Disclaimer: I do not own Newsies. I own Knots. Milkshake is owned by C.M Higgins and Sparks owns Sparks! Now.... on to the chappie!

"Then that means..." Knots said, her voice cracking.

A tear fell down Sparks's cheek as she looked at the floor and nodded.

" That man is my dad too."

" Wait a minute!" Spot said angrily. "You betta explain youse self goily!"

Sparks started to cry a little harder.

" Spot..." Race said shooting him a glare.

" Well it's true aint it!?! Don't tells me Ise the only one that wants some answers around heah!"

" We all wanna know whats going on Spot, but ya need to relax a little." Milkshake said.

" When youse ready Sparks, we'd like to know what happened." Jack said calmly.

Sparks took a deep breath.

" When I was younger, I lived with my mom and dad, and we were a pretty happy family. We were always going for picnics, and taking walks together. I truly thought I had the perfect life. One day when I was 11, my mom left my dad and me for another guy. My dad was hurt, and so was I but my dad was really strong about it, for about 6 months. He started drinking...a lot; and he blamed me for making my mom leave. He would come home every night from work drunk, and would hit me. Eventually he got fired, and he blamed me for that too. About a year later, when I was 12 he managed to find a girlfriend, don't ask me how, and she moved in with us. She was just as bad as my dad if not worse. Her name was Wanda." Sparks's tears were flowing fast down her warm cheeks.

" She drank a lot also." Sparks continued. "And she hit me too. I figured the relationship wouldn't last long, and I would just have to wait it out, and be able to handle my dad blaming me for her leaving him. I was wrong; they got engaged. A year later, when I was thirteen, the night before the wedding, my soon to be "Step-Mom" pulled me into her room. She started to hit me, and told me that as soon as she said "I-do" I would be shipped to boarding school in Switzerland. I ran out of that house as fast as I could, and never looked back. I lived in Queens for about three years, and then one day, my dad found me somehow and paid me a visit." Sparks looked down at her hand and realized Milkshake and Knots were holding on to it, and comforting her.

" He told me that Wanda had gotten pregnant twice, and after having the kids, left for Paris to pursue the lovely life of a cortisone. He wanted me to come back, and take care of his kids for him, and basically be his slave. When I refused him, he threatened to hunt me down and kill me. I knew I had to hide. I had been on my own for three years, just me, myself and I. I knew I needed to find some sort of support, and get on with living a normal life. So I met up with Itey, and he brought me here. And you all know the rest."

The room was silent as Sparks finished. Knots was the first to speak.

" Thanks for telling us Sparks." she said caringly.

" Now, we really need to figure out what to do with Curly and Splash." Jack said.

" I can write my Aunt and tell her they're coming, and we could all raise money for their train tickets." Sparks said pulling herself together.

" It's gonna be tough." Milkshake said.

" We're all gonna have to sell more papes." Racetrack chimed in.

" Jack!" Knots exclaimed. "I've got an idea. What if we have a sort of fundraiser at Meddas. We could have her put on a show, and charge a low price. That way they will want to come because they wont have to pay much."

Jack smiled.

" That's my girl." He said pulling her in tightly and messing up her hair. "Now, we gotta go talk to Medda and plan this fundraiser, we'll go first thing in the morning."

Ok end of ch.35! I know it was a short chappie, sorry! But the next one will be up soon! To my reviewers!

Milkshake

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Twitch- lol how did you figure out that I'm in love with Jack? : )

Shade- I didn't realize there were so many kisses in this story! Well, it is in the romance genre for a reason! : )

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