i think this is a good chapter for all Jack fans!

Disclaimer: if i must... I DON'T OWN NEWSIES or any of it's characters! even if i really, really, really want to... of course Copper, Three, and Dolly kinda own themselves, but I made up the names! Sweets is me, so i guess i own me, right! haha

Chap. 9

The next day, I was selling my papes as usual with Mush. All of a sudden, Three sprinted up to me. This was odd, because she should've been selling with Jack, who wasn't with her, right now.

"Three! Is everything alright? Where's Jack?" I asked before I yelled out another headline.

"With his beloved Sarah." She said frowning slightly with tears welling up in her eyes.

"You mean… she's back?" I said remembering how she had gone away to boarding school out west, a little after her and Jack had broken up. They had dated before we had even gotten there.

She just nodded and started to cry. I was almost out of my papes by this time, so I asked Mush if he would be okay selling by himself, and he told me that he was fine. We went over to Central Park and sat on one of the benches. Almost immediately Three burst out crying.

"Why don't you'se start by telling me why exactly dis is botherin' you so much?" I was a little confused because I didn't think that Jack would do anything horribly wrong.

"I-just-think-dey-still-likes-each-other" she got out with a sob in between each word.

"You know dat ain't true! Dey is just friends, and David is still Jack's best friend so he might feel like he has ta talk ta Sarah."

She looked at me like I had no clue what I was talking about, and didn't say anything.

"It could be, maybe?" I said hesitantly.

I finally talked her into going over to Tibby's to eat something for lunch. As we walked over there, I tried to cheer her up by giving her pointers for what she should say to Jack and how she should act.

"When you walks in, don't glare at Sarah or say anything mean ta her." I said.

Then, I continued. "Give Jack a kiss on the cheek, ta show Sarah dat whatever she had in mind is wrong."

By the time I had finished coming up with some more pointers, we were there. When we walked in, almost all of the newsies were in there eating. It seemed that they were all looking at Three and me to see what Three's next move would be. She calmly walked over to where Jack and Sarah were sitting in a booth across from each other. Jack saw her and moved over on his side to let her in. Three then kissed him on the cheek and told him that she missed him that morning.

I was over sitting at a table with Mush, Kid Blink, Racetrack, and Boots. We were all observing what was going to happen next. After a few minutes of uncomfortable silence in the entire restaurant as everyone waited for someone (especially Sarah, Jack, or Three) to say something, Copper and Dolly walked in with Spot and David.

"Hey everyone!" David shouted.

I quickly tried to tell him to be quiet, but he didn't get the hint.

And he wonders why we call him the walkin' mouth…-I thought to myself.

Jack then yelled at him, "Hey Davey, why don't you come over her and talk ta yer sister."

All eyes were on David as he walked over to the booth to sit next to Sarah. He gave her a hug, which was awkward because of how they were seated.

David then said, "Sarah, don't you think that Jack and Three are great together?"

Sarah smiled and nodded to David's question. It looked like David had an amused expression on his face. Jack looked over at David and scowled. He then put his arm around Three's shoulders. Three moved slightly closer to Jack.

"Sarah, what have ya been up ta lately?" asked Jack.

"I've almost finished my school year out West in Iowa." She said.

"Iowa? That's where des goils are from." Jack said.

"Don't you just love the farms are how much open space there is?" Sarah asked with a sugary sweet smile.

"Well, when we was there, it looked a little bit different." Three said. I wasn't sure if Sarah knew what year we were from yet, which was probably why Three didn't say anything. All Jack or David probably told her about us is that we just came a little while ago.

The restaurant had started to get louder with newsies who has slowly lost interest in the conversation. A lot of them figured that Sarah wasn't here to start any conflict, and that Jack and Three weren't going to have any fight.

I, personally, didn't know what to think. Sarah didn't look like she would be suspicious of taking Jack from Three, but they did date for a couple of years. I decided that everything would turn out ok for Three in the end. Mush, David, Spot, Copper, Dolly, and I all were done with our lunch, so we decided to take a walk around Manhattan because it was so nice out. I went over and said goodbye to Three and Jack, and I introduced myself to Sarah. Then we walked out.

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-Sweets