Newsie One Shots

Skittery-request

A/N this is for Thenewfancy Who requested this a while ago. I hope you like it.

"Hey Jack, you in?" I called into the lodging house. Jack wanted to talk to me, so I came. Jack and I are so close. He and I acted like siblings most the time, which was good, since we were the leaders of the Manhattan and Bronx newsies.

Yeah, I was a Newsie, the only girl Newsie. Ever since I was a kid, I had been on the streets.I had work my way up to leader, and was determined to stay that way.

Me and Jack had been close ever since I helped Escape the refuge years ago. We had gone our separate ways, seeing each other as often as possible. One day, one of his newsies came into the Bronx, and told me Jack was going on strike.

"He probably wanted to talk to me about me joining him." I thought standing in the doorway. If he wanted to strike,he would need all the help he could get.

"Hey, good to see you, come upstairs." Jack stood there with a smile. "Hey." I hugged him quickly and followed him upstairs. We sat down and he got straight down to it. "But we are going on strike... What is it skittery?" I looked over and saw a fairly tall newsie with curly hair and soft brown eyes.

"Um... Nothing, the boys was wondering why the girl was here?" I looked at him. "This girl is the leader of the Bronx newsies, so me and Jack was making plans." He blushed and backed out.

"She is cute" I heard. I blushed and Jack laughed. "You in?" I look at him long and hard. "If spot is in, and so are we. That is the only way we will join you." He nodded. I expect as much, let's go I want to introduce you to the boys of Manhattan."

I nodded my head. Why not? We go out, where all the boys are relaxing on beds, the floor, chairs, anywhere they could get. I got a lot of low whistles and wide eyes.

I grinned. "Hey y'all, my name is Lulu. I am a leader of the Bronx" A lot of the boys came over and blatantly flirted. "Hey, sweetheart." Said one. "Back off, Bub." The curly headed one from before sat down before me. "My name is Skittery." His next words were nothing but flirty words and cheesy pick up lines."Look, you're cute, but you suck at flirting." He blushed. The boys laughed. "Look, I will see you all later."

I left, thinking about scary. Space bad attempt at flirting, he was cute. Can't wait!" I turned around. Skittery stood there. "Um... What are you doing tomorrow?" "Working" I said, puzzled. Why did it matter? I was doing what every other newsie does.

"No, after that." He said looking down at his feet. "Nothing." I replied. After working usually I have to spend all my time managing the other boys. "Do you want to meet me at tibby's at six? We could walk around town, we could go anywhere you wanted. Do you want to come?"

I blushed and walked up to him slowly. "You know what, I like you." I packed him on my lips. His face turned beet red. I laughed hard at his face.  "Bye Skittery, I will see you tomorrow at Tibby's at six."

Once I was out of sight, I ran home as fast as I could. Once I got there, I threw open my old trunk that I have had since I was a kid. There were all my nice clothes. I grinned. I hadn't gone on a date in a long time. This was going to be fun.

A/N hey do you like it? It took me a while, since I've been doing it all by voice.