Life With the Newsies- One Shots- OPEN to OCs

Seventeen And Quarantined

1899 Post-Strike Quaratinesies. Title is a loose reference to Dancing Queen by Abba just because I could. I don't own that song in case you didn't know. For those of you who are wondering, this is more the premise of the boys being stuck in the lodge and less of them out in the world fighting their pandemic problems head on...actually it's mostly the boys stuck in the Lodge. This is part 1 of the Quarantinesies. Part 2 will be a Modern AU. If you would like to see them out in the world dealing with a pandemic, drop a comment here about how you think that would work. :) Enjoy!!

By the way, there's really only one word I can use to describe this one....chaos.

Elley Kelly takes one look at the newspaper sitting in front of her and nearly cries. The headline reads:

New York City Citizens To Be Quarantined For the Next Four Weeks Due to Global Health Emergency.

Someone is going to die within that span of a month and that certainly won't be her fault. And yes, it is going to be because of the global health emergency but anyone who knows her situation knows what she's really talking about....

She's talking about her biological brother and all of her "brothers". With all of the crazy stunts that they tend to pull, it's a miracle that someone hasn't died sooner.

Her brother on the other hand had taken one look at the headline and shrugged.

"It's just a month," he had told her, "Everything will be fine."

That's just the problem. It's a whole month of possibilities where things could go entirely wrong.

Being a Kelly, Elley isn't afraid of much and she really likes being around all the boys. But a whole month is going to push some boundaries and her patience....to the extreme. The thought of having to be stuck inside for a whole month scares her the tiniest bit.

She can't imagine what Davey is experiencing. Being the quiet kid that he is, he probably is cheering and then crying at the prospect of how much of his time will be spent with the Newsies out of sheer boredom.

It is going to take everyone some time to get used to this...as long as somebody doesn't die first. She feels someone sit down to next to her and nudge her shoulder lightly. She knows very well who it is and ignores the person.

"Hey," a soft familiar voice asks, "What's the matter with you?" Elley silently hands him the newspaper. She watches his brow furrow as he reads the newspaper. "So?" he replies, "We'll survive."

"MUSH!!!" Elley snaps, "I can't go outside.....for a month. You know how much I like being out on the streets and selling papes."

On the other side of the room, Davey and Flavi are each reading their own newspaper but still equally as panicked.

"Are you thinking what I'm thinking?" Davey asks the younger girl.

"We're gonna die here," Flavi mutters softly.

"Excuse me while I go write my will," Davey says as he gets up off the couch that they are sitting on. Flavi bites her lip in thought just as Race comes down and flops onto the couch next to her.

"Hello there," Flavi says gently as she moodily folds the newspaper in half.

"Are you ready to spend everyday for a month with me, beautiful?" Race asks, openly flirting with her. Flavi's face turns a deep shade of scarlet.

"Don't I do that already?" she replies shyly but Race sends a playful smirk her way.

"Yeah...but now we can..."Race starts only to be cut off by Romeo getting chased by Albert and Kid Blink. Flavi takes advantage of the major distraction to run to a different part of the Lodge.