Lavenders green, lavenders blue (spot conlon love story)

Chapter 8 - the stars

"I'll pay the fines, all of them" good ole Dentyn we woulda been locked up in the refuge for the rest of our lives if it weren't for him. He alwaysknew how to help. Especially now since nearly all of us landed a spot in court, that is except crutchie who was in the refuge, I didn't know where jack was, I bet they took him to the refuge too, and mush had smuggled ellie out through a window and she ran home before he came back to help fight. She probably told him about all the trouble she'd be in if her mom found out where she was last night. And just then jack walks in all hand cuffed and beat up.

"The case of jack Kelly" the judge said s then lucky us but who should show up, the devil himself Snyder the spider.

"I believe I can speak for the boy" he said in his awful voice. I hated him so much. "His name is Francis Sullivan, his mother is deceased, his face in being held in the state prison and he has not brothers or sisters. He's been in the refuge for stealing, and attempted escape" wait a minute, did he say he has no brothers or sisters? Francis Sullivan. I gave jack I look, I was confused and hurt. He would lie to me. Right? He wouldn't lie. If there is one things I can remember from that day. If everything else decides to escape my memory I know I will never forget the look that jack gave me. Sadness and apologetic and angry it's hard to explain but I can still see it lingering in my mind. I don't know who jack is, I don't know who anyone is, I don't even know who I am. Jack looks down. And as soon as they open the gate for us to leave I run. I run and run out of there. All the way back to the lodging house. I sit on the fire escape, my head against the rail. It's starting to get dark. The Sun sets and the sky is clear and red. 

"Lavenders green dilly dilly" And tear escapes my eye

"Lavenders blue" another one 

"If you love me dilly dilly" more tears

"I will" I breath in a hiccupy breath "love you" 

I hear someone coming up the fire escape below me and I wipe my face trying to pull myself together but the tears keep streaming down my face, I'm not a cryer but how could I not cry right now. The person comes over to me and sits down, as if it's a reflex my head falls onto his shoulder. It's spot. I can tell right away. We don't say anything for a long while. I just sniffle and we watch The Sun set over the city. Until I finally can speak up.

"How did you know I'd be here?"

"Lucky guess" I can practically feel the smirk on his lips. I pull my head up from his shoulder. I don't look at him, I look out onto the city. I know he's looking at me though.

"You have a lot of lucky guesses when it comes to me up here" 

" Yeah well imma good guesser" I turned and looked at him with a questioning face. He smirked and  then looked down at his hand.

"May 2nd 1896" he started, still looking down at his thumbs 

"Yeah whatta bout it?" I asked, still confused.

"On May 2nd 1896 I was in Manhattan because the newsies was havin a big party at meddas ta celebrate somethin stupid, I don't remember I didn't go anyway."

"Why didn't you go?"

"Because on my way I got distracted by a very pretty voice, I followed and it led me to a very pretty girl. She was singin somethin about Lavenders and kings and queens. I couldn't help but stop and listen to her song. And the next night I couldn't help but listen again. And the next, and the next. And everyday after that. I never got her name" he finally looked up, at the sky though, not at me, " until one day she came and got mine, and her name was Adelaide and it was the prettiest name I ever heard" he looked down one last time, then ran his hand through his hair and looked up at me. 

"You came back every night?" He just smiled and nodded, looking back up at the sky, I looked at the sky too, a lot of stars came out. Nothing else mattered that night. The stress of tomorrow, the anger of yesterday, nothing mattered in that moment. All that mattered was there I was looking at the stars with the king of Brooklyn. And something told me that eventually everything is gonna be ok.

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A/N 

Ok yay I really like this chapter because of spot and addys cuteness, but also what the heck is gonna happen with jack and addy? Are they ever gonna find out about her real past? Ya gotta wait and find out I guess ;)

- Rory