NOTE! IMPORTANT! Ok hi this is Caroline. ummm if you didn't read the story SCAMP written by me then a lot of this won't make any sense. i mean you can read this with out reading my story but one: I'd really like you too and two: as I said b4 this will make more since.

Christy ran down the streets of Austin, it was defiantly different here than in New York. For one the bulls were faster and smarter, and two it was much warmer here in the winter than in New York. Scamp figured as she raced down another that in New York all her friends were freezing their butts off while they sold their papers. She really missed Spot an…and well New York all together. Well since you miss Brooklyn so much just go back, a voice said in her head. Then Christy stopped running all together.

"Yeah why don't I go back?" Scamp asked out loud. Suddenly Christy jumped over a fence and raced to the train station. She ran up to the box office panting.

"May I help you miss?" The old man behind the counter asked.

"When does the next train for New York leave?" Scamp panted out.

"In two minutes."

"Uhhh", thanks," Scamp said backing away from the counter.

"Don't worry I won't tell anyone you jumped," The old man said smiling. "Are you headed to the Manhattan area?" Christy nodded figuring that Brooklyn was in the Manhattan area.

Well if you are ever near the Newsboys Lodging House in Manhattan tell my brother who runs it hi for me."

"Sure," Christy said smiling.

"Well don't just stand there, go get on the train!"

Christy jumped realizing her delay and ran towards the train. It was pulling away fast, but over the months Christy had become a skilled train jumper. Deftly she grabbed a bar on the back of the train and swung herself on. Settling down on the small landing she watch Austin disappear. Christy closed her eyes and smiled, she was going back to Spot and back to M&M.

Scamp wasn't exactly ready for the coldness that the north possessed. After all she had been in sunny Texas for a while now. The train was beginning to slow down in the city. Now's the time to jump, Christy told herself. Closing her eyes she leapt off the train and hit the ground hard.

"Umph!" Christy said landing on the snow-covered ground. "Oh! Oh COLD!!!!" She shouted jumping up instantly. Looking around as she rubbed her arms for warmth Scamp realized that she was in Brooklyn. Sighing she began to trudge through the snow towards the Lodging House in Brooklyn hoping to find her friends there. As the snow crunched under her feet she wondered if M&M and Spot would hate her for leaving with out saying good-bye.

She hadn't seen Spot since the night of the big fight. Scamp climbed the steeps up to the Lodging House and opened the door. Warmth over came her. Smiling she noticed that Mr. Conner who ran the Lodging House was asleep behind his desk. Christy crept over to him and shouted: "HIYA MR. CONNER!" Mr. Conner sat up with a start.

"Scamp!" He exclaimed surprised. "What are youse doin' here kid? I thought youse were out West."

"Oh I was but I came back," Scamp replied grinning.

"I can see dat," Mr. Conner said.

"Are the boys upstairs?"

"Yeah go on up."

"N'kay, good to see you!" Christy yelled over her shoulder as she walked up the creaking steps. She opened the door at the top of the stairs and found the boys lounging on their beds or playing cards with each other on the floor. A few looked up some smiled recognizing her and some gave her confused looks. Scamp tip-toe over to M&M's bunk. He was asleep on it. Hum, to bad he's asleep, oh well I'll just give him a wake up call.

Christy sat down on M&M's stomach hard smiling to herself all the while.

"Hey! What the!" M&M shouted but stopped himself when he saw who it was. "Scamp!"

"Hey M&M! Ya miss me?" Christy asked standing up.

"Of Course! Wow you got a tan there I see!" M&M said standing up.

"Yeah well it's a lot warmer down there than up here," Scamp said. She looked around the room for her best friend. "Hey um, where's Spot?"

"Oh over stuck in Manhattan. Da snow's keepin him, M&M explained. Scamp's smile faded from her face. "Hey so is dat da only reason youse here? Is for Spot?"

"What? No! I came to see you too!" Christy said her smile reappearing.

"Yeah, sure whatevea," M&M said grinning. "Hey look Ise headed ova dere anyway, youse wanna come?"

Christy nodded her face bright with her smile.

"Well den lets git youse a coat and head ova dere."

20 min. later

"Here wese are, da Newsboys Lodgin House of Manhattan," M&M said gesturing to a tall building much like the one in Brooklyn.

"Looks like somewhere else I've been but I can't put my finger on it," Scamp said trying to hold back a smile while having a thoughtful look on her face.

"Yeah Ise know, now lets go in." M&M lead the way into the Lodging House with Scamp in his wake. They reached the top of the stairs and entered a room full of bunks. A few boys were in a circle teaching two other boys to play poker, a few girls were either in the arms of their boys or sitting on bunks watching the game, then there was a few boys in the washroom yelling at each other.

"Hey M&M who's dat?" A boy in a Cowboy hat called out, he was in the small circle playing poker.

"Dis is Scamp, an old Brooklyn newsie," M&M explained.

"N'kay, Spot's in dere yellin at Race. Race said dat wese had no more room here, which was a lie, and let dese two new guys have the last bunks. He's stuck wid Ebony and Co."

A young girl looked up from the game of poker, she was sitting in another newsies lap.

"Clover!" Scamp shouted.

"Scamp!" Clover shouted jumping up out of her boyfriends lap. "How was Austin?"

"It was fine! How are you?" Scamp asked partially jumping up and down.

"Fine! Oh my god, I didn't know when you were coming back!"

Just then Spot walked out of the washroom followed by a rather bullied up Race.

"Didn't know when who was comin back?" Spot asked dusting his hands off on his pants.

"Scamp," M&M answered. "She's back."

Spot looked up and his eyes met with Scamp's. It wasn't in till that moment that Christy realized how much she had missed Spot. Spot sauntered over and looked her up and down. Finally he smiled and embraced Scamp in a huge bear hug.

"Why the hell did youse go?" He shouted.

"Well, I, um…" Scamp muttered.

"Ahhh, it don't matta youse here now!" Spot released her much to Christy's disappointment.

"Yeah! That's right," Scamp said beaming.

"Hey you lost your accent," Spot noted.

"Um, no Ise haven't," Scamp said smirking.

"Why don't youse two go talk down stairs and catch up?" Clover suggested.

"Alright," Spot said taking Christy's hand in his own and pulling her down the stairs. "I gotta tell youse about the strike da happened after youse left…" Spot's voice trailed off as he and Scamp disappeared down the stairs.

"Now back ta da poker game," Race said plopping down.


Hey! 'tis Kora here. Caroline and I want to thank Monkey McCartney for reviewing every chapter that we've posted thusfar. Thanks! You get sugar!!!! As for the rest of you…please review!!!!!! Oh and for anyone who's wondering, chp. 6 will pick up where chp. 4 left off. The beginning of chp. 6 will take place at the same time as Scamp's in Brooklyn. N'kay? Alright, now, go review!!!!