* Brooklyn *
Spot woke the sleeping girl up and decided to go talk to Kosei maybe he could explain the situation better. He found Kosei and told him all that he knew about the situation, Kosei was reluctant, but finally agreed to let Kit stay, on a trial basis, if she caused trouble she was out. Spot then went and got the papes for the day and met Kit, Jolly and Bait outside.

* Manhattan *
Days fell into a routine in Manhattan Mills and Cray would stay out till late and come up the fire escape to get in. Most days they would sleep till 7 or 8, then leave. Paying for that night on their way out, heading down to Medda's to work. Mills usually got a couple hours of sleep extra while she waited for Cray to get off work, and Cray would sleep a couple of hours in the morning after they got to Medda's.

The rest of the newsies spent their time trying to stay out of trouble but rarely succeeding. As the strike continued some of the strikers were getting bored and it became known that newsies were going to be their targets. It got to the point where none of the newsies traveled on their own and even then the newsies would end the day with more bruises and cuts then they had started it with. Some so serious that they wouldn't be able to leave bed till days later.

* Brooklyn *
Kit worked with Jolly and Bait again; the days followed a pattern that was set for them. Spot would walk with them to Coney Island. They would sell most days and be done around 6 or 7. They would then head back to the lodging house and she and the boys would begin to work on reading.

The classes were going well so well in fact that other boys wanted to join in. Kit learned that while the newsies had a rudimentary knowledge of arithmetic, they had many gaps in their education, so to fix that she also began teaching math. Her tools were a deck of cards swiped from Falcon and left over papers from that they. Her classes normally had between 4 and 6 newsies and would run anywhere from a half an hour to two hours. After they left the lesson many times a poker game would be started with the deck of cards.

As for the dreams they would return at night, but Spot was normally able to wake her up before she woke the entire bunkhouse. After the second week of dreams Spot moved himself to the floor next to Kit's bed, while the dreams didn't go away finally the began to come less frequently after she had been there for almost a month.

* Manhattan*
Three weeks into the strike and a week and a half after Jack closed the borders of Manhattan to Brooklyn Medda gave Mills and Cray the day off. "Go enjoy your self and your friends. Sleep what ever you want, I don't want to see you two around her till the day after tomorrow."

As they walked a back to the lodging house Mills and Cray discussed how to spend their they off. "Ise think wes should go see Kit." Mills stated
"I thought Jack had closed the borders."

"Ise knows some ways to Brooklyn that Jack didn't think of. Plus no one enforces any thing as early as wes would leave. Wes can go and be back fore anyone would miss us."

Cray was torn he wanted to see his sister but that meant risking his position in the newsies. His need to see his sister won out and he agreed. "Okay lets go, don't tell no one we got tomorrow off. That way we won't be noticed if we're gone to long. They made their plans as they kept going to the lodging house. Finally climbing the fire escape and going in the window.

* Brooklyn *
Kit was quickly welcome within the circle of Brooklyn newsies. Spot taught her to shoot a slingshot and even helped her make her own. She also began to pick up some of the New York accent that was around her. Her nights weren't only for teaching but she also would sew up holes and replace the buttons on the guy's clothes. She was content to a point but missed her brother and friends in Manhattan.

* Manhattan *
Mills and Cray agreed to wake up at their regular time, around 6. They were the first ones up because the newsies had taken to sleeping in because of the strike. After waking up Swan they were able to leave undetected. They hurried toward Brooklyn knowing that they didn't have much time till some one in Manhattan woke and saw them.
Upon entering Brooklyn they were stopped by a tall look out with black hair and eyes. "What youse want here, Manhattan?"

"Why hello Rounder dotcha recognize youse old pal Mills?"

"Ise recognize youse but that's not what Ise asks. Nor do Ise recognize you friends here."

"Well this here is Cray and Swan they was here a couple weeks ago with Kelly and Spot, dotcha remember. They here to see Kit. Cray is hur brudder."

"Ise don't know a Kit." Rounder lied, testing both the boys and Mills.

"She be the goil Spot brought back with him."
"Oh her? She and Spot get along real good. Ise don't think he wants her socializing with the likes of youse."

"Rounder this here is me, Mills O'Riely. Ise the one that broke that nose of yours and if youse ain't careful Ise gonna do it again."

Rounder lost a bit of his bravo but quickly regained it back, "Youse follow me Ise go get Kit and see if she's up to visitors."
Rounder led them through Brooklyn stopping at the main entrance to Coney Island. "Stay put Ise go talk to Kit an see if she's gonna talk to youse."
The three Manhattaners felt a little conspicuous standing at the gate.


As Kit was selling Rounder came up to her. "Kit two guys and a girl are looking for you. They came from Manhattan youse want to talk to them?"

Kit barely hesitated, "Yes, bring them or youse can stay here with Bait and Jolly and I'll go find them."
"No stay put, Ise bring them here."

As Round went to get her visitors, Kit began bouncing on her feet. She was barely containing her excitement at the prospect of seeing her friends.

Rounder returned after a bit, "Follow me, she's gonna see youse." They followed him in apprehensive that this might be a trap, but excited that they were gonna see Kit. Mills spotted her first and went off running.