Newsies : Undercover Newsie

   Chapter One: The Encounter 

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It was early dawn as the sun rose upon the city of New York the chimney dusters were already starting to make their way down the streets . In a mere couple of seconds the streets were covered with children of all ages hurrying to get to the factories. Suddenly a huge group of newsies ran into the mix, among them were Jack Kelly who was of course the proud leader of this gang .

Racetrack who was soon going to the races to bet on his favorite horse Silver Lightning, he was practically shaking at the thought of the bets to be made on this fine day. Then there was Mush who was blowing kisses at practically every girl who walked in front of him they giggled and some squealed. All of this was going on while Specs and Crutches were glaring at Mush and shaking their heads .

This of course was all going on in true center of New York , Manhattan. Out of all the ruckus in a gloomy smelly ally stood a girl who was about fifteen years old with dirty blond hair and blue eyes that were worn with tears. She was wearing the attire of a newsie, with her hair up under a dusty newsies cap ,that had been her brothers. A couple of tears again slowly trickled down her cheeks.

"You can't think about that now!"

She thought angrily as she adjusted the cap trying to look more like her brother when he had gone of to work. She smiled at the memory of the stories her brother had told of the Manhattan, the gallant Jack Kelly and the charmer Mush. The whole family would sit around and listen to his adventurous tales.

She had always wanted to meet them , but her brother had always been very overprotective.

"Your to pretty Lissy , I don't trust them with you!"

He would say with a brilliant playful twinkle in his green mischievous eyes. She looked at herself in the muddy water of a puddle and sighed, who was she kidding she still looked like a girl nothing had changed! Suddenly she spotted some ash and had an idea, she scooped a handful up and felt the silky texture of it as she rolled it in between her palms. She applied it o her face in patches and looked at herself in the puddle again and almost gasped.

She was the spitting image of her older brother except instead of his green eyes dancing with mirth and beautiful auburn hair she saw her blue eyes and dirty blond locks.

She again looked out on the street but now she saw business men beginning to make their way down the busy street. That meant the newsboys were going to sell soon she pulled on her newsboys cap and ran down the street even though she had no clue were she was going. She ran down the street looking for a glimpse or sign of the distribution center she was running so fast that she didn't see a certain newsboy yelling the headlines and ran straight into him .

They both fell with a large thud. The newsboys stood up with angry eyes and said, "Hey, what the hell is your...", but when he saw her face he stopped his speech with wide eyes, "Jamie!"

He asked his voice raspy. Lissy felt tears well up in her eyes so, he knew her brother she suddenly wondered who he was. She looked up at him with wondering eyes and said slowly and painfully,

"He was my brother,"

The boy looked sadly at her,

"You know there is no guarantee he's dead,"

Lissy had had enough of everyone taking pity of her,

"Look my whole family died in that fire I have no doubts that he did to,"

She said masking the tears that were forming in her eyes,

" You never know ,"

said the boy while putting a hand on her shoulder,

"Yes I do, he was in that house now you tell me how he could've escaped when the fire started or when the roof collapsed, how the hell could've anyone got out?"

She managed out in a whisper. The stranger looked at her and after a couple moments of quiet he asked,

" Hey kid where are ya staying?"

, "In the alley ways were else".

Came my smart ass reply. Right after that I immediately felt bad, I mean even though my family had just died that gave me no excuse to be such a smart ass.

"I'm sor..."

I tried to say but the stranger wouldn't have it.

" It's fine,"

he said gallantly as he walked a couple paces in front of me,

" Hey why don't you stay at the newsboy lodging house?"

He asked while smiling a cheeky grin. Now I know I should've said no I mean me being a girl and all but it was just so cold and a warm bed sounded so comfy so, of course I agreed ,little did I know that this would lead to a chain of events that would change my life.