Disclaimer: I do not own the Newsies. They are owned by Disney. *cries* I wished I owned the Newsies, hehe. I also don't own any of the other character's except Blue! Blue is the only thing in this story that I own, hehe.

You don't necessarily have to read all of these. It just gives you a chance to get to know the characters a little bit better, and see who you will be going up against. The way this is gonna work is couples will be voted off at the end of each chapter. To do that fairly, what I did was I placed all the names into a hat, pulled them out and in the order that they came out is the way they will be voted off. But just because you'll be voted off doesn't mean you should stop reading because sometimes couples are given the chance to come back for one more shot, so you might be back, hehe.

SO: BIG THANKS TO DEWEY AND SPITBALL FOR REVIEWING ALREADY! THANKS GUYS!

~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Our first couple is Zippy and Skittery. Skittery is a 24 year old Broadway singer. Zippy is a 22 year old that works as an elementary school teacher. They both as of right now are living in New York. She was born in Chicago and grew up living with her older brother. She has thick, curly brunette hair down to her shoulders, and about 5' 3". She is fit (which is crucial for the game) and is slightly tanned. Her eyes are a hazel/gray color. It was her personality that caught Skittery's eye.

She likes to see the bright side of things. She has a wonderful sense of humor. She's a friendly and energetic girl who is eager to make friends. She's pretty sensitive, but when things go wrong, she doesn't usually cry in public, or cry at all. It's all bubbled up inside of her, and sometimes it could just all come out at once when she is with someone who she really cares about, and who really cares about her. She doesn't like to take crap from others, and is tough, but because of her sensitivity, she doesn't do much more than complain to her friends about it, almost fearing to stand up for herself if one truly hurts her feelings. She often doesn't give her hopes up and is usually the one that begins a new conversation.

So how did she actually meet her fiancé? They met at her school of course when she was around the age of 16. She first had a crush on him for quite sometime. She didn't know what to do about it at first but eventually she asked him out (or hinted her crushing on him) and waited for his response! She found out that he had the same feelings for her and have been together ever since. They are planning on getting married in a small chapel in Chicago, with friends and family. She doesn't want a big extravagant wedding, just as long as he is there, that's all that matters to her.

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Our next couple is Taps and Davey. Davey is a 22 year old doctor and Taps is a 20 year old forensic scientist with a minor in dance. They both right now are living in Florida. Taps enjoys to tap dance, which is how she got her nickname. Ever since she could walk she was dancing. Her dream is to make it to the stage one day. She's has long brown hair, brown eyes, and is 5'2 ½".

She is effervescent, insurmountable, garrulous, nice, and caring. She met her lover from the apartment building that she lived in when she was younger. They both resided in the same apartment building. They met one day when they were little. She was friends with Davey's sister Sarah. They were playing dolls and he came over and pulled the head off on one of her dolls. She was bawling! She thought she'd never forgive him. It wasn't until the age of 13 when started to realize that boys didn't have cooties, she started to realize her feelings for Davey. Sarah and her were best friends and she didn't want to jeopardize their friendship. Davey got her her very first job, a Newsie! Sarah and Taps soon grew apart but still consider each other best friends while Davey and Taps grew closer. Finally she just went for it; they went out on a date and really liked each other.

As for their wedding, it will be in her old church. Her bridesmaids would be wearing lilac off the shoulder dresses with baby breath in their hair, same goes for the flower girls. She will wear a princess cut white dress and her daddy will walk her down the aisle with his matching tux to the groom and men. Then the reception would be held at her fire hall where they would party all night long and then head off on their honey moon to Paris.

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Now Cheatah is a 21 year old detective. Racetrack is a 24 year old who works for a casino is Las Vegas. An orphan at birth, she and her older brother Cliff escaped the orphanage when she was 7 years old. They'd been living on their own ever since, and set up a poker booth where they cheated people out of their money (that's how she got her nickname). She's about 5'5"ish with light red hair and piercing green eyes. She is built, not fat or skinny, but an athletic body, and muscular (which is very good for this game.)

She tries to act tough, but everyone sees through her act. If she likes you she's loyal and would die for you. If she doesn't like you though, she has no problem telling you to your face. Normally she is outgoing and flirtatious. She also gets mad very easily, and usually gets into trouble and needs someone to bail her out.

Racetrack and her met through friends at the age of 16. They are planning to marry with in a year. It will be a small traditional wedding with a huge reception, probably in a church or someplace really romantic like the beach.

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Blaze and Bumlets met in a very unique way. They met at the age of 17 at a concert. She crowd surfed on top of him, and broke his arm. It was love at first sight, after the pain subsided. Blaze is a production accountant for MTV. She grew up in Jersey, and has that sort of Jersey attitude about everything. She always wanted to do something with film or movies and is an avid drummer. Mom, dad, and sis still live in Jersey, but she moved to NYC. She's 5'7", has short, dirty blonde hair that's too wavy for her taste, and blue-green eyes. She's a bit chunky, but athletic nonetheless, refusing to go on any sort of diet that doesn't let her enjoy the wonders of eating out. Her face is oval-shaped. She sticks to jeans, converse, and 80's band t-shirts when not working. Occasionally she'll sport a bandanna.

She's quite the introvert. She's not very interested in making too many friends. She has a close few that she relies on to get her through life, but not a huge bunch at all. She's only outgoing and competitive while playing her music or her sports or with the people she is totally comfortable with. Outside of that, she'd rather be left alone. She's smart enough to know when to keep her mouth shut, but usually she will "blaze" into an argument despite what her brain is telling her. Thus, she winds up making snaky comments once in awhile that she doesn't really mean.

Bumlets and Blaze will be a very happy married couple. Their wedding will be very Hollywood-like, and fancy, but laid back at the same time. It will be something that is over the top for the fun of it, and where everyone dressed up, but acted casual. Plus lots of dancing and partying, for sure.

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This hard working bartender met the man of her dreams in high school. Sneaks and Jake met in high school but never dated until after. Growing up in Brooklyn with her brother Graft, she wasn't exactly the girlie girl that you see now a days. She has long golden brown hair, and is about 5'7". She is very athletic. Sneaks has green eyes, and a beauty mark on her right cheek. Her ears are pierced a few times and has a tattoo on her ankle of a knotical star, (colors are pink and black.)

Sneaks is very outgoing, loves to sneak around and is good at it, which is how she got her nickname. She's loyal to her friends and would do anything for them. She has a hot temper if you make her mad and can be rude and crude when she wants to be or needs to be. She is very athletic and determined, but for the most part, has a heart of gold.

Jake and Sneaks are planning on getting married within the next two years. Even though wedding bells aren't ringing just yet, they already have the wedding planned out. It will be a large wedding in December with lots of family and friends. She'll wear a white strapless dress, and he'll in a nice tux. The bridesmaid dresses might be pink...or a purple color. At the reception, the wedding party will come out to the Muppet Show Theme Song. This will definitely be a unique wedding.

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Spot met his future wife at a party held by a mutual friend. Kane is a 21 year old secretary for a doctor's office. Her grandparents came from Ireland and Scotland. She is part Cherokee but doesn't tell many people due to the hostility towards them. She has blonde hair, blue eyes, and a slender frame. Even though she is slender, she is pretty muscular for a girl.

Kane loves to make people laugh, and is very outgoing. She loves to talk to new people, but can be very shy at times. Like most people, she likes to be alone when she thinks, and loves to sit on a window sill and look at the stars. The down side to her personality is that she likes things to be her way.

Within the next year or so, wedding bells will be ringing for this cute couple. It will be a smaller wedding with family and close friends. Mostly everything will be traditional, with blue dresses and black tuxes. Kane really doesn't have a perfect wedding other than as long as she's with Spot, that's all that matters to her.

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Now this next couple isn't a surprise to any of us, Tag and Specs. At the young age of 15, Tag and Specs met at school. He bumped into her and helped her pick up her books. It was love at first sight as many would say. As a journalist for the New York Times, Tag hasn't always lived in New York. She lived in Georgia for a while until her family decided to move to New York. She went to Colombia to study journalism and got a job at the NY Times when she graduated. Tag has brown hair that goes a few inches below her shoulders, big light brown eyes, and about 5'6". She has pale colored skin and wears dark rimmed glasses sometimes.

She's shy in certain situations but can get really loud if something strikes her as funny, cute, mean, gross, etc. She's very innocent but not in any way naive. Sensitive, caring and cries easily are just some other characteristics to describe Tag. Like a lot of girls, she very moody, but doesn't hold a grudge for long. She adores animals, especially cats and dogs, but hates bugs of any kind.

On the beach in Hawaii in a little gazebo is where these two are planning to marry. To make it even more romantic, it will be at sunset!

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A descendant of a German/Latin heritage, with light bronze skin, short curly brown hair, and dark brown eyes would be a description of our next competitor. Dewey and Runner Conlon have been together for a while. She was 17 (and he was 18) when they first met. She literally bumped into a newsie while strolling through Brooklyn one fine day and he almost got her in quite a bit of trouble with the law because he'd shoved a stolen apple into her hands while the police were chasing after him. Dewey is now a missionary.

Back in New Jersey, she lived with her twin brother and parents on a beautiful farm made up of numerous acres and countless animals we often times reared from birth. They were a happy and content family but then tragedy struck one evening when my parents were returning from a mission's trip and their train unfortunately derailed from the tracks. There were many casualties in the accident and her parents were among them. After the funeral, Dewey and her brother were sent for by their aunt who lives in a decent apartment in Brooklyn, New York. They have been living there ever since. Dewey always has a smile on her face and is very easy-going. She is spirited and doesn't let the most trivial of matters dampen her moods, for she has a steady fortitude and doesn't let anyone ruin it. She has a very strong religious belief which makes her an all around amazing person. She likes to be in the company of those that appreciate life and lives life to the fullest.

Dewey and Runner will be married in a Gothic Cathedral, and friends and family will be invited. She would be wearing a beautiful medieval style dress. Wedding colors will consist of lavender and silver. After the wedding, they will be taken to the reception in a horse drawn carriage. The wedding will take place in winter.

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This excellent marble player is currently a film student in London. Rouge Jazz and Pie Eater met in a library. They bumped into each other and their books fell on the ground. They saw that they both had the same book which struck up a conversation and then they checked out together. They then went out for a lunch a cute little café. Jazz used to live in France until her mother died from choking on a croissant, so her father, brother, and her immigrated to New York. She was 7 when they arrived there, but things didn't work out. Her brother ran away and her father was executed for a murder he did not commit. She still has a locket with her parent's photos inside. It's the last thing she has to remind her of her family. She speaks English pretty well now, but she still has a thick French accent. She has big bouncy brown curls down a little past her shoulders. She has bright glowing eyes the color of Maple Syrup, and light freckles on my face and arms and shoulders.

Rouge Jazz is bold, outgoing, ambitious, strong-willed, and very independent. She is hard-working, witty, very outspoken, wise, free- spirited, very passionate for books, and determined. She's really good at cheering people up, but if her friends are threatened, she is very tough, and really feisty. She's quite strong (mentally and physically), and tends to keep my emotions inside.

Rouge Jazz and Pie Eater will be married on a beach at sunset and then after the "you may kiss the bride" they kiss and then he carries her off to the dock where they both jump into the cool ocean.

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Clips seems to not only be marrying the guy with the hottest body, but she also has the coolest job. This 21 year old is a lead role skater for Disney on Ice. Clips and Mush met in California when she was out with her friends at a bar. They were dancing and it hit off from there. She grew up in Irvin, California, until she was 15 then, her family moved to Connecticut so she could do pair skating. When she was 18 she moved back down to California, where she auditioned and made it into Disney on Ice. She is about 5'4" with shoulder length brown hair, blue eyes, some freckles across her nose. She is also skinny from skating.

Clips is really outgoing. She gets along better with boys than girls. Her modo in life is 'who cares'. She is a very competitive person also likes to win.

Clips and Mush will have a very romantic wedding. It will at Disneyland and will be married right under Sleeping Beauty's castle. It will end with fire works. It will defiantly be a very romantic and memorable wedding, a wedding that you wouldn't want to miss.

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Now Trolley has about the hottest guy there is, Kid Blink. Trolley grew up in a small Christian school in the south with her parents as an only child. Kid Blink is her first serious relationship. She is has short red hair, big blue eyes, and is about 5'3". She has a small build, freckles and fair skin, along with small hands and feet. Right now Trolley is a medical student with a fast food job on the side.

Trolley is very intelligent, but somewhat spacey at times. Like most girls, she is a hopeless romantic, rather quirky, and mostly an optimist, however gets irritated if things go wrong. She has an upbeat personality, and very nice. She tends to freak out over small things, but when faced with a huge situation, she can usually begin to calm down and look at it rather rationally. If she's hurt, she'll try not to let you know. She always tries to see the good in people and is very friendly. She's a risk-taker who will do anything for a laugh.

Kid Blink and Trolley will be married on the beach. There will be lots of friends there. She would be barefoot, and ride in on horseback. There will be tons of flowers! Lots of daisies, lilies, and wildflowers. It will defiantly be a beautiful wedding; after all she is marrying Kid Blink.

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Dutchy and Punky is our next couple. The way they got together is pretty neat, kind of Hollywood like. He was her Algebra tutor their sophomore year of high school, and they've been in love ever since, dating off and on for the last few years. Punky was born in San Diego, CA but raised in San Francisco. She never got good grades in school, and was always more of a rebel. She was more into boys and social events than homework. Right now she is a lead guitarist and back up vocals for a local band, and part-time barista at a coffee house. She has long, straight, really thick dyed-red hair; mysterious blue-gray eyes; some freckles, but more in a cute way then a dorky way. She's 5'7" and average weight. She has her eyebrow and belly- button pierced; and generally wears tight shirts with baggy jeans, but usually just wears blue jeans.

She is out-going, bold, very out-spoken, doesn't care what anyone else thinks, loves to be the center of attention, rebellious, adventurous, and loves a challenge. She is competitive, flirtatious, seductive, unique, and spontaneous. She's very manipulative and persuasive, slightly annoying at times, but very loyal to friends and loved ones. Punky is very old fashioned when it comes to romance, loves to be in love. She is very creative, and writes poetry and songs, sings, acts, and plays the guitar.

Their wedding will be in the garden of an ancient castle overlooking the ocean. It won't be very big and gaudy, and not traditional either. It will just be unique and memorable.

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Now Kyriel is pretty lucky. Not only does she have a cool job, but she's engaged to the big man on campus. Kyriel and Jack were basically just good friends once she moved into the Lodging House. They became best friends and soon realized that they had feelings for each other. Kyriel is an animator for Pixar. She was born and raised in Manhattan. She was 13 when my parents decided that they should move to Brooklyn. Not wanting to leave, she stole a couple dollars from her mother's purse, packed some clothes and ran away. She came across the Lodging House and decided to stay there working as a newsie. She's been there ever since. She's about 5'3", and has lightly tanned skin with straight, jet black hair. Her eyes are dark brown when you look up close, but at other times, they're pitch black.

She's generally a friendly person. She tends to say sarcastic and cynical comments every so often, even if it's at an inappropriate time. She loves to love and be loved and I can't stand feeling rejected or hated in any way. She's a good listener and is always there for when someone needs a shoulder to cry on. Getting her hyper is something you'd really regret and getting her mad is something you'll regret too. She can also be very stubborn.

Jack and Kyriel's wedding won't be anything extravagant. She'll only invite her family and a few close friends. It will be held on the beach right at sunset.

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Flit grew up in Western PA, and lived in the same house her whole life. She's only child. Flit basically grew up in church, so she is a very devout Christian. Itey and Flit went to the same high school, and were both in marching band. She was in color guard, and he played trumpet. They were really close friends throughout high school, and finally got together when he asked her to their junior prom. They've been super-tight ever since. Currently she is a 4th grade teacher.

She is very hyper, and 'flits' around, which is how she got her nickname. She is always humming some random song, and loves to tease people jokingly. She always tells people, "This is when you should take me seriously: Never." Flit also has an insane sense of humor, and finds most anything hilariously funny.

Itey and Flit will have a really small, simple wedding, in a really beautiful church. Then, the biggest reception in the world, with tons of food, dancing and friends!

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Lastly there is Trigger and Snitch. They met in college. He went to Harvard University with her. They were in a study group together, and kinda hated each other then. He would always correct her when they were studying just to get on her nerves. But, one day he told her about the problems he had when he was a child. He was an orphan and bounced from family to family. They became very close then and were like best friends. From that point they started dating. They dated for three years before he finally decided to ask her to marry him. Trigger is an interpreter and a Spanish teacher in a local high school. She only does interpreting on the weekends and holidays.

Trigger is smart, outgoing, high spirited, energetic, caring, nice, sympathetic, and compassionate. She's extroverted, "girl next door" type, always willing to help anyone out in any situation, fair, and likes winning (competitive).

Snitch and Trigger will be married next year. The wedding will take place at her church, Dover Bethany United Methodist Church. Everyone would be there; all her friends and previous friends would be there, including family. Blue Boxer would be her maid of honor. She would be wearing a long white, sparkly, glittered dress. The walk way thing would be covered in white rose petals. Snitch would be wearing the usual, black tux. She would walk down the aisle; everyone would be crying and saying how beautiful she is. Snitch would be astonished and he would have a smile on his face. Then by the end of the wedding, Snitch would do a beautiful speech that would make him and Trigger cry. They'd kiss and be off to the party! Then to the honeymoon!

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Well that is all of the competitors. All of these couples are in for the ride of their life. Now that we got to know each of them better, let's get on with the game. I'm sure you're all just as excited as I am. So without further ado, allow me to take you to the beautiful Bahamas, where the weather isn't the only thing heating up.