Hayden woke up and lifted his head. It took a minute for him to realize where he was and why he was there. But he did. He looked around him; he hadn't really seen where he was the night before. He was in an alley with a bunch of crates in the back, which he had been sleeping against. Both buildings bordering the alley had fire escapes and a few clotheslines hanging out of the windows.

Sighing, he stood up and walked out of the alley. It was a few hours after sun up and people were out and walking in the streets.

He saw a man selling apples by the front of a building and decided to ask where the train station was. "Excuse me, could you tell me where the train station is?"

"Lucky for you, it's close. It is…I am thinking about 3 streets that way." He pointed to the right. "And then turn left and keep walking."

"Thank you." Hayden said smiling. He was on his way.

~*~*~*~

Bottlecap and Singah went upstairs and into the girls bunkroom. Bottlecap walked over to Lissy's bed and sat at the end of it, pulling the covers away gently. "Time for someone to get up."

Lissy stirred and opened her eyes. She saw the smile on Bottlecap's face and frowned.

"Get that frown off your face, or I just might have to tickle you."

She gave him one of those if-you-dare-tickle-me-I-will-soak-you looks.

He grinned and lunged at her. She tried to get away, but it was too late. The tickle-master was already at work. Before she knew it, Lissy was laughing so hard she could hardly breath. Bottlecap stopped and let her catch her breath.

"That's not fair!" She gasped.

"Of course not."

"What do you want?"

"It's time to wake up."

"I got that!"

"Well, you two are gonna make friends."

"Good going with the subtlety." Singah cued in.

"I wasn't trying to be. Anyways, you two are going to be sharing this bunkroom, and you need to learn to get along, and not ignore each other. Because we will have problems if you don't."

Singah looked at Lissy. "Well, I tried."

"I know Singah, I know. Now Lissy, you gotta try too, ok?"

Lissy sighed. Might as well make the best of it, she thought. "Ok."

"Alright then. I am gonna get back to my poker game. So play nice!"

"We will." They said at the same time, and gave each other strange looks.

"See, you're already singin' the same tune already."

Singah rolled her eyes. "You gonna leave now?"

"Geez, what's with the attitude?" She gave him a look. "Fine! I'm going!" And with that he went out the door.

Singah turned to Lissy and smiled, spitting in her hand and holding it out. "Heya, I'm Singah."

"I'm Lissy." She replied, smiling and returning the gesture.

Author's Note: I know I don't update often! It's kinda hard to when my brother takes over the computer constantly. Sorry!! Hope you liked that chapter! And please review!