Okay, I don't own the newsies. I only own the people and animals of the "Canham Show".

Gloria, thank you for beta-reading.

Hope You'll enjoy the story.

A whistle could be heard through the street. People turned their heads and saw the police officers run after two girls in very doubtful clothing.

"Hold them! They stole my bread!!!" An old man came out of his bakery and screamed at the girls.

"Which direction?" One of the girls asked her "accomplice". The other girl shrugged her shoulder and reached with her hand to her head to keep the green, listless hat on her red, shaggy hair.

"Je ne sais pas! How should I know? I was never here before!" The red head said with a thick french accent. The wind played with her wide red- checkered trousers while her white tank top stuck on her stomach. Her green eyes looked around for the bulls. Before she could turn around she fell hard against somebody.

"Aie! Merde!" She changed back in her french language again.

"Scarlet, We have no time!" The brown hair girl came and pulled her friend up again. They ran away as fast as they could and left the bulls behind. 

"What kind of girls were these?" Mush asked Race while standing up slowly.

"I don't know, but one of them lost her hat." Race reached for the green hat and showed it Mush.

"Weird!" He just said before they went back selling papes, taking the hat with them. Who knows, maybe they would meet the girls.

 

"Satané!"

"What? And would you at least speak English when there are people around that don't understand French?" The brown girl asked grinning. Scarlet, the red head, stuck out her tongue.

"I lost my hat! And for you Miss Lundgren, I remember, when we met, you used to talk Swedish all the time!" the girl smiled and took the arm of her friend.

"So, what shall we do now? I don't want to go back now, If we would, we'd have to clean the cages and stables." She made a face and Scarlet had to laugh.

"Okay Sky, What do you think about getting some small brunch?"

"The best idea I've heard in three weeks!" They headed down the streets fully aware of all the nasty gazes directed towards them. While Scarlet had an odd clothing style, her friend's clothes were worse. At least, the people on the streets thought so. She wore black pants and a short lilac top that had a slit in the front, so you could see her pierced navel. A golden ring blinked in the sunlight. People looked away from them, and avoided walking near them. To them, they looked like cheap sluts and the worst of that kind.

The two girls just walked through the people. It didn't bother them what they thought. It was their way of living, and they couldn't imagine wearing ordinary cloths like all of the people did.

"Hey, Sky, what about that place over there?" Scarlet pointed to a small restaurant across the street.

"Tibby's" Sky read loud, then shrugged.

"Why not. Let's go!" They went across the street and Scarlet just bumped into one again when they nearing the door.

"Does this always have to happen me?"

"You're used to!" Sky smiled while Scarlet looked at whom she ran into. She looked into a young seeming face with dark brown eyes. But when the boy stood up she saw that he was at least at her age.

"Do you always go around bumping into people or is this just my lucky day?" The boy asked smiling when he offered her his hand. Scarlet took it and stood up smiling.

"Well, I think it is your lucky day." She smiled at him.

"Scarlet. I don't want to disturb you, but I'm hungry. If you remember we couldn't eat our breakfast." Sky stood there still holding the door open.

"Oh, sure, sorry Sky."

"So you're Scarlet?" The boy asked.

"Yeah, and you are?"

"Mush Myers is my name." He took Scarlet's hand and kissed it. Scarlet smiled at him when Sky cleared her throat behind her.

"Oh, Mush, this is a friend of mine. Skydancer." Mush greeted her the same way as he had done to Scarlet.

"So, what are you doing here?"

"Trying to get something to eat!" They walked into Tibby's and Mush led them to a table with some guys.

"Hey Mush, Where did you find these girls?" An Italian boy with a cigar in his mouth asked.

"You remember the girl that bumped into me this morning?" The boy nodded.

"This here is Scarlet and Skydancer." He introduced.

"And this is Race Higgins," Mush pointed at the Italian boy. Then pointed to a tall boy with brown hair, a cowboy hat on his head and a bandanna tied around his neck.

"This is Jack Kelly, or Cowboy," The next boy was a sandy blonde boy with a brown patch over his left eye.

"Kid Blink, This here is our walking mouth, David Jacobs" Mush pointed at a boy with dark curly hair who was just eating a hot dog so he just waved at the girls with one hand.

"And not to forget, our famous Spot Conlon!" He pointed at a boy with blond hair and indefinable eyes.

"So what are you girls doing here?" Jack asked them.

"Well, we didn't want to clean the cages and stables, so we just took the day off."

"Cages?"

"Stables?" The boys looked confused. Now, they eyed the girls and their odd outfit.

"Oh, before I forget." Mush took Scarlet's hat out and handed it her.

"My hat!!! Thank you!" She bent down and kissed his cheek. Then she placed her hat on her head and grinned.

"You look like a clown!" Race smiled.

"Well, I hope so! If I wouldn't I would do a bad job!" Now the boys looked really confused.

"We work at the circus!" Sky explained after she had ordered something to eat.