a/n Thanks for the reviews everyone! This chap. is a little bit lovey-dovey (haha), but to understand some things, you probably need to read it.

Please let me know what you think of it!

Chap. 5

I went up out the window and up the fire escape. Mush was sitting with his legs hanging over the side of the building. (It didn't drop off right away because there was a ledge.)

My heart was beating fast when I went over to sit by him. I swear that he could hear it from where he was sitting. He just sat there in silence, with an unreadable expression on his face, for a few minutes and I wondered if I should say something. He answered my question when he started to talk.

"Why didn't you tell me da truth?"

I felt horrible that I make him feel bad, and even worse that I didn't know what to do.

"I didn't want you ta get hurt when I have ta go, I didn't want ta get close to you, just for me ta have ta leave."

We both just sat there next to each other for what seemed like hours. Mush kept looking like he was going to say something, but would just close his mouth and stop. Then he said:

"I think's we should just live for now, and see what happens wit what year you live in lata."

We both looked at each other and smiled. Those shy smiles that you do, when you just understand what's going to happen next. Before I knew it, he had leaned over and kissed me. A kiss that I knew said more than we could say in words.

After that, Mush and I just sat on the roof talking about out lives in very different times. He was interested in computers and cars. I was interested in how he went without cars and computers. Since Race had told me what his real name was, I really wanted to know what Mush's real name was.

"What's you're real name?" I asked him. He looked startled that I had asked that, like he wasn't expecting it.

"It's Derek Meyers." He said with a grimace.

I laughed, "That's not so bad!" He just shrugged his shoulders and went to stand up.

"Ready ta go back down?" he asked, holding his hands out to pull me up.

"Sure." I said, really not wanting to.

As we were about to go back down the fire escape, Mush whispered in my ear.

"So ya know dis means dat you'se my goil now, right?"

"If you says so," I said with a smile, giving him another kiss.

When we climbed back in the window, it looked like every newsie in the room already knew. It might've been the fact that Mush and I were holding hands, but who knows?

Mush went to go play a poker game, and I went to go talk to Three and Dolly.

"Where's Coppah?" I asked.

"Spot took her somewhere," Said Dolly.

"How's Mush?" Three said with a laugh.

"Good, how's Jack?" I shot back, remembering how much fun they had at Medda's show, "and Dolly, how's David doing these days?"

Turns out that Three was Jack's girl, and Dolly was now David's girl!

"Look's like our lie was just us improving the truth a little bit, as Jack would probably say." I said.

We all laughed, and decided to play poker with the boys. After I had won 50 cents and Dolly won $1, Copper walked in looking incredibly happy.

"Where were ya?" I asked as Dolly, Three, and I gathered around.

"Oh, ya know, Brooklyn." She answered with a grin.

"Did everything woirk out for ya too?" Three asked.

"Yes… wait, did you said 'too'?" when we all started to nod she said, "Things turned out ok den."

a/n- ok this chap. wasn't very long, but I put in 2 chapters today, so read on!