A few months ago I wrote a story that you may be familiar with called, Let Me Go. I went back and reread it and it needed... Work. I'll just say that. I kind of blame it on my kindle, which was what I had to use while typing it. I got lazy at times, so yeah. I'm finally redoing it. I've been doing a new writing kind of schedual. I will mostly be updating all of my stories Friday or Saterday nights. If I have a moment, then I will update then as well. I'm pretty proud at what I've been doing so far. The first chapter for a rewrite of We Never Planned On You wil be out in the next week or so.

I don't own Newsies.

Chapter One

The urge to interrupt him was overwhelming. Her teacher had no idea of what was going on in her head. Therefore, she had deemed him unworthy of being able to lecture her. Only her parents held that right. All her thoughts were everywhere. At night her dreams gave her visions of the most confusing things. The man scolding her wasn't making anything better. It wasn't right. Or natural. Nothing had been normal for two years.

Laura nodded, able to lie without even speaking. "Mr. Deardorff, please try to understand. I get what we're learning. Every bit of it. Last night, I didn't get a great night's sleep. Ever since I just haven't been myself. You have those days, too." After pausing to think if he had any feelings she added, "Right?"

"I just don't know what to do with you, Miss Kelly. Your brothers seem to do so well. Always have," said Mr. Deardorff, ignoring her comment, "Sure, Levi has been in a few fights, but that's good for a boy his age."

As much as Laura loved her brother, she loathed nothing more than being compared to them. It didn't help that Laura knew that her teacher was sexist. It took a lot of convincing to get him to accept girls into his classroom. In a few months, Mr. Deardorff was going on a trip on a ship called The Titanic. Laura hoped he would never come back. It would be best for everyone. Laura had thought it out. Only his favorite student, "Bossy Mr. Herman" would suffer from not being spoiled so much in class.

"Mr. Deardorff, speaking of my brothers, they're outside. Waiting for me. I need to-" She wasn't able to finish her sentence.

"Don't disrespect me, young lady," her teacher snapped, "You will wait until I am finished. This would go a lot faster if you would stop talking. Now your behavior today was just…"

There was no point in making a better deal. So Laura closed her mouth. It too more than twenty minutes until she was able to leave. With each tick of the clock, she was getting more anxious for Mr. Deardorff to give up on talking. His trip was feeling better with every second. For the both of them. By then Laura didn't care that he gave her something for her father to sign. Levi and Theo were outside of the schoolhouse. He was biting his lip and looking down at his watch.

"Finally!" Levi exclaimed, "What did he do to you? Were you so bad that he hired a lawyer?"

"Just wanted Papa to sign this." Laura held up the slip. She stuffed it into her pocket.

Theo was quiet. As he was. When Laura tried to take his hand, he brushed her away. Theo always hated physical touch. He hated touching things like wood or wool. His siblings used to hear their parents talking about him as a baby. They always stopped once one of them entered the room. Words like disorder and more doctors were heard the most often. Theo was always calmer once he had stacked a pile of jars or lined up his toys. If there was even a minor change in the Kelly household, he would get upset. Even though, Laura and Levi didn't understand why their brother acted this way, they ignored it and loved him. Even with all of his weird quirks.

Levi, however, was quite the opposite. The boy was the splitting image of their father. He slung to his sisters hand. At times he boasted about how strong he was. Yet, always loved to hold his sister's hand. The boy looked around at the familiar streets. There was the market. The clothing store. Everything that they needed. Newsies stood on the corner of the streets. Usually, they had time to buy a pape for their father. Not today. Time was their enemy. Levi always had a fascination with the newsies. Stories from their father about the strike made him feel inspired. Since he could remember, Levi had been begging his father to let him be one for a day. The answer was always no. That didn't take away his hope, though.

Someone tugged on Laura's dark curly braids. A kidnapper! It had finally happened! She was getting kidnapped! Once she turned around she was greeted by Mavis. Her best friend.

"You just getting back home, Laurie? It's almost supper time!" exclaimed Mavis.

"I know it's just Mr. Deardorff…"

Mavis groaned. "Don't remind me of that creep. Especially when I'm trying to enjoy my weekend."

"Mavis!" her mother called.

"Commin' Ma!" she called over her shoulder, "You three wanna walk home together?"

"Yes!" Levi exclaimed before Laura said anything. His sister rolled her eyes. Since he was seven, Levi had liked Mavis. Even though she acted as if it was embarrassing, Laura knew Mavis took pleasure in it.

"We can protect you from the robbers." Mavis had that glint in her eye that Laura hated.

"I'd prefer not to be reminded of that, Mavis. It could happen! I read this story in the pape yesterday about this one killer who murdered a family while they were sleeping. We still don't know who it was! It could be anyone!"

"Yeah, yeah, yeah. I don't wanna hear it. Laurie, c'mon, let's go home."

Once they arrived at the building, they said goodbye to each other. The three of them started climbing up the stairs. Even though their apartment had an elevator now, Laura preferred not to use it. They could be stuck in it. No one would find their bodies. It was an awful thought.

The trio arrived home to see Jack, balancing baby Winnie on one hip with a pencil in his other hand. He stopped his pacing once the door opened. Laura looked down. Shoes had become very interesting, suddenly. At least it was better than looking at Jack's expression. Levi held his chin up. He took Theo into the kitchen for a snack.

"Where have you three been? Snuck into another candy store? Gosh, I was worried! I'mma have one of your uncles pick you up from now on. If that's what it takes ta' get you home," Jack scolded.

There was usually a routine. Had been there for the past two years. Levi took Winnie from their father. From there he would play with her. Laura helped Theo with a snack. Today was almost the same. Levi came out of the kitchen after getting Theo something to eat. He took Winnie and kissed his curls. The baby smiled at him. No matter what Laura seemed to do, she couldn't love her little sister fully. Winnie always went to either Levi or Jack. Never to her.

She took the paper out. Guiltily, she gave it to him. Jack read it over and took a seat. He was not impressed. Laura bit her lip. Chewing on it as if it were a piece of gum.

How in the world was she supposed to explain? "It's my fault, Papa. Well, technically, my teacher…"

"What'd you do?"

"I had a bad dream last night…" she began. Jack's face become much more sympathetic. "Like a nightmare. Almost. Pretty much. It just reminded me of when Mama…" She cleared her throat. Of when Mama died…"

There. She had said it. Jack didn't say anything. The loss was too fresh. Even after two years. It wasn't easy for any of them. Laura fought back tears. She had disappointed her father. Again. After trying over and over again, she couldn't get it right. Couldn't stop thinking of her later mother. No matter what she did. That day had changed everything. Little things kept reminding her of that time. When Mavis cut her finger at school, Laura threw up. Not because of the blood itself. But what it symbolized in her mind. She had been teased endlessly afterwards. That didn't matter. Not anymore.

"In class, I was, uh, thinking 'bout that. Of course, Mr. Deardorff thought I wasn't paying attention to him. He made me stay after school was over," whispered Laura, stuttering. Now she only had a hard time with getting words out at times like this. A fire lit up inside of her. One that grew warmer every time she was stressed. Weather it be little or small. Yet, it continued to grow. Laura wondered when it was ever going to burst. If it could.

Without saying a word, Jack signed it. She thank him with a nod. After remembering Theo, she made sure to get him a snack. He was quiet. Like an ordinary day.

Jack still sat. Memories of his late wife surrounded him. There was Kath spinning a baby in the air. Having a picnic on a day that was much too hot, but she didn't seem to mind. Kath was earning a promotion at work. Soon they turned from bliss to madness. Now there was his wife in her bed. Much too pale as she held on to his hand. She told him that soon they would have another baby to hold. Promises of her going to be there. With him. Raising their children together. Sharing every smile. Every later night with the baby. Instead Jack was met with a frantic midwife. Jack didn't listen. He needed to see Kath. His wife. Without her, he wouldn't know what to do. Laura had seen part of the scene. He knew. They never talked about it. Taboo of some sort. That was when he lost her. Jack hide his sobs from the kids. They didn't need to see their father like that. Silent tears ran down his cheeks.

Laura closed the door once she heard a whimper. Back to Theo's homework. Hers would wait. He didn't notice what was wrong. Only got back to memorizing facts. He trusted his sister. Almost ready to talk to her even.

But his sister didn't know if she could take that much trust.

Fun Fact: Deardorff is actaully the name of of my evil science teacher. I just love being a writer. You can get revange on the people who you hate. By either killing them painfully and slowly in your book or show them what they mean to you.

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