Disclaimer: AJ and I do not own Newsies or Les Mis. I hope you enjoy this chapter!

March 16th, 2020

Third Person POV

"So what kind of sh*t do you have to deal with?" Kaylin asks Niki and JJ, laughing. Niki and JJ look at each other and then smirk.

"Long story short, Spot is afraid of pigeons," JJ starts.

"So we, we being Jo-Jo Madison, Race, AJ, and I, wanted to prove he was," finishes Niki. Kaylin snorts, already knowing where this story is going to go.

"So we dared him to go outside and sing Brooklyn's Here. Keep in mind that his now-fiancé is in on this," smirks JJ. "And we threw a piece of bread out and the pigeon went for it."

"Oh no," Enjy comments softly.

"And it landed at Spot's feet," continues Niki.

"Oh god," the boys mutter in unison, as if they were completely in sync with each other. They kind of are.

"And he did this," JJ says, playing a sound of a very high-pitched scream. Kaylin bursts into laughter, wheezing from her spot next to Enjy.

"It was pathetic," AJ rolls her eyes exasperatedly.

"Then he ran into the room and started clinging onto Jo-Jo," Niki tells. Laughing harder, Kaylin is picturing the scene in her head and breaking into peals of laughter.

"For dear life. And of course the pigeon hopped inside."

"Oh lordy," Ferre sighs.

"We kept him in the end," shrugs JJ. "Spot threatened to shoot it but never mind that."

"Oh my god," Kaylin whispers, wide-eyed.

"And we named him Spot Jr. as a joke," Niki laughs.

"He's still in the lodging house to this day."

"That's hilarious," Kaylin giggles, crying with laughter.

"Tomorrow's the return of Spot Jr."

"YES!!" Kaylin cheers.

"Spot's facing his fears again," JJ says dramatically.

"Poor guy," Bosseut says sadly. "I have a fear of blueberries and I know I don't want to encounter those again." Kaylin looks at him confusedly.

"Blueberries?"

"Blueberries."

"No no," JJ declares. "It's payback."

"First Spot stole my chocolate in payback," Niki growls as Kaylin gasps dramatically.

"That swine!" Kaylin shouts. She loves her chocolate.

"I know! So then I took his pimp cane," JJ joins in.

"Oh nooooo," Feuilly sighs, knowing how much Spot loves his cane.

"And then Spot took my books," Niki declares.

"Oh god," Ferre reiterates.

"Sooo I locked him out of the lodging house," Niki smirks as Kaylin starts wheezing.

"For a week," JJ adds. Almost everyone is rolling on the floor in laughter, Bosseut falling out of his chair from it.

"And this is when I truly hated Spot Conlon," JJ and Niki say in unison.

"Oh no what happened?" Kaylin questions, concerned.

"He dumped water all over us from the scaffolding." Kaylin cringes.

"He legit got one of those pool things and dumped it over them."

"Poor Niki and JJ," Kaylin says softly.

"So we chased each other around with Nerf guns," JJ yawns, faking a bored act.

"YES!!" Bahorel shouts, very enthusiastic over Nerf guns.

"And I shot Spot in the eye," Niki smirks, proud of herself.

"Ouch," Joly winces.

"And she laughed," JJ says dramatically. All of the boys dramatically gasp.

"You spelled your doom then," Kaylin informs Niki casually.

"I know," Niki admits. "But boys don't be like that. He was being a little sh*t anyways."

"Oh my god Niki," Kaylin laughs.

"I'm telling the truth!" she defends.

"And then Race got mad at Niki for trying to shoot him," JJ continues the story.

"Oh god," Kaylin sighs, knowing where this is going.

"So to calm him down I kissed-" JJ starts.

"Made out with him," Niki interrupts quickly as Kaylin snorts.

"Sounds like AJ."

"Explains why they're still kissing in AJ's room," Niki rolls her eyes as everyone in the vicinity cringes, assaulted by gruesome mental images.

"Oh god," Kaylin mumbles.

"The three hours they spent in there tells you," Niki groans.

"Yeah, it does," Enjy shudders.

"It's really embarrassing," informs JJ as if the people in the room don't know that fact.

"It's terrible," Kaylin snorts.

"Yeah," Niki sighs,

"Niki you haven't dated anyone so you can't talk," JJ retorts.

"Oof," Kaylin mumbles.

"Says the girl that had 13 boyfriends," Niki comes back.

"Damn," whispers Kaylin under her breath, her head looking at each sister as if she was spectating a tennis match.

"It's true! She's onto number 14!"

"Shut it Niki!" JJ declares loudly, drawing attention.

"Cough player cough," Niki says dramatically, fake coughing. AJ and Courf come out of AJ's room, slightly disheveled messes.

"That's their normal conversation," AJ sighs.

"SHE HAS EMERGED!!" Niki shouts excitedly. Kaylin bursts into laughter. "And it hasn't even been three hours," Niki finishes, shocked.

"A miracle," Kaylin adds jokingly.

"That has happened before," JJ admits.

"I know. I was there..." Kaylin trails off, shuddering.

"We all were," Enjy grimaces.

"Oh god. That must have been awful," JJ guesses.

"The two hours you spent with Race says otherwise, JJ," Niki smirks at her older sister.

"It was awful and Christ," Ferre comments.

"Huh, does anyone know what time it is?" Kaylin wonders, confused.

"Time for you to get a watch," AJ responds dryly as Kaylin laughs sarcastically.

"Uhhhhh one second," Enjy responds, checking his watch. "Around... 7:30?? That can't be right."

Kaylin snorts. "Well unless both your watch and my phone are broken, it's 7:30."

"I think it's time that we should go home," Ferre sighs. "Today was fun. Actually, scratch that. The end of the day was fun. Not the beginning."

"True," Kaylin admits. "Goodbye you guys." She hugs each and every one of her friends, including Niki and JJ. "Adrian it's time to go."

"Five more minutes," he pleads.

"Well if you wanna get yelled at by Mom, fine. Be my guest. But I'm going home. And also I can drop people off if they want."

Eventually, everyone leaves AJ's house, happy that they have AJ back to normal. Well, as normal as AJ can get.

Author's Note: I really like this chapter! The pigeon event is supposedly a running feud between Niki and Spot, with guest appearances from JJ and Race. Hope you enjoyed and Vive la France!

      -Kaylin