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Chapter Three:

"Umm, I want some dessert, I'll be right back," Brittany stammered nervously.

"Dessert can wait," Jill said as she pushed Brittany back down in her seat, "Dave, meet Sarah."

"It's a pleasure to meet you," Dave said looking at Brittany the way the other boys did.

"Stupid Dave!" thought Brittany, "He doesn't even recognize me, well I guess that's kinda lucky, and I'm gonna just have to play along, but this is gross!"

Right about then, a polka came on, and at once, they all asked Brittany to dance, fighting each other off. Dave had almost gotten to her when Kid Blink jumped in front of him, grabbed Brittany around the waist, and took her onto the dance floor. (thank goodness, she thought). Kid Blink was a lousy dancer, he kept stepping on Brittany's feet.

After the song ended, another began, and this time Mush came to dance with Brittany. He was a little better dancer than Kid Blink, but he still managed to step on Brittany's feet repeatedly. As they danced, she noticed that Christina and Crutchy were still playing their card game that Jill and Race were sitting at the table. This went on for a while, and she wondered why no one was asking Jill to dance. As she danced with Skittery, she looked over to see that Kid Blink had walked over by her, but Race just pushed his face out of the way. Brittany laughed.

When the song ended, Skittery went to sit down and to her disgust, Dave came over and asked if he could cut in. She thought it would be mighty suspicious if she refused, so they began to dance. She tried not to look at him, and glanced around at the other couples on the floor. It was at that moment when she spotted him. Jack Kelly was dancing with gasp the real Sarah. Even if Dave didn't notice who she was, Brittany was sure Sarah would. She spun around so they were turned the other way, and it was at this moment when Jack Kelly spotted her. He stared at her, so much so that Sarah turned to see what he was looking at. Brittany noticed this right away, ran off, and left Dave standing on the dance floor. She sat down at a bench across the floor from where Jill and the other newsies were sitting. Dave tried to find Brittany, but was soon knocked over by a large, fat, man.

Phew," thought Brittany, "that was close. No one had realized that she had gone, well, except Dave, but he was currently knocked out while the boys dragged him off the floor. Finally, Jill noticed that Dave was knocked out and Brittany was nowhere in sight, so she ran off to look for her. Jill wondered what Dave had done to make Brittany so angry. When the song ended, Jack walked over to where Brittany was, and stared her down from head to foot, noticing her perfectly curled hair, her sparkling blue dress and diamond earrings.

"Whoa, Jill, whose pocket did you pick to afford all dis'?

"What are you talking about," Brittany replied, "I'm not Jill."

"Jill stop messin' wit my head, where did you get the dough? I ain't gonna squeal on ya, you know me better." Jack responded arrogantly.

At that moment Jill stepped out from behind the buffet.

"Cowboy, I don't steal, and if I ever did, I would spend my money tryin' ta find somethin' ta do wit traitors like you." She said.

"Are you alright Sarah?" Jill asked Brittany.

"Yes I'm fine," Brittany responded.

"I gotta go check on Dave, make sure he ain't dead, wouldn't that just be tragic," Jill said sarcastically, "oh by the way, Sarah, this is Jack, Jack, Sarah." And with that she was off.

"Sorry about that Sarah," Jack said to Brittany, "It's just you two look so alike and I mixed ya up."

"Oh its no problem at all," Brittany responded, not noticing her cheeks turning bright red.

Brittany and Jack talked for what must have been 20 minutes. Something about Brittany intrigued Jack, she was smart and beautiful and graceful. A waltz came on, and Jack asked Brittany if she would like to dance. Jack was a wonderful dancer. he didn't step on her feet once. They had a wonderful time, talking and laughing, when a girl cut in to dance with Jack. Brittany moved out of the way and glanced over to see that it was Sarah!! She ran back across the dance floor and sat down on a bench. Jack looked back over at her, but Sarah quickly spun him around so they couldn't see each other. Brittany decided that this spot was to risky, so she went back to sit by the newsies.

"Hey Sarah, you alright?" asked Jill.

"Well I don't know," she replied, thought a minute and asked, "Hey Jill, how long have you been a newsie?" author's note: here goes a long part, but its important so read it!

"All my life, well at least I think so anyways. Ya see, when I was real little, my parents died. I didn't have anywhere to go, so I just hung out on the streets. Then, one day, I passed out from bein' hungry, and a boy my age brought me back ta his lodgin' house and gave me some food. Yeah, Race saved my life that day, and he taught me the art of bein' a newsie. Ever since then, we've been best friends, well except for Christina. She's not my real sista, kinda adopted I guess. One day when I was about 9 I found her wanderin' the streets alone at night, so we looked for her parents, and when we couldn't find 'em I just kinda decided I would take care of 'er as a sista, and Crutchy kinda watches out fa' both of us. Anyways, one day, last year, this kid comes wantin' to sell papes because his fadda's outta a job, he's real preppy-like and has a kid brother. Then, we find out we both got the same last names and dat we're cousins. Yeah, that was only a year ago when I met Dave and Les and Sarah, and from every day on I wished I hadn't. Ya see, They won't even let me come over their house because I guess I'm not good enough ta be parta deir family or somethin'. Dave acts all nicey-nice around da newsies, but I know betta. I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw him.

"Whoa whoa whoa back up a step or 5," Brittany said, "Did you say Dave was your cousin?"

"Yeah unfortunately," Jill responded.

"I fear I haven't been entirely truthful to you," Brittany said in a whisper, "My name isn't Sarah at all. It's Brittany Jacobs. When I was very young, my parents left me at Aunt Esther and Uncle Mayer's house so they could go find a place to live. I never heard from them again after that, but I think they're still out there somewhere. Anyways, my relatives treat me like dirt. All I do is cook and clean and sleep and eat, and they hide me so nobody knows about me. This is the very first time I've been out of the house for any substantial length of time.

"Wait a second, are you messin' wit my head, or are we..."Jill said, but Brittany cut her off, "Twins?"

THANKS SOOOOOO MUCH TO MY REVIEWERS!!!! You guys don't know how much I love u and how much you make me smile!!!

Dreamless-Mermaid: thanks so much for reading my story and reviewing, I hope you keep reading!

Petals: hehe I didn't know how the world would react to the petroleum jelly, so I'm glad you liked it because my cousin Britt and I think its hilarious!

LadyRach: you liked the petroleum jelly thing to hehe I'm so excited! A pierogi is a polish food which is pretty much dough wrapped around cheesy mashed potatoes or any other thing you want to fill it with. The buffet is for Jack's b-day party, catered by Tibby's!

Ducks-go-quack-00: You are awesome, thanks sooo much for writing the awesomest reviews!!! Music, dancing, singing, acting, Newsies; all my favorites! I love the beach boys too! Kokomo is definitely one of my favorite beach boys songs! I also have an obsession with Billy Joel, he's just my absolute favorite! I was excited to see you like him too! I'm really glad you like my story and I really appreciate all the wonderful things you write to me!!!! Thanks!

Thanks again everybody! I'll try to update fast but school's been crazy! Also, keep an eye open for another of my Newsies stories to be posted, it's set during World War 2 and it's a lot about Skittery and Brittany with also a lovely sideline story of me and Race! So check it out, watch for it within the next week or so!

p.s. what should this chapter be called without giving too much away?

p.s.s.-who's your favorite newsie and why? I'd love to hear about it!

-queen of ny-