FAMILIAR | Spot Conlon

Chp. 28: Neva Fear Brooklyn's Here

"Get up get up boys"

I roll over and tuck my head under the covers. The covers are yanked off me and I sit up. I run my eyes and I start to see things.

"Ugh Boots gimme back the blanket" He stands there and holds the blanket up.

"This blanket?"

"Yeah now give it" I reach for it and he pulls it away. I grab my pillow and throw it at him but he dodges and it hits Mush instead.

"Oh it's on" Mush hits be back with the pillow and eventually we are all having a pillow fight. But not as girly as you imagine.

"Guys there a bathroom free?" They all laugh and I look at the bathroom. Well bathrooms.

"Oh" I walk into it and get ready for the day. I walk out and see Kid Blink.

"Geez Camryn what'd yous do in there"

"I's just got ready" He gives me a confused look.

"You'll understand when yous a goil" I walk back over to my bed but run into Mush.

"Hey Mush" I look up and see he's shirtless. Mush ain't that bad looking and his abs certainly don't hurt.

"What happened to yer shirt"

"You like what ya seein" He rubs his fingers on his abs. I turn and walk away but he grabs my arm and pulls me back.

"Ya know, yous a really pretty goil Camryn"

"Uhm Thanks" Jack comes up to me and drags me away from Mush.

"Mind telling me what that was all about"

"You know Mush"

"Yeah. And I's also know Mush around girls" He really is living up to his words of me being like a little sister.

"Just don't let em get to you"

"Aw come on Jack you know I ain't like that wit these guys"

"I know" He puts an arm around me and walk into the square.
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We all scatter as a carriage comes racing towards us. We join back together and face a wall of newsies with papers in their hands.

"Come on ya grafters, cross the line" Race says from behind me.

"Alright everyone remain calm" David really should know better than for us to be calm at a time like this.

"Let's soak em for Crutchy" I yell to break the silence. We all race towards them ready to fight. We chase them to the circulation area and the gates open revealing a bunch of guys with maces and chains.

Oscar approaches Jack and stands across him in the circle the newsies made. He starts swinging at him with a chain. Luckily Jack dodges him every time.

"Neva fear Brooklyn's here" I look towards the voice and see Spot standing on the roof with some other Brooklyn newsies.

"Hey it's Brooklyn" I point at him and everyone else starts seeing him. They start shooting with the slingshots and one hits Oscar in the head. He falls to the ground and we all huddle by Jack. Then all hell breaks loose.

We starts fighting the adults and a big goon with a bat comes at me. I dodge his first swing and grab it on the second. I push it towards him hitting him in the face and making him fall. I wipe my hands off on my shirt and go find Jack.

"Nice one kid"

"Hey Jack. Ya saw that?"

"Yeah" Before we can talk anymore Spot comes down in a zip line and pushes 2 guys to the ground. He sees me and Jack and they spit shake then Spot and I do. Something seems different about him but I'm not sure what.

I punch a few more guys then follow the rest of the newsies to the gate Spot just opened. There's a new crowd of adults who quickly back away when they see their fallen friends.

We head over by the window and start tearing up newspapers.

"Jack, boys, freeze" Race pulls me over to him and Denton snaps the picture. So much for no pictures.

"Thanks Race" I hug him and he looks over my shoulder. I turn to see what he's looking at and see Spot.

"Ya know, I's neva talked to Spot before" He whispers so only I can hear.

"He's not as scary when yous actually meet em"

"Ya want me to introduce ya?"

"But won't he~"

"Don't worry about it" I walk over to Spot and tap him on the shoulder.

"I would like to introduce you to someone. Race this is Spot Conlon. And Spot, this is Racetrack"

"Pleasure to meet ya Racetrack" They spit shake and I send Race a nod. I can tell he's excited to meet Spot.

"I'll let you two talk"

"Actually I's wanted to talk to you Cam" Uh oh. He knows. He knows. He knows.

"Yeah of course" I say with a smile and we walk away from Race.

"I's just thought since I met ya a few days ago and he's neva met you it would~"

"Yeah that's fine. Actually I wanted to talk about the strike~" He doesn't have time to finish his sentence before Jack pulls me away.

"What do you think you're doing? He'll find out who you are"

"No he won't. He has no idea" He crosses his arms and doesn't look convinced.

"Then what were you talking about"

"We were gonna talk about the strike before you pulled me away"

"Oh sorry"

"Don't worry about it"

"Just be careful around him"

"Got it dad" He glares at me and I flash a smile.

"I's serious" He grabs my shoulders and makes me look him in the eyes.

"I am too"
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Ok so i don't really know what happened but Wattpad like deleted this chapter so i'm posting it again. Thank you mariesophia70 for pointing that out. Also i'm sorry I haven't been updating i've been pretty busy actually.