"A-Are you serious?"

"Of course! You two are my best pals. It seems right to ask you to be my best men."

Jack, Crutchie, and Davey were sitting on the roof of the Lodge. They'd been up there for almost an hour before Jack finally asked them to be his best men for the wedding, to which both said yes.

Jack grinned from ear to ear. "Thanks, fellas."

"So, uh, what exactly does a best man do?" Crutchie asked.

"Uh, I'm not entirely sure. Ace just told me I had to get a best man and since you two are both my best friends, I asked both of ya."

Crutchie nodded and Jack added, "Ace and I are meeting with the wedding planner tomorrow. You two are welcome ta join us."

The boys nodded and Jack clapped them on the back before saying, "Well we bettah get ta bed. 'Night."

He went downstairs followed by Crutchie.

But Davey was a bit more hesitant.

He'd always known he was part of the newsie's family, but for some reason, this made it all the more real.

With a small smile on his face, he went downstairs and climbed into the bunk.

He and Les were staying at the Lodge for the week since their parents and sister were sick.

The next morning he was woken to the usual shouting, laughing, and running from an angry Racetrack.

"Davey! Davey! Spec s said I could sell with him today. Can I?" Les asked his brother, jumping up and down happily.

He looked over to Specs for approval. Specs had a small smile on his face and nodded.

"Sure, Les. Just stay with Specs and do whatever he tells you, ok?" Davey said and Les nodded, running over to the older boy.

"Could you watch him later today? Crutchie and I have to go do something with Jack," Davey whispered to Specs.

"Sure," Specs said, smiling as he watched Les interact with a sleepy Swift.

"Thanks," Davey said.

He headed out the door after saying a quick good-bye to Les. As he headed to the distribution centre, he thought over what Jack had said last night once again.

'You two are my best pals.'

The last two words in that sentence brought a small smile to Davey's face.

Back when he was still in school, he'd never been that popular. The kids weren't very nice to him-that's sort of an understatement- and he didn't have many friends. Or. Any at all really. So to him, those few words were very important.

Anyway, after a fairly good day of selling, Davey and Crutchie met up with Jack, who met up with Katherine.

The group made it to the wedding planner in a matter of minutes.

After a few minutes of talking, the door opened behind the group and a girl with light brown, short, curly hair walked in.

She had chocolate brown eyes and freckles that covered her face.

"Hey, Kath, sorry I'm late," she said.

"You're fine, Rose. Thanks for coming," Katherine said, hugging the girl.

Maybe it was the way she almost had a bounce in her step, or the way her eyes sparkled when she smiled, or the way she scrunched up her nose when she didn't like something, but whatever the reason, Davey couldn't take his eyes off Rose.

Unbeknownst to Davey, Crutchie and Jack noticed their friend's strange behavior and were nudging each other were mischievous smiles.

"Davey!" a voice shouted.

He jumped and looked over to see Crutchie and Jack staring at him.

"You ok? We'se been callin' you'se name for about five minutes now," Crutchie said.

"Y-Yeah, I'm fine," Davey said.

He noticed both Katherine and Rose were gone. He'd been staring at Rose the whole time.

"C'mon, it's time to go home," Jack said. He was having a hard time fighting the smile from his face.

On the way home, Crutchie and Jack were not-so-subtly trying to question Davey on his thoughts over Rose.

"So, uh, Dave. What do you think 'bout Ace's friend? Rose I think her name was?" Jack asked.

Davey turned a light pink and said, "She seems nice."

"Sure does. You didn't stop starin' at her the whole time," Jack muttered, making Davey turn red and Crutchie nudge Jack in the ribs.

Thankfully, the group reached the Lodge before anymore interrogating could occur.

Problem was, Davey couldn't get Rose off his mind.

The rest of the week, all he could think about was Rose.

It was starting to bother him, so he decided to ask Jack about it.

"Hey, uh, Jack? Could I talk to you?" Davey asked, poking his head up to the roof.

Jack looked up from his drawing and had to bite back a smile as he said, "Sure, Dave. What's on your mind?"

'Rose,' Davey nearly blurted.

"Uh-I've just been- um- thinking about-," Davey stuttered.

"You've been thinking about Rose?" Jack said and Davey turned pink before sighing and saying, "Has it been that obvious?"

"Dave, it was obvious when you wouldn't stop staring at her ," Jack said with a chuckle, turning his friend bright red.

"Would should I do? I can't stop thinking about her," he said.

'Davey, it's called love at first sight,' Jack almost told his friend. Instead, he said, "Have you tried to see her again?"

"No," Davey said, a hint of worry in his voice. Where was this going . . . .

"C'mon," Jack said, standing.

"Where're we going?" Davey asked, standing as well.

"Ta go see your special goil of course!" Jack said.

"What!? No way, Jack," Davey said.

"Davey, you're my best friend. You clearly like this goil so if you like her as much as Crutch and I think you do, you're going to see her," Jack said.

"Jack, please. Not right now, ok?" Davey said and Jack could see it in his eyes he didn't want to see Rose right now.

Whatever the reason, Jack decided to respect it.

"Fine. But Dave, know that you can come tell me 'bout her any time you want ok? I probably bugged you outta your mind with all my mushy talk 'bout Ace," Jack said with a laugh.

Davey laughed and said, "Thanks."

"Anytime. And hey, what're best friends for?"

A/N: Well, that was by far one of my favorite chapters. I love being all mushy with Davey! And before you say anything, yes, Rose will return.

Now, I have a question for you all. I have an idea for a certain story involving some actors and actresses from a certain musical that involves dancing and singing Newsboys. If you would like to see a story about the cast of Newsies, please tell me in the comments because I feel like that'd be a really fun story to do.

Also, give me good and bad feedback on this story, and as always, any ideas for characters, prompts, or anything you'd like to see in a chapter.

TTFN!