Same time, Same place - Spot Conlon x Reader

Chapter 2

Your POV

"Baby born with 3 heads! Extra extra!" Jack yells besides me.

"Extra extra! Nude, bloody corpse found on railroad!" I yell.

"You just made that up" Davey begins "my father told us not to lie" he says.
"Yeah? Well ours told us not to starve" I tell him.

Les runs up to us, and we turn around to see him. "Didja do what we said? Show me kid." Jack says.

Les coughs in a very believable way
"Buy me last paper, mista?"

"Very nice, very heartbreaking" Jack tells the kid.

"You're lying about all these headlines!" Davey accuses. Oh, are we still on that topic?
"It ain't lyin" I explain to him "we's just improvin the truth a little"

"Gimme some more papers" Les says exited
"I got a quarter!"

"You smell like beer" Davey says, checking on his brother.

"That's how I got the quarter! The guy bet me I wouldn't drink some."

"Ay, no drinkin on the job, that's bad for business" I joke while ruffling Les his hair.
"Yeah, what if someone calls the bulls on ya?" Jack says, joking with me.

Then we hear a familiar voice, Snyder...

"Is he your friend?" David points Snyder out

"Beat it!" Jack and I yell out on the same time.

We take off, running away from Snyder. David and Les following. We finally reach a building and we run up the stairs.

"I'm not running any further, I want answers" David says to us. "Who was he and why was he chasing you two?"

"That guy is Snyder, the spider. He runs a jail for underage kids called The Refuge. He's tryna get us back in." Jack explains to him.

"You were in jail??"

"Yeah" I respond, still catching my breath.

"What's going on there? Out! Out! No kids allowed in the theatre" we hear a voice say. I grin, it's our friend, all dressed up for her show.

"Not even us miss Medda?" I say, leaning over the stairs.
"Yeah, you wouldn't kick us out without a kiss goodbye, wouldja Medda?" Jack says, smirking. We run down the stairs and hug her.

"The Kelly twins. Where have ya been hiding?" She says. "I've missed seeing you two in the balcony"

"Hanging on your every word" Jack says, and kisses the back of her hand. "So, Medda, this is David and Les" I say, introducing them. They say a small 'hello'.

"This is the greatest star there is, Medda Larkson, the Swedish Meadowlark" Jack introduces.

Les steps forward "buy me last pape miss?" He says while fake coughing.

"Oh, he's good" Medda laughs "Speaking as one professional to another, I'd say you have a good future for yourself"

"So, Medda, is it okay if we crash here for a while?" Jack asks.
"Just until our little problem outside goes away?" I add.

"Stay as long as you'd like, you're with Medda now" Medda tells us and brings us backstage.

I look at David, who is swooning over Medda and I smirk at him.

We all watch the show from backstage, she sings some bad song, but she makes it enjoyable. She has always been a good singer.

"Well, I reckon the problem is gone now" Jack says.

"Bye Medda" Jack and I hug her

"I hope to see you soon!" She tells us.

"You can come to my place, you can meet my folks!" David tells us while we walk out of the theatre. Jack looks at me but I shake my head.
"You go ahead Cowboy. I'm gonna head back to the lodging house" I say to him and he hugs me quick. "Bye Davey, goodnight Les"

We walk our separate ways. I got nothings against Davey, really. I just want to be alone for a bit. I usually have that.

So I start walking towards the Brooklyn Bridge