i love how in 92sies Santa Fe is “what haha who would ever want a family not me for sure that’s crazy-” and then in livesies it’s “IM GOING TO KILL MYSELF”
Nonetheless, it’s another two hours or so before he checks his phone. He responds to a few messages from aunts and uncles, posts a “thanks for the birthday wishes!” on his Facebook to appease his menagerie of cousins and grandparents, and finally opens Snapchat to see what those notifications are. When he does so, he sees a few chats from Jack- not an uncommon occurrence- but the last message stops him in his tracks.
jackie: hey happy birthday! i know i already told you but oh well
jackie: are you busy rn?
jackie: jk i forgot to wait for a response im on the way rn
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Author’s Note:
oh my god WOW i actually have a new fic posted !! pls show it some love and comment!!!
when katherine says “you never asked for my real name” and jack is like “i wouldn’t think i had to unless i knew i was dealing with a backstabber” is just so heartbreaking
jack has seen so many kids of all ages come to the newsies and they always tell him what they want to be called or if they have a nickname or something, and who cares if they’re lying because it’s what makes them happy? he doesn’t need to know their real names he just knows what to call the person who the name belongs to.
when kath is revealed as pulitzer’s kid, though, he feels so betrayed because he always trusts people with their names and never questions what they want or don’t want to be called, so when kath says her surname is plumber he doesn’t question it other than when she stutters a bit.
he trusted her, he never thought to question her name because why would she lie? and if so why would he even care? except she didn’t lie; she withheld information. he was upset because to him names are supposed to be connections, and that’s why he doesn’t care if people change their name because they might not want to be associated with something. now katherine is associated with pulitzer, and has been the whole time, but she never said anything about it.
I like 2 think that. Since uksies Jack gives the post card he used during the Prologue 2 Katherine after I Never Planned On You & pulls out a different one during Santa Fe. Jack's pockets are just FILLED with sante fe postcards. It's like a clown car. No matter how many he gives away there is still somehow some left