Race P.O.V.
I get my suit and bow tie from the closet and swear under my breath. Blink and Mush look miserable as they put on theirs. I look over at them, "Can somebody tell me what's goin on?"
The two of them look at each other and shrug. Blink mumbles, "Meg's marrying Spot." And Mush sniffles. I drop my comb I was using on the ground, "What? How long did youse know?" Mush sighs, "Not until today." My eyes widen.
Silence comes and goes very quickly. "Just finish combin' ya hair and let's go." Blink walks past us. Mush goes, and I follow him out.
"Ise sorry Race. Ise didn't know what Spot was planning..."
"Nah, its fine. Ise mean, we gotta chance ta speak up about it right?" Mush's eyes widen. "Great idea man!" He runs up to Jack and the others and they look back at me. They slap me on the back and we all run the rest of the way to Brooklyn.
Once at Brooklyn I find Muddy. I tell him to pass on what's going on and to make sure none of Spot's special newsies figure out. He nods and runs away. A half an hour later, when everyone is sitting down, Spot's newsies give me a wink. I wink back, and guess that's a code saying "We're on your side" or something.
The music starts to play and we all stand up. I look towards the front to see a smirking Spot and Ace smiling widely and wink at Meg as she starts down the aisle. I catch her attention and mouth to her, "Stay calm, we got this." and she gives a confused look back. Mush slaps me and whispers that she can't hear us and she giggles. I swear that giggle makes me smile no matter what. My smile fades away as Spot takes her hands in his. The boys push me down on the crate. A bunch of big newsies come over to where I'm sitting and stand on top of me.
I hear the priest say, "Does anyone feel that these two shall not marry? Please speak now or forever hold your peace." I stand up immediately but am pushed down by the big newsies. I send a glare to Muddy who stands, and leads a crowd of everyone else standing. I eventually break free of the grasp of the newsies and run to the middle of the aisle.
Ace steps in-between Spot and Meghan and says, "WE don't want them to marry." Meg falls to the ground and cries. Spot stares at me and sends his big newsies after me when she gets up and runs into my arms, "Anthony!" I then call out her name "Meghan!" We fall to the ground and I'm given permission to kiss the bride. I start to cry too.
"I-I love you Meghan!"
"I love you too Anthony!" I hear Spot's angry footsteps walk off and I'm not afraid. I wanna hold her in my arms forever. "Youse remember what I said?" I ask her. She nods, "I replay that memory over and over in my head every night." I smile.
Flashback:
I grab Meg's hand and pull her out of the doorway. "No matta what, Ise will love youse, and will wait for youse, no matta how long."
"I love ya too Race. Always have and always will. And we will always be best friends." She says.
End of Flashback.
"Come on, let's head back ta Manhattan." I help her up. She asks if we can go get her stuff first. I nod and we head to the Brooklyn Lodging House.
Inside we see Spot. "YOUSE!" He points to us. "Us?" Meg and I exchange a glance. "Yeah YOUSE! Ise thought ya loved me!" Meg nods no. "Ise neva loved youse, neva have neva will Spot! Why youse think that Ise DIDNT respond to ya proposal, why youse think Ise soaked ya? Huh?" She drags me back outside after grabbing a slingshot, Spot's pimp cane, and her newsie clothes. We go out the fire escape and grab everything else she owns and we run back to Manhattan.
The last thing we here as we turn the corner is a faint yell, "ISE WILL GET YOUSE BACK MEGHAN BALETTI!"
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