Author's Note: Thanks to everyone who reviewed! I'm not really sure who
did, because I am currently grounded from AOL. I'll get on Friday though.
And in the next chapter, I'll answer any questions or whatever that you
had. The song used in this is On My Own, from Les Miserables. I do not
own it, although I wish I did! I love this musical. I know that it is not
music from 1899, but it's my story so I can do whatever I want. This is
just a little chapter to tide everyone over until I have time to write a
long one.
Dreamcoat: Eronn is such an unusual name, it's cool, just unusual. Where did you get it?
1.1 Something Indescribable
After much talking and, yes, kissing; Rae and Spot arrived at Medda's in time for the evening performance. Caitlyn started the performance off singing a haunting Irish song, that she had learned from her mother. Afterwards, Charlotte and Eronn came out and performed their pieces.
The last person to perform before Medda was Cecile.
She came out, dressed in a lilac dress with an overcoat and hat. The spotlight followed her as she moved across the stage. She sat down in the swing and looked mournful. She started singing:
"On my own. Pretending he's beside me
All alone, I walk with him til morning
Without him, I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way, I close my eyes and he has found me."
She got up and started pacing across the stage. While she was singing, Spot glanced over at Jack.
"Rae?"
"Yeah?" She asked softly, lifting up her head from Spot's chest.
"Look at Jack." He commanded. She glanced over at Jack, who was staring intently at Cecile singing.
"Oh my gosh!" Rae exclaimed. "I've never seen him like this before." Jack was staring at the stage, memorized by Cecile. His eyes followed her wherever she went, with an indescribable look in them. "I think he might like her."
"Yeah, I think he does." Spot replied, angrily. He turned his attention back to his sister, who was finishing up the number.
"And I know, it's only in my mind." She finished and left the stage. Spot glanced over at Jack, who snapped out of his trance. Spot waited impatiently until Medda finished before rushing down to Cecile's dressing room. He burst into it and then slammed the door.
"I have to talk to you." He demanded.
"So talk, Cedric." She said taking down her hair and brushing it.
"For starters, I was thinking about what you said about Rae and I ran into her. I told her I liked her and asked her out."
"What did she say?" Cecile asked eagerly, turning away from the mirror.
Spot grinned. "She said yes!" Cecile ran out of her chair and hugged him.
"See what you get for listening to me?" She said smiling. "I'm so happy for you. What else did you have to tell me?"
"Well, I don't want you to go out with any of the Newsies here."
"Really?" She asked. "Why is that?" She smiled coyly.
"Dear God! Don't tell me that you're having a secret affair with one of them!" He exclaimed.
"Well…." She trailed off.
"Oh no!" Spot said.
"I'm just kidding, relax!" Cecile said. "Why don't you want me to anyway?"
"Because you deserve better than them!" Spot yelled. "Don't waste your time on them!"
"Alright."
"Promise me you won't, Cecile." Spot said.
"Ok. I promise." She said. "Now can you leave so that I can change?" She asked.
"See you soon." Spot said, letting himself out.
"Cedric, worrying about my love life? I never thought I would see the day. He's finally starting to act like a brother, a little late. Oh well." She thought with an amused expression on her face. She changed and went out to the lobby.
"Hey Cecile! You were really good tonight!" Jack said, coming over to her.
"Thanks!" She made her way over to Spot and Rae with Jack trailing after her.
"Rae!" She squealed. "I'm so happy for you!" She gave her a hug.
"Thanks." Rae had a sappy smile on her face.
"Are you turning into a sap, Rae Kelly?" Moth said, coming up behind them.
"Of course not!" Rae protested as Spot leaned over and kissed her.
"Yeah right! We all see that pathetic smile on her face!" Cecile said to Moth.
"I agree!" Moth said.
"I am not turning into a sap!" Rae yelled, but it was no use.
"I was thinking that we should have a girl's only outing in like a week or so here." Caitlyn suggested.
"That would be so much fun!" Rae exclaimed.
"How about Saturday morning at 9:30?" Cecile suggested.
"That sounds good to me. What about everyone else?" Moth said. The girls all nodded. "Crystal are you going to be in Queens then?"
"Yeah. But I think I can come over Wednesday and stay the night." David came over to her and put his arms around her.
"Alright. So it's set." Cecile said.
"And what about us?" Spot and Jack asked coming over.
"What about you?" Caitlyn asked, smirking.
"Don't we get to come?" Spot pleaded, turning towards Rae.
"Spot, Spot, my dear brother. It's a girl's ONLY outing. Unless, you miraculously get a sex change or something, then no." Cecile said.
"We'll have to work on that." Spot said, jokingly to Jack.
"Don't you dare!" Rae yelled, throwing a bag at him. Spot easily caught it and went over to Rae.
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't!" He demanded, laughing. Rae thought for a moment, then leaned over and kissed him.
When they broke apart, Spot said, "Hmm…I can't really make a very informed decision based off of that. How 'bout another one?" Rae smacked him playfully.
"What's going on over her?" Mush and Blink asked, making their way through the crowd.
"They're being mean!" Jack said, playfully pouting, pointing at Cecile and Moth.
"Who us?" They looked at each other with innocent looks.
"Us, being mean? That's impossible!" Cecile said, laughing.
"Yeah right!" Mush snorted, which sent everyone into a fit of laughter.
"What are they doing, Jack?" Blink asked.
"They're having a girl's only morning here next Saturday." Jack said, overly exaggerating his words.
"A girl's ONLY thing?" Blink asked. "What about us?" He put on puppy dog eyes and went over to Charlotte, who looked at him and laughed.
"What about you?" She asked, joining Moth and Cecile.
"Nobody loves us, everyone hates us. Guess we'll go eat worms.." Mush started to sing.
"Not everybody is not loved." Charlotte said, motioning to Spot and Rae; David and Crystal and Racetrack and Eronn, who were talking and kissing.
"Ugghh! Public displays of affection!" Cecile yelled. Everyone turned towards the four, who were on the other side of the room.
"What?" Spot protested.
"Get a room!" Mush screamed.
"Hey! All you boys can't tell me that you wouldn't be over here with a girl like this one!" Race yelled. Eronn giggled.
"Well…" Blink started to say.
"Don't answer that one!" Race said, before leaning in to kiss Eronn again.
"I'm glad I don't have a boyfriend. Look at the saps it has turned Rae, Crystal and Eronn into!" Moth said, pointing.
"I'm not a sap!" Rae protested again.
"Whatever!" Cecile and Moth screamed together.
"We should start a singles club." Cecile suggested.
"Yes! We could be called the, umm.., the M. G. Singles club." Moth said.
"M.G.?" Cecile asked, suspiciously.
"Manhattan Girls." Moth explained.
"Ok. All the girls here who are single can be a part of it."
"Hey! Any girl who wants to be a part of the M.G. Singles Club, come over here." Moth screamed, standing up on a chair. A lot of girls came over to her.
"Singles forever!" They all screamed. Everyone else who was looking at them laughed.
"So you guys are taking a vow of chastity forever?" David asked, getting up from where he was with Crystal.
"No. This is just when all of you who have girls go off, we have something to do." Cecile explained.
"Well…There are plenty of single men out here." Blink said, flashing a smile in Charlotte's direction.
"Men? I don't see any men." Moth said, smirking as she looked around.
"Very funny." Blink said sarcastically.
"Anyone want to play poker?" Race asked, looking around. A lot of guys came over and started a poker game.
A few hours later, Medda came in and broke the group up.
"It's almost midnight, clear out." She said.
"Oh, come on Medda." Jack complained. "You wouldn't kick me out without a kiss goodbye."
Medda kissed him on the cheek and said, "There's your kiss, now out. I have working girls that need to get their beauty rest so that people come to see them." Complaining and groaning, everyone filed out and went back to the Lodging House.
When all the boys were getting ready to go to sleep, Spot stood up and yelled, "Be quiet! I got something to say!" Everyone became quiet. "I'm going back to Brooklyn tomorrow and while I'm gone, I don't want anyone, I mean anyone, laying the moves on my sister." He said, staring Jack straight in the eye. Jack's jaw dropped open, as if to say something, then closed again. Spot smiled, satisfied.
Dreamcoat: Eronn is such an unusual name, it's cool, just unusual. Where did you get it?
1.1 Something Indescribable
After much talking and, yes, kissing; Rae and Spot arrived at Medda's in time for the evening performance. Caitlyn started the performance off singing a haunting Irish song, that she had learned from her mother. Afterwards, Charlotte and Eronn came out and performed their pieces.
The last person to perform before Medda was Cecile.
She came out, dressed in a lilac dress with an overcoat and hat. The spotlight followed her as she moved across the stage. She sat down in the swing and looked mournful. She started singing:
"On my own. Pretending he's beside me
All alone, I walk with him til morning
Without him, I feel his arms around me
And when I lose my way, I close my eyes and he has found me."
She got up and started pacing across the stage. While she was singing, Spot glanced over at Jack.
"Rae?"
"Yeah?" She asked softly, lifting up her head from Spot's chest.
"Look at Jack." He commanded. She glanced over at Jack, who was staring intently at Cecile singing.
"Oh my gosh!" Rae exclaimed. "I've never seen him like this before." Jack was staring at the stage, memorized by Cecile. His eyes followed her wherever she went, with an indescribable look in them. "I think he might like her."
"Yeah, I think he does." Spot replied, angrily. He turned his attention back to his sister, who was finishing up the number.
"And I know, it's only in my mind." She finished and left the stage. Spot glanced over at Jack, who snapped out of his trance. Spot waited impatiently until Medda finished before rushing down to Cecile's dressing room. He burst into it and then slammed the door.
"I have to talk to you." He demanded.
"So talk, Cedric." She said taking down her hair and brushing it.
"For starters, I was thinking about what you said about Rae and I ran into her. I told her I liked her and asked her out."
"What did she say?" Cecile asked eagerly, turning away from the mirror.
Spot grinned. "She said yes!" Cecile ran out of her chair and hugged him.
"See what you get for listening to me?" She said smiling. "I'm so happy for you. What else did you have to tell me?"
"Well, I don't want you to go out with any of the Newsies here."
"Really?" She asked. "Why is that?" She smiled coyly.
"Dear God! Don't tell me that you're having a secret affair with one of them!" He exclaimed.
"Well…." She trailed off.
"Oh no!" Spot said.
"I'm just kidding, relax!" Cecile said. "Why don't you want me to anyway?"
"Because you deserve better than them!" Spot yelled. "Don't waste your time on them!"
"Alright."
"Promise me you won't, Cecile." Spot said.
"Ok. I promise." She said. "Now can you leave so that I can change?" She asked.
"See you soon." Spot said, letting himself out.
"Cedric, worrying about my love life? I never thought I would see the day. He's finally starting to act like a brother, a little late. Oh well." She thought with an amused expression on her face. She changed and went out to the lobby.
"Hey Cecile! You were really good tonight!" Jack said, coming over to her.
"Thanks!" She made her way over to Spot and Rae with Jack trailing after her.
"Rae!" She squealed. "I'm so happy for you!" She gave her a hug.
"Thanks." Rae had a sappy smile on her face.
"Are you turning into a sap, Rae Kelly?" Moth said, coming up behind them.
"Of course not!" Rae protested as Spot leaned over and kissed her.
"Yeah right! We all see that pathetic smile on her face!" Cecile said to Moth.
"I agree!" Moth said.
"I am not turning into a sap!" Rae yelled, but it was no use.
"I was thinking that we should have a girl's only outing in like a week or so here." Caitlyn suggested.
"That would be so much fun!" Rae exclaimed.
"How about Saturday morning at 9:30?" Cecile suggested.
"That sounds good to me. What about everyone else?" Moth said. The girls all nodded. "Crystal are you going to be in Queens then?"
"Yeah. But I think I can come over Wednesday and stay the night." David came over to her and put his arms around her.
"Alright. So it's set." Cecile said.
"And what about us?" Spot and Jack asked coming over.
"What about you?" Caitlyn asked, smirking.
"Don't we get to come?" Spot pleaded, turning towards Rae.
"Spot, Spot, my dear brother. It's a girl's ONLY outing. Unless, you miraculously get a sex change or something, then no." Cecile said.
"We'll have to work on that." Spot said, jokingly to Jack.
"Don't you dare!" Rae yelled, throwing a bag at him. Spot easily caught it and went over to Rae.
"Give me one good reason why I shouldn't!" He demanded, laughing. Rae thought for a moment, then leaned over and kissed him.
When they broke apart, Spot said, "Hmm…I can't really make a very informed decision based off of that. How 'bout another one?" Rae smacked him playfully.
"What's going on over her?" Mush and Blink asked, making their way through the crowd.
"They're being mean!" Jack said, playfully pouting, pointing at Cecile and Moth.
"Who us?" They looked at each other with innocent looks.
"Us, being mean? That's impossible!" Cecile said, laughing.
"Yeah right!" Mush snorted, which sent everyone into a fit of laughter.
"What are they doing, Jack?" Blink asked.
"They're having a girl's only morning here next Saturday." Jack said, overly exaggerating his words.
"A girl's ONLY thing?" Blink asked. "What about us?" He put on puppy dog eyes and went over to Charlotte, who looked at him and laughed.
"What about you?" She asked, joining Moth and Cecile.
"Nobody loves us, everyone hates us. Guess we'll go eat worms.." Mush started to sing.
"Not everybody is not loved." Charlotte said, motioning to Spot and Rae; David and Crystal and Racetrack and Eronn, who were talking and kissing.
"Ugghh! Public displays of affection!" Cecile yelled. Everyone turned towards the four, who were on the other side of the room.
"What?" Spot protested.
"Get a room!" Mush screamed.
"Hey! All you boys can't tell me that you wouldn't be over here with a girl like this one!" Race yelled. Eronn giggled.
"Well…" Blink started to say.
"Don't answer that one!" Race said, before leaning in to kiss Eronn again.
"I'm glad I don't have a boyfriend. Look at the saps it has turned Rae, Crystal and Eronn into!" Moth said, pointing.
"I'm not a sap!" Rae protested again.
"Whatever!" Cecile and Moth screamed together.
"We should start a singles club." Cecile suggested.
"Yes! We could be called the, umm.., the M. G. Singles club." Moth said.
"M.G.?" Cecile asked, suspiciously.
"Manhattan Girls." Moth explained.
"Ok. All the girls here who are single can be a part of it."
"Hey! Any girl who wants to be a part of the M.G. Singles Club, come over here." Moth screamed, standing up on a chair. A lot of girls came over to her.
"Singles forever!" They all screamed. Everyone else who was looking at them laughed.
"So you guys are taking a vow of chastity forever?" David asked, getting up from where he was with Crystal.
"No. This is just when all of you who have girls go off, we have something to do." Cecile explained.
"Well…There are plenty of single men out here." Blink said, flashing a smile in Charlotte's direction.
"Men? I don't see any men." Moth said, smirking as she looked around.
"Very funny." Blink said sarcastically.
"Anyone want to play poker?" Race asked, looking around. A lot of guys came over and started a poker game.
A few hours later, Medda came in and broke the group up.
"It's almost midnight, clear out." She said.
"Oh, come on Medda." Jack complained. "You wouldn't kick me out without a kiss goodbye."
Medda kissed him on the cheek and said, "There's your kiss, now out. I have working girls that need to get their beauty rest so that people come to see them." Complaining and groaning, everyone filed out and went back to the Lodging House.
When all the boys were getting ready to go to sleep, Spot stood up and yelled, "Be quiet! I got something to say!" Everyone became quiet. "I'm going back to Brooklyn tomorrow and while I'm gone, I don't want anyone, I mean anyone, laying the moves on my sister." He said, staring Jack straight in the eye. Jack's jaw dropped open, as if to say something, then closed again. Spot smiled, satisfied.