"Rosie, he's here," Kloppman told me interrupting the chatter of the newsies around me. I smiled sadly at Kloppman and stood up from where I was sitting. They all came with me as I walked downstairs. I stopped walking once I stepped outside. I faced them and Jack came up to me.
"Thank you, Jack," I told him.
"No problem. You ah lik a sista ta me an' da boys," he said back to me. We exchanged good-bye and then hugged. The other newsies came up one by one. Davey, Les, Race, Skittery, Kid Blink, Boots, Itey, Snitch, Pie eater, Snoddy, Jake, Swiftly, Snipeshooter, Tumbler, Crutchy, Bumlets, and the rest. Bell, Charlie, and Mabel came up to me last. Mabel has been spending all her time with Spot, so she barely knew what was going on. We all hugged one more time as tears threatened to fall. I pulled away from their embrace and saw their own sad faces.
"I'm going to miss you," Bell said softly.
"Me too, so much," I replied. "Thank you for being part of my family. You guys will always be my sisters," I tell them. They smile sadly at what I said and backed away. "Where's Mush?" I asked to no one in particular noticing I haven't seen him at all today. They all shrugged not knowing where he was. 'Maybe he didn't care at all' I thought to myself. I smiled sadly at them all trying to not think that way.
Mush's POV
I sat on da roof thinkin' 'bout Rosie. I know she's leavin' taday. All because of me. Maybe I should've told 'er ta stay. Maybe I should've told 'er how I actually feel. I know I've been denyin' dese feelin's an' just sayin' we're friends but I love 'er. Dere. I said it. I love Rosie. An' now dere's nothin' I can do. I waited too long an' now I'm gonna lose 'er. But I still need ta tell 'er. She deserves dat much. She deserves da world, but I know I can't give her dat. I looked over da edge an' saw her about ta step into da carriage. I climbed down an' ran ta try ta get ta her. I need ta tell 'er.
Rosies's Pove
"Rosie, it's time," Jacob said getting into the carraige. I nod in reponse and look back at the newsies one last time. I smile sadly at them not knowing what else to say. I walk over to the carraige and open the door.
"Rosie, wait," a very familiar voice called. I turned around to see Mush running towards me. I love him. I really do. I just wish he feels the same and seeing him run towards me gave me hope that he does.
"Yeah," I asked hoping he says what I want- need him to say as he comes right up to me.
"Um..." he starts scratching the back o his neck. "Bye," he says before walking back over to the newsies. My face immediately fell and a silent tear rolled down my cheek. Now I know. Now I know that I imagined everything in my head. Now I know that everything I feel is nothing. My heart broke as he said that one word.
I turned around not wanting anyone to see me cry. I open the carriage door and sat down. I wave to them one more time as the carriage starts moving. I leaned my head on the window as everything came out. Tears rolled down my cheeks as I looked out the window watching everything happen around me. I want to hate Mush. But I can't. After everything, I still love him. And I hate that the most.
THE END
A-N- So that happened... poor Rosie... I hope you loved it! I worked really hard on this story and I just want to say THANK YOU! Thank you to everyone reading this story and commenting and voting. So there will be a sequel as you know but I don't know when I'm gonna put that up... I will do it very soon though. It's called "The Newsies 2". So yeah... Please vote and definitely comment!! I love hearing from you guys and getting feedback from my book! So comment plz! THANK YOU ALL!!!! LOVE YOU ALL!!!!
~Abby :)
