Queen's And King's ~Third book in my Newsies stories

Chapter Three

((WARNING: WILL CAUSE FEELS ON A MAJOR SCALE. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.))

It's after midnight.
Everyone's asleep.
Spritz has gone to the medical center to be with Crutchie.
A light snow falls as I go out and sit on the fire escape.
I think back to three years ago.
Back to the strike.
Sometimes I wish I could relive that moment.
But it's all in the past now.
Someone taps lightly on the window.
Blink.
He walks out and sits by me, snuggling me close to him.
"Hey." He smiles
"Hey."
"You just love being alone, huh?" He asks
"Sometimes." I reply
"Brooklyn," he looks into my eyes "you know how much I love you. and you know I'll never leave you, right?"
"Of course I do! I love you too." I reply
He looks at me again, this time kissing me.
I close my eyes and kiss him back.
Pulling away he looks down at me and smiles
"You're beautiful."
I blush.
A cold breeze blows in, making me shiver.
"Maybe we should get back inside" he says
"Good idea"
We quietly walk back inside and shut the window.
Slowly and swiftly, we make our way to the bed in the corner.
I crawl under the warm blankets and he follows, pulling me close.
I rest my head on his chest.
He kisses my forehead and whispers "Goodnight, Brooklyn."
"Goodnight."
I slowly drift off to sleep.
I wake up to Spritz shaking us awake
"Spritz this better be important" I mutter sleepily
"It is. Crutchies awake"

After a few hours of selling papers, we take a break to visit Cruchie.
Spritz is already there when we walk in, but something's very wrong.
She's in tears
"Spritz.." I start to say
"W-who are they..?" Crutchie mutters
Oh no.
We rush over to Spritz.
I carefully rest my crutch down and give her a hug.
She hugs me back, still crying
"W-will he ever rem-remember?" She cries
Blink kneels beside us.
"I- I don't know, Spritz.. I don't know.."
I really hope he does.
He has to remember.