You Could Be My Hero (c)

[Tag Along]

Tag blushed furiously and, without thinking, crossed her arms over her own (not very well-endowed) chest.

"Sounds interesting." She said after clearing her throat.

[Specs]

"N-not that I was lookin' or anythin', of course," coughed Specs, embarrassed at what he just said to Tag. "Sorry, when you spend time with the boys all day, especially those ones... it's sorta hard to snap out of it."

[Tag Along]

"I met this boy at Tibby's." Tag said quickly, desperate to change the subject. "He just sat down in my booth while I was reading. It was quite strange, but we ended up talking quite a bit."

[Specs]

"A newsie?" asked Specs, trying to sound disinterested. Of course, he was feeling the complete opposite. He'd have to let Blink know about this.

[Tag Along]

"No, I don't think so. He asked about becoming one, but decided against it, I think." She bit her lip, trying to remember everything about her conversation with Copper.

"He was looking for someone, though. And I think that someone is a newsie. A newsgirl, to be exact."

[Specs]

"Maybe it's his sister... or girl," suggested Specs, a bit relieved to hear that he wasn't hitting on Tag. Then again, it didn't mean that he was comfortable that a random boy decided to talk to her. "Was he nice to you?"

[Tag Along]

"Oh, very nice. Still have no idea why he decided to sit down at my table..." She shrugged, chuckling a bit.

She decided not to tell him that she'd felt her and Copper were each other's true love in another life...

[Specs]

Specs eyes narrowed, determined to find out more about this boy. He didn't like how Tag spoke so easily about him as if they were long lost best friends.

"What does he go by?"

[Tag Along]

"Copper. Because of his hair." She repeated from their conversation.

"Oh! He's Irish, too." She nodded, wondering why she sounded so happy.

[Specs]

Yeah, so?

"Oh... that's nice," said Specs, trying to feign interest. "Is he going to live around here now?"

[Tag Along]

Tag shrugged. "Don't know."

She could tell Specs wasn't very interested in this particular conversation.

"Are you all right? I mean, you sound bored. We can talk about something else."

[Specs]

"No, no, it's fine... I'm just... tired, that's all. Y'know, from sellin' with the boys," said Specs, realizing that he was jealous. Really? Already? She's not even your girl!

[Tag Along]

"Oh." Tag replied, nodding. She then realized that she had kind of hopes Specs was jealous... But why would she hope that? And why would Specs be jealous? They were just friends.

"Uhm... I wanted to apologize for last night." She said, not looking him in the eye. She was, of course, referring to the Blink/Chocolate disaster. She had been amazingly distressed, and she was pretty sure she had freaked Specs out.

((Gotta go! Have a good night, my love!))

[Specs]

"Last night? Oh! Uh... don't worry about it," said Specs, waving it off yet thankful for the change in subject. "I wasn't doin' anythin' special. 'Sides, I already gave Blink an earful about it."

((Thanks! Have fun!))

[Tag Along]

"Good!" Tag exclaimed, grinning over at Specs. "He ate all my chocolates after I was nice enough to share with him! Quite rude, really."

She was secretly 'squee'ing inside at the thought of Specs sticking up for her. Even it was just about chocolates.