The next morning Feister woke up and hoped that everything was a dream, her brother coming back and not having to switch off selling partners.

But as soon as she woke up Race came up to her bunk and reminded her and Romeo that they were selling that morning. Still being tired, and maybe a little frustrated with this whole mess she let out a small groan before falling back onto the bed and slammed the pillow over her head.

"Hey," Mush said while sitting up in his bunk. Feister removed the pillow off of her face and looked over at him. "Just go out there an' sell like ya always do. Plus it makes me feel better knowing that yer brudda don't know where ya are."

Feister nodded, understanding this was for her safety. Soon enough it was time to get out of bed and start selling for the day. After getting a free breakfast from the Nuns and buying her papers, Feister headed out with Race and Romeo.

They went to the park nearby Jacobi's. After looking around for a spot they found one under a tree and then it was time to sell the papers.

As per usual. Feister had to admit, it wasn't all that bad selling with Race and Romeo. Race kept her mind off of things and often cracked a joke or two after Romeo failed with a girl that would walk by.

"Aw, don't worry Rome," Feister said while patting the younger boy on the back. "I's sure you'll find yer Juliet sooner or later."

"Like 'er?" Romeo said eagerly while pointing to a girl.

Before Feister could say anything Race said, "Knock yourself out kid." with that being said Romeo ran off to the girl. Then after a few moments both Race and Feister laughed when the girl lightly whacked Romeo with her purse. Romeo walked back to the two older newsies with a somewhat angry look on his face.

"Don't give me that look," Feister snapped. "It was Smokey who sent ya, not me."

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Over with Kid Blink and Mush they were both in the middle of selling when Will walked up to them. "Where's Claire?" he asked, a little harsher than necessary.

Both boys looked at each other and shrugged. Honestly they had no idea where Feister was. All they knew was that she was with Race and Romeo somewhere in the city

"Sorry, but we's dunno anyone named "Claire", right, Blink," Mush said acting dumb. But technically he really didn't know anyone named "Claire", which is somewhat truthful. Then again when has a newsie ever been truthful when it came to strangers.

Blink pretended to think long and hard before saying, "Yup, that's a unusual name for these parts."

Will rolled his eyes, apparently these newsies are dumber than they appear so he said, "Claire, my sister, the one with the temper, brown eyes, dark hair, about a head shorter than you, fourteen years old."

"Nope, still doesn't ring a bell," Blink replied.

"The one girl who lives with you. And I'm assuming that you." Will pointed to Mush, who kept a straight face. "Are a close friend of hers, so if anything you should know where she is."

Mush shrugged. "Like I's said before, we's dunno anyone named "Claire". Now if ya ain't gonna buy a pape, I's suggest ya move along so we's can do our job." With that being said, Will walked off. Once Will was gone Mush said, "Ya know if he gets his hands on 'er Imma soak the livin' daylights outta ''im. Think Feisty would mind if I did that?"

Kid Blink just smiled and said, "I's don't think she'll mind at all." Then a smirk appeared on Blink's face as he said, "But she wouldn't let you have all the fun." they both laughed, knowing that it was true.

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Meanwhile Will had walked into an alley where the Delanceys were waiting for him. "What was the point of that?" he asked.

"Let's see, how to put this nicely," Oscar thought aloud. He thought for a few moments before saying, "Yer sistah has the sweets for ole Mush brains. An' the only way ta get ta 'er is through 'im."

"Wait, what'd you just say?" Will asked, hoping that what he heard wasn't true.

"The only way ta get ta 'er is through Mush brains," Oscar repeated, a little annoyed that Will would asked such a dumb question. Now he knows what Will is Feister's brother.

"Before that. You said she has the sweets for him." Will was hoping that it wasn't true, she may want nothing to do with him but he's still her brother. "What does that mean?"

"It means she has a crush on 'im," Morris snapped very loudly.

"Are they together?" Will asked. He didn't like the thought of his sister crushing some street kid. Plus she's fourteen, practically still a baby.

"They ain't together, not yet anyways," Morris replied. Will wasn't sure if what Morris just said made him feel better, or worse. All he knew was that he didn't like the sound of it.

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When Race, Romeo and Feister finished selling they headed off to Jacobi's for lunch. When they entered they saw that pretty much all the newsies were there.

Feister looked around the room and saw that some of the boys were playing cards, and others were talking and laughing. She was hoping that she'd find Kid Blink and Mush, but they weren't there. After taking a deep breath Feister took a seat in between Henry and Ike.

Race had just finished giving the report on what happened that day just as - "Cowboy!" Mush and Kid Blink exclaimed as they ran into Jacobi's. They were both red in the face, and out of breath they looked like they just ran over from Brooklyn.

"Woah, slow down," Jack said to calm down the younger boys. "Where's the fire?"

"That idiot showed up, just like ya thought," Blink explained while taking a few breaths here and there. Feister's eyes widened.

Looks like Jack was right, Will did go back to find her. She then quickly scanned Mush and Blink over for any injuries. If they got hurt because of her, she didn't know what she would do. Luckily they both were in one piece and she let out a small sigh of relief.

"He kept askin' where "Claire" was," Mush explained.

"What'd ya tell 'im?" Feister asked with wide eyes.

Mush just smirked and said, "We's told 'im that we's don't know anyone named 'Claire'."

"So, ya lied?" Feister asked since Mush isn't the best liar in the world. Making up a headline, yes, she can see that. But She couldn't really imagine Mush making up a lie off the top of his head.

Kid Blink and Mush looked at each other before turning back to the smaller girl and said, "It ain't lyin', it's improving the truth a little." a course of agreements rang through the air from the other boys and she couldn't help but smile.

"So, ya didn't get tongue tied?" Feister asked as Mush and Blink sat down across from her.

"Mush brains was the one who did all the tawkin'," Blink replied while patting said boy on the back. Feister looked at Mush, who was blushing just a tiny bit.

She smirked and said, "Now, why do I's find that hard ta believe? After all cat always has yer tongue. I's mean, remember what happened when we's first met."

"Shut up," Mush said while looking at the ground. He glanced up for a few moments to see that Feister was smiling. He then looked away and could pretty much feel Blink smirking at him. Kid Blink and the other boys can make all the jokes they want about him having a crush on Feister (which he doesn't) But there was just something about her.

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"Ok so here's the plan," Oscar said. "In case you'se forgot, Jack, who's the-"

"Leader, I know," Will snapped.

"-Is gonna split up his boys, one older, one younger, an' yer sistah will be sellin' with one of those pairs. Knowing Kelly he'll have 'er switch, either everyday, or every shift or maybe every few hours. But sooner or later she's gonna sell with Blinky boy an' Mush brains, so if we's just stock 'em we'll get 'er sooner than trying ta search this whole stinkin' city."

"And how are we going to get her back?" Will asked. He wasn't too keen on the street life, but guessed it wouldn't end well.

Morris rolled his eyes and said, "The newsies, they ain't gonna just hand 'er over, an' she's a fighter. So we's gonna hafta crack some heads ta get 'er back." Will didn't like the sound of what Morris said about cracking heads, but if it meant that he would get Claire back then it would be worth it...right?

"Just don't hurt her."

"You want yer sistah back, an' we wanna bust some heads, I say we gotta deal." Oscar spit in his hand and held it out to Will.

"That's disgusting," Will said, with no emotion whatsoever.