Disclaimer: I do not own newsies. Busy Body, Books, Chattah, and Martini belong to themselves. I own Bookie, Wheeler, and Saphire.

            Jessica and Kaelin walked into Central Park at exactly 11:00am. They looked around for Racetrack and Blink, until they saw they sitting on a very large blanket with six other people. The girls walked over to them all. Blink looked up and saw the girls.

            "Everyone, I would like you to meet Kaelin and Jessica London." Blink said.

            "Hi," said a girl with long jet-black hair and emerald eyes. She was about 5 ft 4 in, and skinny but curvy. "My name is Books."

            "And I'm her boyfriend Dutchy." A boy with glasses and blond hair said.

            "I'm Chattah," said a girl with long, wavy, honey blond hair, sea green eyes, and was about average height.

            "And I would be Spot Conlon. Chattah's my girl and I'm the leader of the Brooklyn newsies." A boy with blue eyes, blond hair, and a slingshot hanging out of his back pocket said.

            "I'm Busy Body, but everyone calls me Busy." Said a girl with brown, shoulder length hair, blue eyes, and looked quite tall, almost 6 ft.

            "And I'm Jack Kelly. I'm Busy's boyfriend and the leader of the Manhattan newsies." Replied a boy with brown hair, brown eyes, a red bandana and a cowboy hat hanging around his neck.

Jessica and Kaelin stood for a moment, remembering all the faces and the names that went with them.

"So are you guys sisters? Cousins?" Books asked them.

"We're fraternal twins. That's why we don't look the same." Kaelin replied.

Jessica sat down beside Books and Racetrack, and Kaelin sat down beside Blink and Jack. Everyone sat around in an awkward silence. Finally Jessica broke it.

"Is everyone hungry? I'm sure we packed enough food to feed an army!" Jessica said.

Everyone laughed, and dug into the food. Half an hour and 10 bellies filled later, they had all become great friends. They had just finished eating, and were deciding what to do next.

"I think we should go for a walk," Busy said.

"It's too hot to go for a walk," Dutchy said.

"What else could we do?" asked Jack.

"Why don't we rent a couple of rowboats on the small lake here." Chattah said.

"Hey, if we do that, we could get them for free. I know the guy who runs it, and he still owes me from the last poker game we played." Racetrack said.

"Well it sounds like we're going to row some boats!" Chattah said happily. "Spot, you're coming with me!"

"Jack, you're going with me," Busy said smiling.

"Let me guess," said Dutchy. "Am I going with you Books?"

"Yup. You sure are smart. I knew there was a reason I liked you!" Books said laughing.

"Care to row with me?" Blink asked, looking over at Martini.

"Why I would love to." Kaelin said. 'As if I could say no to him!'

'Maybe he doesn't like me,' Jessica thought, looking over at Racetrack. 'How embarrassing. What am I…' But her thoughts were interrupted when Racetrack spoke.

"Well my beautiful lady, it seems that we are the only two left," he said with a smirk. "We'll have to show these guys they chose the wrong partners. We are going to have much more fun then they are!"

Racetrack held out his hand, and Jessica took it happily. They ran off laughing to catch up with the others who had already left.

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As they neared the lake, Kaelin remembered they left all the stuff behind.

"Umm, you guys, we left all of our stuff back there. What if someone tries to steal it?" Kaelin asked worriedly.

"Don't worry about it," Jack said. "We do it all the time. It will all be there when we get back."

Spot remembered something he had said the night before.

"I think we should give them their newsie names now," he said.

"What are newsie names?" Jessica asked.

"Well it's basically a nick name that describes us. Books for instance, got her name because she likes to read and write books. So just tell us your favorite thing, what you like to do, things like that, and we'll figure out a name for you from that." Jack replied.

Kaelin thought for a moment, until she thought of something.

"My favorite drinks are martini's," she said.

"Ha!" Jessica said. "That's funny considering you've never had one!"

"Shut up!" Kaelin said, her cheeks growing warm. "Just because I've never had one, doesn't mean it can't be my favorite drink."

"Well I think it's perfect. From now on Kaelin, you are going to be called Martini." Blink smiled as he said it, and everyone else agreed it was a good decision.

"And what about you Jessica?" Racetrack asked. "What do you like to do, or what's your favorite things?"

Before Jessica could even open her mouth, Martini spoke up.

"Well she likes to take bets all the time. And she always wins. She also acts like a bookie sometimes, just taking the money for the bets. Once she almost got kicked out of school because it's not allowed." Martini said.

"Is this true Jessica?" Books asked.

"Well, yes. It is. I happen to be the best at what I do. And not that bad of a bookie either." Jessica said, proud of herself.

"I've got it! Your new name can be Bookie!" Chattah exclaimed.

"I like that," said Busy. "What do you think Jessica?"

"Jessica, who's Jessica?" Bookie replied, and everyone started laughing.

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