Love and fame

Chapter One

It was an ordinary day at the newsboy's lodging house, Kloppman shouting for everyone to get up, loud yawns echoing the room, boys talking and yelling to each other and everyone complaining about having to get up. I quickly put on my different outift because my other one had finally gotten dirty enough for me to change it,
"Hey, lookin' sharp!" I heard someone say joining my side
"Yeah tell me bout it!"
I replied with a smile that he quickly returned
We walked to the hygiene station and I met Racetrack and Mush
"Heya fellas!" I said
"Hey Ava!" Racetrack replied putting his cigar in his mouth while combing his hair with gel
"Hey" Mush said while cleaning his armpits
"So reckon the headlines gonna be good today?" Jack asked stirring up conversation
"It betta be!" Mush replied
"Heya Jack?" Crutchie replied quietly walking over to Jack
"Oh heya guys!" he said with his adorable smile
"Heya Crutchie!" I replied returning his smile
"Do I look like I'm faking it?" He asked us all
"Nah" Mush said
"No Crutchie! of course ya don't!" Racetrack responded
"Of course nat!" I replied
"No why you asking for?" Jack said wrapping his arm around him
"It's just deres a lot of fake crops on da streets now a days, yano!" He replied
"I just gotta find a new selling spot!"
"Try bottle alley or even da harbour!" Mush said
Racetrack suddenly nudged Mush
"Try Central Park its guaranteed!" Racetrack replied
"Any banker bum or barber!" Jack added on putting shaving cream on his face
"Just try anyone who know how to read Crutch!" I said patting his back before walking off to wash my face.
I sat and got cleaned while the others were goofing off, Suddenly we all walked out of the lodging house together, all newsies who had there own friend group standing around one another, I was close with Racetrack, Mush, Crutchie, Blink and my closet friend of all Jack. Me and Jack have been friend since the first day I got to the lodging house, and that was 9 years ago. I still remember how he welcomed me in and how Racetrack still had a cigar in his mouth even at the age of 6 years old.
"Come you guys there gonna be outta papes by the time we get ere!" Racetrack said to me and Jack who were laughing and giggling at the back of the crowd
"Aight!" Jack replied still giggling
We all walked to outside the circulation building and waited laughing with each other
Until suddenly the Delancy brothers showed up
"Dear me what's the unpleasant aroma, I'm afraid the sewers may have backed up during the night!" Racetrack teased as we all howled with laughter
"Yeah must be the delancy sister!" Crutchie shouted mocking them
I laughed not taking it to heart as I never do when they call people girls
"Yeah says the one with a girl on their side!" Oscar sneered at us
"Oh yeah, well I don't fight like a girl!" I shot back at them
"Sorry don't fight girls cause we're gentleman!" He replied
"Gentlemen? Oh really yous are lousey excuses for gentlemen!" I responded annoyed
"Yeah whatever girl!" They said
"Oscar why don't ya talk trash ta someone who can fight, ya bum!" Jack snapped at them
"Come on en cowboy!" They snitch sneered
Suddenly Jack ran up to them and took there hat and ran as fast as he could as the rest of the newsies followed
He suddenly disappeared everyone was questioning where he had went, but I knew Jack and I knew exactly where he was, so it was no surprise when he had showed himself as he swung from the stand outside of the bakery and kicked both of the Delancy brothers of the cart full of bags of flour and more. He suddenly jumped down and threw the hat over to me I saw the Delancys give me a death stare with fire in their eyes so I quickly ran around the statue facing the circulation building, I accidentally bumped into two boys while making my escape
"What do you think you're doing!" He shouted at me clearly annoyed
I ignored his question and watched as the Delancy brothers tried to push threw the crowd of newsies that were holding them back. Suddenly Jack ended up beside me and answered the boys question
"Running!" He excitedly shouted
Before I pulled him away as the Delancy brothers had finally made it threw the tough crowd,
"We're you not raised right, were is you're manners?" The uptown boy said
we both ran i front of the circulation building as I threw the hat back to Jack
"You're dead cowboy!" One of the Delancys shouted
"Oh yeah bring it ya scabs!" He replied with a dashing grin of thrill
Suddenly a fight was happening outside of the gates
Every newsie crowded round to cheer Jack on as he took advantage of the two of them.