READ BEFORE READING THIS STORY: OKAY, I AM A REAL PERSON AND SO IS DEE. HOWEVER, I CHANGED ME AND DEE A LOT. I AM NOT 16 AND I NEVER WAS DRUGGIE, AND NEITHER WAS DEE. I JUST WANTED TO MAKE THE STORY A BIT MORE EXCITING SINCE I'M PRETTY BORING. ALSO, DO NOT CONFUSE WOLF WITH ANY OTHER CHARACTER IN ANY OF MY OTHER STORIES BECAUSE THIS WOLF HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH ANY OTHER OF MY STORIES. THIS STORY IS COMPLETELY FICTIONAL. OKAY, NOW YOU CAN READ IT.
"And I said fly on, my sweet angel. Fly on through the sky. Fly on, my sweet angel. Tomorrow I'm gonna be by your side."
-Jimi Hendrix
5/8/2000
Kyle asked me to the Social. I said yes. Big mistake on my part. There is no way in hell I want to go to some stupid dance and pretend to be happy about everything, when in reality I don't even want to be here, I don't even want to be in this century. I'll live though. Plus, Kyle is a decent enough guy, I guess I should give him a chance. So, the Social is tomorrow and I have to go get a dress. Later.
5/9/1900?!
Oh God, it happened again. Back in the past. Only this time, there were a few mistakes. Wait, as always I'm getting ahead of myself so let me explain. Me, Kyle, Adri, and her date Brad all go to the Social together. Brad's brother, Corey, drives us and says he'll pick us up at midnight. We go and I actually had a lot of fun. Adri was awesome to have around, as she always is. I was already friends with Brad so he was cool. Kyle is a really awesome guy though. He was making me laugh so hard and he's a really charming guy. He made me forget about all my doubts and longing to be back in 1900. Then, when it was all over Corey came back to pick us up, only he was completely intoxicated. I wasn't really thinking clearly and I guess neither was anyone else because no one said anything and we just got into the car and let him drive us home. On the highway, Corey lost control of the car and hit the guardrail. The car busted through it and crashed into a tree, then everything went black. I woke up a bit later, sore and not feeling too great. I looked around and I realized I was back in 1900. Is this weird, or do I always have to DIE to come here? Just a thought. Anyway, the only prob was that Kyle kind of time-traveled too. So, then there I was in NYC in 1900 with no clue as what to do or what to tell Kyle. The truth seemed like a good idea to me so that's what I told him. He freaked out...to say the least. I gave him half an hour to calm down. He got a grip after 20 minutes. I think he was kind of confused. Thank God we watched Newsies in history class when we were learning about that time period; Kyle actually remembered the movie, so he has a general idea of what everything is like. Actually it was pretty funny because at one point our conversation went like this:
Kyle: You said we're actually in the movie, not the time period, right?
West: Yeah, pretty much.
K: So do the guys dance and sing like they do in the movie? 'Cause I have a really bad voice and I refuse to dance like that.
Hehe, I started laughing hysterically at that point, I don't think Kyle was excepting that. Oh well, I always end up scaring people anyway! So from there I got to wander around the city for three hours with Kyle, getting strange looks all the while (I rhymed, I rhymed!). The strange looks were probably because we were still wearing our cloth from the Social, which doesn't exactly fit the time period. Anywhoo, just when I thought I was about to give up from frustration of not being able to find any of the newsies, I hear "WEEEEESSSSTTTT!!!" LOL, ya think he said that loud enough? Well anyway, it was Snipeshooter, along with Twist. They seemed pretty shocked to see me, but happy. Makes me feel all special!:-) I introduced them to Kyle and Snipeshooter immediately goes "Hey, you have wolf eyes!" At first I didn't get what he was saying but then I remembered that Kyle has two different color eyes, one brown and one blue, they're pretty trippy. Anyway, Kyle understood right away and he took it in all good humor and said that Snipes could call him Wolf he wanted to. ANYWAY, moving on, we headed out to the Lodging House where I was greeted with a lot of shrieks (from Dee, Web, and Eve) and a lot of "Damn!"s from all the male newsies. All in all, a lot of positive reactions. I barely got a moment alone. After about an hour of explaining everything that happened and just talking with people, Skittery pulled me out to the roof. I don't feel like giving all the mushy details, but lets just say me and Skitts are back together and very happy about it. When I finally came down from the roof I suddenly remembered about Kyle. Whoops! That's right, just forget about the OTHER person who time-traveled, West. Well, he seems to have settled right into the newsie way of life because he was joking around with Eve and Racetrack. Figures Kyle and Racetrack would become friends, they're a hell of a lot a like. I'm tired though, and I have to sell papes tomorrow so I'll say bye now. Later nbook!
5/11/1900
Jeez, Kyle needs to learn to keep his fricken mouth shut! Sorry, but it's the truth. Most of it is my fault though. I never really told Kyle that me and Skittery were together and since we only got "lovey-dovey" on the roof, it wasn't obvious or anything. So, Kyle told Skittery about EVERYTHING. As in, how me and Kyle were semi-dating, how I used to be a druggie, and how me and Kyle kissed after the Social (Oh yeah, I forgot to mention that, didn't I?). I don't think Skitts would have minded much except for the whole KISSING thing. So, Skitts pulled me aside, yelled at me, and left. I was PO'd so I yelled at Kyle and now both guys are keeping their distance. Now, before I go and try to fix everything I have to figure out where these guys are coming from. So, Kyle's point of view: he meets a cool girl, goes to a major dance with her and they end up kissing at the end. Then they get sucked back in time. While talking about this girl with one of the guys, he mentions their "semi-relationship" and a few other things and minutes later the girl is biting his head off (don't take that literally, it just means the girl, er me, was yelling at him). And all for seemingly no reason. Kyle's got a good point of view. Okay, now Skittery's: he starts dating this girl he really likes (I think) but then she disappears for four months. He stays true to her throughout this whole time because he loves her (once again, I THINK). She comes back and it turns out, she's moved on. Now, MY POINT OF VIEW: I get brought back to the present where I do almost nothing for three months. Then I realize that though I love Skitts, I will probably never see him again. So, I try and resume a normal life. Now is that so wrong? (Don't answer that!) So, who's right? Kyle for one, but between me and Skitts, I just don't know. Oh joy. And I was just informed by Blink that Kara is back in town. But I guess it really figures, doesn't it? With my luck it does. So, my answer to all this: DEAL WITH IT!!! Basically, Skittery can go impregnate Kara for all I care; he's impossible to deal with, so he's out of the picture. I really wish things could turn out differently, but maintaining a relationship with Skitts is near impossible. As for me and Kyle, I have to figure out how to get us back to the present. Why? Because I have no future here and neither does he. Sure, I love all the newsies and this life, but I'll never get a decent job or education. But, then again, if I go back to 2000, I won't be truly happy either. And what about the car crash? Did we even survive? God, too many questions!!! So, I'm tired, my hand hurts, I'm losing my voice from yelling at Kyle and Skitts (good job West), and Eve is missing. That's my signal to sign off. Later.
5/12/1900
Okay, updates since yesterday. Skittery = bastard. Need I say more? (In other words, he's over me and onto Kara. Old habits die hard, huh Skitts?) Kyle and I are back to normal terms. Eve wasn't really missing, I should have known since Race wasn't around either. Yup, they were having some "lovey dovey" time on the roof. Hehehe, no further comment!!! Twist had a bad nightmare last night and she woke everyone up with her screams. No one could do anything to calm her so Dee suggested I sing to her. If looks could kill, Dee would be six feet under right now. So, I had the misfortune of having to sing to Twist with everyone listening. I just sang the first song that popped into my head, which was Angel by Jimi Hendrix. I don't feel like copying the whole song so here's the chorus: "And I said fly on, my sweet angel. Fly on through the sky. Fly on, my sweet angel. Tomorrow I'm gonna be by your side." Twist fell asleep and I got a lot of tired half-smiles from the newsies, as well as a couple compliments on my voice which came to a surprise to me since I've always thought that me singing sounded like I was killing a cat or something. This morning Kyle asked if I wanted to sell with him. I said yes because Dee was with Blink, Web was with Jack (yup, good ol' Jack is back from Sante Fe), Twist was with Snipes and Boots, and Eve was with Racetrack at Sheepshed Races. I actually had a lot of fun selling papes with Kyle (he's Wolf to everyone else but I still call him Kyle since that's what I'm used to). Anyway, he's pretty creative and came up with some good headlines. Well, I better wrap this up, later!
5/13/1900
Oh Lord, things can never stay quiet for long, can they? Grrr, life really does suck sometimes. Okay, explanation time. I was selling with Kyle again this morning when the bulls…er cops ("It's catching!" -Owl) just walked up to us and arrested Kyle. I had no idea what was going on and there was nothing I could do except go find Jack and plead for help. And that's exactly what I did. Me, Dee, Web, Jack, Race, and Eve all headed to the courtroom to hear Kyle's crime and sentence. Turns out that Kyle is accused of grand theft because they think he's someone else, a certain Ryan Taylor. So now he's got a couple year sentence in the Refuge for something I know he didn't do. So now, I'm left with my last resort. We break Kyle out of the Refuge tonight and then the two of us head back to the 90's. Which means I'll never be able to resolve this crisis with Skittery, but that's life and life sucks. Repeat myself much? Don't answer that. Signing off now...
5/10/2000
Well, at least things went as planned for once. Me and Kyle are back where we belong. Only a day in the 90's has passed even thought we were in 1900 for longer. The car crash resulted in Brad and Adri both dying, Kyle in critical condition, and me with a couple broken bones. Why is life so unfair? Not only do I have to come back here, I have to come back to two of my best friends being dead and the one guy I actually have more-than-friends feelings for in critical condition, just barely hanging on. Things never do work out right, do they?
"Trusting the instinct is not about what you think, the one reaction is only to obey and I'm staring all around not far down. Judge the distance from the ground and pray." -Finger Eleven
A week later, Kyle died. West went into a state of depression and dropped out of school, severing all her ties with everyone. On May 30th, Skylar "West" Ryans was found dead of a heroin overdose. It is unknown whether the overdose was accidental or not.
