"Head's up!"

Maggie ducked just in time as a shoe went flying over her head.

"Sorry, Maggie! I was aiming for Race!" Mush called.

"Hey!" Race shouted.

Maggie giggled as the boys rough-housed.

"Newsies, calm down! We're going to get kicked out if you keep this up! Get ready for bed, it's lights out in twenty minutes," Jack called and slowly the boys started getting dressed for bed.

And by dressed, I mean they all became shirtless.

Maggie retreated the upstairs girls' room, wanting to change into the night gown Katherine had given her a few days ago.

It'd been almost two weeks since Maggie joined the band of brothers. So far, it'd been interesting to say the least.

Maggie was in the process of getting the night gown on (she hadn't had much experience with dresses) when she heard footsteps and before she could grab her old clothes to cover up with, Romeo and Finch burst through the door.

"Fellas!" Maggie shouted. They looked over at Maggie and managed to make it out just in time before she threw her boot at them.

This was one of the downsides of living with a bunch of boys. They were always bursting in before she was dressed or something embarrassing like that.

Most of the time they were able to dodge her boots or 'throwing items' and then other times they weren't so lucky.

She'd been tempted to talk to Jack about arranging something about them bursting in, but so far she'd been too shy to do so.

As the days went on, she was warming up bit by bit though.

"Sorry Maggie!" Finch called from outside the closed door.

She sighed then finished getting dressed before going back to the main room, where the boys were in some sort of a pillow fight.

After ten minutes of that Specs had nearly broken his glasses, Mush almost broke his foot, Finch had fallen off the top bunk…. Twice….. Buttons had nearly fallen down the stairs, and Jack confiscated the pillows until bedtime.

"What should we do now?" Maggie asked, perched on top of one of the spare top bunk beds.

The boys thought for a moment and Race suddenly lit up and opened his mouth to say something.

"No," Jack cut him off.

"You don't even know what I was going to say!" Race defended.

"Does it involve fighting, betting, and/or leaving the Lodge?" Jack asked.

Race slumped in his bunk and didn't say anything.

"Alright boys and Maggie. To bed with all of you," Jack said, standing from the bed he was sitting on.

Maggie jumped down from the bed, landing on her feet and called over her shoulder, "G'night, boys."

"Night, Maggie!" they all called back as she went up to her bed.

"Miss Margret. I have something for you," the evil, low voice said.

"No! Stay away!" she shouted.

She ran from her father, turning into an alley.

Her father followed as she hit a dead end and turned. "Maggie," a voice whispered.

"Stay away! Just leave me alone!" she shouted, frightened tears streaming down her cheeks.

"Maggie!" the voice called again.

She shot up out of bed tears streaming down her face and breathing heavily.

"Hey, hey, hey, you're ok. It's ok, you're safe," Jack's soft, soothing voice whispered.

Maggie looked around in a mixture of fear and confusion.

Then she remembered her nightmare and she began shaking uncontrollably.

"Maggie, it's ok," Crutchie whispered, placing a comforting hand on her shoulder.

It was her, Jack, and Crutchie in the room, making Maggie think the other boys were still asleep.

"Nightmare?" Jack asked.

She nodded, too afraid to say anything.

It wasn't the first time she had a nightmare while she had lived at the lodge. The very first time was awful. She woke up half of the boys and when she woke up, they were watching her worriedly. It'd taken Jack forty minutes to get them out of the room so she could calm down.

"Want to talk about it?" Crutchie whispered.

She shook her head and pulled her knees up to her chest as the silent tears slowed to a stop.

Crutchie sat on the edge of the bed, and just as always, enveloped her in a hug.

They waited until she'd calmed down and fallen asleep again to go back to the roof.

This was one of the upsides. Having someone there to help you through the nightmares.

"Jack, they're getting worse. She was in tears this time," Crutchie whispered as the pair got comfortable on the mats.

"I know, Crutch. I'm hopin' she'll come around soon. She didn't flinch or anything when you hugged her so that must be a good sign," Jack said.

Crutchie nodded but wasn't convinced.

The next morning, Maggie was woken up by Mush running into her room with Race (who was only in his pants) angrily chasing him. "Give 'em back, Mush!" Race shouted.

Maggie yelped in surprise, jumping up to avoid getting landed on as Mush tripped and fell onto her bed.

"Sorry, Maggie! Race, I didn't take them!" Mush shouted, scrambling up and running to avoid the angry boy.

This was another downside.

"Maggie, catch!" Buttons shouted. Maggie looked up in time to see Race's clothes come flying her way.

She grinned and caught them, taking off running as Race changed directions.

"Maggie!" Race shouted angrily as she dodged his attempt to grab her.

"Romeo, heads up!" Maggie shouted, throwing the clothes.

Romeo turned but was still groggy from sleep and didn't catch the clothes.

Finch grabbed them and took off.

Race growled and tackled Finch.

"Alright, alright, enough!" Jack shouted, coming down from the roof.

Specs pulled Race off of Finch, who handed Race his clothes.

"I finally decided on a nickname for Maggie!" Jack shouted and the boys turned their attention to Jack. Maggie watched nervously, wondering if it would have something to do with her nightmares.

Jack opened his mouth to say what it was.

"Everyone, meet Swift!" Jack said.

"Swift?" Maggie asked, furrowing her eyebrows in confusion.

"Swift! I was watching you last night and a few minutes ago. You're fast, Maggie. Like, really, really fast," Jack said.

"Hey, Swift, want to have a race?" Race asked.

Maggie smiled and said, "You're on, Racetrack."

This was another upside. Being able to just relax and have fun with her family.

A/N: Swift is now part of the Newsies clan! What do you guys think of her nickname? I literally could think of nothing else and it sort of resembles her personality…. Right?

Tell me what you think of Maggie/Swift and if you would like to see her in the next chapter. Or if you have a better nickname for her….