"Well, well, well look who's now friends." Mush said, with a silly grin covering his face. "One minute you look ready to tear each other a part and now you're friends? Women." This last comment earned Mush a playful slap.

"Bobbie, this is Mush. Mush, this is Bobbie. Sunshine said.

"Charmed I'm sure." Bobbie said laughing at her own joke.

"Yeah, same goes for you." He replied a little puzzled.

"Were going to sell together today, and if all goes well maybe tomorrow also." Sunshine said looking at Mush.

"Well you know how to sell papes, go get 'um tiger." Mush said ushering us on. Sunshine gave him a playful evil eye and we headed down the street.

"The first thing you gotta learn about sellin' papes is how to improvise. Like look at this crappy headline. 'The Mayors Daughter is Getting Married' who cares about the mayor's personal life? So this is where the improvising comes in, or as Jack calls it improving the truth, it's the same thing though." Sunshine said as she flipped through the pape. "Here, look at this "A Toy Store in Texas Burns Down" now think about this 'A Town in Texas Burns Down Due to Bad Management'." Sunshine said rather proud of her self.

"How can a town burn down due to bad management?" Bobbie asked

"Exactly, when people hear that their going to wonder that exact same thing therefore buying the pape. Am I ingenious or what?" Bobbie answered her question by raising an eyebrow and smirking.

"Here are half of my papes now go make me proud," Sunshine had a look of laughter on her face when she said this. Ha Bobbie thought anyone could sell papes. I used to dream of have a job where all you have to do is lie, and now I found one. Soon Bobbie found out that selling papes wasn't as easy as she thought it would be. When she was finally finished selling them she went to go meet up with Sunshine.

"What took you so long?" Sunshine asked.

"You make it look a lot easier than it really is." Sunshine laughed at this statement, and started they walking to Tibby's.

"Here's you're money." Bobbie said handing the money to Sunshine.

"Guilted me into this. You can have half of it. You earned it"

"Thanks," Was all Bobbie said. She was afraid if she offered Sunshine the money then she would agree and take the money back. She had made a dime. You certainly didn't hear her complaining she could use all the money she could get her hands on.

At Tibby's

"What took you so long Sunny?" A boy with an eye patch asked.

"Hey, it was Bobbie's first time, back off Blink." Sunshine replied rather protectively.

"A goil named Bob huh." A boy with a cigar hanging out of his mouth said,

"Bobbie, not Bob." Bobbie replied rather defensively.

"O.k. sweetheart calm you're self." Jack said with a smirk covering his ugly face. (Or at least what Bobbie thought was ugly) "Over here Bobbie I got a seat with you're name all over it." Jack offered, emphasizing Bobbie, and gesturing to chair right next to his own.

Bobbie was about to decline this offer when Sunshine nudged her over to him. I'll take it for the team. Bobbie thought to her self. As she walked over. Jack got up, and pulled the chair out for her.

"Umm, thanks." Bobbie said as Jack scooted her in. She was amazed that her could put on this nice act so well.

"How was you're first day of selling?" Mush asked

"Hmmm, fine harder than I thought it would be though." All the guys laughed at this comment. "I don't mean to impose, but I would enjoy knowing you're names as well." She was sitting at only on of the seven tables of booths filled up with who looked to be newsies, but she would slowly get to know all their names. Every one at the table just looked at her until Mush took it upon him self to break the silence.

"I'm Mush, charmed I'm sure" He said making fun of her not so funny joke from earlier. All the boys looked at each other not understanding why Mush and her were laughing. The boy with the cigar in his mouth stuck out his hand and said,

"Racetrack"

After that all the boy's took turns telling her their names.

"Kid Blink"

"Crutchy"

"David"

"And I believe we have already met." Jack said.

"How? Oh, you mean this morning when you blew me off?" Bobbie said glad that he brought up the subject.

"I didn't blow you off." Jack replied defensively.

"Then what did you mean by giving me some smug answer when all I did was ask you a simple question?" All the boys looked rather impressed, and their heads seemed to follow the conversation by turning to face the person speaking.

"I was busy that all. I'm sorry if you took it that way though." He said smiling broadly. We stayed starring at each other until the waiter came over, interrupting our unspoken starring contest.

"What would you like to eat? The waiter asked. After all the boy had already ordered the waiter turned his attention towards Bobbie. She was going to order something, but remembered her financial situation and answered a simple "No thank you." Then some thing very unexpected happened.

"She'll take a cheese burger, plain, meat and cheese only." Jack had just ordered for her.

"And what would the lady like to drink?" The waiter asked, kinda confused.

"Umm, She's watching her figure so she'll take a glass of water, extra ice." Jack said smiling profusely.

"What? O.k. first off I'm not watching my figure and that doesn't make sense to get a hamburger and tell the waiter I'm watching my figure. Second I said I didn't want anything, and third I can't afford that. I have a dept to repay."

"Good I was hoping you would let me buy you lunch, and if I'm buying don't you think it would be rude to waste my money? And lastly I just added the watching you're figure thing to see you're face when you heard that, and it was priceless." Jack was still smiling.

He like him self too much. Bobbie thought. She did end up eating her food, and she found out Jack likes to pick on her a lot, but if anyone else said some thing he was very protcetive. When they left Tibby's Bobbie's plan was to leave, and meet up with Sunshine somewhere tomorrow, but Jacks plans were very different.

"Where do you think you are going?" Jack asked as Bobbie was trying to escape quietly out of the crowd. "You're a newsie now, that means ya got to sleep with them too." Bobbie was appalled at the thought. No where in the job description did it say that she had to sleep with them. Bobbie's face must have been easily readable, because Jack started cracking up. All the other people had gone on without them but Bobbie still found this rather embarrassing.

"What?" She hissed, her eyes pleading with his to stand up and stop laughing.

"You thought I meant sleep with the newsies." Jack said, emphasizing with.

"I meant live with us, ya know sleep in The Lodging House with us. But ya know we could do that to." Jack said the smile coming to his face again. Hearing that even Bobbie laughed a little.

"So you mean live with you." Bobbie asked. Jack nodded. "Better than a park bench I suppose"

Jack took her by the hand and he led her to a near by pond. He sat down by the waters edge, and motioned for Bobbie to sit also. He really isn't as bad as I thought, and he even bought me lunch. Bobbie thought as she sat.