Disclaimer: I don't own Newsies…deal wid' it.

A/N: Yo, yo, yo. What's up my peoples? Okay…now that that's out of my system on to my story…The title sucks, so if you have any suggestions just let me know…Oh yeah, the characters that I own (Hallie, Cate, Melissa, and Brianna) are all based on my friends (I love you guys!). Well…I guess that's all I have to say…on to the story…

Chapter 1: Emergency Landing

~ "A friend is a gift you give yourself." -Robert Louis Stevenson ~

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"Open the gates and seize the day…Don't be afraid and don't delay…Nothing can break us…No one can make us give our rights away…"

"Will you please shut up?!"

Cate was watching Newsies for about the millionth time, and her friends were simply getting tired of it. Of course, it didn't help that they were all crowded onto a leer jet with no way out, or that Cate had taken it upon herself to sing all of the songs…over and over and over again.

"No, I will not shut up. I like this song," Cate said, ignoring the groans of her three friends.

"That's it," Brianna said, standing up, "it's time for an intervention." With that, she grabbed the remote control from the seat next to Cate and flicked the small television set off.

"Hey!" Cate said, trying to grave the remote back, "I was watching that!"

"Not any more you're not," Brianna said, turning off the DVD player.

"Fine," Cate huffed. She slipped the DVD out of the player and back into its case gently. Then she shoved it into her Dooney & Bourke carry on.

"Thank you!" Melissa and Hallie said in unison.

"Man, look at that rain," Hallie said. She pressed her face to the window and sighed.

"And lightning," Melissa replied.

"And thunder," Cate threw in.

"Ladies?" the pilot said, coming over the intercom.

"Yes, Alan?" Melissa answered, trying to sound older than she really was. Brianna, Cate, and Hallie all made kissy-faces at her.

Melissa's dad was a big L.A. lawyer, and he was letting the girls use his private jet to fly to Florida for their summer vacation. He always had the same pilot fly his plane: Alan. Alan was 28, and Melissa had had a crush on him for years.

"We're going to have to make an emergency landing in Kansas City and wait for this rain to stop. We're experiencing a little turbulence, and I'm having trouble picking up some signals," Alan said.

"That's fine, Alan. Just be careful," Melissa replied.

"Melissa and Alan sittin' in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G…" Cate sang.

"Shut up!" Melissa said, throwing a small pillow at her.

"Oh, don't deny your true feelings," Cate said, laughing.

Melissa was beginning to turn a deep shade of red. She pushed her long honey-blonde hair behind her ears and stuck out her tongue.

"Turbulence…" Hallie said, giving the word a slight sexual undertone. Everyone just looked at her, shook their heads, and rolled their eyes.

"Ladies," Alan came on the speaker again, "we'll be landing in about twenty minutes, so start getting ready."

"Okay. Thanks Alan," Melissa replied. And again the three other girls made kissy-faces at her.

"Stop that!" She laughed.