Summary
I grew up with an alcoholic mother and my father left when I was four months old. So really, it isn't that surprising I turned out this way. I mean what kind of child has a happy family these days? My best friend JoceLyn was the best thing I ever had in my whole life. She was probably the only real family member I had, which is kind of sad seeing as she wasn't even partially related to me. My whole life has been hell, living in the New York City slums. I was poor my whole life and when I was ten I finally realized something; if you need something you take it because no one is going to hand it to you.
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Chapter one
The wind whistled through the dark trees, rustling the leaves and causing one leaf to fall. As it cascaded toward the ground the wind picked up and the leaf landed in front of a pair of black high top Converse. A small pale hand reached down to pick the leaf up, belonging to tiny girl of fifteen.
"Lyn." she whispered. "Now." And with that she let the leaf fall back to the ground.
A shadow sped past the girl and ran at the doors of a jewelry store, a streak of silver in one hand. The shadow stopped at the doors and slid the knife down the crack between the doors. The shadow turned around to face the girl after hearing a click, revealing the dirty face of Lyn, another girl of fifteen with light pink hair and brown eyes.
"Your turn Jay." She called out with a smirk.
Jay smiled back, the wind whipping her navy blue hair into her onyx eyes. She walked to the doors, stuck a small black box on one of them and walked back five feet, pulling back her black sleeve and revealing a red box with a button on it. She shared a smirk with Lyn and brought her finger down on the button. At the same time a high pitched buzzing started up and the red lights of the cameras in the store shut off.
"Score." She murmured.
Jay and Lyn slipped inside slowly, as if testing to make sure what they had done worked. When no security alarm went off they both relaxed and Jay pulled a medium sack from the pocket of her baggy black sweat pants. They went separate ways, looking through the jewelry for something in particular. They looked for five minutes before one of them finally saw it.
"Found it!" Lyn cried, no longer trying to lower her voice.
Jay ran over to her, pulled off her fingerless gloves, and reached up her left sleeve for her dagger sheath. She grabbed the hilt of the skinny dagger, pulled it out and stuck it in the lock of the glass case. Her dagger met a wall but she kept shoving it in and when it stabbed through the wall a click was heard. She yanked her dagger out and inspected it for scratches. Finding none she stuck it back in the sheath and pulled her sleeve back down to cover the strange markings on her arm. Lyn took over and gently pulled the glass door off of the case. She reached into the case and pulled out a diamond and ruby necklace with a golden chain. She lovingly cradled it in her arms before slipping it into the sack Jay held open.
They rested the door over the hole in the case and stood up slowly, excitement welling in their bones. They hurried back out the door, latching it and stopping to shut the door completely. Jay pushed a button on the black box and it fell off into her hand, the buzzing stopping completely. They walked down the street and turned into an alley. Jay leaned against the alley wall and looked up at the dark sky.
"We did it." Jay said shortly.
"Yeah." Lyn agreed a big smile covering most of her face.
Jay glanced around to make sure they were alone and spoke to Lyn in a low whisper. "We've got to get that to Tony tonight, before people see it's missing. We'll have to-"
Loud yelling cut her off, it was coming from down the alley. Jay slipped the sack into her pocket and made sure no of it was showing. The yelling was getting closer to them and Lyn slipped into a defensive crouch as Jay did the same. The yelling was soon distinguishable.
"Jack you owe me!! I paid all the money you asked for!"
"I don't owe you nothing! You didn't even pay half the money!" Jay and Lyn shared a look.
"Give it to me!"
"Boy if you don't leave I'll shoot your damn brains out." The man growled.
A boy of about 14 stomped by them and out the entrance of the alley, a look of pure hatred on his face. The girls kept their eyes on the man in his late twenties who finally seemed to notice them. He ran a hand through his bright red hair and sighed loudly.
"What do you want?" he asked tiredly.
"Jack, I thought you'd be glad to see us." Jay mocked.
"I'm never happy to see you two." Jack replied just as mockingly as Jay.
"Who was that kid?" Lyn asked curiously.
"Oh him? He's one of my new customers."
"Cheating little children are we Jack? I expected better than that from you." Jay smirked.
"No you didn't. Now, what do you two want? I don't have all night."
"Will you sell to us?" Lyn asked sharply.
"Sure," Jack shrugged, "but you two don't seem like the type to go for dope."
"Oh no Jack, we won't be doing it, but we also won't be paying." Jay said smoothly as she whipped out her blade and pressed it to Jacks' neck. Jack eyed Jay and gulped seeing the deadly look in her eye.
"Now girls, l-l-let's be reasonable, I can't just go around giving it out to e-e-everyone." He stuttered nervously.
"You'll be paid moron," Said Jay pulling the knife away from his neck but leaving it in her hand, "what do you think is in this bag?"
She pulled the sack out of her pocket, ignoring the warning look from Lyn. She stuck her hand in the bag and drew out the necklace. Jack looked at it with wide eyes.
"You give us some powdered dope as close to pure as you can get and you get this necklace." Jack tried to say no but Jay could see the defeat in his eyes.
"Fine." He sighed.
Jay tossed the necklace to him, and it slipped past his fingers, almost slamming into the pavement before Jay's hand shot out and grabbed it an inch from the ground. She roughly shoved the valuable piece of jewelry back into his hands and turned to Lyn, nodding her head at her. They started walking out of the alley but Jay slowed and looked back at Jack who was holding the necklace like Lyn had done earlier.
"Jack." She called, getting his attention. "Trade it to Tony tonight before people notice it's gone." And with that she and Lyn walked out of the alley and into the night.
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A/N- Hey guys this story is totally mine. I own the plot and the characters so if you want to do anything with it you have to get permission or I can sue the pants off you. Anyway, hope you like it. Please read and review.