My newsie ~ Spot Conlon [newsies fanfic]

9: Rally

Apparently there was something with Snyder at the lodgin house last night. He was looking for Jack but the boys managed to hide him. I was glad I missed it he's been in the look for me for awhile to send me back to the orphanage.

I stood behind the curtains with Medda as she put powder all over my face.

"Why am I doing this Medda?" I ask her and she sighs putting the powder down.

"Because you gotta live your life. You can't be hiding as a newsie forever. You're beautiful show it off once in a while. Have some fun." She pats my leg before grabbing a blue hair piece and putting it in my hair.

"Go put on the dress the boys are going on soon." She says patting my shoulders and leaves the room as I change into the beautiful dress I've hidden for a week. I look at myself in the mirror and a smile creeps onto my face. I looked... pretty.

"My goodness look at you" I hear Medda say walking back into the room.

"You look beautiful. Now go listen to the boys." She says pushing me out to the side of the stag that wasn't in view of the crowd.

"So we've come a long way, but we ain't there yet. Maybe it's only gonna get tougher from now on. But that's fine we'll just only get tougha wid it. But also we gotta get smart and start listening to my pal David." Everyone cheers and claps which I clap along from the sidelines.

"Who says stop soakin the scabs." Thats when the cheering stops.

"What are we supposed do to da bums. Kiss em." Race says making the boys behind him laugh.

"Hey look any scab I see I soak em. Period." Spot says making the boys cheer once again.

"Sorry to interrupt everyone." I yell from the unnoticeable spot causing all the boys to look around in confusion.

"Sorry boys I'm being kept back here by Medda. But I agree with David." I yell as I move behind the curtain and poke my head out hearing laughs from the crowd.

"Boys." I nod to the 3 on stage as they smile at me.

"Medda will kill me if I come out right now. But we gotta listen do David it may sound foolish but it'll give us a better reputation. And god do we need it. Now proceed." I say then hiding behind the curtain again walking back to my spot so I could still see.

"Thanks Josie. If we get violent it's just playing into there hands." David says as Spot steps towards him.

"Hey look, they're gonna be playin with my hands all right. Because it ain't what they say it's what we say. And nobody ain't gonna listen to us unless we make em." Boys start shouting again. Less then before but some were still.

"You got no brains. We're starting to fight eachother. It's just what da big shots wanna see. That we're street trash. Street rats with no brains. No respect for nothin including ourselves. So here's how it is. If we don't act together we're nothin. If we don't stick together we're nothin. And if we can't even trust eachother then we're nothin." Jack yells pointing around the room as boys start sitting down.

"Tell em Jack!" Blink yells from the balcony railing.

"So what's it gonna be?" Jack asks the boys

"We're wit you Jack" race says as the other boys agree with him.

"So what do you say spot?" Jack ask Spot who refuses to make eye contact with him and instead looks at the crowd.

"C'mon spot." I say from my spot seeing him smile a bit.

"I say that what you say. Is what I say." Spot says to Jack before doing a spit shake as the boys cheer.  Then Medda comes out causing the boys to cheer even louder.

"Now settle down boys I'm just the presenter. Here is Josephine." She yells as the curtains open revealing well me. There was silence for a second then the cheering was even louder then before making me smile. I look around the room to see the 'hatten newsies with there jaws dropped the I saw Spot. He had a softened look on his face with his mouth agape as he stared directly at me.

The music starts playing and I start to sing nervously not looking at the crowd but once the music starts picking up so does my confidence as I start dancing  around the stage singing "I got rhythm".
(I'm too lazy to write the song but it's above)

Soon enough the Newsies were singing a long and jumping around dancing. I smiled and made my way down the stairs with help of Race and Jack. I make my way to spot and pull him from the chair as I continue to sing. Once he's up with the guys I make my way back to the stage and finish the song off on a high note. Literally. The crowd erupts in cheers as Blink throws a rose at me making me laugh.

The spotlight moves back to the curtain meaning Medda was coming on so I run to the stairs before seeing Spot stood at the top.

"A hand?" He asks trying to sound proper making me smile widely with a laugh.

"Well thank you kind sir." I say back in my best fancy accent and he grabs my hand leading em down the stairs then pulling out my chair as I sit down then pushing it back in. He then sits down beside me as Medda appears on stage as all of the boys cheer even more.

"Yous look beautiful" Spot says looking at Medda with a sly smile.

"Doesn't she" I say because that's what I heard

"Not her. You. Yous more beautiful then her." He says looking me in the eyes grabbing my hand under the table as we smile at each other. I break eye contact and move my hand as the music start.

Oh boy don't tell me I'm fallin for Spot Conlon