Disclaimer—I don't own Newsies, nor any other Media references I may make. I am not profiting at all from this story.

A/n—at the beginning of each chapter it says what day of the week it is. If it says 'Still ' that means the day of the week is the same as the day before it. (duh?) If it doesn't say 'Still' before it that means it is a new day. Please R&R!

Shoutouts:

Kate- um...was your review interrupted or something? It seems incomplete. And I don't think Spring will be heard from after this, it isn't planned at least.

Coin- Bumlets couldn't be gone forever! He's too wonderful! We love him too much!

Strawberri Shake- A taller Boots would be hot...real hot. And Mountie is my friend. I love Itey so she says that I can love him in reality. She really does like heavy metal. She has a really long jacket. It's really, really cool!

Erin Go Bragh- Bumlets never really left, he was just...different and clone- like for a while.

(Still Wednesday)

Kid Blink's PoV

"OK boys, today we'll be doing Sex Ed instead of basketball." Coach Snyder was pacing in front of us nervously.

Groans of annoyance scattered throughout the crowd.

"Coach Snyder! They can't cancel basketball on us!" shouted Oscar Delancy from one of the side bleachers.

"Yeah! Especially for Sex Ed," agreed Morris from beside him. Do those kids go everywhere together? How'd they get in all the same classes?

"The school board demands that was teach children about sexual education. They choose to teach it in PhysEd classes. This is a mandatory class."

There were more scattered groans.

Coach Snyder cleared his throat and turned to the mobile blackboard behind him. "In the dictionary, 'sex' is defined a sexual attraction between people, or behaviour resulting from or motivated by this attraction." He began to write this on the board. When he got to 'between people' he just trailed off and turned back to the class.

"Don't you mean 'between a man and a woman'?" scoffed Oscar.

Snyder shifted from one foot to the other uncomfortably for a second. "No, sex can be experienced between a woman and another woman as well as between a man and another man."

Morris coughed loudly, sounding amazingly close to 'doggy-style'. A number of boys snickered.

"But—" Coach Snyder continued, "Rarely do things like condoms and birth control work. Abstinence!" he shouted, turning once again to the board and writing 'Abs' before giving up.

I raised my hand. "But what about two people of the same gender?" I immediately regretted it.

Oscar whispered something to Morris and a kid dressed in all black, with two eyebrow rings swivelled to openly stare at me.

"Same sex intercourse can result in many sexually transmitted diseases," he wrote 'STD' on the board, "including AIDS." He wrote 'AIDS'.

Oh. OK. The boy with the eyebrow rings was still staring at me.

Snyder raped on the board with a ruler. "Mr Messier! Would you like to join the class?"

The boy with the eyebrow rings faced Snyder with a very ugly smirk on his face.

I sunk down as low as I could into the bleachers.

"If the black demon that is sex ever tempts you…"

==

"Hey! Kid with the eye patch!" called someone from behind me as I left. They grabbed my arm and I turned to face them. It was 'Mr Messier'.

"What do you want?" I asked, glaring a little.

"What was the deal with asking that question about homosexuals?" he said this in a purely curious way.

I laughed. "You're joking, aren't you?" I asked. Practically the whole school knew about Mush and I. I thought.

But Messier shook his head.

"I'm gay," I said, gesturing to myself.

"Oh," Messier took a step backwards, "well…"

"I don't like you," I blurted.

Messier looked taken aback. "I—I didn't mean—"

"Never mind. I have to get to class." I turned and came face to face with Mush.

Mush's PoV

I rushed down the hall towards the East gym. I stumbled into someone going in the opposite direction, by the time I'd regained myself again the hallway had filled even more. Standing in the doorway of the gym was Blink and a kid wearing all black and had his hair spiked to an amazing height.

I tried calling to Blink but he didn't hear me. He was very flushed and as I fought through the crowds I heard snatches of conversation.

"What…deal…homosexual," said the kid.

"…joking…you?" asked Blink, "…gay!…like you!"

The kid looked very surprised after Blink said whatever he did. Blink turned to face me.

What should I do? I asked myself. From what I'd just seen Blink was very open with this guy. It sure seemed like he could tell him the truth. He never told me that he had feelings for me. But I couldn't say that, it would seem to 'jealous boyfriend'.

"Oh, hi Mush."

"Hi, who's this?"

Blink turned around and the kid introduced himself as Bumlets. "And this is Mush," he told Bumlets. I found Blink's hand and laced my fingers into his. He opened his palm so that my hand fell out of his.

"They're doing Sex Ed today," he told me before heading off down the hall.

What's going on here? Why is Blink suddenly so afraid to show that we're dating? What's the problem with people knowing he's my boyfriend?

He's the one who kissed me in the first place.

A/n: Sorry about that turn in the story. I know that Mush and Blink were cute, but it just couldn't work out. I sound like such a pessimist, but it's true. Review and tell me how mad you are at me.