"Ya got a home?" Jack looked down at Anastasia.

Anastasia shook her head, looking down in embarrassment.

"'Ey 'ey 'ey!" Jack put his hands on her shoulders. "It's okay."

"We can take her back to the lodging house!" Crutchie perked up.

"Yeah." Jack smiled, before it slipped of his face. "Crutch, cemmere."

Crutchie wobbled over as Jack whispered something in the younger boy's ear.

"Uh huh. Yeah... right."

Anastasia could only make out what Crutchie was saying.

"Okay." Jack looked up. "So's, we have a plan."

He held up a glass shard.

~~~~~~📰~~~~~~

"W- what do you need me to do?" Anastasia crossed her arms.

"Look kid-"

"I'm not a kid." Anastasia pushed Jack as hard as she could with her hands.

Which wasn't much.

"Ya ain't older then a five year old, you're a child."

"I'm six."

"Same thing."

Jack walked ahead of Anastasia as if being the leader of a group,

"Hey! You aren't much older than me! You're like a seven year old."

Jack turned around, fuming.

"I'll have you know I am eight going on nine!"

"Same thing," Anastasia said in a low voice.

"I do not sound like that!" Jack looked offended.

"You keep telling yourself buddy." Anastasia patted him on the back.

Crutchie held back laughter.

~~~~~~📰~~~~~~

"How is this gonna work?" Anastasia looked at the newsboy lodging house in front of her.

"You's a boy-" Jack began.

"Girl-"

"I know." Jack huffed. "Ya look da part, act the part." Jack shoved her gently.

Unfortunately she was way lighter than he expected and he knocked her down.

"Hey!" Anastasia pushed back twice as hard.

From the ground Jack looked up and smirked.

"That's the spirit Stasia!"

~~~~~~📰~~~~~~

"Temper! Temper! We got a new kid!" Jack's voice rang through the big lodging house.

"Another?" Temper groaned.

"Another?" Voices rung through.

"Yes 'another'." Jack rolled his eyes.

"Stop finding new kids, cowboy," Fox snickered. "Temper here might have a heart attack."

"Jack, you know there isn't anymore room in the lodging house." Temper crossed his arms.

"We can fix up the closet!" Crutchie exclaimed, grinning.

"Who is this kid?" Temper narrowed his eyes.

Both Crutchie and Jack stepped back, revealing the small Anastasia.

Her thick brown hair was cut up to her shoulders.

Temper leaned down, staring into her eyes.

Anastasia visibly gulped.

"Welcome to the family." He smiled slightly.

Anastasia let out a breath that she was holding.

"T- thanks."

"Anytime kid." Temper turned around. "Racer! Show our new brother to 'is room!"

"Me-" Race began. "Why me? I have to-"

"Kid, ya need more friends just go." Temper crossed his arms.

"Okay." Race huffed, guiding Anastasia to the empty room. "'Need more friends', huh. Anthony Higgins doesn't need friends." He mumbled to himself.

"You seem cheerful," Anastasia muttered under her breath.

"I had no idea," Race remarked back, both glaring at each other.

"Oh god save us," Jack prayed, his eyes following the two bickering kids. [same] (me @ resident beta reader)

~~~~~~📰~~~~~~

"Here you go, your majesty." Race crossed his arms.

"At least I'm not gonna die alone." Anastasia stuck her tongue out.

"Yeah? Who exactly do you have?" Race narrowed his eyes.

"Who do you have?" Anastasia fired back.

"Uh uh, I asked first."

"I have Jack and Crutchie." Anastasia smirked.

Race raised an eyebrow.

"Wow, I'm impressed." Anastasia could hear the sarcasm dripping from his voice.

"At least I know someone has my back!" Anastasia snapped.

"Please, you's only known Jack for like an hour."

"And that's enough to know he's the best big brother ever!"

"What are you, five?" Race scoffed.

"I'm six." Anastasia crossed her arms.

"You're also annoying."

"Noted."

~~~~~~📰~~~~~~

"Can you believe the audacity he has?" Anastasia complained to Jack. "If he wasn't a newsie he'd be the hoity toity type."

"Uh huh." Jack nodded absentmindedly. "Extra Extra!"

"Like, who does he think he is? Extra extra!" Anastasia grumbled.

"He sells by Sheepshead."

"Is that supposed to mean something? Extra extra! Dead body found naked! Extra extra!"

"Hey! Youse a natural." Jack grinned like a proud parent. "Extra extra! Massive murderer on the lose!"

"Hey, where'd you find that?" Anastasia looked over his shoulder.

"Page eight."

Ten Pigeons Miraculously Found Wounded. Pronounced Dead At The Scene.

"Whoa, that's cool." Anastasia grinned. "Extra Extra! Mysterious disease strikes a flock of pigeons! Will it get you too? Extra extra!"

"That's good kid." Jack nodded approvingly.

~~~~~~📰~~~~~~

"Look Crutchie! Look look!" Anastasia ran up to the older boy. "Look! This lady gave me a quarter!"

"Good job kid." Crutchie ruffled her hair.

Race scoffed.

"What's up with ya?" Mush crossed his arms.

"Yeh, youse been scoffing more den usual." Albert rolled his eyes.

"It's dat new kid, somethin's up with him."

"Calm down, ain't nothing wrong with the little thing." Fox laughed. "He's just a ball of energy."

"Uh huh, and what do balls of energy do?" Race crossed his arms. "They explode." He made an explosion motion with his hands.

Silence filled the air quickly.

"That got dark," Albert remarked.

"And deep," JoJo commented.

"But mostly dark."

~~~~~~📰~~~~~~

"Why do you hate me?" Anastasia finally had the courage to ask Race, sitting down next to him in an alleyway.

"I don't know, why do I?" Race glared.

"I don't know, give me a reason."

"First off, who names their child Andrew?" He turned his head to her.

"What's wrong with the name Andrew!" Anastasia crossed her arms. She thought it was a nice name, that's why she chose it after all.

"I don't know!"

"At least it's better then Racetrack!"

"That wasn't my birth name stupid."

"Are you really calling me stupid? If I could chose my name I'd make it something better than Racetrack." Anastasia narrowed her eyes.

"I'm not calling you stupid." Race rolled his eyes. "I'm naming you stupid, Stupid."

"What?" Anastasia stood up.

"You hoid me." Race stood up too, glaring down at her.

"Well- well I'll name you- you- JERK!" She crossed her arms.

"What-"

"SHUT UP JERK!" She glared.

"SHUT UP STUPID!"

"How 'bout both of you's shut up." Fox put his hand on both of their shoulders, watching the two children glare.

"He started it!" They both pointed to each other.

"Why don't I take you kids to Sheepshead?" Fox winced.

"Yeah!"

"No!"

The yelled at the same time, both of them glaring at each other.

"Yes!"

"No!"

"Why don't you wanna go to Sheepshead?" Race crossed his arms, huffing and puffing.

"Why do I want to go to Sheepshead?" Anastasia sassed back.

"We're not going to Sheepshead then." Fox sighed.

"What?" Race jumped, before continuing to glare at Anastasia.

"Phew," she sighed.

"I hate you!" he yelled, clenching his fists.

"I hate you too!" She crossed her arms.

"Oh god save us all." Fox looked up at the sky. "Please..."

Eyyyy!

Besides the April Fools one, I think this is your first time seeing Temper and Fox?

Maybe?

Possibly?

I don't remember...

Anyway, heh, gReaT pLatForM fOr lOve wE hAvE hEre aMiriTe!?

Love the siblings ship

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