It was a hard task, explaining to them that Gail's GBA was just nothing. We tried to convince them that it was just junk that Gail picked up somewhere. But the damage was already done. The newsies are completely fascinated with it and kept taking turns on looking at it. Gail still thinks that she didn't do anything wrong and kept blinking innocently, like a little baby staring at you from a crib. Nice going, Gail!

"But I said I'm sorry!" Gail said, in her kid-like voice.

"That's not enough! How are we supposed to explain that, huh? Now, we have to tell them the whole truth!" Dawn said, her voice shaking with anger.

"But what's the deal with that? It's not important if we came from a different time, is it?!?"

"Yes, it is Gail! They might not even believe us! They'll think we're crazy!"

"Well, screw them if they do!"

Hallie cut in their fighting. I think she knows how to handle this one.

"Okay, umm, well, the only thing we can do is..."

She took a moment to think. The seconds became minutes. The minutes became five, six, seven, eight, nine...

"Well, tell them the truth." Wow, it takes ten minutes to come to a conclusion and say that we will have to tell the newsies the truth.

"No way out, huh?" I said, crossing my arms. Hallie took a long deep breath.

"Yes. That's the only way."

"See, this is all your fault!" Dawn shouted at Gail, who was looking really guilty now. I feel really sorry for her. Well, she said she was sorry about it and it wasn't intentional of her to be playing with her Game Boy in front of the newsies.

"Hey, stop it already, Dawn!" I said, in defense of Gail. "She said she was sorry, so why are you still fighting with her? Stop it, and apologize to her."

"Yeah, you big meanie!" Gail said, clicking her tongue at Dawn and hiding behind me. Dawn looked reluctant to apologize to her, but she did.

"Well, that settles it. Now, come on, you guys. Let's break it to the guys the real truth." I said. We all walked inside the Lodging House, passing by the reception desk where Kloppman is seated, reading a newspaper. We just said hello to him and he smiled back, then back into reading the newspaper. We ascended the staircase, walked inside the room where we found all the newsies sitting in their bunk beds. They stared at us weirdly, and we can't help it but not look at them. Jack jumped off his bed and walked towards us.

"Well, look who's heah. Da goils from jolly old England." Neither of us can't look at him straight in the eye.

"American accents, huh? Well, I don't buy it." He continued, walking back and forth, looking at us. Then, I felt his eyes on me.

"Well, Haylie. Why don'tcha tell us da truth den, huh?" I gathered all the courage to speak back.

"As if you're so honest!"

"Haylie! I'll take care of this." My sister stepped up to him, looking nervous.

"Okay, we're not from England. We're not even from anywhere around here, well, kind of."

"Whaddaya mean?" Racetrack spoke.

"If we told you where we're really from, you won't even believe us." Dawn said.

"You'll think we have a few screws loose from our heads." Gail added.

We all took a deep breath as we are about to tell them the truth.

"We are...from...the future." I spoke in an almost whisper.

"What's dat?" one of the newsies spoke.

"WE'RE FROM THE FREAKIN' FUTURE!!! THERE! ARE YOU HAPPY NOW?!?" Gail shouted, her voice sounded higher than usual. The reaction from the newsies were, of course, what we have expected.

"Ah ha ha ha ha ha!!!!"

They all laughed.

"Hey! It's true! We are from the future!" Gail said, looking red. But they just kept laughing like hyenas.

"Aha...came from...came from da fut'cha...ahahah..."

"Dat's a good one! I...I can't breathe...ahahahaha....Da fut'cha!"

We felt really embarrassed. I felt like I was shrinking in humiliation. They are so mean! They wanted to know the truth, we told them, and this is what happened! The laughter was still unbroken, well, until Taylor already broke it when she broke a chair in front of them with her fists.

"Are you just going to keep laughing or are you ready to listen? Because, you know, I feel a hurtfest coming on. I assure you, you don't want one!" Her knuckles kept cracking nastily. Of all those times we've hung out with her, I still don't very much about her. This is the second time I've seen her in a mad rage. I heard from her fellow students from her last school that whenever she's angry, she breaks something with unbelievable force. One of them even said that a guy was hospitalized because of her. And I heard that the guy was even larger than her! What a scary thought. This made the newsies fall silent, and us, as well. I feel like my heart's gonna burst out of my chest. Now I know that this is how scary Taylor is, and she's probably more than that. As for me, I'm not willing to see her in that state.

"Well, uh...that was...uh, weird. So, I think you're now ready to listen." Hallie said, beads of sweat sliding down her pale white cheeks. I saw the newsies just nodded. As Hallie kept explaining about us, I looked at Jack, who was looking very interested in what she was saying. And so were the other boys. I feel like they're finally going to believe us.

"So, you goils are really tellin' us da truth?" Mush said, a look of innocence on his face. He looks quite cute if you look at him this way.

"Uh, yeah. So, do you guys believe us now?" Hallie said.

"Yes!" The newsies said altogether. After that, they started to ask question about us and our own time. They were like little kindergarten kids who likes to keep asking questions. It's really quite adorable. Gail showed them how to play with the Game Boy Advance. They couldn't get the hang of it. It's funny how they tried to remember what button to press when you want to jump, or what button to press when you want to attack an enemy. Dawn showed them her mobile phone (A Nokia 6600) to them. It was going haywire, though. But, think she was still able to access the Camera option. She took a picture of all the newsies, who were staring at it weirdly. The outcome was a funny picture with all of them having weird expression on their faces. I noticed that she keeps taking pictures of Dutchy when he's not looking. Hmm...

And Jack? Well, he went up to the rooftop. I wondered why, so I followed him up there. I saw him sitting on the ledge, looking at the orange sunset.

"It's beautiful, isn't it?" I said, admiring it.

"Yeah, it is. Do you get sunsets like dese, well, in da, uh...fut'cha?" He stuttered. I think he now feels weird talking to me, since he found out I'm from the future. I just laughed and said, "A lot, I guess."

Then, I leaned on the ledge and looked at him. In this point of view, the sunset's faint light enhances his good looks furthermore, making me remember about Frank again.

"You know, you really do look like him." I said. Oh gosh, I shouldn't have said that!

"What?" he said, turning to look at me. I hope he didn't completely hear that.

"Oh, uh...it's...it's nothing. Don't mind me. I sometimes talk to myself." What a queer answer.

"Haha, you know what? Yer really weird, fut'cha goil." He said, giving me that smile I used to see in Frank. It's really painful to keep remembering him, when I try so hard to forget about him.

"What's wrong? Did I say somethin'?" he asked.

"No, you didn't say anything." I said quietly. Then, he went back on looking at the sunset. Any minute it'll disappear.

"You know, Haylie?" he spoke, still looking at the sunset. I turned at him to listen.

"You kinda remind me of someone, but I couldn't remember who it is."

What Jack said surprised me a bit. I think I know who that someone is. I was about to say her name, but...

Don't tell him...

A voice in my head spoke to me.

Not yet...

He must not know anything yet...

It held me back. I don't if I should obey it, but...

"Why couldn't you remember?" I asked instead. I chose to obey the voice.

" I...dunno. It feels like I've lost somethin'...or someone, but I really have no memory 'bout it." Jack answered back. There was this look on his face that was a mix of loneliness and confusion. But suddenly, he just smiled.

"Did'ja ever had a dream, Haylie?"

"About what?" Yes, about what? About you? Or Frank?

"A dream, like, goin' somewhere away from heah." He said.

"No, I haven't, really." I said.

"Well, I, uh, I have always dreamed goin' to Santa Fe, you know?" Santa Fe? Wait a minute...

"Why, what for?" I asked curiously.

"Well, my parents are dere, looking for a place ta live, you know? As soon as dey find da right ranch, dey're gonna send fer me. And...I've always wanted to be a cowboy." He said, a dreamy smile on his face. Cowboy...so that's why he has that...red bandanna. Memories flashed on my head again. A memory of Frank, wearing his red bandanna, and we kept on laughing about it...Frank riding on a horse...he's very good at it...me riding on it, holding on to him so I wouldn't fall off...

"Hey Jack," I said quietly.

"Yeah?"

"You know...memories are nice, but...that's just what they are." I said, the pain of those memories rushed through me again.

"Yeah...yeah, I know."

I was already feeling a bit cold. The sun has already disappeared from view. I was also feeling ver uneasy now.

"Let's go in. It's getting cold." I said.

"Okay. Come on."

And we walked towards the door. Somehow, I don't know if I'm going to be glad that I met him or...never mind. I still can't believe that this happened. Then, that vision I saw before flashed into my mind again. The Field of Souls. That was the first time I have seen Jack with my own eyes, or something like that. I remembered that picture I found in Frank's house. It was torn in half. I wonder who did that? And, that Selene...who is she? What does she have to with Jack? Does she have also something to do with Frank? I gotta find out what...no matter what happens.