As Mush and Laura left Medda's place, Spot turned to talk to his best friend sitting on the couch next to him, Nessa. "Whaddya tink of dat goil?" Spot asked her, without taking his eyes off Laura.
"She's okay, I guess." Nessa replied.
Spot turned to look at her. "C'mon Stacy, ya gotta give me more dan dat. I wanna know if I should go afta her."
"Spot! How can you even think of that! She's goin out with Mush! He's your friend!"
"Yah, but all's faih in love and war, and when I see sometin I like, I go afta it."
"Spot, you are a grade A asshole." Nessa turned to get up and leave.
"C'mon Straw (her nickname, she loves strawberries), ya know that I'm not tryin to hurt anyone's feelings. I just know what I want."
"Which is obviously not me as a friend, since I'm not speaking to you again unless you promise not to steal Laura from Mush." Stacy replied in a huff.
"C'mon doll, ya cant seriously mean that."
"Yes, I seriously can." And with that, she turned on her heel and strode right out of Medda's place, leaving a confused Spot behind her.
"Women," He sighed "I didn't even say more den ten words to her tahnight and she's already mad at me." Then he got up to follow her, knowing that if he didn't make things right, someone would be after his behind. And he didn't want to lose that, as it was one of the best parts of his body.
"C'mon Straw, you know I can't run that fast," Nessa slowed down to a fast walk to allow Spot to catch up to her, even though she was still mad at him. She felt sort of bad for chewing him out a second ago, but not really.
"Dat's better," he said, wiping his brow. "Now c'mon straw, I'm sorry for wat I said 'bout Laura. Your right, she is Mush's goil and I shouldn't go afta her."
Nessa smiled. "Thanks for saying that Spot. Now will you walk me home? I'm a little scared."
"Sure thing doll." Spot took her arm and they began to walk back in the direction of her house, Nessa smiling contentedly and Spot smirking cause he knew that there was no way a little thing like Laura having a boyfriend was gonna keep him from getting to her.
Laura and Mush reached her front door. "Thanks for walking me home, Mush. I had a great time." She leaned in and gave him a soft goodbye kiss. He cupped her face but she pulled back knowing that if they got into a full make out session on her front stoop, her brother would kill her. "Sorry Mush, you're not getting any tonight."
"Oh, I'm so disappointed." He smiled. "I'll see ya tomorrow, doll."
"'Night Mush."
"'Night." Laura closed the door and watched Mush disappear through the window. Then she turned around to walk up the stairs. As she was reaching the third step, she heard a soft knock on the door she'd just closed. Slighty annoyed that Mush wouldn't leave her alone, she went to answer it to tell him to get his butt away from her house, just to make him mad. She started to open the door. "Mush, I said goodnigh……..oh." It wasn't Mush on her front step. It was that newsie from Brooklyn, Spot Conlon. "Sorry, I thought you were someone else. Umm… what exactly are you doing here?"
Spot chuckled. "Can't a guy come see his friends goil without bad intentions?"
Laura didn't smile back. "Uhhhhhhh……………..no."
Spot laughed. "Your right. But I'm just here to make sure your not gonna be like the last goil he had."
"You make girls sound like pieces of meat. Mush doesn't have me. We're going out. And I would really like to get to bed, you know. Its quite late."
"Would ya mind if I came wit you?" Spot smirked.
"Uh kinda. Could you please leave? I'm not interested."
Spot came up right to her face so that they were nose to nose. She thought he was about to kiss her, in which case she would have smacked him, but all he did was whisper in her ear, "Don't worry. You soon will be interested." Then he turned and strolled off into the night.