Notes: Ok, this is the official start of the story. I hope this'll go well. Ok, I'm in a 'Annie' kind of mood, I guess you could call it. I need to get used to listening to those songs over and over again. But I'm trying to drown it out with Davy Jones' singing. So far, it's working. I'll try to update again by Sunday...my last day of freedom. Saturday, I'm going to Celebrate Freedom, an all-day free Christian concert. Well, except for food and souvenirs, so I can't update then. Hey, maybe I'll update on Friday...between Driver's Ed and my Orthodontist Appointment.

I just finished reading a Dear America book called 'The Journal of Finn Reardon, A Newsie'. If any of you ever find it, read it, it's good. It has some characters you'd recognize. It talks about the strike a bit too. It is fiction, but I liked it. I was so happy when I found it.

And of course, I don't own any characters in this chapter. None of mine are in here.

Sapphy – Thank you so much for giving me Jenna's profile again! As you will soon see, I decided to use her for the POV for this chapter. Sorry if she's a little out of character. I really like her character, but wow, she's a lot different than I am. It's kinda hard to relate sometimes. Like before, I'm making Jen and Sapphy friends. I used the conversation you gave me last time, again.

Written Sparks – I don't mind changing your character's nickname. And of course I'm going to use her in the story. I'm definitely planning on having her in the story a lot more. I love that nickname, by the way. I think it's really cool.

(Thursday)

Jenna's POV

"Tomorrow, tomorrow! I love ya tomorrow. I'll see who made cast Friday," Sapphy sang out, drawing out the last word. I was very tempted to slap my hand over her mouth to make her be quiet. Before I could however, she stopped singing, "Ayyyyyyy..." Okay, maybe I was wrong. I quickly silenced her, but could still hear the muffled song from behind my hand.

"Do you ever shut up," I asked her. I was mostly serious, but was partially joking.

"Not usually babe," Sapphy mumbled, "You can let go now." I reluctantly pulled my hand away.

"Don't call me 'babe'," I told her, "It sounds so girly." I scowled at her, but she just laughed.

"But you are a girl, babe," she replied with a grin. I glared at her, but Sapphy pretended not to notice.

"Tomorrow, tomorrow..." This was gonna be a long day.

(Friday)

Finally, it's Friday. I'll find out who made cast today. I've spent all day inside tiny classrooms with the most annoying people in the world. At least that's what they seem like when they're laughing at the corniest jokes like they want to actually die laughing.

When the last bell of the day rang, I stood up quickly, scowling as the doorway flooded with my other classmates. Because of my advantage in height at 6 foot 5, I started to push my way through. Finally reaching the other side, I found Sapphy waiting outside the door for me.

"Jen, come on," Sapphy exclaimed, "The auditions were just posted!" She grabbed my arm and started pulling me down the hallway. I sighed...Sapphy was in one of her hyper moods again.

"Sapphy," I mumbled as we rounded a corner, "Slow down." If she heard me, she pretended not to have noticed. Soon, we approached an area where teenagers were crowded around a sheet of paper tacked to the wall.

"There it is," Sapphy yelled. Luckily, she was shorter than me. I didn't want her yelling right next to my ears, "Come on!" I quickly jerked my arm from her grasp, but I don't think she was paying much attention to me at the moment.

She tried to push her way through the crowd, but had little luck. I decided to help her out and stepped forward. When I appeared at the back of the crowd, I noticed that some of the guys were staring as I pushed people aside. With my jet-black hair that reached my waist and eyes usually described as doe-brown, I was used to guys staring wherever I went. Most left me alone however.

We reached the list and Sapphy quickly read over it, "Jen! Look! You're a Delancey!"

"What," I yelled, ripping the paper from the wall, "How did that happen? My audition was great! Who's responsible for this? Why I oughta..."

"Uh, Jen," she stopped me suddenly, "The Delancey's are mean."

"Oh," I commented casually, not at all embarrassed by my earlier outburst, "All right! I get to beat people up. What part did you get?" I knew that she was just waiting for me to ask.

"I'm Race!" Sapphy yelled, "I got the part I wanted!" I pushed the list into someone else's hands.

"I got a part," the girl I handed the paper to exclaimed, I believe her name was Colleen Robinson. She was in one of my classes, "I'm Skittery!" For a short person, she was surprisingly loud, but not that surprising. She was about 5 feet tall with brown eyes and chin length brown hair with reddish highlights.

"I made it," the girl beside her said as Sapphy and I started walking away. She sounded like she was completely shocked at this, "I'm David." I vaguely could hear everyone commenting on their part...or lack of a part. I knew that the guys were watching me as I left. I turned and glared at them before continuing down the hall.

Note: Ok, the parts are the same as last time, but I'll repost them anyway. I hope you liked the chapter. I had a lot of fun writing it. Here's the list... I added a few of my own characters for the small parts. I'll add nicknames when I introduce the characters.

Michelle Beaufont – Jack

Sapphy – Racetrack

Trish Williams – David

Colleen Robinson(Java) – Skittery

Julie O'Carroll – Spot

Aqua – Kid Blink

Abby Turner(Nova) – Mush

Alex – Itey

Jeska Jones – Bumlets

Maddie Chandler – Snipeshooter

Kaya Pacifici – Swifty

Lute McDonaghey – Snitch

Minkers – Pie Eater

Rebecca Scott – Dutchy

Dreamer – Specs

Jay – Snoddy

Comedy – Crutchy

Hats – Jake

Luna – Boots

Jenna – Oscar Delancey

Brian – Morris Delancey

John – Denton/Kloppman

Andrew – Weasel

Kate Harrison – Medda

Nicola Martin – Sarah

Ant – Les

Kyle – Pulitzer

Shawn – Snyder

Matt - Roosevelt

Blackjack – Nun 1

Needle – Nun 2

Alysha – Nun 3

Casey – David's father

Elf – David's mother/Patrick's mother

There really is someone who I know who has the nickname 'Elf', but this character will be different from the person.