Hello people! I have forgot about this story and about the newsies( I know, I should be beat within a inch of death for even forgetting about the Newsies) until it came on the tv a couple weeks ago. It got me thinking about my story and if I should try and finish it. So I have decided to repost and see if it gets any feedback. Then I might finish it. So here it is. Its not a lot of chapters but what can you do.

"S'cuse me, miss," I said "Miss can you help me?" The lady I was trying to talk to looked to see who was addressing her, when seeing it was a lowly street rat, stuck her nose in the air and walked swiftly away.

"Hey Spades, do you think we will ever find a place to eat?" Said a girl who looked somewhat like me, except I was wearing pants and she was wearing a skirt, but we both had newsie caps.

"Well, Ace, if these hoity-toity type people, get their noses out of their asses, then maybe." I said. Ace chuckled and smirked at me.

"These prissy jackasses ain't gonna help us to save there lives," I told her.

"Only if we looked decent enough," Ace said, as she started to strut around like all the other wealthy women of New York.

"That will never happen Ace; com'on lets try one more person," I said, as I looked around for a decent person in the crowded streets of New York. I spotted a girl, who looked about our age, carrying a basket of lace and smiling at everyone she walked past.

"S'cuse me miss, can youse help us," I asked her.

"Uh, sure," the girl said, giving us a warm smile. "What do you need?"

"Well," Ace started, "we've been looking for a place to eat for hours and when I say hours I mean hours. Do you know of a good place?" Ace said, giving the girl a hopeful look.

"Sure," she said. "I'll take you to Tibby's. My boyfriend and his friends eat there all the time."

Ace and I sighed in relief, following the girl trough the crowd."I'm Sarah by the way," she said, glancing back at us. "Sarah Jacobs."

"I'm Spades," I said, "and this is my sister Ace." I gestured to Ace, who mumbled a "nice to meet ya".

"It's a pleasure to meet you," Sarah said and laughed at Ace's mumbled "hello".

"You'll have to excuse her manners," I strarted "She was raised in the sewers with the rats, and doesn't know when to be nice to people who are taking us to food," i said, elbowing Ace in the side.

"I'm sorry Sarah, thank you. You have saved my sister from losing her arm, 'cause I was really close to eating it," Ace said, and grabbed my arm acting like she was about to take big bite out of it.

I jerked my arm out of her hand and smacked her on the hand and wagged my finger at her, like a mother would a child who just stole a cookie from the cookie jar, "Raised with the rats," I said shaking my head.

"In my defense," Ace started, "the rats where the only one who would take me in. I tried the pigeons, but I can't fly," she exclaimed. Me and Sarah laughed at Ace's outraged expression. We finally made it to a fairly sized building labled 'Tibbys'.

"This is the one and only Tibby's," Sarah said, holding her arms out. We made our way to an empty booth, our stomachs rumbling.A waiter came and took our orders. I laid my head down to rest a bit while Sarah and Ace talked.

"Thanks for helping us, Sarah. We were about to die of starvation. We've never been to Manhattan before. We've been living in Queens," Ace said.

"So, what are you doing here in Manhattan?" asked Sarah.

"Well, we're looking for the leader of the Manhattan Newsies, and the Distribution Office, but we got lost. We're newsies." Ace stated.

"My boyfriend is the leader of the Manhattan Newsies. Jack Kelly," said Sarah, with pride.

"Really?" I said, sitting up straight. "Well maybe you could help us, we need a job."

"I'll talk to Jack," said Sarah, then thanking the waiter when our food arrived.

The bell over the door "dinged" drawing every body's attention. A tall attractive looking guy entered, wearing a red bandana around his neck and a black cowboy hat. Behind him was an intelligent looking curly haired guy. "There's Jack now, and my brother," said Sarah getting up and going over to their booth.

"Hey Jack," Sarah said, kissing him on the cheek. "I have some people I would like you to meet." Jack looked over at the table Sarah gestuerd to,

"Is it dose two guys you were just sittin with?" Jack asked in a jealous tone.

"What are talking about Jack?" asked Sarah, looking very confused.

"Those guys over in that booth you were just sitting with, when we came in," said Jack. Sarah looked at Ace and Spades and started lauging.

"What's so funny," Jack asked, getting angry.

"They aren't guys, Jack, they're girls. Can you not see that one of them is wearing a skirt?" Sarah said, gesturing to Ace. Jack and David looked at the booth we were sitting in the booth, and sure enough they noticed Ace's skirt.

"Oh," said Jack, David just chuckled.

"Anyways, they need a job, and I told them I would ask you, so can they?" asked Sarah pleadingly.

"Do deys have any experience?" asked Jack.

"Yes, they were newsies in Queens," said Sarah.

"Queens, huh?" he paused for a minute. "I guess I can go talk to dem," Jack said getting up and going over to the booth.

"Hi, da names Jack Kelly" Jack introduced himself.

"Spades Laroché, and dis is me sistah, Ace," I said motioning towards Ace.

"Sistah's huh?"Ace and I nodded. "So, Sarah tells me youse lookin for a job," said Jack.

"Yup," Ace said, while Jack shoved Ace over and sat in the booth.

"She also tells me youse were newsies in Queens," Jack said.

"Yup," said Ace getting a little agitated.

"She also said ….." Jack started but I cut him off. "We need a job and we are asking 'cause we know we need the leaders permission to sell in their territory, okay?" I said. "What is dis twenty questions?"

Jack held his hands up in defense. "Calm down," he said with a small laugh. "So youse two want to be Manhattan newsies?" he asked.

"Didnt I just say that," I asked Ace. I shook my head and said to Jack, "yes, we want to be Mahatten newsies".

I looked at Ace who said, "Well …," Ace said, "It's not just us."

Jack looked at us skeptically. "How many?"

"Well, counting us….." Ace started. The door opened and a boy entered, chewing an unlit cigar. He glanced our way, and did a double take.

"Ace, Spades!" the boy exclaimed. "Wild!" Ace and I said in unison, jumping to our feet, nearly knocking Jack over.

"What are youse guy's doin here, is the rest of the Cards here?" Wild asked. "Shh!" we said in unison, looking around to make sure nobody heard him.

"We don't want anybody knowing we're the Cards," I exclaimed.

"Sorry," he said. "But what are youse guys doin here, were are the rest of the cards; and Deck, you and him are never apart?" asked Wild. Ace averted her eyes to me, and I looked to the floor in sorrow.

Before either of us could explain, Jack appeared, grinning from ear to ear.

"Heya, Race," he said. "How do you know des ladies?"

Ace pointed from herself to Race. "Us and Wild go way back," she said.

"Who's Wild?" Jack asked.

"Uhh…" Race/Wild began. "I am. …. Old nickname."

"Oh, well as I was sayin.. How many are there?" asked Jack.

"Eleven." Ace said with a shrug.

"Eleven?" Jack nearly screamed. "You can sell in Manhattan, but we don't have nearly enough beds at the lodging house."

"We have a place," I said. Just then the bell over the door "dinged" and a boy walked in, looking around for someone. He spots Ace and me, and walks over to the door, sticks his head out and shouts something.

"So, do I'se get to meet dem?" asked Jack. Ace looked back at the the door where the boy was still standing. "Yes."

"When?" asked Jack. The bell over the door once again dinged and a group of kids in newsie attire walked in.

"Now," I said with a grin on my face.

"Spades, Ace. We have been lookin for youse guys," said a girl with the group of kids.

"Jack, these are the Car-"

Me and Race immediately smacked Ace in the back of the head, shutting her up. Ace sent us a sharp glare. "I mean," she began looking back at Jack, "this is the rest of the group."

"Let me introduce you to them," Ace started "This," she said pointing to a guy with black hair and brown eyes who looked to be 17 or 18, "is Club, he looks tough, but all he does is plays tricks on everybody."

"Eh…" said Club.

"Beside Club is," she said pointing to a girl with brown hair and pale blue eyes and guy who looked just like her, "King and Queen, their twins."

"Hi, how ya doin?" asked Queen.

"Fine," said Jack, looking a little overwhelmed.

"Dis is Joker," Ace said, pointing to a boy with blonde hair and blue eyes, who was holding hands with a girl with brown hair," that's his girl Five."

"I'm Heart," said a girl with strawberry blonde hair and green eyes.

"Beside Heart is Nine," she said referring to a little girl with black hair and brown eyes, who couldn't be but 11 or 12, "that's her older sister Jack," she said, pointing to a girl who looked just like Nine but older. "That's funny, her name is Jack, your name is Jack, ha, that's weird," Ace said to Race who chuckled at Jacks bewildered expression.

"Dis is Diamond," Ace continued, pointing to a girl with brown hair and bright green eyes, who was holding a baby with blondish brown hair and grey eyes. "Dis little guy is my nephew, Cohon, but we call him Button," she said, while I took Cohon away from Diamond.

"Wait a second, did youse say nephew?" asked Jack.

"Yeah, why?" asked Ace.

"Do youse have anudder sistah…" Jack started, but I cut him off. "I'm her only sistah, and Cohon is my son." I said.

"Wow, youse have a kid, does Deck know about dis?" Race exclaimed.

"Yes, Race. 'Cause Cohon is Deck's and my son, ya bum," I said giving Race a sad nod.

"He's so cute, how old is he?" asked Sarah walking over to meet the rest of the gruop.

"He's two," I said, bouncing Cohon on my hip making him clap and gurgle.

"So, where is this Deck guy?" Jack said looking around. Everybody suddenly got quiet and looked at me. Race, Jack and Sarah looked confused at evryones sad faces.

"So Jack, we don't know where the distribution office is, would you show us?" I asked, changing the subject.

"Yeah, sure," said Jack, everybody following him out of Tibby's.

"So, why did youse guys leave Queens?" asked Jack.

"Something happened and we couldn't stay dere no more," I said.

"Well what happened?" asked Sarah curiously.

"Der was a problem with the old leader dere," I said looking at the Ace. She put a comforting arm around me and looked at the ground.

"Youse mean Slader?" asked Race.

"Yeah, but he's gone now, he was a bad leader," Heart said with anger. Everybody nodded in agreement.

Well there you go. So review and tell me if I should continue. Thanks.