughing at me with his hand extended.
"Kid Blink," He said introducing himself. "Looks like you're new 'round dese parts."
"Julie, and I usually sell in Brooklyn. I came up to visit because I know a few girls that sell here."
"Brooklyn!?!"
"Yeah, but only in my spare time. During the week I work as a student teacher at a local school."
"Wow quite the job ya got dere," Blink said his face giving off how impressed he was.
" Who's yeh new friend Blink?" Racetrack asked walking up.
"Dis is Julie visitin' from Brooklyn," Blink answered
"Dear me, Spot's Julie?" Race addressed myself more than Blink.
"Spot's Julie?" I repeated brows furrowed in.
"Yeah de goil that Spot told me about. Youse kind of look like his description."
"Hey as long as he didn't claim to ownership of me," I replied relaxing my face and holding my hands up in surrender.
"Didn't say that ya was his goil, but didn't say dat ya wasn't either."
The Brooklyn leader gazed up at the stairs thinking about the first time he'd met Julie and John. He knew that if he could gain her trust maybe he could get the answers out of her, but every time he tried for her trust he seemed to lose more of it. Her trust seemed like an unobtainable object. Just like one of those girls that he tried to get to become his girl, but everything he tried just seemed to push them father away. Then again he wouldn't much mind having her as his girl. This was going to take a lot of thinking.
Chapter 15
Spot scaled the stairs up to the roof of the building. He wasn't completely sure what had drawn him here, but he was sure it had to with the mystery that revolved Julie. This was where he had first experienced whatever kind of magic surrounded her. He was sure it was magic because that first time he had been with her the world seemed completely screwed up. Every meeting since then the world had been normal but she sure wasn't. The others noticed it too, but didn't say anything because they didn't think anything of it. Spot on the other hand wanted answers, and she wasn't going to give them to him. This frustrated the Brooklyn leader to no end.
Pushing through the door out to the roof Spot sighed seeing nothing was out of place. Nearly anything had changed since even he had resided in the apartment building with his family. You could say that's why he met her in the first place. He had been visiting his old roof. He owned it back then, before the accident. Now he just visited it.
An array of yellows and purples sprinkled the sky as the sun set before the newsie's eyes. He smiled remembering why he used to visit this spot. It hadn't lost its beauty at all. This was where his brother used to take his to watch the sun set. It then occurred to Spot that maybe that's why he had been so willing to help Julie and John. They reminded him of his older brother and himself. What if someone had helped them, would Spot be the only one left then?
Pushing this aside in his mind Spot decided to just sleep up here again. He didn't see any point in going back to the lodging house. His followers were used to him not coming back some nights. Most thought that he was having a one-night stand when he didn't come back. Spot didn't care what the newsies thought.
I walked down the road towards the Manhattan distribution center accompanied by several of the girls who were going to sell with the Manhattan boys. Their chatter filled the streets along with bursts of laughter. I didn't feel much like joining them at the moment. I was way too worried about what the Manhattan boys would be like. Would they be anything like they were in the movie, or complete opposites? A million questions fluttered through my mind on the subject.
Returning my attention to where I was going I realized that we had reached our destination. I smiled at the gates as they opened to admit us. The line of newsies startled me and I tried to pick out the different newsboys. With out much success I decided to wait for an introduction.
"Come up to de front wid me," Miracle said grabbing my arm. I followed, or more of was dragged, to the front of the line where stood the Jack Kelley. I was in complete and utter awe. Not quite as hot as Christian Bale was playing the New Yorker, but that's hard to do. Looking around I noticed quite a few of the others. Kid Blink was hard to miss along with Crutchy and Boots. Then I picked up Racetrack's voice asking who wanted in on the bet.
"What'cha smilin' 'bout goily?" Kid Blink asked me grinning.
"Heh, nuthin'." I replied knowing that my smile couldn't be repressed no matter how much I tried. I decided to not even try.
"Uh-huh, and I goes around wid a smile that big all de time too," He replied slyly, and then pointed forward.
I blushed realizing that I was next in line and hadn't been paying attention. I stepped up the window and bought 60 papers then moved out of the way for Blink. Standing off to the side I looked around for Miracle or one of the other girls I knew. No such luck. A hand rested on my shoulder making me jump. I turned to see Kid Blink laughing at me with his hand extended.
"Kid Blink," He said introducing himself. "Looks like you're new 'round dese parts."
"Julie, and I usually sell in Brooklyn. I came up to visit because I know a few girls that sell here."
"Brooklyn!?!"
"Yeah, but only in my spare time. During the week I work as a student teacher at a local school."
"Wow quite the job ya got dere," Blink said his face giving off how impressed he was.
" Who's yeh new friend Blink?" Racetrack asked walking up.
"Dis is Julie visitin' from Brooklyn," Blink answered
"Dear me, Spot's Julie?" Race addressed myself more than Blink.
"Spot's Julie?" I repeated brows furrowed in.
"Yeah de goil that Spot told me about. Youse kind of look like his description."
"Hey as long as he didn't claim to ownership of me," I replied relaxing my face and holding my hands up in surrender.
"Didn't say that ya was his goil, but didn't say dat ya wasn't either."
The Brooklyn leader gazed up at the stairs thinking about the first time he'd met Julie and John. He knew that if he could gain her trust maybe he could get the answers out of her, but every time he tried for her trust he seemed to lose more of it. Her trust seemed like an unobtainable object. Just like one of those girls that he tried to get to become his girl, but everything he tried just seemed to push them father away. Then again he wouldn't much mind having her as his girl. This was going to take a lot of thinking.