A/N: Well, now. Here's a new chappie! Hope you all love it! It was written quite quickly, but there's a bit of a twist at the end!

Disclaimer: Still don't own Newsies or any of it's characters…le sigh.

Chapter 7:

Love and Hate

Rachel's POV:

By nighttime I was very much ready to fall asleep. I learned that I'd be sharing a room with Whisper and Catherine, which was a little odd, since I had just met them. But, I liked them already, so I didn't mind. I had gone up before them, feeling a bit uncomfortable with the three of them downstairs. When I got to the room, I quickly changed and pulled my hair back in a ponytail. When I got out of the bathroom, Catherine and Whisper were already in the room and sitting on the cots that the Newsies had set up. They both turned to me as I entered the room.

"Hey, Rachel!" Catherine said, bouncing over to me and taking my arm. "We were just talking…"

"Yeah," Whisper said, smiling as I sat down with them. "And…we were wondering…." She gave her sister a 'look.'

"What?" I asked, looking from her to Catherine then back to her.

"What you think of Spot!" Catherine burst out and then she and Whisper collapsed into giggles.

After getting over the shock, I started laughing with them. "I can't believe you just asked me that!"

Whisper wiped tears from her eyes. "Well, after all you were the one who was trying to picture Spot in a dress!"

"Spaghetti strapped?" Catherine asked and then we burst out laughing again. Suddenly there was a knock at the door and then Spot came running in, followed by Jetty and Tony. We stopped laughing almost immediately and looked up at them. "Yes?" Catherine asked, still trying to suppress giggles.

"Whatcha all laughin' about?" Spot asked accusingly.

"Nothin' at all Spot…" I said as Whisper and Catherine let out a few giggles.

"Jus' keep it down, okay?" He said, walking out, with Tony and Jetty at his heels.

I looked at Whisper, then at Catherine. "So…now what?" I asked, unsure of what to do.

Whisper smiled. "Now…we talk…you about Spot…tell us what you think of our dear," she looked amusingly at Catherine. "Our dear brother Spot."

I shifted uncomfortably in my seat. "Um…what do you want to know?"

"Well," said Catherine. "Do you think he's cute?"

Whisper burst out laughing and hit Catherine playfully on the arm. "Well, that's just not fair! She's got Race ya know!"

"Still…what do you think of him?" Catherine asked, smiling at me. Whisper turned her attention towards me, quite interested in what I had to say.

"Well," I said, trying to pick the right words. "Um…he's okay I guess…he's nice…he can fight." I said, remembering the fight he had with the thugs.

"Yeah, that much we know….but c'mon, he must be at least a little more thank 'okay' to you…" Whisper said, smiling.

I smiled. "Fine…he's really cute." I admitted and Whisper and Catherine started laughing. "What?"

"We have something against you now!" Catherine said, smiling. "You think our brother is cute!" She clapped her hands and started laughing again.

"Sssh!" I said and playfully threw a pillow at her. "If he hears…"

"He won't hear…besides, he thinks you're cute too!" Whisper said, smiling at me.

My eyes widened. "What?" I practically yelled before Catherine put her hand over my mouth.

"Sshh! Don't tell him we told you!" Catherine said, putting a finger to her lips.

"Now," Whisper said, sharing with us a secret smile. "Let's talk about…"

"Boys!" Catherine yelled. "Great topic!"

I shook my head in disbelief. "This is the weirdest night of my life."

"Yeah, but it will also be the most fun!" Whisper said, then motioned for us to pull the cots together so that we could talk quietly.

"So," Catherine said. "Blink told me that Mush has a new girl."

"Yeah," Whisper said, looking at the both of us. "But Mush always has a new girl."

"Heard this one is different."

"How so?" I asked, knowing full well that Mush had a new girl every week.

Catherine shrugged. "Honestly? I have no clue."

"Well, she must be special because he's been going with her for a month now." Whisper said.

"A month?" I asked, stunned.

"Yup, he's been telling people that he's always gettin' a new girl but he just told the Newsies that he's been going with the same girl for a month now. It was a shocker ta them."

I shook my head. "Well, then she must be special."

Catherine nodded. "Well, tell us Whisper…what were you and Jack doing the other night in his room?" She asked with a smile.

"What?" I yelled and looked to Whisper for an answer. "No! Wait! Don't tell me!" I said, putting a pillow over my head to block out the noises.

I could hear Whisper and Catherine's muffled laughing and Whisper pulled the pillow off my head. "Hey, calm down! I promise we didn't do anything! We just talked, and he told me to watch out for you." She said, smiling.

I shook my head. "He ain't gonna let me live my own life." I said, shaking my head.

"Hey, he will." Catherine said, patting my arm. "Now, Blink. He ain't never going ta leave me alone!"

"Well, that's because he loves you!" Whisper said, and Catherine blushed. "Your everything to him!"

"Hey," Catherine said, trying to get the attention of herself. "Did you hear about Sarah's new guy?"

"Yeah," I said, nodding. "Heard he was a friend of Oscar's." I said, shuddering at the thought of the current situation I was in with him.

Whisper looked at me. "No. Rachel…Sarah's new guy is Oscar."

A/N: Well, that's done. Nice chatting with the girls, and I couldn't help myself. I put a plot twist at the end! R/R please!