Lavenders green, lavenders blue (spot conlon love story)

Chapter 4 - I'm not a baby

"Hey hey hey. Who cares anyway we don't needs Brooklyn's help we can do it ourselves "

I hear David scoff "um I think it's clear that we can't. Remember crutchie yesterday? They beat us we lost" my fave turns red as I remember yesterday day. We had nearly got em when all of the sudden out of nowhere a bunch of thugs show up. Most of us got out. Crutchie was too slow. We all know exactly where he is now- the refuge. 

"Yeah I remember crutchie. I remember that he's exactly why we gotta go back" I say my voice escalating with every second. Just then the doors to the circulation center open and out come carriages and scabs with their papes. 

"Now if we all just remain calm-" davey starts. It works for about half a second. Then jack yells 

"LETS SOAK EM FOR CRUTCHIE"

And then fleets of newsies  start piling into the yard, knocking down everything that comes in out path. We start out strong. Soakin anybody who comes near us. Kicking and punching i thinks we're really gonna get em this time. And then out of nowhere come a whole gang of crimps and thugs they surround jack and the bulls close the gates. We're locked in. And outnumbered.  Things are bad and everything is spiting down hill. I hear the crack of some chains and with one whip to the back of my head I'm down. Everything is blurred and I'm trying to fight off as many people as I can but the throbbing pain in the back of my head is all I can think about. Then I hear a voice and as if on cue Brooklyn boy himself spot conlon appears. I can't see much but I can make out that stupid smirk on his face.

"Never fear" he smirks "Brooklyn is here" and with one pull on his slingshot the guy who is in the middle of hitting me is down. 

The man with the chains is down long enough for me to get up. I'm still pretty woozy but  I can push that back and throw some punches still. With help from the Brooklyn boys in almost no time at all we're back with the upper hand and spots newsies throw open the gates from the outside. We beat em. Denton comes stormin in, a proud look on his face, he's got his camera with him. Spot comes over to me.

"Hey is youse ok?" He says. His softer more concerned voice throws me off.

"Erm yeah I just-" I point to the back of my head. He wraps his left arm around my head and feels the bump. I wince. He grabs my hand as if it was an impulse. Just then a flash appears- blinding nearly all of us. Spot let's go of my hand as if he just realized he was holding it. We just kind of stand there for a little bit. It's not awkward or anything. I just wondered why he was just lookin at me. Then jack comes dancin over to us. 

"Hey spot!" He shouting really loudly and I have to cover and eat because me brain hurts. "We beat-" then sees me with spot and his voice lowers a bit. "Hey whatchu doin here" He says lookin between the both of us. 

"Oh um nothin I just. I...and he was-" I start but I stutter. God why does my head hurt so much. I touch the back of it, it's still pulsing"

"Listen it ain't nothin jacky boy, she was just hurt and I was asking is she was ok that's all" spot chimed in as if he does this everyday.  

"Yeah? Ok well I think I got it covered spot" jacks voice is low and spot smirks and walked away.

"Did they hurtcha?" Jack turns to me his voice has changed from low and defensive to comforting and concerned. 

"A little. Got me wit some chains ta the back of me head, I'm ok though really I am." He touches the back of the head- something was different about the way he did it and how spot did it. Jack was lookin at the back of me head, spot was looking right into my eyes.  I winced at jacks touch to my wound. He pulled away.

"Yeah I think hey gotcha pretty bad. Maybe you should go lay down, they rest of us is headin ta tibbys when you is ready" 

"No really jack I'm ready now, I'm ok." 

"Listen addy I really think-"

"What is I just stayed sittin the whole time?" Jack sighed. He was used to me debating everything he said. But when it came to me gettin hurt he always was especially set on winning. I could tell he just wanted me to be ok so I gave in.

"Maybe I guess I could just go lay down" 

"Alright, you can come down when you think you are ready but please, not until you think you are ready" jack and I both knew I was gonna come down after 5 minutes but we just ignored it and let it be because we was both tired.

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I had been out in the fire escape sitting with my head against the railing for about 10 minutes when I heard someone climbing out to me though the window behind me. I assumed it my jack and I didn't want to move my head so I just said

"Miss me too much jack?" The person sat down next to me I still didn't turn to look because my head was hurtin and it was comfortable just against the railing lookin out at the city. 

"Well I dunno maybe we should go ask him" a voice says. A voice that is not jacks. I turn and look at the boy. Spot.

"Wha-whatta ya doin here spot?"

"Hmm I dunno I guess I missed ya too much" he smirked.

"How did ya know I would be out here?" 

"Lucky guess" he smiled and looked out at this city. Then down at his hands, he was holding a news paper. "Look at dat." He said handing me the  pape. There on the front page above the fold was all us newsies. And off the the right a little there was me and spot. His arm around my head, his eyes locked on mine.  My mouth is stuck open but spot just sits there and smirks.

" do you ever make any other face?" I ask still s but shocked about my image in back and white

" nah just stuck like this"  I roll my eyes. "So ya coming down?" He asks

"Yeah In  just a little bit" 

"Alright lets go then" he stands up and offers his hand down. I look at it and then him for a second before taking it and he helps me up.

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"A rally! A newsie rally!" I hear jack yell as me and spot enter tibbys and I sit down. Spot hovers close to me but doesn't sit. 

After chorus's of "yeah's!" And "tell us jacks" they newsies come to the conclusion that they are gonna have a newsie rally at meddas tomorrow night. I notice jack  talkin to davey about Sarah, he's definitely got the hots for Sarah. 

"So a rally huh." I say to jack

"Yeah a rally ya excited?" He says to me. He's proud of himself. Jacks always been a leader it's nice that he's puttin it to some good use

"Ya takin sarah?" I say and wink at him. He smiles and pushes my shoulder

"Yeah shuddup." 

"Who have ya specially chosen ta take me?" I ask jokingly

"Hey nobody's takin you" He says less as a joke as I was making

"And why not?"

"Because you is just a baby and these boys is a bunch of bums"

"I'm not  a baby" nothing is a joke anymore and he room gets tense

"Yeah well if you even think of going with someone they can look forward ta getting soaked ya hear?"

Just then I see spot leave the room. I wonder where he's goin?

I look at jack for a second very angry at him. I didn't even want to take anyone. Nobody likes me or thinks I'm pretty I just wish e wouldn't treat me like a kid. I storm out and head towards where me only girl friend lives. I got to talk to a girl who understands. And I need to get away from jack.