A/N: I'm soooo sorryyy this took sooo long. I got distracted from it, and I hope this came out somewhat ok…I no there isnt a lot of action yet or anything that was in the summary but I promise it will come
Thanks to my reviewers:
ktkakes: Thanks for the 1st review and for adding it to ur favs I hope this is still good for you, let me know what you think
Narniarulz: thanks, glad you enjoyed it so far, Olive has a good reason, or well I have a few good ones in my head but they will appear in the chapters soon just have to get her settled into new york for a little. I know its kinda hard to imagine someone starting over but then again Jack almost did….almost..good thing he didn't though
Over the next few hours I went back into the rhythm of selling papers. The headlines weren't too bad here and it didn't take long for my pile to significantly grow smaller. As I was down to my last two I saw Race heading towards me.
"Heya Boston" I turned and smirked as I held up the last two papers. He shook his head slightly, "when ya finish up ya wanna head to Tibby's for lunch?"
"Ya, just one more minute" I turned and called out some headline I had slightly improved. The last two papers were gone by the time I turned back towards Race.
"Ya done this before?" he asked as I followed his lead away from central park.
"I was a newsie in Boston" I hesitated before saying I was a leader, but decided it was better if I didn't let that information out.
Race seemed to sense the hesitation but let it drop. Most kids didn't open up about their past and as far as I was concerned my past was in another state now. If I pretended my past was gone then I could focus on the future. I just hoped it would work out that way. Sighing I followed Race into a near by restaurant.
As I stepped in I was met with a wave of loudness, as I looked around I saw it was packed with mostly newsies. I shook my head lightly, and took a seat at a near by table with Race, Jack and some others I hadn't met yet.
"How'd ya do Boston?" Jack asked across the table.
I smirked and held out my empty hands, "I'd say pretty well and it's only noon time"
"Well welcome to the Manhattan newsies" he shot me a smirk and pulled his cowboy hat onto his head. "This is Blink and Mush, guys this is Boston" I nodded my greeting to them and joined them in ordering some lunch.
As lunch went by I sat back and listened to the talking around me, trying to take everything in. As far as I could tell the guys seemed nice and laid back. Similar to my boys in Boston, sighing I tried to push that thought out. They were no longer my boys, as much as I wished I could lead them, it was too risky to go back to Boston.
"Ya comin' Boston?" my head shot up, leaving my thoughts behind. I saw the table was empty and Race was standing next to it.
"Ya I'm comin'" I mumbled as I followed him out of Tibby's ready to sell the afternoon edition.
The afternoon was rather slow and I usually didn't enjoy selling the later editions, but I needed the money and it seemed most of the other newsies sold as well. Although we did get fewer papers to sell, it still took a while for us to get rid of them.
I glanced over at Race and noticed he was finished. Sighing I tried to sell the 5 papers I still held. Groaning I noticed a group of people walked by without even glancing at me.
"I'm headin' to the tracks. The guys will be at Tibby's for dinner if ya wanna meet up with them" Race's voice echoed behind me. I turned and nodded that I would be alright on my own.
He disappeared as soon as he had emerged and I left to continue selling my last papers. It didn't take me long to finish up but once I was done I wasn't sure what to do. I could go meet the guys at Tibby's or I could just wait till tomorrow to see them. Sighing I knew I needed a place to stay, although winter was long set in Boston it was just starting around here. It wouldn't be long before I couldn't sleep in the pile of boxes I had found.
I found myself walking around Central Park, deciding what to do with the little daytime left. I found a near by bench and let myself relax on it. The wind began to pick up sending a slight chill through my body. It was another reminder of the weather that would be approaching soon.
As the sun began to lower in the sky, I figured it was time to head back to…well some sort of alley.
Before I took a few steps out of the park I heard footsteps behind me. I froze and slowly turned, expecting trouble.
"Heya" I relaxed realizing it was just Jack.
I nodded to him as he fell into step with me. "So where ya headed off to?" he asked as silence surrounded us.
I shrugged, "Just walkin' around" in the dimming light I could start to see my breath forming in the air.
"Ya got a place to stay? It's starting to get cold out" he glanced around the darkened streets as if the cold within the night showed itself.
"Well I did have a pretty spacious alley to go back to" I shot him a small smile as we paused walking.
"Come on the lodgin' house ain't far; we always got a few extra bunks."
"I guess I could spare the alley for a night" as much as I hated showing I need help, I was glad he offered before I had to go and ask him myself.
By the time we reached the lodging house it was growing quite dark and the air had picked up a more chilling wind.
I followed Jack inside the building and was surrounded by heat. I smiled as I realized how good it felt.
I could hear a low rumble of noise coming from the second floor; I braced myself for meeting all the newsies again. After signing in I dragged my body along behind Jack as we heard the loudness grow slightly.
The room was larger than I expected, or well larger than my old lodging house. The boys were scattered around various bunks talking and playing some rounds of poker. I was struck with a strange sense of familiarity. The only thing that seemed out place was that there were no other girls.
The room seemed to glance up at me before resuming to their previous engagements. I sighed and turned towards Jack, "What bunk is empty?"
He glanced around trying to remember where everyone actually slept, "Um, the one next to Race is open. Top bunk" I nodded my thanks and walked towards the lonely bunk. On the way to the lodging house I had stopped by my old alley and luckily found my bag of extra clothes still there. I threw the bag on the bunk and in one motion threw my hat with it.
Somehow the room seemed to settle down; I cautiously turned around to see what happened. I found a few newsies staring at me with some surprise; rolling my eyes I figured it was from taking off my hat.
"Is this goin to be a problem?" I gestured towards my head, emphasizing the long hair. I glanced around waiting for anyone to acknowledge that it would be. No one answered and when I looked to Jack, the leader he seemed to shrug it off.
"We haven't had any girl newsies, but ya already proved ya can sell, I don't see why it would be a problem here" I shot him a smirk and climbed onto the bunk. This day drained the energy from me, and knowing I would have to get up early I figured it would be smart to go to bed early.
The noise in the bunkroom stayed at a steady level but it didn't stop me from falling asleep as soon as I hit the pillow.
A/N: ok soo should I still continue??