Newsies Short Stories

Javid- SOS

Major trigger warning for abuse. Also there is 17k words in this so.

The whole of summer break Davey Jacobs thought of all the ways he could tell Jack Kelly how he felt. He even got advice from his sister, Sarah. He'd spent the whole summer break thinking of the ways it would go after he told Jack. Davey didn't believe in love at first sight but when he first saw Jack all that changed. He didn't know why he was attracted to Jack instantly but he glad he was because he found a new best friend. He was a great leader to the newsies too. They'd successfully driven Pulitzer out of his role of principal and now Jack's adopted mother, Medda Larkin, was the new principal. None of that would have happened if it wasn't for David. He helped Jack when he doubted himself and the whole idea. He comforted Jack when he got upsets but most importantly he kept it going when Jack ran away. He didn't give up and Jack admired him for that.

He pulled in the schools parking lot in an old car his Ma had brought for him. He drove himself and his sister, to and from school each day. Sarah knew of Davey's plan and she squeezed his shoulder as they walked into the old newspaper room they claimed as their own. Davey looked around, there was no Jack. He was always here before Davey and would have texted him if wasn't come in but Jack would never miss the first day.

Davey just shrugged and sat next to Crutchie who was cuddling Finch and acting like they hadn't just seen each other yesterday. 10 minutes passed and still no sign of Jack, everyone else in their friendship group had filed into the room, that was definitely too small now. Davey was about to text Jack when he walked in the room with a girl holding his hand. Davey's eyes immediately went to the entwined hands. Sarah looked in that direction too before looking at Davey. She saw the look of pain in Davey's eyes that he was trying to hide. Davey knew the girl immediately. It was Bria Hernandez. She was friends with Sarah.

"Morning everyone. This is Bria, my girlfriend." Jack introduced her, Davey winced when he said girlfriend. The newsies all nodded there heads. Sarah was still looking at Davey who was trying to look happy for Jack.

Of course he was happy for his best friend. He always would be. It just pained him that it was Bria holding his hand and not him. Still, he could just move on now and Jack wouldn't need to know a thing. Jack came at sat beside him with Bria sitting on the floor between Jack's legs. She looked around the room it what seemed to be disgust but Jack was too out of it to be able to tell.

"Morning Dave, ya said ya wanted to tell me something." Jack looked at him, smiling with that damn smile Davey loved so much. It was Jack's 'I'm actually happy' smile. Davey forgot he'd texted Jack that morning to tell him he wanted to talk to him about something at school that day. "We can talk about it later if ya want." Jack said when Davey didn't respond for a minute.

"Huh? Oh that, um it doesn't matter anymore. Anyway, I just remembered I need to speak to the math teacher about the summer project she set us." Davey said rushing out of the room.

He feet took him as fast as he could to a bathroom that he knew barely anyone used because it was in awkward part of the school. He leaned against the wall and slide to the floor, letting his emotions take over. He let himself cry. He didn't know why he was crying. Maybe it was because he'd liked Jack for a year and half and now he was finally ready to tell him. Maybe it was because this was his first heartbreak. This was new to Davey and it wasn't even like Jack intentionally broke his heart. He didn't even know Davey liked him.

"Excuse me, are you okay?" A boy asked, standing near Jack. He looked up. The boy had dirty blonde hair and hazel eyes that looked similar to Jack's.

"Umm. Yeah, course." Davey smiled weakly before looking back at the floor.