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Post by dutchy on Jan 14, 2009 17:50:02 GMT -5
Dutchy gave a well meaning wave of goodbye to the man whom he had knocked into before jumping being tapped on the shoulder. He turned, seeing Piper. And smiled a bit embarrassingly, "Oh, hey, Piper."
He took a step back, picking up his book and sweets. "Doing some shopping?" He asked lamely.
((I hope Synder comes back...))
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Post by bunky on Jan 14, 2009 17:57:09 GMT -5
"eh getting meself a drink somewhere cheap. what are you doin' here?" Piper asked as she looked at him tilting her head to the side.
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Post by dutchy on Jan 14, 2009 18:00:00 GMT -5
((Oops, I mean Snyder.. as in Snide))
He shrugged and resisted the urge to hide the book behind his back, suddenly thinking cowboy stories might seem a bit foolish. But then again, Jack never set store by what people thought of his own obbession with cowboys...
Dutchy opened the bag of lemon drops, "Just spending a little extra money. Lemon drop?"
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Post by bunky on Jan 14, 2009 18:08:09 GMT -5
Piper got excited when he offered one of her favorite treats. She smiled and took one carefully from his bag, popping it in her mouth and grinning from the taste hitting her taste buds. She puled her hair back and looked back over to Dutchy.
"Thanks, these are the best ever." Piper replied in a grin.
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Post by dutchy on Jan 15, 2009 12:50:18 GMT -5
Dutchy smiled and nodded, "Yeah, they're my favorite too..." He thought a moment, shoving the book in his back pocket, "I bet we could get them more often if we put our money together and split the bag... But I don't mind sharing."
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Post by bunky on Jan 15, 2009 15:50:20 GMT -5
Piper smiled and kept sucking on the treat until it went away in her mouth. She took out the rest of her money and counted it over and over again to make sure she was in fact correct.
"Well I have four dollars, I saved up from a week ago." Piper informed Dutchy and looked up at him.
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Post by dutchy on Feb 11, 2009 12:24:54 GMT -5
Dutchy blinked, astonished then laughed, shortly, "You wanna spend all that in a candy store? You won't need me." He smiled, shaking his head, but divied up the candy in his bag, "These are really high quality though..." He wrapped half in a handkerchief and shoved it in his pocket before handing her the bag with the rest of the candy. "Three cents, so you can owe me a penny. If you want." He added with a shrug, feeling a bit foolish for offering to go half on something like candy when she clearly had means of her own.
Some times girl newsies did really well, better than the boys. People figured they were either working for their family or orphaned, and usually the girls were far less crass than the boys. And sometimes the girls did really rotten, worse than the boys. Because they weren't brave enough to shout as loud as boys, or some people thought they were doing more than just selling papers to survive.
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Post by Warden Snyder on Feb 12, 2009 0:37:42 GMT -5
((sorry, I got behind in the threads and missed the post. You can go ahead and continue on with the conversation as it's going. Just figure Snyder glared at the boy, told him to watch where he stepped, and moved on, so Dutchy got off easy this time. Sorry, my mistake! Carry on!))
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Post by bunky on Apr 18, 2009 18:28:28 GMT -5
"I'll get your penny to ya soon enough." Piper replied to him and grinned. She looked over his shoulder and saw something that chilled her to the bone, Synder. She thought it was him at least and she gulped, keeping her eyes on him incase he did something bad or was going to do something bad.
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Post by dutchy on Apr 19, 2009 1:41:30 GMT -5
Dutchy smirked, figuring she was as good as her word. Besides it was only candy...
But her next reaction threw him a little. It could only be one of a few things, cops, the Delanceys or Warden Snyder. Not foolish enough to turn and look right away, Dutchy gave a slightly exaggerated stretch, slowly turning his body and then his head to see where she was looking.
He rolled his neck in a finish up of his fake stretching, muttering to her slightly, "Don't worry, he's been pretty dormant. I bumped into a pretty well off fella and he came up to me, but just told me too be careful." Dutchy paused, "You haven't gotten into anything hot, have you?" If so, it was time for both of them to split. He wasn't going to just take off and leave her on her own.
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Post by bunky on Apr 19, 2009 2:43:33 GMT -5
Piper kept Dutchy in her eye sight and reached into her pocket, feeling the cool medal of her lighter in her calloused fingertips. She begun to turn it in her fingers, feeling it calm her nerves and she looked back at Dutchy, seeing his eyes that were filled with confusion.
"Just my lighta' is all." Piper whispered back and felt herself shaking. Last time she rang into Synder it was bad, real bad. She had the scars to prove it. She kept staring at Dutchy and asked in a breathy shaking tone, "you?"
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Post by dutchy on Apr 19, 2009 14:02:10 GMT -5
Dutchy shook his head, surprised at how very nervous she looked. More than the normal fear Snyder tended to strike in anyone. She must have run into him before and had it go down bad. He shrugged, "Besides runnin' into that man, I'm alright. Snyder told me to watch my step and move along. Lucky for me, the fella I bumped into was rather nice about it all..."
He gave a small nod, "Wanna get out of here?"
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Post by bunky on Apr 19, 2009 16:16:54 GMT -5
Piper couldn't tell if Dutchy was being calm because of her of just because he knew what to do in this type of situation. She shook her head and licked her lips, looking from Snyder to Dutchy again.
"I'll be okay, no worries." Piper said aloud as she finally got a drink from the waiter and downed half of it in one gulp.
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Post by dutchy on Apr 20, 2009 12:02:00 GMT -5
(...They were outside of a bookstore, but OK! Lol...)
Dutchy ordered a Coke as he had completely missed the waiter the first time around when Piper had mentioned a spare four dollars.
"Are you sure?" He asked, but didn't wait for her answer knowing she wan't likely to change her mind, or show that she was scared around a boy. Most girls newsies didn't, for fear the guys wouldn't think they were tough enough for what they did.
"He arrest you before?" Dutchy spoke quietly, rather carefully.
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Post by bunky on Apr 20, 2009 15:42:56 GMT -5
((Sorry! my bad!! lol))
Piper nodded her head and watched him drink down his coke. The last thing she wanted to be seen as is weak and vulnerable, but Snyder gave her chills down her spine and back up again.
"Arrested and them some." Piper muttered as she pushed back her hair from her eyes.
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