From Reno to Brooklyn (Spot Conlon love story)

My heart is taken

Spot and I got up the next morning and headed to the Brooklyn Circulation office to get our papers.

"Oh joy these two" Fetch said as Spot and I went up to the desk.

"Hundred" Spot said as he slammed down his money.

"Why even bother wasting your money it's not like you ver sell em all" Fetch remarked.

"Oh!" all of the Brooklyn Newsies yelled knowing you shouldn't insult the King of Brooklyn.

"Fetch, Fetch I'se thought I'se told ya what would happen ta ya if you'se ever insulted me" Spot said.

Spot took a swing at Fetch and hit him square in the jaw you could hear it snap. Fetch lunged back at Spot and gave him a good blow to the face. I finally got tired of it all and tried to break them apart but a fist stopped me. I got punched right in the nose. I was about to go off on Fetch when Spot picked me up and ran over to a less crowded space.

"I am so sorry" he replied cleaning the blood running from my nose.

"It's ok I'se shouldn't have gotten in the way" I replied holding my nose.

"Come on I'se want someone to make sure it ain't broken" Spot said helping me up.

We walked across the Brooklyn bridge when we go to the other side Spot's eyes got so big that I thought they were going to fall out.

"Get over here" he said dragging me by my arm behind some crates.

"What?" I asked puzzled.

"You see that man over there?" Spot asked me.

"Yeah" I replied still holding my nose. Spot grinned because I sounded like a pig.

"That's my dad" he replied.

"Your what?" I asked.

"My father ya know the one who's always beating me up or getting drunk" he said.

"Maybe he won't know it's you" I said trying to be positive.

"Yeah you'se right come on" he replied taking me by the arm towards the lodging house.

We started walking when Spot's dad saw us.

"Run" I whispered to him.

"You sure?" he asked.

"Yeah I know how to get to Jack" I replied.

"Thanks" he replied "I owe ya one"

"Yeah ya owe me tonight" I said as I winked at him.

He smirked and ran off. Well tonight's gonna be fun.

"Hello miss" Spot's dad said coming up to me.

"Hi" I replied.

"If you don't mind me asking who was that boy you were walking with?" he asked me.

In my mind I was thinking, Think of a good reply, think of a good reply.

"Oh that jerk?" I said "He hit me in the nose and he felt bad so he brought me here. But I told him I was fine so he ran off" nailed it.

"Oh well he looked familiar" he replied didn't nail it.

"A lot of the boys around here look like that" I said I started sweating he must have noticed.

"Do you need me to escort you?" he asked me.

"Oh no I'm ok" I stammered.

"Oh I insist" he said as he led me to the Manhattan Newsies lodging house.