"Morning Racer. How'd ya sleep?" I asked sauntering over the boys
"Ah man, Them Fire sirens Kept me awake all night," Race complained.
"Sirens is like lullabies to me. The louder they wail, the better the headline. And the better the headline, the better I eat. And the better I eat-" Mush got cut off by Race.
"The further away from you I sleep!" Race cackled.
"Mornin Davey!" I called happily to him smiling.
"Mornin' everybody, sorry we're late we had to help our mom with somethin'" David said making a face.
"Oh, they got a mother! I was gonna get me one." Race joked.
"What didja do wit da one you had?" I asked.
"He traded her for a box of cigars." Romeo laughed.
"They were coronas!" Race sid
"We got a father, too." Les piped up.
"Oh, a mother and a father." Romeo said, snickering.
"Well, Ain't we the hoi polloi." Race mocked.
"So, how's it goin' today?" Les asked, ignoring Race.
"Ask me after they put up the headline." Romeo snorted.
"Here it comes now." Les said excitedly.
"New newsie price: 60 cents per hundred." Romeo exclaimed.
"What?" All the newsies said.
"Is that news?" David asked.
"It is to me! They jacked up the price of papes, ten cents more a' hundred!" I screamed
"I could eat two days on a dime!" Albert complained.
"I'll be sleepin on the street,"Crutchie groaned.
"You already sleep on the street," Elmer snapped sarcastically.
"In a worse neighborhood!" Crutchie defended.
Jack swagger over to us and hopped up on a pile of boxes next to me,
"Hey, whatcha all standin around for?" He asked.
"Hey Jack, get a load of this!" Crutchie started.
"Like pulitzer don't make enough already!" Albert snarled.
"Clo what's going on," Jack asked.
I swallowed the lump in my throat.
"They raised the price." I whispered.
I really hope this is some kinda joke. I can't afford to pay that much! I'm a damn good seller and could pay my way, but how could I help me boys.
"Relax! Its gotta be a gag," Jack said marching up to the distribution desk.
"Good joke Weasel, you got these fella goin'. Clover and I will take hundred each and will be on our way," Jack said.
"A hundred will cost ya sixty." Weasel said with a sadistic grin.
"I ain't payin' so sixty and neitha is my sister." Jack snorted.
"Then make way for someone who will," Weasel snapped.
"Well you bet me and the fellas will hike over to the Journal," Jack snapped back.
"Yeah!" the boys and I hollered marching away
"Aint worth the walk, they hiked up their price, too" Specs said running over to us.
"Well then we'll take our business to The Sun!" I sassed.
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The queen of New York (Newsies fanfic)
FanfictionWe all know the story of Jack Kelly, but what if there was someone else that was running the union, that one person is Clove Kelly, Jack's little sister.
