Alrighty… here's an update… Hope you enjoy…

Thanks to all who reviewed, I don't remember who you are since I'm offline, but thanks anyway! ^_^

Oh, and I just thought up a name for a ship (the Liberty) and it has no relation to any ship actually named that.

Twists of Life

Chapter Nine

As the research continued, moods lightened considerably as they discovered what had happened to Spot and Ducky. The two had gotten married, using their real names, Gabe Damon and Star. Shortly after their marriage, they'd borne two children, twins named Aaron Derek Damon and Claire Julia Damon, after their best friends.

The couple had become rich after investing in oil and lived a life of sophistication and parties, but never forgetting their lives as newsies, never failing to visit the lodging houses and give financial support at Christmastime.

Several articles mentioned them at parties and charity events throughout the years, sometimes mentioning their children. An article from 1908 showed another child born to them, a girl who they named Amanda Jean Damon.

After that, there was nothing significant until an article from March 1912, which showed their names on a passenger list for a ship called the Liberty, which was going from New York to England. (A/N: Can you see it coming?)

~*~*~FLASHBACK~*~*~

Star and Gabe stepped off the gangplank, looking around the dock. A small girl around the twins' age ran up to them. "Are you the Damons? Mommy and Daddy sent me to find you. I'm Moth Lohr." She turned and threaded her way through the crowd expertly, almost losing them several times until she grabbed onto Claire's hand and pulled the family along with her.

They reached a fairly open spot where two grownups were sitting on a low wall. Moth dropped Claire's hand and ran to them, shouting. "Daddy, daddy I found them!" The couple looked up and Star and Gabe recognized Aaron.

After Star had hugged him, Gabe had shaken his hand and the children had been introduced, Aaron turned to the woman who was hanging back shyly. "Gabe, Star this is my wife Madeline. We were married shortly after I was brought to England." Star eyed the other woman, taking in her long dark hair, brown eyes and shy smile.

"I'm very glad to meet you both. Aaron talks about you all the time, along with…" Madeline trailed off, not sure whether she should mention the girl whose place she had taken. "Along with the rest of your friends back in New York."

Seeing the grief and understanding in the woman's eyes, Star stepped forward to give her a warm hug. "Thank you for making Mu… Aaron happy." She whispered. "I can only imagine how upset he must have been."

They all walked to the Lohrs' automobile, talking about their old newsie friends, catching Aaron up on the current events. "Race owns a horse which he runs at Sheepshead. It's making him a nice bit of money. Jack and Stress got married and moved out to Santa Fe a couple years ago, we just got a letter from them saying they have a baby girl."

The conversation wore on as they drove to the Lohrs' house. Before anyone knew it, they had pulled up to the front porch and the chauffeur was holding the door open for them.

~*~*~END FLASHBACK~*~*~

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Alrighty… end of chap. Next chap will be almost all flashbacks I think, and something else… the reason I asked if you could see it coming when they went on the boat trip to England. *Grins evilly* Hope you enjoyed… Oh! And… the next chap won't come until I reach 50 reviews… from different people! I'll ignore people reviewing more than once just to get to 50 *glares* So go review now!