In the morning, the next day, she spent her day, dressed to the nines, and looking like a girl for once. She went to the races and walked around with her boyfriend, Racetrack Higgins. She helped him sell his papes, and gambled on the horses with him. She helped him get more money than he gotten at one time before. She wasn’t a newsie anymore, working full time with Medda as a performer, but that didn’t mean she was any less welcome at the lodging house. She went there after a long night of singing and dancing. She ended up gambling and smoking like always, just this time; she was in skirts, not suspenders. The boys groaned as she leaned in for kisses from Race, who would always oblige. They both enjoyed making the other boys quite uncomfortable with their excessive PDA.
She teased the older boys, like always, and mothered the little ones. Race took her back to Medda’s after a while, where she had decided to live full time. He stopped right outside the doors, and twisted her around in his arms. She grinned, “What do you want, Pista?” He smiled. She leaned in for a kiss and he met her halfway. She tangled her fingers in his hair, but then stopped. “I'm so sorry, babe, I have to go, but I will see you tomorrow?” He nodded smiling, “I’ll be in the balcony, hanging on your every word, sweetheart.”(A/N see what I did there :) ) She leaned in and kissed him once more, then headed inside. Medda laughed at her dreamy expression, and then showed her where she would be living. She laid on her new bed, smiling in the darkness. Her life had been full of pain and sorrow, but now, she got the feeling she would be doing much better. She was happy at what the future would bring.
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Love is a Gamble(A Racetrack Higgins Love Story)
Fanfiction Alexandra is a girl on the run from her family, and arrives in Manhattan. When she meets Racetrack, sparks fly, but her disguise as a boy might be holding her back. Will this Italian beauty fall in love, or have her heart ripped out?
