Dislcaimer: I don't own Newsies. Neither do I won NCSSM. , yes, it is a real place. But I own my characters! Mwahah, mine, all mine!

Okay, anyways, on to out favorite part...

Shout Outs! Yay!

First, I'd like to say a general thanks to all of you. This was my fist fanfic. So I was really happy that I got reviews.

Gamble 7: My first reviewer! I'm glad I did okay on the detail. That was always the thing I had to work on most, lol, be glad you didn't see any of my earlier stories...

Dragonsong: My little muse. My inspiration! Hearts to you, I'm glad you liked the story.

Daydream: Look, No 1! Lol, Smarter than GoNY? Impossible! Gotta love crazy-smart people, though I thinkl that description in itself automatically qualifies them as insane, but its in a good waa.

madmbutterfly713: Yes, I would love to actually bring Newsies forward in time. That would utterly make my day.

TCBrigid: Original...yay! I like the word cute, cute is good. Don't worry, the kids are slightly normal, I won't rush just so I can write all about my belovednewsies only.

Zero-0: Yes, I ratherlike the whole deep-sleep thing. I find I have dreams rather similar after seeing the movie or listening to the music, I assure you, its quite enjoyable.

Shades: I'm glad you liked it. And i fixed that anonymous thing, so now you can review. Yay!

now for ze part zat ve av all been vaiting for...

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Maggy stared in surprise as a huge pile of books slammed down in front of her. "Carey?" she asked tentatively, trying to peer around the stack.

"Nope" came the cheerful response as Tori's beaming face poked up over the top. "Carey's behind me with another stack" she added as she sat down, a little to the side of the books so she could see Maggy.

Maggy stared at her, "Is Carey nuts? What are all these for?" she waved, accidentally sending her milk flying from the lunch tray as she hit it in her earnestness to express her opinion. "I know she likes to read, but this is just taking it a bit to far!" she exclaimed, scrambling to pick up the carton. She wordlessly nodes her thanks as Tori handed her some napkins and she quickly wiped the mess up. At least it hadn't hot the books; she'd have been in real trouble than.

Tori looked over her food carefully, than selected her choice and took and took a bite. "Don't yell at me." Tori answered around the mouthful of ham sandwich. "It's for some newsie project or another."

"Oh my…" Maggy smacked her forehead. "I didn't think she was serious a couple nights ago when she…"

"I was." The first stack was joined by another, equally large set of books. A worn-out Carey plopped down next to Maggy. She took off her glasses and rubbed her eyes, and gave a tired smile. "I've collected these for my research, and I got permission from Ms. Kenkins to set up a lab in the spare classroom. "

"What?" Maggy stared at her, than threw her hands into the air. "I guess I can't stop you, it's not like the project has anything to do with me." She studied her friend; she'd have to convince her to stop this craziness somehow. Her hair was falling out of its usually neat ponytail, and there were huge dark circles under her eyes.

"Actually…"

"What?" Maggy spun and stared at her friend, eyes narrowed, "Actually what?" Why did she have a feeling that this would lead nowhere good?

"Well, you see…I was kinda hoping, you know you're better at math than me, and it's going to involve a lot of equations, and you know…I can help, but you're better…please?" She folded her hands in silent begging mode, and turned her large eyes on her friend. Maggy suppressed a grin, flattery will get Carey nowhere she told herself sternly.

"No." Maggy answered flatly.

"So you're going to let your best friend die of utter exhaustion, all alone, trying to accomplish the one most important goal in her life?"

Tori snorted. Carey wasn't totally alone, but it made for good effect.

Maggy couldn't help but feel a bit of pride, apparently teaching Carey about acting had paid off, she had even managed to squeeze an itsy-bitsy tear out of her eye. And actually, Maggy did want to kind of help. Sure, she wasn't crazy about Newsies, but it would be fun. And if they actually did succeed (and with Carey working on it they might) who could say no to an addition of hot guys to the school?

Quashing her misgivings, she finally made her choice. At least she'd be able to keep an eye on Carey, and send her to bed when she needed it. "I suppose…"

Carey's face lit up and she squeezed Maggy's hand tightly, her face rapturous, "Oh Maggy, thank you!" Maggy shook her head; Carey almost had the feverish look of a crazed person.

Tori looked pretty amused too, but she just grinned and moved on to her potato salad. She thought Carey's project was pretty insane, but she loved trying hopeless stuff. It was pretty fun in her opinion.

"Wait a second Carey" she said, disentangling her hand, "This is a conditional agreement."

Carey nodded; her face returned to normal, and asked, "What do you want?"

Maggy grinned at her. "I want Racetrack." There was a stunned silence, than all three girls bust into laughter.