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The city of New York was freezing cold. Snow was pouring out of the sky as two lone figures walked into the small building on the corner by the boxing ring. As the two figures opened the door to the restaurant a roar of disapproval arose from the newsies all round the inside of the room. A tall blond boy shut the door instantly with a cowboy hat on his head.

"It's freezing out there," Becca said as she removed her hood from her head.

"It's really coming down out there," Her companion, and boyfriend, David, said.

"No kiddin, Ise stuck here till it lets up," Spot Conlon mumbled from his seat in a booth. Next to him sat one of the few newsgirls in Manhattan, Ebony. Ebony looked up from her plate of food to the boy next to her. Sure he had an ego the size of New York, but that didn't mean he didn't have his cute moments.

"Aww man really?"  She asked. Spot looked over at her. "I was hopin you'd be stupid enough ta walk home tonight and spare us da torture of livin wid youse." Ebony smirked at Spot.

"Well Ise got news for you sweetheart," Race said from the other booth. "Dere ain't no mora space at da boys house. So youse get ta have Spot as a guest at your house."  Ebony's face fell as Spot looked over at her and scooted as far away from her as possible.

"Great Ise stuck wid a bunch a girls," Spot muttered. Spot was thinking back to right before the strike. It was when he and Scamp, his friend from the South, came to New York. It had been her idea. After they were separated at a huge fight between Brooklyn and the Bronx Spot had found his grandfather, who died a few weeks ago. It had been a hard for him and his cousins, Jack and Becca. He missed Scamp terribly and had found out from Clover that she and Scamp were friends and that Scamp had gone out west for a calling. Spot was still happy now, he had Brooklyn under control and they had won the strike, plus he had found his only other family. Also he was starting to have mixed feelings toward Ebony. Spot shook this all off as Hazel, a female version of Jack and best friend to Becca, walked in. She had a shorter girl following her.

"Hey everybody!" She called out. The room got silent and the newsies turned their attention to Hazel. "Wese got a new newsie here. Her name is" Hazel bent over and asked the quite girl her name. "Mouse. Let's treat her nicely now alright?"

            Everyone in the room agreed and went back to their conversations. Mouse walked over to a table behind Hazel and sat with Jack, Spot, Becca and David. Mouse settled down in her chair and began to read a book she had tucked under her arm.

            "Hey…Mouse?" Jack said searching for her name. "What's that?" He asked pointing to the book.

            "A book on Greek Mythology. It's really good. I'm reading a story about this guy named Hercules. He's really strong and really cool," Mouse explained.

            Becca looked around the room for Clover and Skittery. "Where are—" She began when Ebony cut her off.

            "Clover and Skitts? Theys back at da House," She explained with a twinkle in her eyes. Becca smirked.

            "As much as I hate ta say dis we's betta head back to da lodgin" houses," Spot announced.

            "Yeah, and I got to get home, ma will be worried," David said as he rose.

"Ok well I guess we betta head out," Jack said getting up from the table. "See youse Spot, girls."

            Slowly one by one the newsies all filed out of the restaurant back into the cold towards the lodging houses.