--Author Notes: ok.. this one I wrote in Latin and History.. I tend to write these in school a lot. Hope ya enjoy it!

Disclaimer: Don't own newsies, own everything else though.. bwahaha.. soon I will own the world! muahaha.. ok then..

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Chapter 6

"Who are you?" asked Jack suspiciously.

"Why do you need to know?" Replied the boy.

"'Cause you snuck into our damn lodgin' house, that's why!"

"Fine. 'Round dese parts, dey call me Chip, and dat's all ya need tah know."

"No it ain't," said Jack, "Why is you heah?"

"I had some things I needed tah do, that's all." replied Chip, smooth and calmly.

Then Specs interupted, "Hey! That kid looks like Racetrack! He could'a stole your money!"

Specs was right, Chip did look like Racetrack. He was kinda short, had dark brown hair, looked about sixteen. Actually, he even dressed like Race, I mean with the checks and all. The newsies could have easily mistaken him for Racetrack, especially since they only saw his back while someone stole Jack's money.

Jack glared at Chip, "So, was one of your things teh do stealin' my money?" he asked a little harsher then the previous questions.

"Well," Chip looked at Jack and snickered, "A kid's gotta make a livin' in dese parts."

Jack slammed Chip against the wall, "We'se thought we was trash, but your woist then trash." and then he walked away.

"There ain't nuttin' you can do about your money, Jack." Jack stopped in his tracks.

"How do you know my name, boy?" he asked, Jack never told Chip his name...

"Let's just say I know a lotta things. I've been around heah before, but I come from Queens... Trick William's gang."

"Trick Williams?" Jack thought, he had met him before. Trick was the leader of the Queens newsboys. Trick was a tall, dark skinned boy with a sly way to him, he could get away with anything, that's why they call him Trick. Jack regained his thoughts of why they were here and asked, "So where da hell is my money?"

"Oh, it's gone now," said Chip smoothly. "I sent it off with Buck, so you couldn't get it. Us newsies in Queens need more money to survive, papes ain't as popular as dey used tah be around dere. So, we do what we can to snatch a few bucks, and I just happened to be in the area and saw your money dere, it's not like it matters if you know. Like I said, it's gone now."

"Wait," Jack said, "Who the heck is Buck!"

"She's one of us Queens newsies. She knows all of New York so well, she can disappear into places you didn't even know was dere. So, she's gone now, ain't nothin' you can do about it."

"Well I can soak ya if you want!" Said Jack violently, he was getting ready for another big fight.

Then Crystal said, "Jack, No! Please don't get into another fight! We've already have enough! Just let him go!"

Jack looked at Crystal's face. She looked so sad and tired of the fighting. Jack couldn't just not listen to her... the girl he loved, well, at least he thought he loved her. "Okay, fine." Jack said, "Get outta heah, Chip. I don't wanna see you heah again, yeh heah?"

"Heh.." Chip snickered, "Oh don't worry, you will." Then he walked away.

"Thanks, Jack." said Crystal, looking up at him with her big green eyes. Jack looked at her and said, "No problem." If she was his girl, well, this would be a good time to kiss, but she's not. She went back to go sit with Blink by the fire.

Jack was thinking about Crystal and his relationship for the rest of the day. It seems like they were growing apart, they never really talked like good, old friends anymore, or talked about their lives. Jack didn't really know what was going on in her life, except that she was with Blink, and she was happy, but he wasn't, and he probably won't be until he gets the girl he wants. That's why Jack's so stubborn, he just needs to let go sometimes, especially in Crystal's case. Crystal and Blink are in love now, and might, someday become serious. But he kept thinking, "If there were only some way I could get her to be with me. Maybe Blink and her will grow apart, like me and Crystal did." He kept thinking, maybe he could just do stuff for her, to show her that he cared. But Jack really cared enough about her that he would die for her, he didn't know if Blink would do that. "Probably would.." thought Jack.

It was the next morning, and Crystal and Blink were already up, and they were having one of their fights. It wasn't normal for them to fight, but when they did things got ugly. But, somehow, to Jack's dismay, they would always make up and pretend like the fight didn't happen. But this time was different...

They were bickering loudly, really loudly. Instead of Kloppman waking everyone up, they did a good job by themselves.

"Wha? What's all that noise?" asked Jack sleepily as he was waking up.

"It's Crystal and Blink, I guess," said Mush, worried about his best friend. "He might get in over his head," Mush thought to himself.

Then the newsies saw Crystal storming off, as Blink just stood there fixing his hat and walking off to the distribution desk. "Thoity papes, please," he said grumpily. Either Crystal left him in a bad mood or he did. No one really knew who started the fight, and no one really wanted to ask. But Jack needed to go comfort his friend, so his slipped on his trousers and a shirt and went after her. He looked for her for about five minutes, until he saw her sitting on a bench in the park. She was sniffling quietly, trying to hold in her tears, her face was all red and her beautiful brown hair was in her face. She stared at her knees as she continued to cry over what had just happened.

Jack went up to her slowly and sat down next to her. He felt the need to say something, but could see she wasn't in the mood to talk. So, he handed her a clean hankerchief and lightly rubbed her back. "It'll be OK," he said soothingly.

Crystal wiped the tears from her eyes and looked up at him. Her eyes were all red and her face was blotchy from crying. "Oh Jack," she said, and rapped her arms around him, "I'm such an idiot!"

"No you're not!" said Jack.

"Yes I am. I'm such an idiot for going out with Blink. How could I have been so stupid?"

"You weren't stupid for going out with Blink," said Jack reassuringly. He actually didn't like the fact that she did go out with him, but he needed to comfort his friend.

"Yes I am," then she paused and started crying. "He's seeing someone else," she said, words barely coming out.

"Oh, Crystal," Jack said, "I'm so sorry."

Crystal looked back at him, seeing that there really was compassion in his eyes. She wasn't sure what to do, but she did what her heart told her to do. She looked back into his eyes then slowly reached up and kissed him. It was the best feeling she ever really experienced, she was finally kissing someone she really, truely loved. They sat there kissing for a couple of minutes then finally broke away.

"Crystal," Jack said, "I should of told you this a long time ago, but," he paused and saw her eyes gazing into his, "I love you."

Crystal wiped some more tears from her eyes. She through her arms around him again and said, "Oh, Jack, I love you, too! Ever since the first day I met you. I just thought things could work out between me and Blink, because I didn't think you really loved me. Well, I knew you liked me, but love? That never really crossed my mind. But, oh, Jack! I love you so much!" and they kissed again, hoping it would never end. They sat out on that bench 'til night fell, then quietly walked back to the lodging house, arms rapped around each other, the way it should have always been.

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Author Notes: Thanks for reading! I hoped you enjoyed it! I'm so glad I finally got to this chapter! Yay! Please review, I like to know what you think! thank you, thank you, thank you!