Chapter One

Jack couldn't believe it, there she was dressed in a beautiful white gown, with her hair all up in a bun. Those few minutes it took her too walk down that aisle felt like an eternity to Jack Kelly. He could not believe he was marrying Sarah Jacobs. She finished walking down the aisle, and stopped to face him. He smiled at her, it was one of his smiles, that no one else could imitate. The priest started reading the vows. They both said "I do" and Jack kissed his bride. It was finally done, he was married to the love of his life.

Jack sat on the roof remembering, about three years ago, Jack and the other newsies, along with Sarah's brothers David and Les, went on strike. After the strike was over Jack had almost moved to Santa Fe, but his "family" had kept him in Manhattan. Jack was glad he hadn't gone to Santa Fe, if he did, even for only a little while, he would have missed out on a lot. He would have missed the Jacob's 20th wedding anniversary, Les' 10th birthday. Wow Les was turning 13 this year. Jack hadn't thought about how much Les had grown, now he had even become a little heartbreaker. He had probably even forgotten about his old wooden sword. David had moved to Rhode Island, where he and Denton started their own newspaper. David and Denton had come back this week, for the wedding. Jack was glad. He had missed his old buddies. Just then David came and sat down with him.

"How ya doing brother?" he asked, laughing after he said it.

Jack paused before he answered, David's laugh, it had come back to him. "Good 'ow 'bout you?"

"Good" There was a pause between the two of them. Jack looked at David and smiled, David smiled too.

"'ow's your wife? Where is she too, I...uh...I wanted ta meet her." Jack asked.

"Oh, she's at home, with her sister, can you believe... I... she...in about three weeks, I'm...I'm going to be a father."

"I know it's exciting..." Jack trailed off, thinking about a time in his life when he would be a father. He wondered if he could do it, he wasn't exactly the best guy in the universe.

"Well Sarah and the others sent me up here ta tell you that dinner's ready."

"Oh t'anks" With this they headed into the apartment.

Dinner was absolutely perfect, everyone was there. Racetrack, Kid Blink, Spot Conlon, Mush, Skittery, Specs, Boots, Crutchy, Snipeshooter, Denton, Medda, and some new newsies. Jack sat there, at the head of the table, remembering. Sarah who sat right beside him stared at him.

"Jack are you okay?" She asked worried about the odd look in his eyes.

"Yeah, I'm okay Mrs. Kelly" he said while leaning in for a kiss. The kiss was the most perfect, and passionate yet, Sarah thought. The kiss sadly ended after a few seconds, but still got "whoops" from the other newsies. Sarah and Jack looked around a little embarrassed.

Finally it was time to cut the cake. Sarah stood there, ready with the knife. Cowboy gave her a smile, and they cut the cake. Before Cowboy could stop her, Sarah had smashed cake into his face. Denton, got out his camera, and took a picture. After the cake was eaten, and everyone else went home Jack and Sarah wished the Jacobs good-bye, and headed downstairs to their new apartment.

Early in the morning, Jack Kelly woke up to the sound of garbage cans crashing. He got out of bed, and got dressed.

"Jack what's the matter?" His wife asked a little worried.

"Don't worry, I'm just gonna check out what's happenin' out there." He jogged out of the door right after he gave Sarah a quick kiss on the cheek.

Jack meet up with David outside, and they started to investigate. It was too dark to see anything, the only thing guiding Jack and David to the helpless victim was his screams. Finally they found him, getting beaten up by the Delancy brothers.

"Get outta here. GO!" Jack screamed. David went to help limp boy on the ground, obviously hurt pretty bad. David got a look of terror on his face, when he saw who was looking up at him.

"Les?" David asked confused. Cowboy who had come back from chasing the Delancy's came and sat down next to David, he had the exact reaction as David. He now understood, this was why he wasn't at the ceremony, or the reception. The dirty rotten brat. Les began seeing things straight when he realized who was staring down at him he cowered in fear. Cowboy picked him up, and started yelling at him.

"So where were ya, 'ay? Why wasn't ya at the weddin' huh? Do you realize that now I am your brother? Or did you just completely forget about t'at? " Jack yelled in anger, he continued on.

"Not ta mention do ya know youse coulda been killed. It's lucky me and Dave here found ya. What was youse doin' 'ere anyway?" Les' eyes started to water. As soon as Cowboy saw that , he knew that he needed to toughen the kid up a bit. Les then looked Cowboy straight in the eye and said,

"I was selling papes, I couldn't afford no weddin' present for youse and Sarah so I tried ta make more money, along da way I met up with Beth, and then I walked her 'round Central Park a bit, and lost track of time. On my way ta da weddin' Ise got caught up by the Delancy's. Then youse found me."

Jack couldn't believe what he was hearing. He knew it was a lie, but he let the kid go. He and David walked Les back to the apartment. They would just forget the whole thing ever happened, and get some sleep.

The next morning Jack, Sarah, and David went to eat breakfast at Tibby's. Before David had moved away they used to do this every Sunday. Only then it was more like a brunch, because Cowboy needed to sell some papes to the early morning rush. After a while the conversation died down, and Sarah went to work. Jack and David then began to talk.