Disclaimer: I DO NOT own Newsies or anything about it. The only character I own is Liz, who is a figment of my imagination. Christina and Tag Along are real people and are owned by themselves. Hoodlie (later chapters), Josh (ditto) and Chicken Wing are owned by themselves, but I only own the names. Thank you all and goodnight!

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A/N: What the heck happened to my last chapter? Did any of you guys notice that? It cut off here: "For tellin' Snitch w". What's with that? :scratches head: Okay, um, I would put up what it cut off, but it really didn't cut off anymore. They just went up to the roof and all that. So, you didn't miss anything important. But now I lost all my notes for the next chapter! :growls: Grr, but luckily I remember it. Okay, I'll be going now, just wanted to rant there again.

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The next day came too fast. Everyone got up, and everyone was sleepy, as usual. Boys stirred around the bunkroom, flailing around and acting crazy because they were late. They didn't want to get in the back of the line for their papers, so they had to hurry up. Itey came up to the roof and woke Snitch and Liz up (what a good friend) and they too joined the fray. When everyone was ready they all left as one big group. But once they reached outside they all split up in their usual groups. Mush, Jack, Kid Blink, and Racetrack stayed together, while Itey, Snitch, Liz, Skittery and Jake all stayed together. Everyone else basically hung around the other people.

"Liz, hold on a second." Snitch said, as he stopped right in the middle of the street. "I wanna tell ya somethin'. Well, your birthday is dis Thursday an' I wanted tah do somethin' special for ya." He smiled as his eyes sparkled brightly.

"Dis Thursday? I forgot. Okay, thanks for rememberin', dat's da best gift anyone could give me!" She smiled. "I mean, you have a bad memory, an' you remembered! I love you, Snitch."

"Um, okay, I love ya too. But anyway, I was thinkin' for a long time about dis an' now I finally can do it. How would ya like tah go tah Medda's wid me on Thursday. Jus' me an' you an' da Vaudeville theatre. It'll be great, like a date! Yeah, we got da big nice seats an' everythin'. So what do ya say?" He pulled out the tickets from his pocket. (A/N: Did they have tickets back then? I don't know. :shrugs: )

Liz's mouth dropped as she took one of the tickets. "Dat's – dat's – dat's mine?" She stuttered. She couldn't believe it. This was like the best thing that could ever happen to a newsie, well not really, but all the newsies loved the Vaudeville theatre. They'd give up anything just to go there.

"Now let me tell ya somethin'. Okay, I didn't really plan dis, but, well Thursday is Newsie night dere. So, um, I kinda got dese for free." He blushed embarrassed. "I didn't know dat and if I could change da day, I would. I'm sorry, but I really didn't plan it."

"Snitch, dis is da best thing you could do for me! I don't care if ya didn't pay for da tickets, I can't believe I'm going dere! I can't believe I'm going dere wid YOU!" She hugged him and kissed him. "Oh my gosh! Snitch I can't wait!"

"Well, in order tah make it up tah you, I got ya somethin' else." Snitch said. He took her hand and led her back to the Lodging House. "Look, do ya mind not sellin' today? I mean, I gave my money tah Itey an' he'll sell what I didn't. But ya have tah skip today." He led to her to an alley behind the Lodging House. There was this box thing that had a brown blanket over it. "Now, what do ya think is in here?" He asked as he grinned.

"I don't know. What is it?" Liz tried to look under the blanket, but couldn't. The anticipation of finding out what's in there was growing inside her.

"Well, it's kinda like us in a way. It needed a home, so I thought dat maybe we could give it one." He explained as he took the blanket off, revealing a small brown puppy dog.

Liz's eyes got huge as she smiled. "Snitch!" She covered her mouth with her hand in surprise. "What is it?" She asked stupidly.

"It's a Labrador Retriever." He said confidently.

"So, so, it's like a dog, right?"

"Unless he's a chicken, yes." Snitch said sarcastically. "Haven't you ever seen a dog before?"

"Yes I've seen a dog, geez! I live in da city, Snitch, I think I've seen a dog."

"Okay, just checkin'. So, you don't live under a rock. Dat's a good thing." Snitch laughed. "So, what are ya gonna name him?"

"I can name it?" Liz asked surprised. Snitch just nodded. "Okay, um, I don't know. How about I name it Snitch Jr!" She laughed.

"Haha, how about no!"

"Yeah, I like Snitch Jr. Or if not, I'll name it Thomas Jr." She joked.

"Or I'll just name it Stupid." Snitch picked on her; he knew it would make her mad.

"You can't name it Stupid, because it's ain't stupid! I'll name you Stupid, stupid!" She yelled. "Anyway, um, we can call it, um, like Bacon or something."

"Bacon? Bacon, hm, makes me hungry." Snitch laughed. "Nah, name it somethin' else. Somethin' like, like, I don't know, Peter Carlson or somethin'." Snitch shrugged.

"No, Feathers. We should name him Feathers."

"Why Feathers, he ain't a chicken, Liz."

"I know that, ass wipe. Look at him. He just looks like a dog named Feathers." Liz looked over at Snitch for approval. He took in the suggestion for a few moments and sighed.

"Alright, Feathers it is."

"Yes!" Liz exclaimed. They spent the whole evening playing with Feathers, teaching him tricks, and just getting him used to his new home. "So where's he gonna live?"

"He's gonna live here, in da box. Where else would he live? In da Lodgin' house?" Snitch replied sarcastically.

"Uhh, yeah!"

"Uhh no! Yeah like Kloppman's gonna let us walk in wid a dog an' say dat it's okay for him tah live wid us? Yeah right."

"Hey! We live wid Mush, I don't think a dog is gonna do any more damage."

Snitch pondered for a few seconds then he nodded. "Ya know, I think you're right. We can sneak him in an' den when night comes we can sneak him out. We can do dat. I mean, he has tah get used tah his 'home', right?" So, they took him inside the Lodging House, making sure Kloppman didn't see them. They stayed there until everyone came back. Everyone was so amused by Feathers, they loved him. Mush was playing with him, but he was just acting stupid and barking. Kloppman heard the barking and didn't pay it any mind. The guys were always being stupid so why should he care? It wasn't anything new.

"Hey Mush, I kinda see a resemblance between you an' Feathers here. I don't know if it's da ears or da long tail, but you guys definitely look alike. What do you think it is, Liz?" Snitch asked as Mush told him to shut up.

Liz was just sitting there smirking, then she started busting up laughing. "I'm sorry, I jus' took dat da wrong way!"

"Oh you sicko!" Snitch teased as he playfully hit her over the head.

"Hey, I always knew I had a big brother, now I got a little one too." Mush smirked.

"Oh God!" Liz covered her face with her hands as she screamed and laughed at the same time.

"Hey Mush, who's da big brother an' who's da little one?" Snitch asked, just to make Liz annoyed.

"Oh you know who da big one is." Mush laughed.

"God stop it! Ahh!" Liz screamed as she ran her hands down her face and laughed.

"Man we better stop, she's gonna pull her face of or somethin'." Mush pointed out.

"My point exactly. We better get Feathers outta here, he shouldn't be hearin' dis stuff. Dis ain't appropriate for his little doggie ears." Liz said as she picked him up and kissed him on the head. "He's our boy, Snitch."

"Haha, dat was sweet." Mush tried to say seriously, but he just started cracking up. Liz gave him a glare, one of those glares that says 'I'm going to kill you'. "Um, sorry." He spat out, trying to make it better.

"As I said, he's our boy, Snitch."

"He's a dog."

"What? He's not just a dog! He's OUR dog! I thought dat meant somethin' tah you!"

"I didn't understand what you meant. I mean it's just a dog, I mean he ain't a kid or anythin'. I thought Tumbler was our boy?" Snitch asked.

"Wah?" Tumbler said as he looked up from a piece of paper.

"He is, but he isn't. Dis is ours. Ah never mind." She walked over to Tumbler who was attempting to write his name on a piece of paper. The letters 'Tcmdler' were written on the paper. "Um sweety, dat's a 'c' an' dat's a 'd'."

"No it ain't! Dat's a 'u' an' dat's a 'b'." Tumbler defended.

"No, it's a 'c' which is supposed tah be a 'u' an' dat's a 'd' dat's supposed tah be a 'b'." She explained. "Here, watch." She put Feathers down and took the pencil from Tumbler's hand. "See, ya put da pencil right dere, den ya loop it, but ya don't make it complete like a circle. Ya make it sorta like a horseshoe, ya know what a horseshoe looks like?" Tumbler nodded. "Ya do it like dis, put it dere an' go 'woo'. An' ya have a 'u'. Okay, you try it." Tumbler tried it and did it perfectly. "Great job! Now we're gonna do a 'b'. You had it right, but ya did it da wrong way. Da little circle thing goes on da right instead of da left. Do ya know what left an' right is?" Tumbler nodded again. "Show me your right an' left."

Tumbler put his arms out and said, "Dat's left" as he pointed to the right. "An' dat's right," as he pointed to the right.

"Well, now wonder ya have it da wrong way, ya don't know your right from your left. Okay, how can I say dis? Um, okay. You think of a 'b' as goin' tah da farthest side of da paper. See when ya write, ya write on da left side, which you're doin'. Tah write a 'b', jus' remember dat ya gotta have da straight line thing closest tah da side dat you start writin' on. Ya gotta have da nose, which is da circle thin' pointin' tah da side dat ya don't start writin' on. Do ya get it? Here watch me." She explained it to him and had him try it. He did exactly what she told him to do and he did it correctly. "Great! You're so smart!" She patted his head as she stood up.

"How did ya learn dat? You ain't never been tah school!" Tumbler asked amazed.

"Who do ya think taught me?" Liz winked at Snitch.

"What? I don't know what you're talkin' about." Mush said.

"Mush you'd be da las' person I'd ask tah teach me tah read an' write." Liz blurted out.

"Oh really? Why?"

"Because do ya even know your right from your left?" She challenged.

He put his arms out to make it look as if he knew what he was talking about. "Shut up!"

"My point exactly." She looked down at Tumbler again. "If ya need any help wid writin' anythin', you know two people tah go to an' one person NEVER tah go to. If ya need help go tah either me or Snitch, we'll help ya out. And remember, never go to Mush. He don't know anythin' about anythin'." Liz said as she smiled at Tumbler who was busy at practicing his letters. She took the dog out and went back into the Lodging House.

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Hey everyone! Thanks for reading! The next chapter is gonna be a long one b/c that's the chapter when the climax starts happening. The next few chapters will be very long, because as I said, the climax is coming soon, like in a few chapters! So, just to let you know about that one. Also, in the next chapter, um, Liz and Snitch get a little "hott". Hehe. I knew it was gonna get a bit intense, but I never thought to that extent, I just couldn't resist. But, don't worry, it's nothing really really really bad. I promise you, it's nothing much. You probably will be like 'what? You call this hott? I call this cold!' or something like that. :shrugs: I don't know.

-- splashey – LOL I wanted to stay there and annoy them, but Blue wanted to go, I mean it was like 1 AM when we left. See we went after we had the musical (The King and I) and we got done really late. LOL, but I seriously wanted to stay. Itey is so cute! I just wanna snuggle with him! Itey come here! I wanna snuggle with you! :runs after Itey, while Itey runs away screaming like a little girl: I guess he just hates girls. One day he'll love them. :winks: I always wanted to sleep on a roof too. I only slept on my friends' porch once. That was the closest to the roof I got. Maybe I could do it someday. :thinks: It could happen. Thanks for reviewing!

-- Blue Boxer – LOL you thought that Snitch kicked some random little kid. You're in idiot! LOL did you ever see the trailer for Newsies? Well it had some guy and a girl like kissing on the stairs, Davey comes over and he's like "paper mister?" the guy kicks him, so I got that idea from the trailer. LOL I copy everything! LOL. Jazzy's snoring right now and it's really loud, I have to laugh. Anyway, thanks for reviewing and Jake does think girls have cooties.

-- JustDuck – LOL I knew I had a little bit of psychicness in me! :wink wink: Itey seriously needs a girl. :calls all the girls she knows and asks if they want to date Itey: :Itey runs away screaming at the crowd of girls rushing after him: I just can't make him learn. :sighs: Thanks so much!
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