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Chapter 2

As they were walking down the street, they kept their eyes peeled for any signs of the newsies.

"Do you think it's really possible that we're in the movie?" Amanda asked.

"Well, we came back in time to New York. So I'm pretty sure anything is possible," Jean answered,

"If we are in the movie, do you think the strike already happened?" Fiona wondered.

"I hope not!" Casey said.

As they were walking, they didn't notice the 2 guys following them. They smirked at each other and walked faster to catch up to them. One of them bumped into Casey's shoulder.

"Oh, excuse me miss," he said to her charmingly.

"Um, that's okay."

He didn't leave though. He just kept walking next to them. The second came up and bumped into Fiona.

"I'm sorry doll," he apologized, tipping his hat.

"Uh, that's alright."

He also didn't leave them.

The 4 were getting very nervous. They tried to walk faster to get away from them, but the guys blocked their path, stopping them.

"Could you please let us by?" Amanda wanted.

"Allow us to introduce ourselves," the one with the mustache said, completely ignoring the question. "I'm Morris. Morris Delancey. And this here is my brother, Oscar." He smiled, but not caringly.

"Awesome, thanks. Now let us by," Jean demanded. They tried to walk around the 2 but were blocked again. They were starting to get scared.

"Now it wouldn't be very gentleman-like to leave you girls alone in the big city," Oscar said.

"You're new here. You might get lost," Morris added.

"I think we'll take our chances," Fiona stated.

They tried to get away again, but this time Morris grabbed Casey's arm hard. She gasped at his force. She tried to pull away, but his grip was strong. Oscar had done the same thing to Fiona and Amanda. Morris also grasped Jean.

"Like I said, we're not leaving," Morris told them.

"And neither are you," Oscar threatened.

The girls were terrified. They tried to fight as the guys started pulling them towards another alley. They were up against the wall when someone tapped on Oscar's and Morris's shoulders. They turned around and got punched in the face. When they fell, the girls saw who they had been looking for. They fell to the ground in shock.

"Crutch, help da goils," the one with the red bandanna instructed.

"'Kay, Jack." The curly haired boy worked his way over to them on his crutch while the other 3 boys worked on the Delancey brothers.

"Are you'se goils a'ight?" he asked them.

They nodded, still unable to speak.

With their help, Crutchy sat down between Jean and Amanda. Jean was staring at him and trying not to explode. He looked over to her and she suddenly got a cool demeanor.

"'Sup bro?" she said to him, trying to be smooth. He smiled at her and turned to Amanda and Fiona to make sure they were still okay. Amanda didn't notice though. She was too busy staring at one of the other guys.

Jean turned to Casey and mouthed, "Omi-Lion-Jesus! It's Crutchy!"

Casey was still a bit shaken after what had happened, but she was able to smile at her friend.

The 5 watched the rest of the fight and saw the 3 boys push the Delanceys out of the alley. They walked over to the group.

"Did dey hoit you'se goils?" Jack needed to know.

"They tried, but they didn't," Amanda answered.

"We'se saw dem walkin' behind you'se and we thought dey was up ta no good. So we'se followed 'em and when dey grabbed you'se, we'se hadda stop 'em," the Italian one explained.

"Are you'se all okay though?" the one with curly brown hair asked.

"Yes, we're fine," Fiona assured them.

"Just a little shaken," Casey added, rubbing her arm where Morris had grabbed her. Jack saw that and went to her.

He knelt in front of her and asked, "Ya arm a'ight?"

"Yeah, just a little sore." Her arm was red and you could see where his nails had dug in.

The boy with black hair shook his head. "Dose Delancey bruddas are real boneheads. We'se run in wid dem too many times."
"I'm Jack by da way. And dats Crutchy, Racetrack and Mush. We'se newsies 'ere in 'Hattan."

"I'm Casey. And this is Jean, Amanda and Fiona."

"We're…new here," Fiona told them.

"Yeah, new to the place and time," Amanda went on.

"Time?" Mush wondered. "Wha'da ya mean time?"
The girls looked to each other and Jean explained, "We somehow came back in time to 1899 from the year 2012."

The boys looked shocked.

"How'd you'se get 'ere?" Crutchy questioned.

"We don't know," Casey said. "We were just walking around and suddenly we were here."
"Well, dat would explain ya odd lookin' clothes," Jack brought up.

"Oh! Z-formation snap!" Jean argued. "The guy with the cowboy hat around his neck says we're dressed weird?"
"It goes wid me nickname: Cowboy."

"Ohhh," the girls responded, acting like this was new information.

"'Ey, you'se goils got anywheres ta stay tanight?" Race inquired. They shook their heads. "Why don'cha stay at de Lodgin' House wid us and de oudda boys? I'se sure dey wouldn't mind. And you'se could loin ta be newsies."
"That'd be great!" Amanda replied.

"A'ight, let's get you'se ta ya new 'ome," Jack said.

They helped the girls up and then helped Crutchy; then walked out of the alley and towards the Lodging House.

So, no real inside jokes to explain.

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