Hey guys, I'm back. I wasn't too sure if anybody was reading this but I already finished this chapter so I figured why not post it! Yay! And by the way, this story will probably have about 10-15 chapters; one chapter for every week in the competition. Anyways, enjoy this chapter!

(I don't own Newsies or the X Factor)

The next two days were a blur. The day after the audition Katherine and Liz had checked into the hotel The X Factor producers had paid for them to stay in while competing. The girls spent the next day going over the paper for boot camp and going through the list of all fifty contestants. Some groups, some duos and mainly solo artists.

After her little break of two days, Katherine got a call from the producers reminding her about boot camp starting at nine a.m. Boot camp was a day where you would sing for the judges and they would either place you in a group, make you a duo with a contestant, leave you be and let you be a solo, or eliminate you. They eliminated around 10 contestants during boot camp.

Katherine decided that she would be nice and let Liz sleep and not wake her. It was seven a.m. now. Katherine pulled herself out of bed and over to the bathroom. She started humming as she shut the door for a hot shower.

After curling her brown hair and bangs, she threw on a long sleeve polka dot shirt, a purple maxi skirt and short combat boots. She raced over to the desk in the room and clasped her mom's locket around her neck. There was nothing in the locket, but she wore it all the time since her mother passed away.

She threw her large tote bag, with a typewriter photo on it, over her shoulder; left a note for Liz telling her where she went and when she'd be home, and left.

At the theater, there were people lounging in chairs, sitting in rows, and people warming up. Katherine placed her bag on a chair in the rows with her name on it and began to walk around. Slumped in a chair in the corner of the stage, she saw the boy. He wore a three quarter sleeved blue button down under a vest, dark brown pants, brown boots and that same hat. He had a sketchbook in his lap and his hand flying across the paper.

Katherine approached him slowly; he was so enveloped in his sketches; she didn't want to startle him. She stood in front of him and cleared her throat to seize his attention. He looked up at her and quickly shoved his sketchbook in his beige bag slung over the chair.

"So… hi. I'm Katherine, Katherine Plumber. We met at the auditions." Katherine said, pulling up a spare chair. "Yeah, I remember ya. Ya got great voice. I'm Jack Kelly. So, whatcha' need?" he said, in a cocky voice. Katherine took note of his New York accent. She searched her brain looking for an answer to his question. Nothing. "I guess I just wanted to talk to you. So how old are you?" She asked, shifting in her chair.

"18. You?" he said as he took off his cap and ran his hand threw his hair. Katherine wasn't sure if it was a habit or an attempt to flirt with her. "17. So, are you an artist?" Katherine pointed at his bag. "Ya kiddin' me right?" He said, placing his hat back on his head. "Come on, I saw you sketching. I'm sure you're great." Before Jack could respond, the judges walked into the room.

Everyone ran to their seats and listened. They explained that they would split them up into four groups: solos, duos, groups, and over 25s. After each judge would take a group and each group would be assigned a song they all knew. They would have 20 minutes to prepare. The judges would have them perform, and then they would eliminate and reassign contestants.

Katherine was placed in the solo group overseen be Demi. She noticed Jack was also in the group. Demi led them to a rehearsal room and assigned them a song. There song was Say Something. Demi wished them luck and left the room.

Katherine raced to her bag and pulled out her phone. She set a timer for twenty minutes, so she could keep track.

Jack sat in the corner of the room. He knew the song backwards and foreword. He ran threw it twice then set to work in his sketch book. He tried to as hard as he could to sketch simple things, like animals, or trees, but he kept sketching the auburn haired beauty in the corner.

He silently cursed himself for thinking of Katherine. He only spoke with her twice. And besides, this was a competition; they were competing against each other. He couldn't get too involved with her.

Demi had gathered the group back into the theater for performances. Katherine sat in her seat silently, tapping her foot as an acapella group performed. She should be over the nerves after successfully performing in front of a large crowd and on national TV, but something still made her stressed. She couldn't place her finger on it.

Finally the groups finished and it was time for soloists. Katherine tuned out until a name that was familiar to her was called. Jack Kelly. She saw the tall boy walk onto the stage as a though popped into her mind. She never really heard Jack sing. She was nervous, she tuned it out.

His voice was low but pure. She love it, it was semi soothing yet edgy. She closed her eyes so she could hear his voice with no distractions. He had such passion in his voice. Katherine felt the urge to speak with him again to hear the difference from his singing voice and speaking voice.

Katherine opened her eyes again to find Jack leaning over her. "So I was so good ya had to close ya eyes. Wow!" Blood rushed to her cheeks at his comment. "You really were great. I like the tone in your voice." Katherine said, leaning on the armrest of the chair next to her to be closer to him. He moved two seats down to sit next to her. He, again, took of his hat and ran a hand threw his hair.

"Thanks, ya ain't so bad ya'self." Jack said looking over at her. They were so close; Katherine was lost in his eyes. But she couldn't get attached to him, not in a competition. Luckily, her name was called to rip her out of the moment.

Okay, so how was that? Not so sure. If you notice, I'm trying to incorporate some Newsies scenes into this, like the scene with Jack and Katherine talking about his art. Also, I'm going back to school soon so chapters will be slower. Anyways read and review. Thanks. –Aly