Newsies One Shots

Winter Wonderland

Modern AU

"C'mon! There's gonna be a blizzard, half the city has shut down, so quit takin' bout Christmas sales and just get to the part where you say which the schools close!" Jojo yelled as he chucked a pillow at the TV. The newsies, plus Brooklyn, Katherine and the Jacobs brothers were all in the Lodging house's living room, either sitting on the couch or sprawled on the floor. The weather channel playing on the TV as they all waited for the list of schools being shut down due to the blizzard.

"I don't know why anyone would want the school to close just because of a little snow," Davey said in a plain tone. This prompted the newsies to look at Davey as if he actually lost his mind this time. "What?" Davey asked innocently. "Education is important for the mind."

"Big whoop!" Race scoffed as he waved a hand in the air. "If it were up to me, I'd say we skip the whole learnin' thing and do whatever we want, when we want!" the blonde boy exclaimed while standing up on the couch. The newsies all cheered in agreement, causing Davey to groan.

"And now for the lists of schools that will be closed until further notice," the news anchor said before listing off the schools that would be closing. But with each name came with disappointment. It felt like a lifetime as they all waited endlessly for their school to be listed off.

"How many schools are in this stinking city?" Sniper huffed as he slumped into the couch. Davey was about to open his mouth when the younger boy cut him off, "That was a rhetorical question Mouth!"

"Lower Manhattan Middle," the news anchor said.

"YYEESS!" Les and Romeo both yelled as they jumped up on the couch and high fived each other. The two boys did a little happy dance as they bounced up and down on the couch.

"Shut it dimwits," Albert grumbled at the two boys. "An' stop jumpin' while you're at it. It's makin' me sick an' I's ain't drivin' ya to the hospital in this weather, if ya bang your head," the redhead stated in a grumpy tone.

"Oh put a sock in it ya Grinch," Romeo replied as he plopped back down on the couch. "Just cause you still have to go to school that don't mean ya gotta rain on my parade."

Before anything else could happen, the news anchor said, "And that's the end of the list folks." needless to say, the newsies, and the girls were disappointed, Davey was happy, while Les and Romeo taunted them about having to go to school on a snow day while they get to stay home and do nothing productive "Just kidding," the news anchor said, catching everyones' attention. "There's one more school closing, and that's you World High!" while everyone was happy about this new found information, Davey was sad about it.

"We really need to get him a life," Race said as he watched Davey whack himself with a pillow while mumbling the periodic table of elements. Or maybe it was math. Either way, Race stood by his statement. Davey needs a life that doesn't involve dangerous chemicals or big numbers you have to remember.

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"And there's our pretty ladies," Romeo beamed as the two girls (finally) walked into the kitchen that morning. "You two sure took your sweet time. But, then again, it does take a long time to get your pretty princess faces all dolled up," the thirteen year old romantic said with a flirtatious tone.

"Call me "princess" again, and it'll be the last thing you Casa-NO!" Feister snapped as she walked to the cabinet to get some food.

"Yeah!" Mush agreed. "Cause that's my job."

"No it's not," Feister replied while pulling out a box of cereal. She didn't bother to make any sort of eye contact with her boyfriend whatsoever and went about to get some food into her stomach ASAP. The morning went on with the usual jokes, and trying to work their way around the kitchen to get some breakfast while making sure no one bumps into anyone else. Only this time, Christmas music was playing in the background as everything happened. And soon enough it was done with breakfast and off to the park for a fun snow day. The whole city seemed to stand still as the group of boys and two girls made their way to the park. The snow was the kind that stuck to everything, so New York looked absolutely beautiful cover in white. Stores were still closed, and the roads were closed off. So it was hard tracking through the sidewalk since it also wasn't cleared yet. But it was still a sight to see. It was a rare sight for the city that never sleeps.