I looked out of the orphanage window and down to the streets below I don't want to be in harlem orphanage and I was getting sick of this hoity toity crap. I sighed and pushed my shoulder length brown hair from my face and cringed a bit. I sighed a bit and looked at it and blew my side swept bangs from my face my smoky curls around my face and I had hatched a plan but I am not going to like it too much. I changed out of the frilly dress angrily and threw it down like it was acid.

"stupid dress" I muttered I mean seriously…who would wear such an ugly thing…of course girls do…but seriously its pink, with lace…and ugh! I wrinkled my nose in disgust and pulled up a loose floor board with some things I had known would get confiscated a pair of worn brown pants, an off white button up with a green undershirt I sighed and pulled them on along with a breast band. I put my hair in my cap annoyed at my curls and opened the window slowly so as not to bring attention to myself. This was going to be tricky I was on the third level.

I looked at the bars and smiled evilly to myself I have been working on this for two weeks making them easier to pry loose and I quickly turned it and it creaked a bit making me flinch. A little bit more and kazzam! Hahahaha I am freeeeee. I quickly put my legs through the now gone rusty bars and turned and lowered myself down. What I stupidly forgot was the man below who keeps kids form escaping.

I felt myself slipping and cringed as I fell and landed on him we both looked at eachother blinking big eyes his brown, mine a startling green with a yellow ring around my iris and I jumped up with my bag on my shoulder and ran for it.

"shit shit shit shit!" I practically muttered and yelled at the same time I ran to a lodging house and sighed a bit walking inside and I saw jack Kelly there he saw me enter and gaped.

"….Juliet?" he asked and I smirked a bit I still cant believe he nicknamed me Juliet errrg!

"howdy cowboy.." I said and everyone whipped their heads at me and I swore most of will have whiplash hehehe. "I escaped said prison after I got your note" I said gesturing to the bathroom and he helped me through and I waved to everyone.

"listen…I have a little…..thing I want you to do" he said I raised an eyebrow

"what is it?" I asked and he laughed a bit.

"no one thinks spot conlon can get serious with a relationship know him?" he asked and I raised an eyebrow at him.

"who is he?" I asked and he laughed a bit.

"da king of Brooklyn my dear Juliet" he said putting an arm around my shoulder I glared at him. What the hell is jacky boy thinking?...king of brooklyn and me trying to steal his heart?...i don't have any experience with dis crap!

"your NUTS!" I yelled practically busting a vein in my head and he looked at me with a laugh and nodded

"ill pay ya 6 dollars" he said I raised an eyebrow and thought about it for a minute. You wont fall for him…this is just a thing to keep cowboy amused and I could just not open my heart enough for him to get hurt in the end you heard the kings playboy attitude.

So instead I just sighed and nodded "fine" I whispered he nodded and grabbed his hat and racetrack and kidblink followed.

We made it to Brooklyn and the sun was setting and people were lounging about I sighed a bit and my hair is still in my cap but I was pulled aside and blink and race hid me and jack he took my hat off and I glared.

"hey!" I said annoyed and he looked at me and put my cap over my hair and looked me over and sighed.

"good enough" he muttered and he led me out I was kind of annoyed by that and sighed. People stared at me and it was getting annoying I was about to yell at them to stop staring! A boy leaped down form a crate and I cringed a bit and muttered.

"jiminy crispies" and the boy shot his eyes to mine and I was kind of shocked at their steely color. They were a mix of grey, blue, and a they were different shades. My eyes went wide eyed and he surveyed me and circled me I crossed my arms and opened my stupid mouth. "were you a vulture in another life?" I asked annoyed he froze and everyone gasped and jack looked uncomfortable I must be missing something.

"listen heah jacky boy….ise will take dis goil…but whys should i?" he asked looking at me annoyed I crossed my arms over my chest and snorted this whole thing is annoying but oh well.

"sum of da hatten newsie don't like her too much…so ise brought her heah…can ya take her spot?" jack asked looking at spot and a few of the girls looked at me curiously and I just stood there arms crossed over my chest.

"yeah ise can take her" spot said nodding and jack nodded

"let me tawk ta her" jack said and spot nodded he pulled me aside and whispered "he hates damsels in distress and goils who start trouble" he whispered I nodded and he ruffled my hair and I sighed a bit what is with guys and doing that! I sighed and wrinkled my nose and jack left race and blink waved and I sighed a bit. Spot walked over and gestured for me to follow him I did as he asked and followed him to the lodging house the girls section and he gestured to an empty bunk and he looked at me carefully.

"will youse stop watchin me like a hawk its getting annoyin" I said annoyed he looked at me with a raised eyebrow.

"ise watch as much as I want" he said shrugging I snorted and ran a comb through my hair thinking I don't know how to flirt…I don't know how to kiss…I don't know how to do anything its not going to go well I know that much, especially if he kept up that annoying cold heartless attitude.

He kept his eyes on me and I kept mine on him and as we looked at eachother I knew it wasn't going to be hard just difficult and hopefully I don't get hurt in the process.

Later that night I saw a girl go into spots room with spot and I snorted and went to the docks and a couple girls walked over and looked at me. I raised an eyebrow and they all smiled at me.

"I am Erin dis is dizzy, thorn, matches, smokey, and spark" she said pointing to the girls in turn they were a like a rainbow of colors and such. I couldn't help but smile and nod at them in turn and they sat around me and we got ot talking about the guy newsies.

"so whats up with spot and da goil he just went into da bedroom wid?" I asked curiously and two girls swooned and I raised an eyebrow as sparks snorted and hnded me a cig and I lit it and took a drag.

"well spot likes ta 'ave one night stands and he usually goes for da woikers he never dates news goils." She said pushing her red hair from her face.

"why not?" I asked curiously and she laughed a bit.

"dere was dis newsie from a few years ago…" she said and the girls looked around making sure conlon wasn't nearby.

"don't worry hes busy wid some broad" I said and they nodded and sparks continued.

"her name was siren…she was beautiful in evwy way" she said I nodded and she sighed handing me another cig knowing it was going to be a long story. "beautiful blonde haih big blue eyes nice slim and curvy body she was just gorgeous.." she said and I raised an eyebrow "she looked at spot and they instantly cliqued…'cept…after a month or so she was found with da queens leadeh pistol…man dat made spot crazy they started to fight and soon dey broke it off spot changed and went cold and bitteh now he just has one night stands" she said and I gaped open mouthed.

"youse got ta be kiddin dat whore" I whispered and she snorted

"dats not da woist part she is still heah" she said I snorted

"what a bitch" I muttered and she nodded and froze I looked the way she was and couldn't help but snort a bit I mean seriously this girl walking down got stares from everyone now the question is how do I break spots idea on worker girls and one night stands and get into a serious relationship.