I wonder what everyone thinks of me. Bobbie thought as she lied in bed waiting for everyone to fall asleep. If being a newsie is such hard work you think people would fall asleep faster. How am I going to get out of here if no one falls asleep.

Bobbie thought about odd things until she thought that everyone was asleep like, what would it be like if she became a street vendor, and even thought about moving to Canada, but decided against it. Finally everyone seemed to be asleep. Bobbie quietly got up grabbed her things and escaped out the window. She was free again. No worries no commitment and no one chasing her. The newsies were nice, but she didn't want a place to live or friends all she needed was her and her brother... suddenly she was interrupted by someone calling her name.

"Kelly." A voice in an alley called to her. She turned down the alley to find Jeromy the Jerk.

"How much did you make with them?" He asked. Bobbie dug in her pocket and pulled out seventy-five cents.

"Only seventy-five cents?" He asked in shock.

"Yeah, these people made me work for it. And I'm not all that great at selling papers." Bobbie said a little conceited.

"You sold papers?" Jeromy asked cracking up.

"Yes." Bobbie said defensively. When he was still laughing she said, "It's nice to be called Kelly again, they all called me Bobbie."

"Why would they call you Bobbie?" Jeromy asked when he finally stopped laughing.

"Because I told them that was my name." Bobbie said smiling. Jeromy just grunted.

"Where are we off to next?" Bobbie asked

"No where, I want you to go back in there and be a newsie. You get to live there and you're working." Jeromy said laughing under his breath at the thought of her being a newsie.

"Fine, but I'll need the money to buy papers and just to look normal." Bobbie said.

"Here." He said giving her the money back. "Come out here each night and check in." Jeromy said kicking at something on the ground.

"Ohh, you do really care about me." Bobbie was about to hug him, but he gave her a look of pure disgust. Then she walked back to The Lodging House. When she got there she found everything just as she left it, but someone had put her pillow and blanket away. She thought this was awkward, but got her pillow and blanket out again and went to bed.

The next morning

Bobbie awoke to the sound of Kloppmans voice. Bobbie not really ready to get up yet put the pillow over her head, and tried to go back to sleep. Soon she was brutally interrupted by someone throwing a shoe at her.

"Oww!" She yelled throwing the blanket off the see that the only person in the room was Jack. "Where did everyone else go?" Bobbie asked while her eyes adjusted to the light.

"Where did you go last night? Maybe if you hadn't of gone anywhere then you wouldn't be so tired." Jack said without a hint of humor in his voice.

"I went on a walk, is the unforgivable deed in newsies?" Bobbie asked while putting one of her boots on.

"You always take walks in alley's in the middle of the night?" Jack asked

"And if I do?" Bobbie asked.

"I like to know where my newsies are, especially in the middle of the night." Jack said challenging her.

"Well maybe I don't want to be a newsie if I'm going to have to be babysat." Bobbie said back.

"Well there's the door." Jack said pointing to the door downstairs. Bobbie didn't know what to say. So she got up and went into the bathroom.

yeah i finally updated!! i have a major writers block. Sorry:)

rachel