Hades and Mush jumped apart. Thunder rumbled overhead, and everyone grew silent.

Hades took lead and slowly walked to the doorway. Everyone followed cautiously. They looked out into the lobby, expecting to find a mob of armed Staten newsies. But instead, they found a knocked over coat-hanger, and Spot and Singah laying in the middle of the staircase, involved in a major make-out session. Obviously, they couldn't conceal their passions until they reached their "special place" upstairs.

Rae's face grew pale and she ran to the window, opened it, stuck her head out, and lost all of what she had for dinner.

Everyone burst out laughing, and Hades led Spot and Singah up the rest of the stairs, and shoved them into one of the hall closets.

Seconds later, Half and Race ran up the stairs and went into another closet. After them came Duchess and Secrets, then Lashes and Dutchy, then, came Mush. He stood in front of Hades with his hands in his pockets and a grin on his face. He pinned her against the wall. Hades giggled quietly as he began kissing her neck.

Minutes later, Moth came up the stairs. But when she saw that Hades and Mush had become very heavily engaged in a sequence of passionate kisses, she turned around to go back downstairs. Tiger stopper her and pushed her back into the hallway. "AHEM..." Tiger pretended to clear her throat, attempting to get Hades' or Mush's attention. She failed.

"Um...Hades?" Moth said quietly, but got no response.

"Hades!!!!" Tiger shouted. She sighed when she still got no reaction from Hades.

Kid Blink came up the stairs and into the hallway. "Woo! Who toined the heat on?!" He asked jokingly.

"Rumor has it that these two did." Moth pointed to Hades and Mush.

"We can't get theih attention..." Tiger said.

"Well a coise not! Ya aint doin' it right!" Blink said and went to the washroom.

Moth and Tiger exchanged glances, and Tiger silently swooned as she watched Blink walk away.

Moments later, Blink returned to the hall with a cup of water in his hand. "Now. This is pretty risky, cuz a coise Hades is gonna soak me latah, but its the only way..." He proceeded to dump the glass of water down the back of Hades' shirt.

Hades shrieked and whirled around. "BLINK!! YOU #*%@&!!!!" She yelled

Blink promptly ran down the stairs, and Hades started after him. Mush grabbed her by the waist. "Forget about it baby..." He said softly.

"I'll get 'im latah..." Hades grumbled and turned around to face Mush again.

Mush began to lean down to kiss her, but Tiger stuck her hand in-between their faces. "Uh...before you start that again, Hades, theah's a goil heah...she needs a place to stay."

Hades sighed. "Alright...Mush-Baby, I'll be right back." She kissed his lips softly and followed Moth and Tiger down the stairs.

Hades entered the door, saw a girl standing near the door. She was drenched. "Hey kid..." She greeted the girl. "Whaddya need?"

"I-I need a place ta stay..." The girl answered, seeming a little intimidated.

"Whats ya name?" Hades asked, now standing right in front of the girl.

"My name is Peeps."

"Peeps...well Peeps...have you evah been a newsie before?"

Peeps shook her head.

"Well, I guess theah's a foist time for everyt'ing...I'll have ya fill out an application tomarrah...but right now, I'll have Rae show ya around and introduce ya ta everyone...well, everyone who aint in a closet wid theih boyfriend."

Peeps grinned and Nodded. "Thanks Hades..." She said.

Rae approached Peeps, and Hades started to run back up the stairs, she stopped halfway and turned around. "Oh, Rae, find some dry clothes for her too."

Rae nodded. "Sure thing, Hades."

Hades ran up the remaining stairs and right into Mush's arms.

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Later that night, after a rather violent pillow fight against the boys room, everyone was nestled in their bunks, sleeping peacefully...except Hades, who had just climbed back into her bed after a late-night bathroom break. She laid her head on her thinned pillow. Hades closed her eyes, but then opened them against when she heard a noise out in the hall. She listened closely, there were footsteps...two pairs, the thought. Then, there was whispering, but Hades couldn't tell whose voices they were, they were to far down the hall. The whispering continued for a few more minutes, and then the footsteps scuffled back to where they had come from, and a door closed. Hades was sure that there were two people, and they had both come from the boys bunkroom. She shrugged and closed her eyes. She drifted off to sleep, but not without wondering what the whispering was all about, first.

{[ AN: Ahh, dontcha love me? ]}