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Chapter 4:

"Well he asked me out for the 100th time and it is getting really annoying." we both laughed and talked the whole night.

When I woke up the next morning with someone poking my side. "Hey get up."

"What…Where…Who?" I asked as I sat up. I opened my eyes and noticed that I was still up on the roof with Addy who was still poking me in the side. "I'm up, I'm up!"

"It's about 5. We have to wake up the guys." she said heading back down the stairs.

"Alright, for what?" I asked noticing that it was still dark outside.

"For work." she said like it was obvious.

"You work this early?" I said shocked, heading down the stairs towards the window.

"Well, when you're a newsie you get use to it." she said climbing through the window easily.

"I have never been a newsie. Is it hard to do?" I asked climbing through the window with difficulty because my skirt kept getting stuck. I finally got over and stood looking at Addy. I can see why she wears pants now.

"Well we better get started." she took a deep breath and yelled, "GET UP! GET UP! CARRY THE BANNER!"

I looked as all the boys listened and started to get out of bed and go to the washroom to get ready for the day. No one seemed to notice me as I stood in the corner, I didn't mind because I didn't want attention on me right now since I was new and all. I was wondering what I was going to do since I would probably have to leave here soon. As I was thinking I was scanning through the boys when I caught my eye on a very attractive one. He just rolled out of bed and his hair was messy, falling in his eyes. He had on a pink shirt and brown pants. He looked very good and I stared at him all the way into the washroom. "I think that I want to stay here for a while." I thought to myself as I saw Race walk into the washroom too.

"Yeah there are a lot of cute guys here aren't there." Addy said from beside me. "Don't be fooled. They act like idiots when they are fully awake." I laughed and followed Addy out of the room so that the boys could get ready. We waited about 10 minutes in the front room waiting for the boys. As we waited I talked to Mr. Kloppman who was in charge of the lodging house. He said that I could stay here as long as I paid five cents like everyone else. "Thank you. Now I just need to find a way to get money."

"You need money?" Someone asked from behind me.

I turned around and came face to face with the guy I had been watching in the bedroom. "Yeah, I do." I said looking at the floor. Addy was already gone to the Distribution Center, she said that she wanted to get done early so that she could hang out with me later that day.

"I know a place that needs other people." he said, "I could show you where it is."

"Really? Thanks." I said looking up at him and seeing him smile.

"No problem." he said. "Well we should go now." he said.

"Alright," I said walking behind him to the door.

Once we got outside I noticed that the sun was now out and that there were quite a few people out in the street already. Shops were getting ready to open and people were walking in the streets.

"The place is called Tibby's and it's a restaurant me and the other guys always go to for lunch when we have extra money. It's a nice place. They need a waitress."

"Okay. I can do that." I said. "Thanks again for doing this for me by the way."

"No problem. My name's Skittery." he said holding out a hand.

"Rebecca," I said taking his hand and shaking it. "Nice to meet you."

We talked the whole way there about being a newsie and living in New York. He said that anytime I would want to explore the city he would give me a tour. I would probably take that up sometime. He was really nice and we became closer. Tibby's was a short walk away but we already saw some of the newsies selling their newspapers. Some we got there and I saw the "Help Wanted" sign in the window.

"Well here it is." he said. "Good Luck."

I took a deep breath and walked into the restaurant.