"Come in." I said sleepily.

"Did I wake ye?" Spot asked putting his head through the now cracked doorway.

"No." I said sitting up. I noticed he way just standing there. "You can come in ye know."

"Thanks." he shut the door behind him and climbed on the top bunk.

"Whudd er ye doin up derre?"

"Its too noisy out derre. Mind if I sleep in hea?" he asked laying down.

"It probably won't do any good if I say no, will it?"

"Nope."

"Well den I guess not."

"So Jack says ye got a crush on a newsie."

When I heard that I thought to myself. 'I'm gonna kill him!' "Did he tell ye who?"

"No.. So who is it? Blink? Er mebe ye like Race. Er mebe...ME?"

"Why dye wanna know?"

"Ah no reason."

"Hmm, I ain't telling. An ye betta not try te find out by askin Jack."

"Aw Why not? Yer so cute almost anyone would want ye te be derre goil."

"Alright. If I give ye a clue can we please sleep?"

"Alight deal!"

"De clue is...I've talked te im before."

"Aw c'mon it could be almost anyone. Mebe ye like Mush."

I looked up at him. "Who eva it is ye ain't findin out." I layed back down.

"C'mon its killin me. I gotta know."

I peeked up over the side of the top bunk and was looking into his beautiful blue eyes. I started to blush hoping he couldn't tell.

"Look we had a deal." I said still looking at him. "G'nite."

"Aw oh well. G'nite." he smiled.

I couldn't sleep with him in the room. I layed awake for what seemed like hours until finally I drifted off to sleep. I was able to get up on my own in the morning. I wasn't tired even though I had very little sleep. I dressed quietly hoping I wouldn't wake Spot. While getting dressed he moved around and I prayed he was still asleep. I'd be really embarrassed if he had seen me. I left quietly not waking him and to finish getting ready. When I was done the boys were just starting to wake up. Kloppman had waken the boys up.

"Hey ye shoulda waken me up." Spot grumbled coming out of my room.

"So ye were asleep de whole time." I felt relieved.

"Mebe." he said now grinning.

"Lets go Ang!" Scott yelled clunking down the stairs.

"Coming!" I yelled back. "Well I guess we betta get goin.' I said to Spot.

We walked to the Distribution Center and for once Scott and Spot didn't argue. Me and Spot got in line behind Jack. I got fifty papes and Spot, like Jack, got a hundred.

"Ye surre ye can sell all of em by noon?" I asked as we walked around for a selling spot.

"Yea of course I'm surre. Whudd bout you?" he asked quickly. "I thought ye were new at dis."

"I am, but sellin fifty is kinda easy." I smiled.

"So bout last nite, who dye like? C'mon I won't tell." he slipped in slyly.

"Why dye wanna know so badly?"

"Just cuz I do"

"Whudd Jack say te ye?" I asked curiously.

"He said dat derres a newsie ye gots a crush on. I asked im who it was an all he said was he was in de room. Not te mention a lot of de guys kinda like ye." he smiled/

"Who exactly likes me?" I asked now interested.

"Hmmm lets see. Mush likes ye, an I think Blink does too. A lot of de guys were interested when Jack said youse gots a crush on someone."

"Wow I couldn't tell." I sounded surprised.

We were able to sell our papes not to long before lunch. While leaving I noticed Crane and two guys Oscar and Morris were talking to the day before following us.

"Spot, were bein followed." I whispered as we turned a corner.

"I know. I noticed em eilia. So derre de ones following ye round huh?"

"Yea don't ye recognize any of em?"

"Yea I do." he said looking over his shoulder.

"So now whudd?" I asked trying to keep up with him.

"We just ignore em fer now." He said calmly.

"But-"

"If dey know yer afraid den dey'll try te make a move. Fer now we don't do nuttin."

"Alright if yer surre."

By the time we reached Tibby's they had stopped following us. We went in to eat and Crutchy told me that Scott and Kevin were still selling. Me and Spot sat with Blink and Skittery. Spot didn't have to tell me that Jack told everyone about me liking a newsie. When we sat down Blink immediately asked whom I liked.

"I'll let ye know when I'm ready te ok?" I said quickly.

"Alright fine..., but ye'd just be wastin time ye know. Like me an Spot, we could use a goil." Skitter tried.

"Look I don't feel like sayin right now."

"Yer back already?" Scott asked coming through the doorway.

"Yea, we haven't been hea fer long though." Spot answered.

"Did ye have any trouble taday?" Scott asked sitting in the booth behind us with Les, Kevin, and David.

"Well if ye mean were we followed ye, but odda den dat no." Spot said turning around to talk to Scott. "Well hows it goin David?" Spot asked.

"Whudd, ye get bored wit callin me a walkin mouth yet?" David laughed.

"Nah not really." Spot laughed.

"Oh I see." David said grinning. "We're doin ok. How's it goin wit you an Christina?"

"Ah well it turned out dat we were betta as just friends.' Spot gave David a funny look. "Not te mention she liked someone else who happened te be from queens."

"Oh! Well sorry bout dat. Guess I ain't much help am I?" David asked.

"Nah but at least we're still friends."

"Whudd ye mean?" I asked David.

"Well I thought it'd be a good idea fer im an Christina te go out." he answered.

"Oh I see."

"Hey did ye hea? Angel likes someone, but won't tell us." Spot blurted.

"Yea Jack told me." he said winking.

"Does dat mean ye know who it is?" Spot asked.

"Yea!" he laughed.

"Jack told ye!" I yelled.

"Yea, but don't worry he told me not te tell."

"Who else did he tell?" I demanded.

"Just me an Crutchy."

"He promised not te tell." I yelled.

"No I promised not te tell de one ye like." Jack said walking past the booth.

"Yer so mean!" I cried "I'm goin te see Medda!"

"Aw c'mon ye can trust Davey an Crutchy." he assured me.

"Yea but de one I can't trust is you!" I protested.

I left almost in tears, but they didn't notice. I was so mad, I couldn't believe he told them who I liked. What if someone else found out? That's when I realized Spot yelling my name. I turned after making sure I wasn't crying.

"Whudd?"

"Ye can't go alone rememba? Whudd if de scabs found ye by yerself?" he questioned.

"Sorry I fergot."

"Ye ok?" he asked sincerely.

"Yea I guess. I'm just really mad he told."

"Why don't ye want anyone te know?"

"Whudd if he don't like me de way I like im?"

"So yer afraid te find out?" he stated.

"Well yea I guess I am. Afta all de last time I did he ended up likin me, but he was different from whudd I thought. He seemed nice but afta a while he became violent I guess. Dats why Scott doesn't like any guy dat I'm friends wit."

"Oh so dats why he's like dat."

"Yea pretty much."

"How long ago was it?"

"Mebe two-three months ago. Trevor wasn't happy we left eida."

"Trevor?"

"Yea, dats his name."

"So ye left cuz of im?"

"No we also left cuz we didn't have a place te live."

"Oh."

Medda opened the door when I knocked.

"You don't have to knock Angel. Please come in you two. So how is it in the Lodging House?"

"Well it's different." I smiled.