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Newsies: Black eyes and Cupcakes

A/n: As promised this is Newsbians. The beginning is mostly platonic KatherinexJack because I love their friendship. There is background Javid because it fit better with my plan(Sorry) Background: Sarah Jacobs was the character in the original movie who was replaced with Katherine when it went to broadway. I have never seen the movie so Sarah is described as I imagine her.

Prompt: I am a princess who sneaked out to a tavern and while I was there I got in a fist fight with another patron. Fast forward to the next day where I am meeting the person who has been engaged to me and oh god your eye looks horrible what did I do.

The first time Katherine snuck out of the castle she was fourteen, Jack had just been appointed as her servant and when she told him she wanted to do something to go against her father he had responded by pulling her hair up into a hat and giving her some commoner clothes before sneaking her out the servants entrance. They would then go do something stupid, usually getting drunk at the tavern down the street, but sometimes they liked to just cause trouble. It became their tradition, sneaking out whenever one of them needed a break.

Katherine was meeting with her father when her whole world came crashing down "You're getting married" Pulitzer said

"What?!" She glared at her father. He was sitting in his stupid pretentious throne and looking down on her. His advisor Snyder was standing next to him and grinning at her. She had always hated him, he oozed evil and represented everything she was trying to escape. Her first plan when she became queen was to fire him.

"We need to make peace with the Jacobs" Pulitzer explained "You will marry their oldest daughter in two days"

"No!" Katherine marched straight out of the throne room and ran up to her room where Jack was waiting.

"How'd it go" He asked. Katherine could only shake her head. She sat down next to Jack on the bed and leaned against his shoulder. He rubbed her back "I'm sorry"

"You knew?" Jack almost never knew information before she did, and she felt betrayed he hadn't told her.

"Yeah" Jack looked at his feet "They told me yesterday, they're coming later today and you have to go live with them"

Katherine froze "What?"

"Did he not tell you?" Jack asked, he leaned back to look at her.

"I may have walked out" She explained "I didn't want to listen to him giving away my life. Will I even be queen?"

"I think they're hoping the kingdoms will combine and you'll both lead" Jack guessed. Even if he was a servant he knew a lot more about politics than she did(It might be because he actually listened during meetings so he could tell everything to Katherine when she couldn't remember what the meeting was about)

"I need to go out" She stood up and started pacing back and forth in front of the bed "Tonight"

"Okay" Jack shrugged. "I'll go get your clothes" He tapped her arm on his way out the door and Katherine collapsed on the bed. Maybe it won't be that bad. At least her father set her up with a princess. She knew the Jacobs had a son, and even if her father wasn't happy about her liking girls, he at least respected it. The door opened and Jack walked back in. He was holding the bag they always used for clothes and Katherine took it quickly. She rushed into the bathroom and pulled on the purple shirt. She washed off all her makeup and replaced it with dirt and dust. "Ready?" Jack asked.

"Yep" Katherine opened the door and Jack walked in holding her hat and a hairbrush. He made quick work of pulling up her hair and tucking it under the hat. She slipped on shoes and the were out the door. As usual they were wearing the exact same outfit except Jack had a blue shirt instead of a purple one. It was easier to just pass each other off as twins. They snuck through the empty hallways and out the servant door.