*****Okay, I own Cordilane, but nobody else and this is an AU fic. So yeah. Anyway, this takes place during the making of Newsies and is about how a girl gets called back on accident to the rehearsals and doesn't really find acceptance… yaada yadda yadda… So it's late and I'm bored. I hope you like it****

Cordilane Johnson took a deep breath and set her bag down as she stepped into the large Hollywood sound stage. Three weeks ago she had auditioned for a movie by the name of Newsies. Six hundred actors, singers, and dancers had tried out that day, mostly men. As she slipped on a pair of jazz slippers she adjusted her backwards Celtics baseball cap there was a call for all the dancers to the far edge of the room. She took a deep breath and smiled widely as she strode defiantly towards the section covered in mirrors. The group gathered quickly and she suddenly realized she was the only girl among the bunch. The director, Kenny Ortanga, noticed it too.

"Excuse me…" he told the crowd and beckoned Laney towards him. "um… who are you?"

"Laney Johnson… I got a letter a week ago saying Newsies started rehearsals today… that I made the cut…" She explained to the tall man with long hair. He stared at her blankly. "I'm guessing I have the wrong studio don't I." She sighed and started to walk away.

"No! Wait, nonono… This is newsies, but we don't really have a need for female dancers." He stated plainly, He didn't seem the kind to like having to break the news to the short girl with chin length brown hair and even darker eyes. The crowd of teenage boys were all standing around watching and listening, a few were snickering, but most were just waiting.

Laney stared down and sighed, stuffing her hands into the pockets of her long, baggy pants. "Okay."

"Look, I'll tell you what, try it out for today but if you don't make a good newsy, we have to cut you… we'll put you in the back or something." The look on Laney's face beamed with delight and the crowd just snickered more. They couldn't comprehend how a girl could be a Newsy, much less dance like a guy and be in a movie about Newsboys.