Sorry for the wait everyone! -blushes- I've had NO time to write lately and add that to some writers block, and that equals no new chaps. for awhile. But I'm good now... (I won't be able to write or check email or anything for a week while I'm at a camp, but I'll be back!)

Oh! I can't believe I've forgotten to say this before, but THANKS a bunch to Jenny, my awesome beta reader! You're the best:D She really knows her grammar, people! hehe Aannnddd... to everyone who's reviewed this so far, you guys are awesome, and you got me to get this chap. up a week earlier than I was going to be. (because of my camp).

Disclaimer: I don't own newsies (obviously) but... I do own Jessie and Lacey (and the lady in the navy dress and the man in the suit I suppose haha) and I think I'll kidnap Race, kay:)

wow... longest AN EVER!

Chap. 10

I found a tree in the park and sat down against it. Plenty of people passed by without giving me one glance, but I looked at them thinking about their pasts. Everyone has one, they have to. The lady in the navy colored dress probably has a husband who works in a factory and maybe two little kids who love her. The man in the suit could be searching for a job, because he could've just gotten fired from his previous one. The newsies even have pasts, whether they're ashamed about them or not. All I have is a few clips of my past that some stranger knows more about than I do.

It's true that as Blink was explaining everything, the few parts that I've remembered made sense with what he was saying. I still felt like I was missing something important, but I couldn't think of what it would be. Kid Blink had seemed truthful enough, so I shook that thought off.

I closed my eyes trying to fit in everything. I just wanted to remember so badly. There were three people who stood out the most in my mind. I think one of them is Spot, but I have no clue who the other two are. They're in my memories the most, so I must've been the closest to them, or they could've been friends of Spot. Either way, they were probably around me the most.

While I was in myreveriea girl with sandy brown hair sat down next to me. Closer than I wanted her to, in fact. I glanced at her uneasily.

"Aren't you going to the poker game tonight?" She spoke, making me jump 10 feet in the air.

"Can I help you?" I asked her, having no clue who she was or why she was speaking to me.

She seemed to be observing me and said, "You're Spot's sister, right?"

"That's what I've been told," I replied, "and you are…"

"Oh! Where are my manners? I'm Lacey." This girl said as she smiled and flipped her hair behind her shoulder.

"You're a newsie, aren't you?"

She laughed a dainty laugh before answering, "No, oh goodness, no! I guess you would say that I'm friends with them."

"You guess, or you are?"

"I AM friends with them." She said with force.

I saw just for a second before it was hastily covered up, loathing. Towards the newsies I would guess. It was enough for my intuition to kick in and for me to know it was time to go.

"Uh, well, I guess I should go to that poker game so no one wonders where I am."

"No, we wouldn't want that, now would we?" Lacey said with what I could now see was a fake smile plastered to her face.

"Um, no. Nice to meet you."

"Pleasure, Miss Conlon."

I nodded and ran away as quickly as I could in a dress before stopping outside the lodging house. Something about that girl did not seem right, but I just couldn't put my finger on what it was. She knew me somehow, I just didn't know her. What else was new? Ever since I've been with the newsies this has happened multiple times. I was finally getting to know who was in my past, but I didn't know where they really fit in it.

And then, for the second time that day Spot Conlon stopped my in my tracks, literally.

"Look what we have here," he said in a cold tone, "my sister."

This time, I knew he was telling the truth and I was going to get some answers.

yea, I know it was short, but I wanted to get in this next chap. before I go to camp, and I leave today, so this was where I had to stop.

Hope you guys liked it! If you review, I'll personally go back in time and kidnap the newsie of your choice AND giftwrap him for you! ;D

-Sweets