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Chapter 2
"Guys," Mandy said to her friends, "I don't think we're in Massachusetts anymore."
Jess, Cassie and Nora looked up and when they saw where they were, they looked terrified. They found themselves in a dark and dirty alley that smelled like trash.
"Where are we?" Cassie asked in the squeaky voice that she talks in when she's scared.
"I do not know," Nora answered. Jess shook her head, also confused.
Slowly, they all stood up and walked out to the alley entrance and into the sunlight. What they saw shocked them even more.
"Not only where are we, but when are we?" Jess brought up. What they saw looked like an early 20th century city, and the people that packed the streets looked dressed for that time too.
"Well, I have an idea about where we are, but…you guys will never believe me," Cassie told them.
"Where?" Nor asked.
"Um, 1899 Manhattan."
"Cass-" Mandy started to argue, even though she felt it too. But Cassie interrupted her.
"But guys look around. What does this look exactly like?"
The three tried to argue, but as they looked around at their new setting, they knew she was probably right.
"But, you're not saying that we're actually in the movie right. Cause that would just be impossible." Nora said to her.
"Well-" she started to say but cut off by a boy's voice.
"Extra! Extra!" he cried. "Trolley war rages on! Union clashes wid da bulls!" The girls looked over at him.
"Omigod," they all said at the same time, recognizing who it was.
"It's Racetra-" Nora was squealing when her friends covered her mouth and pulled her back into the alley before he or anyone else heard her.
"Okay, so let's say we are in the movie," Jess rationalized, trying to stay calm, "how are we gonna, y'know, survive until we get home? We need food, money, jobs, a place to live."
"Well, if we are…where we are, why don't we just get jobs as newsies?" Mandy suggested.
"Nerd alert!" Nora called.
Mandy rolled her eyes. "I'm serious. It's a job and money. And money will get us food."
"What about a place to stay?" Jess furthered.
"Well, if we really are in Newsies and I recognize the setting," Cassie observed, poking her head out of the alley and using her Newsies nerd skills, "we should be right near Tibby's, where the guys eat."
"And?" Nora asked.
"And, if we could talk to them and tell them that we want to become newsies they might let us stay at the Lodging House."
"Whoa, wait! We never agreed to be newsies," Jess argued.
"Well, I'm in," Cassie stated.
"Me too," Nora agreed.
"It was kinda my idea, so yeah I'm in," Mandy added. They all looked to Jess. "Do you have a better idea?"
"No," Jess replied quietly, crossing her arms.
"And besides," Nora said to her, smiling, "if we were newsies, you'd be able to hang around Blink, all day."
"Jess smiled a little bit at that and finally gave in. "Okay, I'll sell papers."
The three hugged her.
"Okay, let's see if we can find them," Mandy told them. They walked off towards Tibby's.
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