Torn (A Joshua Burrage and Benjamin Cook Fanfiction)

Chapter One

A/N: This is my new Newsies fanfiction, I'm writing it for a close friend. I'm gonna apologize upfront for any grammatical, spelling, or typographical errors.

        "Katherine.. Kate wakey up, Babe." Ben said, his voice pulling me from sleep.

        I groaned while snuggling deeper into the duvet of my bed, "Go away, Mr. Cook."

        "Kate don't make me take the blanket." He warned.

        "Don't you dare." Suddenly, I fould the warmth being snatched away from me. A high pitched squeal escaped my lips as the cold New York morning air hit my bare legs. "Dang it, Ben!" I grabbed a pillow and threw it in the direction of his laughter, "Its like fifteen degrees outside and I sleep in shorts!"

        The bed shifted as he crawled in, "I know. That's why I did it." His body rested over me momentarily as he pressed his lips to mine. "So do I need to drag you out of bed or do you think you can get up?"

        Groaning again, I sat up. "I'm getting up you meanie."

        He smiled, "Yay! Josh and Demarius made breakfast downstairs."

        "Ooooo! Breakfast!" I crossed the room, throwing on a housecoat before extending my arms out to Ben. "Take me to food!"

        The blonde rolled his eyes, and picked me up bridal style, "You are such a dork."

        "Thank you, babe." I smiled pecking his cheek.

        The scent of bacon soon wafted into my nostrils, making my mouth water. I hummed delightfully, jumping out of Ben's arms a soon as we reached the bottom of the steps. DeMarius stood at the sink, putting food onto a plate. He heard the two come down and looked up, cracking a smile, "Goodmorning Katie Bear. We made our favorite!"

        Ben handed me a plate and my eyes flicked down to the large plate of bacon and bowl of eggs. "DeMarius, bacon and eggs was my favorite when I was six."

        The boy paused, "Wait, how old are you now?"

        "18."

        "OH. Dang. I might be a few years behind." He handed me a glass of orange juice while grabbing one of his own.

        "Why thank you, Sir." I smiled.

        Ben piped up, "Say, where's Josh?"

        DeMarius cleared his throat, pointing his glass into the dining room. At the end of the table sat Josh, his ankle resting on his knee, a newspaper covering his face and a majority of his chest. I rolled my eyes, walking into the room and placing my plate and cup down beside him. "Hey there, Burrage."

        Josh slowly lowered the paper, his face coming into view. "Yeeessssss?"

        I bursted out into a fit of laughter at the boy's silly behavior. I placed the cup on the table, sinking to sit down in my chair. "Josh?! What the heck?!" The boy got up, shaking his head and reached over, taking a piece of my bacon and popping it into my mouth.

        "Shush. Just enjoy," He grabbed another piece, "the beautiful flavor of BACON." he tossed the piece into his own mouth smiling.

        "Broooo, you took muh bacon." I said, mouth gaping open.

        "Here." Ben said from behind me. He put another piece in my mouth. "Now close your mouth, Missy." I glared, chewing the food.

        "So what's on our schedule today?"

        Ben glanced between DeMarius and Josh. "Do we have rehearsal?"

        DeMarius nodded, "In an hour, actually."

        Josh threw the newspaper into the air, hitting it with his hand. It floated to the ground at his feet. "Well I really should be getting ready now." He walked by and kissed my forehead, "Love you." he walked down to DeMarius and kissed his head as well, "Love you." He stopped lastly at Ben and kissed his head, "Love you." He did a turn and jumped out of the room.

        A few moments later we all brought our attention back to the food. "He's such a weirdo." Ben laughed.

        I smiled, taking a bite of my eggs. "Yup but he's our weirdo."

I'm so sorry it's awful I know. It'll get better!