I don't not own Newsies or anything to do with it, but I do own Jess. Jess is mine .. back off biotch! ahahahaha I'm just kidding.

Lullabye appears again. It's a song by the fabulous Billy Joel! I love him.

I have no idea how they curled hair back then so I made up my own way. I think it would work! But I could be wrong. Well, go ahead and read!


"Rose? Rose, get up!" A loud voice came flooding through the door. I groaned and sat up.

"I'm up!" I yelled and stared at my bed sheets. 'I hate mornings.' I thought as I rolled out of bed. Looking at my reflection, I frowned. My long brown hair was unruly and my hazel eyes were drooping. I didn't fall asleep till about three according to my pocket watch. It was eight in the morning. I let out an angry sigh and got ready.

I pulled out my favorite dress and slipped it on. It was bright red, my favorite color. It was a rather plain dress. It came off the shoulder and went down to a little above the knee. It also had a low cut neck but other than that, it was plain. It was tight and silky. Plain compared to all of Medda's dresses. I smiled and sat down at the vanity.

I lit a candle and pulled out a small metal rod. I heated the rod slightly and place a thin cloth over it. Wrapping my hair around it, I waited. I sighed, I had to do this to all of my hair. This was going to take a while but it was worth it to look good. An hour later my whole head was done. I wrapped a red ribbon around my hair loosely, letting a few strands of hair fall into my face. Now that that was done, I had to put on makeup.

"Makeup is so disgusting." I muttered as I picked up lipstick. I only put a little tint on and looked at myself.

'Perfect.' I thought. Looking natural was way better. Plus, I always use to perform like this.

"Rose! It took you long enough to get down here. I was beginning to think you went back to sleep." Medda said as I appeared downstairs.

"Nah, I'm up so what do we got to do today?" I asked stepping over to her.

"We just need to review some things. Are you going to be doing your old song?" Medda asked as we stood there.

"No, I was thinking of doing a new song. Actually, ya know what, I have sheet music for it. My mom wrote it out a long time ago. It's really old but it's good song." I ran backstage and upstairs. I dug through my bag and pulled out the faded papers. They were in horrible shape, but it would work.

I ran back downstairs and handed them to Medda.

"Good, here Beth, learn this. Is it easy enough?" Medda handed the papers to the girl sitting at the piano. The girl nodded and placed it on the piano.

"Lets hear it." Medda stood back and Beth began to play. The music filled the hall and I began to sing.


"Come on, Rose, after they're done you're going on." Medda said and she rushed past me. I watched as she disappeared on stage.

"Well, as promised, here is our new girl, Rose!" Medda said and smiled, walking off stage. They applauded as I walked on stage. The lights were blinding and the noise deafening.

"Heya!" I said and smiled, waiting for the music to start. The crowd died down and the music filled the hall.

"Goodnight my angel, time to close your eyes, and save these questions for another day."

Spot sat straight up in his seat and stared at the girl on stage.

'That song ..'

"Spot, sweetie, what's wrong?" Natalie asked, alarmed, she almost fell off his lap.

"Who's that girl?" Spot asked squinting at her. Natalie frowned.

"The new girl. Her name's Rose." She replied moving to block his view. "Why?"

"Oh, nuttin, she just reminds me of someone. I think I just heard this song before." Spot said and sat back in his chair. She smiled and kissed him.


"They never die, that's how you and I will be." I finished off my song and smiled out into the crowd.

'There's Jack. Please tell me Spot's not here.' I stopped dead in my tracks. 'It's Spot! He's kissing Natalie!' I stood there for a minute more. Coming back to my senses, I ran off stage.

"Medda, you never told me that Spot would be here!" I yelled as I saw her.

"I thought that was implied when you asked if Jack and the others still came here!" Medda defended herself.

"Well, you could have at least told me that Natalie was his girl!" I yelled but whispered at the same time.

"Oh, honey, I'm so sorry! I forgot about that! Oh, sweetie, I'm -, I -, come here." She reached to give me a hug. I pushed away and ran upstairs.

I hated Spot. I hated Natalie. I didn't hate them, I hated the fact that they were together. I hated it. Slamming the door to my room, I laid down on my bed and smothered my head in a pillow.

'Why did you have to leave?' I asked myself and laid there. 'It's not like you really had a choice. Why didn't you wait for him? Why?' I rolled over and stared at the ceiling. 'It's not like I could!'

'You broke his heart. I didn't want to, I had no intention of ever breaking his heart.' Tears came, I was crying yet again. 'It broke mine too.'