CHAPTER ONE

"So yeah, I was like Oh My God! and....Kay? Kay you listening to me?"

K.B. stopped right in her tracks staring with her jaw dropped to the floor, her eyes wide and her cheeks rosy red.

"What the hell…" Hoods stops short to join K.B. in awe.

"Have you ever seen anything like this!?" K.B. asked Hoods.

A huge group of teenage boys are dragging their feet up the road. Leading the group was a semi-long haired boy who looked to be about 16. Behind him stood one boy with a brown, cloth patch over his right eye. Another muscular boy with brown, curly hair. One who was obviously Italian walking next to another semi-long haired boy with a cane. Behind him was a wavy-haired boy with very nice lips. The others just didn't seem to stand out to them. They were all as cute as hell.

"I call the one with the curls!" K.B. shouted to Hoods.

"You can have him! I want the one in the front!"

"Haha, o.k. Now we must approach!"

"O.k. lets go!"

"Woah, whoa, whoa! What are you doing? We can't just walk up to them?"

"Yes we can. We always loose guys because of your stupid "plans" and "systems"! This time let me do the talking!"

"Fine!"

Before either of the girls could get a word in, the boy in the front started talking to them.

"'Cuse me ladies. Wese a bit lost heah, do youse know where wese might be?"

"Oh, yeah, um, your in Franklin, Franklin Massachusetts."

"WHAT! Oh sorry ma'am, Ise didn't mean tah scream in yah ear. You see wese come from New York. Wese newsies. Wese decided wese wasn't make a good livin' down dere so wese decided to go find a new place to start new lives. Dey call me Jack, Jack Kelly. Dis heah is Kid Blink, Mush, Racetrack, Spot, and David. " Jack told them. He continued to name all of the newsies.

"Hi, my name is Hoods, and this is K.B., but we just call her Kay. We could tell your not from around here. New York must be pretty ill. Those are some sweet clothes too!"

"Nice tah meet ya ladies. Wait? Ill? Sweet?", Jack asked confused.

"Nevermind." Hoods started to giggle and turned around hoping Kay would participate but instead she found Kay was giggling and smiling at Mush who was doing the same to her. Hoods tried to ignore it.

"Sose would youse ladies mind showin us round your town heah?"

"Oh no not at all. Follow me."

They took them all through downtown when they ended up at Friendly's. Kay and Hoods had some money so they figured they'd take the boys out to lunch.

As soon as they walked into the restaurant people were staring at the group because of the boys attire.

"What are you looking at!!!???", Kay barked at a woman who was pointing and laughing at them. The woman stopped and continued to stuff her fat face. Everyone except for Hoods was shocked to here that come out of shy Kay's mouth. Even Mush.

"She's not really quiet, she's actually extremely loud.!" Hoods said and started cracking up. Hoods turned around to face Kay when she noticed Kay and Mush were holding hands. Hoods gave Kay a smirk and Kay responded with her one-eyebrow look that she had mastered the previous summer, and she's quite proud of. Hoods turned back around.

The waitresses took them to their tables. They took up four tables. The first table consisted of Hoods, Jack, Racetrack, Kay, Mush, and Kid Blink. Everyone was having a great time fooling around and cracking jokes.

"Sose is there some sorta Inn round heah anywhere?" Jack asked.

"Uhhh…Kay, Isn't there one by the train tracks?"

"Uhhh…yeah, yeah I think so."

"Yeah, it's not far from here. When we're done we can bring you there if you want."

"That'd be great. Tanks ladies." Kid Blink responded.

They finished their meal eventually. They headed down to the Inn. By the time they got there it was getting dark. Everyone was walking in one huge group except for Mush and Kay.

"Sose what kinda stuff does youse like tah do for fun?" Mush asked.

"Oh, um, I like to play lacrosse, and sing, and dance, and write, and…..well listen to music. Oh I also like to play guitar. That's about it."

"What kinda writin' do youse like tah do?"

"Well I like to write stories, and mostly songs, but sometimes poems. What do you like to do?"

"Wait, youse like tah write songs? Dats pretty cool. Ise never met anyone who likes tah write songs before. Youse should sing some of dem tah me sometime."

"Oh no, they're not very good, and I'm not the best singer."

"Sure youse is. Anyone can sing!" Mush broke out in song hoping he would make Kay laugh, He succeeded.

"You guys done bak dere or what! Mush wese gotta let dah ladies go, dey gotta get home!" Jack told Mush.

"Alright, will Ise see yas tomarrah?"

"Yeah, sure."

"O.k., goodnight Kay"

"Goodnight Mush.", Kay gave Mush a kiss on the cheek. He wasn't expecting that.