"I'm boooored," Les whined.

"Go find something to do then," Race replied, walking past the boy that was hanging off one of the bunks.

"It's too hot," Les replied.

His responds were groans.

It was true. It was a late summer, afternoon and they had all finished selling early today. Problem was, now none of them had anything to do. It was an abnormally hot July evening in 1900 for the boys so it put a damper in their motivation.

"Hey, where's Swift?"

The boys all looked up, noticing their sister was, indeed gone.

"I haven't seen her since we finished sellin'," Specs said.

"Should we go look for 'er?" Henry asked, getting up.

They looked to Race, who was technically in charge at the moment since Jack was out doing something.

"If she's not back by sun down, we'll go search for 'er," he said and the boys nodded.

As if on cue, the door burst open and in came Swift, her pape bag mysteriously full.

"There we are. Wese were startin' to worry," Henry said.

"Hey, what's in the bag?" Albert asked cautiously.

"Are youse sure you want to know?" she asked with a mischievous smile.

"Ise not so sure now," Albert said starting to back up.

Swift quickly pulled out a little ball of something and threw it at Albert, who didn't react in time to catch it, thus soaking him in water.

"I found some water balloons for us!" she said happily.

It took a minute, but once they realized what she said, they all shot up and ran over to her.

"Those things are expensive! A few good dimes at the most! How did you-?" Mush asked.

"Ise been saving up for a day like today. There's enough for each of us to have three, but that's all I could afford so use your ammunition wisely," she said.

The boys each eagerly grabbed three water balloons and (after Finch accidently threw one onto Jack's bed) they decided to take it outside.

"Heads up, Race!" Swift shouted. Race looked up in time to see a water balloon fly straight towards his face.

Swift doubled over in laughter as Race remained deadpanned as the water dripped from his face and hair.

Race took a quick glance behind Swift and smiled.

"Oh, Swift!" Romeo shouted.

Swift turned, still laughing a bit but stopped when she saw what Romeo had and took off running towards her hiding spot.

Henry and Albert were going at it, and Les was having the time of his life chasing his confused brother, who'd only shown minutes earlier.

The war went on until dark surprisingly, not one of the boys over using their balloons. Well, except for Swift but she wasn't technically a boy.

Jack was supposed to be home anytime now, and all of the Newsies had only balloon left.

And they knew exactly how to use it.

So, each of the boys and Swift, waited patiently for Jack to return.

"Where is he?" Crutchie whispered after a bit.

"Ise don't know, he should be back by now," Finch replied.

Once again as if on cue, the door opened.

Not pausing to see who Jack was with, they fired.

Jack stood with his eyes closed and smile gone as he was soaked with water balloons.

Katherine stood in the background, silently laughing until Les accidently hit her with a balloon as well.

"Oh, hi Katherine!" came various responses when they saw the reporter.

"Boys. And Swift. What's this?" Jack asked, his eyes still closed.

"Uh, we was tryin' ta cool off, since today was so hot," Buttons said.

Jack opened his eyes.

"Hey, why are you and Kat holdin' hands?" Race asked with a confused frown.

"Cause they're datin' nitwit," Specs said.

"Then why does Katherine have a ring on?" Les asked.

Their heads all snapped to Kat's hand, which indeed have a tiny ring on it.

Jack and Kat smiled at each other, then look at the group.

"Boys and Swift, wese got some news for ya," Jack said.

The group waited anxiously.

"Wese getting married!"

A/N: So yes, I realize that water balloons weren't invented until 1950, but why don't forget logic just for this one chapter? Hehe… Anywho, thank you to TheDarkWitch24 for giving me the idea for this chapter. I sort of changed it up a bit with the engagement but her idea was to have the Newsies relax on a hot summer day. And thus, water balloons.

Anyway, JACK AND KAT'S WEDDING WOOHOOOOO! This is leading up to two very important characters I'm going to introduce. Both are female. One won't be introduced till a bit later, and the other with be introduced in two chapters. So, have fun! If you want to try to guess who they are, leave it in the comments! I'll give you a PM if you get it right.

Feedback is highly appreciated! Thanks for reading my long drawn out note thing!