All Banged Up(SPADE)

[Ace]

She had rested well in Jack's bed, Jack had taken care of her well, he held her through the night, made sure her wound was not bleeding, iced her in the morning and now after a a nice big breakfast he had brought her in bed, she had gotten dressed with Harlequinn's assistance and was making her way to Queens now. She hadn't seen Spade in quite some time and now she would end up showing up on the Queens Lodge House doorstep all banged up and he would freak out. She ran a hand through her blond locks as she approached the street the lodge house was on and she sighed. She walked up the steps, ruffling a few of the little boys' hair and when she walked inside she looked around,"SPADE!!!" she hollerred, knowing he had to be around here somewhere.

She grazed her fingertips of one hand along the stitched up wound on her side for a moment before pulling her hand back and she walked over sitting on one of the couches as she leaned back getting comfortable and she tilted her head back closing her eyes,"GET YER HIND END OUT HEREH I'S NEED YA" she hollerred as she bit her bottom lip and took in a deep breath for a moment before she glanced around the room.

[Spade]

Spade hit the streets peddling papes for hours, his selling ability had him in a cocky mood. As his last pape was sold he decided to walk the streets of Queens. Spade heard a little about one of the Hattans getting hurt. Jack Kelly had it under control but Spade wasn't going to let a Queens Newsie be the harmer's next target. Spade racked his memory as he watched Jinx and Flip sit in the park, they seemed to be having a snack as he continued to walk. As he made his way past Abe's pub, Cue ball seemed to be playing pool. Spade check his list as he did a head count. There were many Newsies in Queens but he knew most of them by face. Finally making his way past the Art shop owned by Pyro Spade saw Poet she seemed to talking fine and dandy. With this he figured he'd go back to the lodge house for the rest of his head count.

Spade lit a cigar taking a drag as he blew out the smoke, he was blocks from the Lodge house, it was sort of in site at this point. When he arrived to the stoop he put his cigar out. He dabbed it as a little boy came out and told him Ace was inside. It had been a while since he had seen her, maybe she knew more of what happened in Hattan. Spade walked up the stairs into the living area seeing her on the couch. She seemed to be holding her side. Spade raised his eyebrow. "Ace I's hasn't seen you in weeks..what brings ya to Queens?" He walked up kissing her cheek as he took a seat beside her legs. "You's mustah had a far walk to be cramping up like dat." He pointed to her side being a wise ass.

[Ace]

Ace looked up when Spade came in, she tilted her head and eyed him for a moment, weakly smiling at his words. When he sat at her feet she took a hand and ran it through his hair for a moment and chuckled abit at his words,"It aint no crap boyo, though I wish it was," she said softly as she brought her hand from his hair to the back of his neck for a moment trying to figure out how to word things, how to tell him without him flying off the handle too bad. She bit her bottom lip and shifted dropping her hand from him before she stood up and then plopped down into his lap. She took one of his hands in hers and gently she led his hand up the lower half of her shirt before placing his fingers gently over the stitches as she winced ever so slightly. She let go of his hand and looked into his eyes,"I'm one tough cookie if ya ask meh, Jack told meh I shouldnta even got outta bed dis mornin but I had to come tell ya myself, I had ta see you," she whispered softly.