The next morning, Spot and I woke up early so we could get downstairs and to our beds before everyone woke up and rumors were started. We were in our beds no more than probably fifteen minutes when Kloppman came up and started waking everyone up.

"So, youse two 'ave a good night?" Race asked smirking.

"Shuddap Race. Nuttin' happened." Spot replied looking at Race, then at me, then back at Race. Race took that as his cue to leave.

"Mornin' sunshine." Spot said kissing my forehead.

"Mornin'." I replied smiling.

Just then, Kid walked over.

"Hey Pallet, Where'd youse go last night? … And who is dis?"

"Sorry Kid, this is Spot. Last night I was up on the roof talkin' with him. Spot this is Jenn or Kid as she's called. She was one a the girls livin' in the Bronx."

"Oh, nice ta meetcha Kid." Spot said kissing her hand.

"Definitely." Kid replied blushing and smiling.

"Easy Kid, he's mine." I said putting my arm around Spot's waist.

"Yep, sorry. Ise all hers." He replied putting his arm around my shoulders and kissing my forehead.

"Hey, dats alright." She said looking at Mush. "I'll be happy wit him." She pointed towards Mush.

"Kid, you crack me up." I said laughing with Spot.

"Hey guys, whatcha laughin' about?" Skittles asked coming up behind us.

I turned around startled.

"Jeez Skittles. Don't do that. You almost scared me ta death."

"Sorry." She replied laughing. "So who's dis?" She asked looking at the back of Spot's head, who had been tying up his shoe laces.

"Oh Skittles, this is my boyfriend, Spot… Spot I'd like you ta meet the oddah girl from the Bronx. This is Skittles."

Spot finished tying his shoes. When he turned around, by the look on his face, you'd think he saw a ghost.

"Dayna?" He said looking surprised.

"Spot! Spot Conlon!"

"Do you two know each othah?" I asked confused.

"Uh… yeah… Wese… old friends…" Spot replied nervously.

"Oh."

We stood there a few seconds.

"Come one Pallet. We bettah get goin' befoa we lose all our mornin' customahs."

"Ok Spot. Jest a sec. Hey, Mush. Come here. Kid an' Skittles, you two sell with Mush. He'll show you what ta do. Mush stay with these two. Teach them how ta sell and don't let them outtah your sight."

"Okay Pallet. I'll take good care a dem. We'll meetcha latah at Tibby's." Mush said heading out the door.

"So… Spot, how'd you meet Skittles?"

"Uh… We jest… um… Me friend from Brooklyn knew her. Can wese go now?"

"Yeah sure."

We headed out the door and to the circulation desk. Spot and I both got 100 papes and went to Central Park and started selling. We were just about finished when we heard some people yelling near by. We quickly finished up and went to check it out. We discovered two boys yelling and fighting with each other, at a nearby selling spot, while a red-headed girl stood by watching terrified. As we stepped closer, I noticed the boy facing us was Blink and the girl was Cherry but the other boy we could only see the back of his head. Spot and I walked towards them before we started talking.

"Hey Blink. What's goin' on heah?" Spot asked.

"Hey Spot. Nuthin's goin' on dat Ise can't handle. Dis guy's jest sellin' in our spot an' isn't even from around heah." Blink replied.

"Hey youse, kid. What are youse doin' 'round heah? Wheah youse from?"

The boy wasn't answering Spot so I walked over and stood talking to Cherry.

"Kid, Ise twalkin' ta youse!" Spot said.

"No, dip. Ise can heah youse. Ise jest not answerin' youse." The kid replied turning to Spot. Cherry and I still couldn't see him.

When the boy turned around, Spot's eyes got really big and his mouth dropped. Blink did the same thing as soon as he looked at me and then at the boy. Cherry walked over to Blink and her mouth dropped too. All three kept looking at me, then back at the boy.

"What? What is it? What's wrong?" I finally asked.

"Chance, come heah. Ise want youse ta see dis." Spot replied still staring.

I walked over and looked at the boy and couldn't believe it. He looked exactly like a boy version of me.

"Gavin? Is that you?"

"Ashleigh? Oh my god! I thought I'd nevah see you again." The boy replied in a French accent, then hugged me.

"Me too. I missed you so much."

"Excuse me, did we miss somethin'?" Spot said tapping me on the shoulder.

"Oh sorry, Gavin, these are my friends Blink an' Cherry. An' this is my boyfriend, Spot. Guys, this is my twin brother, Gavin."

"Yoa twin? Youse nevah told us youse had a twin." Spot said.

"That's cause I didn't want ta think about him 'cause I missed him."

"Well nice ta meetcha, Gavin." Spot said shaking his hand.

"Yeah." Blink and Cherry said shaking his hand too.

"Yeah, well, I gotta get goin'. If I late for lunch then the boys will be worried. See ya later." Gavin said walking away but stopped. "Hey Ash, tonight can we get tagether an' talk? Is Miette still 'round?"

"Yeah, tonight's great. Yeah, Miette is 'round. She lives with me, except everyone calls her Melody."

"Bring her too. Meetcha at Medda's. You know where that is, right?"

"Yeah, see ya later. Bye."

"Bye." He replied and then was out of site.

The four of us walked to Tibby's and Spot and I found a booth in the corner and sat down. As soon as Mush and the girls arrived at Tibby's, they came and sat down.

"So, how was your first day of sellin'?" I asked the girls.

"I did good. I sold every pape." Kid replied.

"I did good too. I sold every pape by myself but two. Mush sold those for me." Skittles answered.

"Good."

"Hey, guys, is it alright if Mush an' I leave? He's gonna take me 'round Manhattan." Kid asked.

"Yeah, of course. Have fun. We'll see you latah."

Mush and Kid got up and left.

"So, Skittles, What are you gonna do tanite? Do you want me ta see if one a the boys can show you around Manhattan?"

"I guess, but I don't really know anyone 'cept youse, Spot, Kid, and Mush."

"Hmmm… I know. Why don't Spot take you?"

Before Skittles could answer, Spot stood up and grabbed my arm.

"Uh, Pallet, can Ise twalk ta youse foa a sec?"

"Ok Spot. I'll be right back."

We walked to the corner of the room where no one could hear us.

"Ise can't take her 'round."

"Why not? She don't know no one else."

"I jest can't Pallet."

"Spot, please… I'm gonna catch up with my brother so I can't do it an' I don't want her ta go with someone she don't know. Please, Spot… for me!" I said putting on a pouty face.

"Oh don't do dat. Don't look at me like dat. Dat cute lil' French pouty face a yoas." Spot pleaded looking at me before he finally gave in. "Oh, alright. I'll do it. But youse owe me."

"I'll make it up ta you. I promise. Now, I gotta go use the bathroom, then tell Melody. Thanks so much." I said then kissed him on the cheek and went to the restroom.

When I came out I started looking around for Melody when I glanced over and saw Spot talking to Skittles with his arm around her shoulder, while she was laughing. I thought about it a little but not a whole lot because I was so excited to see my brother. So, I hurried and grabbed Melody and told her about Gavin and that he was going to meet us at Medda's. She, too, got excited. She kissed Race on the cheek, told him what we were doing, and then we headed to the Lodging House to change into nicer clothes before we left. We went back to Tibby's and told everyone where we were going and when we'd be back. We started out the door when I looked around and noticed Spot and Skittles weren't there, so I figured they probably already left. Mel grabbed my arm and pulled me out the door. She practically pulled me all the way there.

When we got to Medda's, Gavin was standing outside waiting. As soon as Melody saw him she let go of my arm and ran to give him a hug.

"Gavin! I missed you!" She yelled.

"I missed you too, ma petite chère." He replied. "Hi, Ash… So, let's go inside before it gets cold."

So the three of us walked inside and found some seats and sat down. We talked for hours just catching up on everything. It was about 11:30 when we finally ran out of things to talk about and realized what time it was.

"Well, Melody an' I bettah get back before Klopp locks us out. I'm so glad were finally tagethah."

"Yeah, me too. Well, I'll see you two latah. Oh an' Ash if he does lock you out you know where I live now."

"Yeah, see ya latah. Au revoir." Mel and I gave him a hug and left.

When we got back, Kloppman was just getting ready to lock up. He let us in and we went upstairs. Mel changed out of her good clothes, said goodnight to Race and got into bed. I went to say goodnight to Spot when I noticed he wasn't in his bed. I searched around and found him laying in my bed. I went to give him a kiss when I noticed someone laying next to him. It was Skittles! What did they think they were doing? I couldn't believe what I saw.

"Skittles! Spot! What are you two doin'!"