He took down her photo and sat on his bed, look at her smiling face. A face that hadn't smiled in five years. It seemed that the photo's smile was starting to fade as well.

Take my photo off the wall, if it just won't sing for you.

His precious Virginia had gone away and she can't return... six feet of dirt is quite heavy.

'Cause all that's left has gone away...

Quarter swallowed the lump in his throat and became lost in his memories.

5 years ago

" Quartah! Quartah watch me do a flip!" Virginia said proudly as she did a flip on the grass. Quarter smiled at her and walked up to her and hugged her in embrace. Virginia was his girlfriend and selling partner for a long time, Her nickname being Dime. Quarter and Dime. It just went together. They were both generous Newsies, but Dime got her nickname because every day after selling she would go to the bank and convert all her money into dimes, because it just made more sence to her to have ten dimes than four quarters, and no one had taught her that four quarters equaled a dollar, she had to figure out the dime part for herself.

"Dat was mighty cool Dime," Quarter whispered in her ear.

"Show all dah rich goils huh Quartah?" Dime asked him looking into his steel grey eyes.

"You'd show em just by bein there," He said giving her a small kiss on the cheek.

And there's nothing there for you to proove.

"Ahh, yous flattah me Quatah," Dime smiled, batting her eyelashes at him. He laughed and they walked down the road hand in hand. They stopped at a fork in the road and Quarter turned to Dime.

"I'se guess I'll see you's tomorrow," He said kissing her forehead. Dime, being much shorter than him, hugged him around the waiste.

"I'se love you Quatah," She whispered.

"I'se love you too, Dime," He smiled and hugged her back. Dime walked to her home in Queens and Quarter walked down the road to the Brooklyn Lodging house. The boys at the lodging house greeted him warmly and he spit-shook with Spot.

"How was yoah sellin taday Spot?" Quarter asked as he was delt in on a poker game.

"Deh same as usual Quatah, the best," Spot said with a slight smirk on his face.

"So fellah's" Said a Newsie called Eye, for he had quite the eye for the girls in Brooklyn. "See and nice lookin goil's in dah streets taday?"

"Oh yeah I's saw a couple," Said Spot, puffing out his chest. "How's about you's Quatah?"

"Ah, Not taday fellahs," He said shruging. The other newsies didn't know about Dime because she was from Queens and Spot had a thing against them.

with that they went into playing poker and talking about girls into the night, until Charles, the Lodging House keeper banged the door open with a small figure in his arms.

"Does any o' you's know dis goil? She got beat up pretty bad and she dropped on dah doah-step," Charles said laying her softly on a rug. Quarter got up and walked over, horrified when he saw the face of his precious Virginia unconcious on the ground. He dropped to the floor next to her and held her in his arms, kissing her red hair and whispering that she would be ok.

"What are you's doin Quatah?" Spot asked appauled. Quarter had put on a tough guy act until now, when he dropped it and showed his true self. "If any one sees you like dis you's gonna end brooklyn's reputation."

Oh, look what you've done, you've made a fool of everyone.

Quarter shook his head at Spot and held Dime closer. It had been easy to keep the tough guy act. He just had to think of seeing Dime the next day and he would get through.

Oh well, it seems like such fun until you lose what you had won.

"You's are slowly losing our respect Quatah," Eye said. "Unless you's tell us who dis goil is and why you's a mushy blob ovah her."

"Fellahs dis is my goil. I didn't tell you about her befoah because... she's from Queens," Quarter said looking down. "An' I thought Spot might get a lil mad."

"I'se wouldn't have been upset if you told me in dah foist place but now..." Spot's voice trailed off and Quarter flinched.

"Ah, I'se lyin I'se aint mad at you's," Spot said smiling.

"But I thought you had a ting against Queens!" Eye protested.

"Deh boy's in Queens, yes. But I didn't nevah know dere was goils dere as well," Spot explained.

Virginia started too move.

"Dime, is you's ok?" Quarter asked.

"Help me Quartah, It hoits to much tah live," She moaned.

Give me back my point of view, Cause I just can't think for you.

"You'se gotta live Dime, Cause I can't live widdout you," Quarter told her.

"Deh boys at Queens found out about you, Quartah. Dey's thought me a traitor and thought they beat me to death... maybe they did," She whispered. She sighed and closed her eyes, leaning against Quarter.

"Should I live or should I die?" She asked, half to herself, half to Quarter.

I can hardly hear you say 'What should I do?' well you choose.

"I'se want you to stay with me, but I's know I can't make you'se do dat," Quarter whispered. Dime smiled up at him. She sighed her last breath and her body went cold. Quarter's eyes filled with tears and he willingly let them drop onto his precious Virginia's cheeks.

"Quatah... Please stop cryin'" Eye said slowly.

Oh look what you've done, you've made a fool of everyone.

Quarter let the sobs wrack him and exhaust him as he held his lifeless love. The heart he had won now was unbeating and cold.

Oh well, it seems like such fun until you lose what you had won.

"Quartah if you's don't stop cryin I's make you sleep outside," Spot threatened. The didn't know that Dime was dead yet, because her skin still had that warm lifely look to it, not yet blue and hard.

Oh, look what you've done you've made a fool of every one... a fool of every one... a fool of everyone.

Quarter stood up and carried his precious Virginia outside into the pouring rain. He walked to the park, his tears mixing with the rain. He lay her down next to their favorite tree, and with his bare hands, he dug her a grave. He put her in her grave and covered her up, compacting the dirt as best he could. When he was done he took out his pocket knife and carved 'Virginia 'Dime' Watson' into the tree above her.

He walked soaking wet and heartbroken back to the Brooklyn Lodging house.

Present Day (1899)

A know on the door brought Quarter out of his thoughts and he found Dimes' picture splashed with tears.

Take my photo off the wall If it just wont sing for you.

He looked out the window to see young children laughing and playing on the streets, but it wasn't the same as five years ago.

Cause all that's left is gone away...

He got up and opened the door to see Mute standing at the door. She was smiling at him with a smile that was all to firmiliar, and for a second it was Dime standing there instead of Mute.

And there's nothing there for you to do.

He pulled Mute into a sudden hug that surprised even him. Some of the newsies stopped and looked at the two and he heard Eye, the new Lodging House Keeper whine 'Quuaaarrrtaahh! Not again!'

Oh, look what you've done you've made a fool of everyone.

He released Mute from his grasp and her face was surprised and happy, with a straing glow about it.

Oh well it seems like such fun until you lose what you had won.

"Mute, I's aint gonna let anythin happen to you's," he said and hugged her again. She gave him a confused look and hugged him back. By now every Newsie in the bunk room was watching them and they heard Jazz, Blue, and Sure-Thing say 'awwwwww, how cute!'

Oh look what you've don't you've made a fool of everyone... a fool of every one... of everyone... a fool of everyone.

Quarter walked out the door with his new love, for he had finally moved on, and he walked out the door hand in hand with his beautiful Mute.