Disclaimer: I don't own Newsies . . .if I did why would I write fan fiction? I'd be shopping right now. I do own any unrecognizable elements.

Chapter One

Emily Williams watched as her parents got into their car. They would be gone fromFriday toMonday. To Emily, it meant four full days with the house to herself and her friends.

"Bye Sweetie! Be sure to lock the doors before bed! Remember to go straight to the Blakeney's if you have any problems! Love you!" her mom called to her.

"Ok, Mom! I will, don't worry! Have a nice vacation!" she called back to her mom.

" We'll see you Monday night! Have fun with your friends! I love you!"

"I will don't worry about us! We'll have plenty of fun! Love you!" Emily said smiling.

"It's the house I'm worried about!" her dad joked as he climbed into the car.

Emily waved as her parents backed out of the driveway, and then disappeared down the street. She smiled as she went back in. Her friends would come at 5:00 p.m. and she needed to be ready. Her friends' parents had agreed to let them come and stay the weekend with her. After all the Blakeney's did live right next door.

Five minutes till five she let two of her friends in, Katrina Blakeney and Elizabeth McColl. The two were always first because they lived the closest.

Katrina was a tall blonde-haired, green-eyed ice skater. She had a private lesson every Saturday. Today she was wearing a green t-shirt and blue jeans.

Elizabeth was slightly shorter than Katrina. With her dark blue eyes and waist length black hair, she was a beauty. She wore a fitted purple top and jeans.

A few minutes later she let her other three friends in: Jess Hamilton, Gabriella Bennett, and Megan Connor.

Jess was short, with long brown hair and emerald green eyes, which were almost always sparkling. Her hair was always in a high ponytail to keep it out of the way when she was doing gymnastics. She was wearing a black shirt and jeans.

Gabriella was a thinker. Her eyes were clear blue and her hair was blonde with natural highlights. She wore a pink shirt with a pink and purple beaded butterfly and jeans.

Megan had strawberry blonde hair and sea green eyes. She was full Irish and loved swimming and reading. She wore a shirt that said ' Everyone loves and Irish girl' and wore jeans.

" Let's go swimming while it's still light out," Megan suggested.

" Yeah, it sure is hot out!" Elizabeth agreed. There were murmurs of agreement and so they quickly got changed.

After about an hour Jess complained," I'm hungry! Can we eat now?" The others agreed so they went in to order pizza and change.

"Are we going to watch Newsies while we eat?" Gabby asked. Everyone agreed so they trooped down to the basement.

"First we must introduce ourselves with our newsie names," Katrina out in. " I'm Mor."

"Kit," Emily said.

"Flip," Jess told us.

Elizabeth said next, "I'm Silky."

"Irish," Megan stated.

Gabby smiled," I'm Gabby."

With that done we settled down. The plasma TV had surround sound. Emily took her spot in the middle of the floor in front of the TV. Flip sat on her left and Mor in her right. Irish and Silky stationed themselves on the black couch, and Gabby sat in the computer chair.

Emily clicked the controller and in a few minutes Racetrack's voice surrounded them. Everyone sat in silence watching the movie. Emily thought it was only her imagination but she thought that the King of New York scene was getting to look more and more real. In the end Race was pushed by Blink who was pushed by Mush who was pushed by David who was pushed by Jack who was pushed by Spot. There was a loud 'crash' and everything went completely dark. There were six loud shrieks and then everything went completely silent. Emily felt someone push her and she fell flat on her back, with that someone on top of her. After a few more small crashes there was a flash and the light was on again. Emily found herself staring into the brown eyed of the boy who had fallen on top of her. She just stared for a moment then let out an earsplitting shriek.

Author's Note:
I will use the girls' nicknames and regular names interchangeably. Please don't get confused. This is my first full Newsies story; I hope you enjoy it. Be honest in your review, I don't care if it's nice or not. My sister (Lady Sorciere) doesn't like the name Davie so she changed it to David. I personally don't care so I let her.
Seize the Day!
Kat Conlon