Disclaimer: I don't own Newsies. I don't own any of the characters other then Liz. She is a figment of my imagination which means I claim full responsibility and ownership of her. I do not own Tag Along, she is owned by herself. I do not own Christina, she is owned by herself. I do not own Chicken Wing, he belongs to the dude who played him in Newsies. I just own the character's name, personality and anything else I add to him. I do not own Hoodlie nor Josh. They are real people, just their names and personalities are figments of my imagination. So, in other words, I don't own hardly anything in this story, just Liz and personalities, names and what not. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~

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Blink and Christina chatted all the way to the Lodging House. This was all he ever wanted; all he prayed for; all he dreamed of was happening in this one moment. He prayed and wished so much that they could meet again and there she was. She came right to his door step it seemed. It was that easy. He thought it was going to be this huge complicated ordeal, but it was so simple. She came right to his home and didn't even know why she came, she just did.

He opened the door for her as they entered the LH, his home. It was a familiar sight to her, for she had seen it many times before. She remembered spending time there on rainy days before she moved to Brooklyn. Flashbacks entered her mind as she recognized the faces of those whom she had been friends with. The younger ones had seemed to have gotten older, although it has only been a few months since she left. The boys grew taller and skinnier over time; their faces changing with age. It felt like she had been gone forever, when she really wasn't.

Blink pointed out some people that he remembered she knew and some of the ones she didn't. All were happy to see her and to meet a new person, for they all were very outgoing and always willing to meet a new person. "Dat's Dutchy, Racetrack, Jack, Skittery, Snipeshooter, an' dat's uhh, what's his name." Blink thought as he pointed to Swifty.

"I'm Swifty, Blink." He shook his head.

"Oh yeah, dat's right." Blink smacked his head. It wasn't unusual that Blink didn't know many of his housemates; he only really associated with a select few. Besides, most of them when their separate ways and only met up to eat and go to bed. "An' you know Mush, an' Specs; dat dere is Specs' goilfriend Tag; umm dat's Itey an' Pie Eater an' uhh, everyone else." He smiled.

Tumbler waddled up to Christina. He pulled on blue dress she was wearing. He waved to her as she looked down at him and smiled. "I know you don't I, Jack?" He asked.

"Bullshit!" Jack screamed at Racetrack.

"I'm Tumbler. You're Chris-is-is-tina, ain't?" He tried to pronounce her name; he always had trouble with pronunciations.

"You remember me, Tumbler? Gosh look at you! You're gettin' so big! You're almost taller den me, ain't?" She smiled.

"I know! I'm almost taller den Liz too! I used tah nevah be taller den anybody. Nope, I'se not taller den anybody. Now I am! I'm a big man now! Dat's what Chicken Wing said. He told me I was a man 'cause I'm gettin' so big!" He smiled with pride.

"Oh, he did? Well, he's right. You are gettin' tah be real big an' tall." She leaned in towards Blink and asked, "who's Chicken Wing?"

"Ooh, he's jus' dis guy who's Skittery's friend. He's just a nice new guy dat we met a few weeks ago. Haven't seen 'im since though." He shrugged.

Tumbler pulled on dress again. "Ya wanna see somethin'?" He asked with a smile plastered on his face.

"Sure thing, Tumbler." She smiled wondering what he would do.

Tumbler waddled over to Mush, who was playing cards with Dutchy, Swifty, Jack, Racetrack, Jake, Pie Eater and Skittery. "Stand up, Mush." He said lightly.

"What? Look, kid, I'm tryin' tah play a game here."

"Jus' do it. Please!" He begged.

Mush didn't look amused but obeyed. "Alright. Dis better be good." He obeyed and stood up, as he stood up Tumbler pulled his pants down.

Blink grabbed Christina and covered her eyes. "What da hell!" He screamed.

Tumbler started laughing as Mush just stood there. "What's wrong wid it?" Mush asked as he flexed his muscles.

Specs had also covered Tag's eyes from the sight of Mush's, uh, yeah.

"It's jus' me, naked. Ain't nothin' wrong wid it. I'm sexy, ain't?" He started doing a little stupid dance.

"God, Mush, zip up your dick an' take your turn, damnit!" Jack yelled.

Mush shrugged and pulled up his pants. "You're da man, Tumbler."

Tumbler smiled and then pulled down his pants! "I'm da man!"

"Oh my God! What's wid da nudeyness here? God, Mush look what you did tah him. You have possessed him! Now he's like you! You can't even keep your pants on for five minutes!" Mush flicked Blink off as Tumbler pulled up his pants, finally.

"Is dis how it normally is in your lodgin' house?" Christina asked when Blink finally let her free.

"No not really." He thought for a minute. "Well, sometimes. I mean, we do got a goil here and Snitch would kick our asses if we walk around naked all da time, so we do dat...ahem...Mush does dat when dey're gone." He explained.

"Ooh I see. So predictable. Imagine that." She laughed.

"Yeah really. Hey, speaking of Liz and Snitch, where are dey?" Blink asked as he looked around da room.

"Dey're upstairs in da bunk room, alone." Dutchy explained with a wink.

"Oooh I see. Den we don't wanna go up dere den." Blink told Christina.

"No, it ain't dat. Well.." Dutchy thought for a moment. "I guess maybe, if ya don't like make out sessions, but da real reason why we ain't up dere is because Mush just took a shit."

"Ooh that explains it." Blink gave a thumbs up sign to Dutchy.

"Hey! I don't fuckin' stink! YOU stink you damn son-of-a-Snitch!" (A/N: HOW DARE YOU USE HIS NAME IN VAIN!!! Mush you will be punished! I don't know how, but you will!)

"No, Mush, calm down boy! He didn't say dat. He just said dat you have a bit of an odor." Blink explained, knowing full well that Mush didn't understand a word he said.

"Ooh really, cool? So I don't stink den?" Blink shook his head. "Okay." He went back to playing the Newsies version of "poker". They were actually playing four games in one. They were playing mafia, poker, go fish, and bullshit all at the same time.

"Anyone got any fives?" Swifty asked as he put down two buttons. Everyone shook their heads. "Jack, I'll raise ya two buttons for your six." He laid down the buttons.

"No way, man. I'm puttin' down two eights." Jack replied.

"Bullshit." Mush called. "Turn it over! Turn it over!" He demanded. To his surprise there were two eights.

"Guys SHUT UP!" Skittery yelled, taking his turn. "Everyone go to sleep." Everyone obeyed and closed their eyes. "Mafia wake up." Swifty opened his eyes. "Who do ya wanna kill?" Swifty pointed to Mush, who was giggling hysterically. "Okay, mafia go back tah sleep. Doctah wake up." Dutchy opened his eyes. "Who do ya wanna save?" Dutchy pointed to Jack and went back to sleep. "Po wake up." Jake opened his eyes. "Who's da mafia?" Jake pointed to Pie Eater. "Okay, everyone wake up." Everyone obeyed and opened their eyes. "Okay, last night was a very tragic night for a sex-a-holic bastard named Mush Meyers. Fortunately, Mush went tah see some prostitutes las' night an' had some very very very rough sex. Da goil ended up killin' him wid, uh, somethin'. The goil was a very strong goil an' managed to hold a piano above her head and dropped it on him. Mush Meyers was killed because a piano was dropped on his head. How unfortunate and then how very fortunate for us." He laughed. "Anyway, the po had accused Pie Eater of killing poor ol' Mush. Being as Pie Eater is accused he will be executed unless he is acquitted of the charges by everyone else. Does any one have any objections to the hanging of Pie Eater?" Everyone looked at the other person for an answer. "Okay then, Pie Eater do you have anything to say for yourself?"

Pie Eater looked like he was going to cry. His innocent brown eyes were trying to persuade everyone that he was truly innocent. "I didn't do it fellas. Honestly, I ain't nevah done nothin' like dat in my life, I swear it. Don't kill me please! I didn't do it, please believe me. Swifty, Dutchy, anybody?" He looked around and everyone else looked away.

"Sorry, Pie, you are being executed at the gallows in two seconds if we don't have any objections. Last call, anyone object in killing his so called innocent kid? Going once. Going twice, last time? Anyone? Okay Pie Eater you are dead now take your turn and get da hell out of our game you assface." Skittery replied.

Pie Eater sighed and put down all of his cards and proceeded to leave.

"What do you call that game?" Christina asked Blink, they were observing the action packed card game that was being played in front of them.

"Oooh, it's got a long name. I don't remember all of it, it's somethin' like pokergobullshitafishamafa." Blink scratched his head to try to recall the name. He remembered most of it, but that wasn't the full name of their made up game. "It's somethin' like dat; close enough for me." He laughed. "Hey, you wanna see da bunk room? Dutchy, is it safe tah go up dere?"

Dutchy looked away from his hand of cards and stared at Blink. "Yeah sure, I guess. Da sight is safe, but da smell ain't."

"Damn you, Dutchy! I don't stink! God damnit, why does everyone think I stink?!? I don't!" Mush complained.

"I ain't gonna say a word." Blink surrendered and led Christina up the stairs. "Now, you will probably see a make-out session goin' on up dere, but don't worry about it. Nothin' unusual in dese parts." Blink explained. He didn't even bother to knock on the closed door and just opened it up. He was right, a make-out session was going on up there; nothing intense though. Liz and Snitch, obviously, didn't hear Blink and Christina come in because they kept getting at it. "Ahem, Ahem." Blink cleared his throat a little louder each time.

"Snitch!" Liz said, getting his attention.

He looked up to see Blink and Christina standing in the door way, no expressions on their faces. "Huh?" He said confuzzledly.

"Get off." Liz whispered in his ear.

"Oooh, okay." He smiled. "Hey, uh, you!" He motioned towards Blink.

"You guys done now?" Liz and Snitch nodded. "Okay, good. Well, everyone, er, Liz an' Snitch dis is Christina. Ya probably remember her from a while back, ain't?"

"No, actually Blink I don't. Have we met?" Snitch asked obnoxiously.

"Shut up. I remember you Christina, how are you doin'?" Liz asked in wonder.

"I'm doing great, Liz. Thanks so much. How about yourself? It's been a long time, too long actually. I didn't forget about you guys though. You all were on my mind." Christina admitted.

"I don't know who you are." Snitch continued whining.

"God, Snitch, stop it." Liz smacked him over the head. "Don't say anything." She chided.

"But, Liz, I don't know who she is." Snitch complained.

"No, just go. Snitch, just.."

"But..."

"Just go." She pushed him towards the door. He pouted on his way out.

"Nice to meet you, who ever you are." He walked like a little girl who didn't get her way as he walked out through the door and down the stairs.

Liz shrugged when Christina looked at her for some kind of expected answer on the behavior of her boyfriend. "Dat's Snitch for ya." She explained. "So, what are you don' here? Gosh, we've missed havin' you around. Especially Blink, he's missed havin' a goil for just a friend, ya know. Mush can be annoyin' sometimes tah him. How's Brooklyn?"

"It's great. I love it dere so much, but it'll never live up tah da times an' da experiences I've had here. Dere's just somethin' about dis place dat I love so much an' dat I'll never forget, ya know. It's just so weird to come back here after all this time and see everythin' dat you were missin' out on. How long for you an' Snitch?"

"Probably about six months or somethin'. When you foist left we got together. I didn't know it had been dat long. Man, six months, gosh dat's really long."

"See, I missed out on you guys an' everythin' Everythin' is just so crazy right now for everybody, especially for me. I mean, I never meant tah just walk out an' leave you guys in da cold, I don't know what came over me. I wasn't bein' myself, ya know. I'm sorry for dat. Ya know, I just miss everythin' about da old times." She sighed. "I'll tell ya da truth, Blink. I really didn't wanna come back here, but I'm really glad I did." She smiled. "I just felt like I was bein' pushed tah come back for some reason. I don't understand why though. I guess I'll know sooner or later, right?" She smiled.

"Yeah. I'm really glad you came back too. It's great seein' ya again. Don't everyone look so different?" Liz ran her hands through her hair.

"Yes, definitely. I didn't think dey'd change dat much, but boy do dey change. I mean, everybody just looks so different from da last time I saw 'em. Mush is like da only one who's still da same. I don't think he'll ever change." She laughed. "An' Tumbler! Geez oh man, dat boy is growin' real fast. He was sayin' how he's just about taller den you. Not tah be mean or anythin', but dat's just what he said."

"Oh don't worry about it. I know, I need tah seriously grow. I mean, he's like what seven years old an' he's taller den me. I don't know what's wrong wid me. I guess I'm just supposed tah always be small." She shrugged.

"Dat ain't a bad thing, Liz." Snitch barged into the conversation. He had been listening all along and was just waiting for his entrance. He walked up to Liz. "Small things are cute, ya know. I mean, whenever someone looks at Tumbler dey're like 'aww'."

"But I don't want people tah look at me an' say 'aww'."

"No, you want people tah come up tah you an' say, 'how ya doin' sexy'. An' den you want me tah come up an' beat dere asses, ain't?" Snitch laughed.

"Yeah, sure." Liz said sarcastically. "Anyway," she glared at Snitch. "I hoid you was wid Spot. How's everythin' goin'."

The smile that Christina had on faded away when she heard that question. "Uhh, I'm sorry guys, but I have tah leave now. It's gettin' late an' I gotta get home." She put on a fake grin. "I'll be sure tah come down more often an' see you guys. It was nice seein' ya again, Liz. Snitch, you take care of Liz, okay?"

"Sure thing, uhh, you. Wait, I still don't know who you are." He stated.

"An' Blink, it was nice seein' ya again too."

"Wait, no I wanna walk ya home, if dat's okay." He said shyly.

"I don't know Blink, I don't know how Spot'll react tah you."

"Spot's like one of my best friends, Teeny." Teeny was Blink's nickname for her. They'd always use secret names for each other when they were kids.

"Oooh, really? Okay, den I guess you can walk me home if you really want. Blink, you really don't have tah do dat." Christina said innocently.

"Fella's..." Snitch tried to butt in.

"No, it's no problem what so ever. Really, I'd love tah walk you home. It ain't no trouble at all." Blink smiled.

"Hey! Who da hell are you!" Snitch screamed at the top of his lungs, silencing everyone else.

"Snitch!" Liz screamed back at him.

"Snitch!" Blink pushed him because he interrupted him.

"Snitch!" Christina scolded because she already told him who she was. "I'm Christina, Snitch. I used tah hang out at da LH all dat time wid Blink. He used tah call me Teeny. Do ya remember me now?" She said, showing how irritated she was.

He rubbed his chin. "I think I remember you now. You're dat goil dat would come over all dat time." He explained.

"Riiiggghht, Snitch. Good job." She said sarcastically. "Now dat you know who I am and how you know me, I have to go now. Blink if ya wanna come you can. I'd love tah talk tah you more an' I'd love tah know everythin' else dat I've been missin' out on." She smiled at him. "It was nice seein' ya again, Liz. An' Snitch, listen more carefully okay?" She laughed. "See ya guys later." They walked out of the Lodging House together, just like old times.

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A little longer this time, but I had a lot of stuff that I had to put in. I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Thanks so much guys for reviewing!! Sorry for the bad grammar and what not, I did this chapter in a hurry and I didn't get to check over it really thoroughly, sorry guys! I hope you enjoyed it!~!

What is in store for next chapter:

~~ Finally, Christina reveals a secret about her and Spot.

~~ Another Snitch and Oscar conflict

~~ Liz has a talk with Skittery.