Sadly, I do not own Newsies, Disney does. Neither do I own San Francisco, MGM does. But I do Own Jessica (Dreamer), Footprint, Comet, Drummer, Lizard, Wrapper, and Echo, and Woody.

I dedicate this story to my sister Melissa. 1980-1998

~Chapter One~

The Simple Life

Being young

Running wild and free
I never thought anything would happen to you or me
But as we got older
We felt the Earth Shudder
As our world fell apart
Now I stand here screaming your name
Searching for your face
Hoping soon I'll see you alive and safe

Jessica Amy Winegardner was born on December 27, 1983 to the proud parents of Lori and Ned. Earlier that year a boy named Jacob Conlon was born June 27, 1983, to the parents of Gable and John. Both pairs of parents were good friends so there was no doubt that Jesse and Jacob had been friends since the day they were born.

And as they got older things stayed the same. Jesse and Jacob were just inseparable. Which if you knew them well enough you wouldn't understand why. Jesse was more of a dreamer, she always wanted to be an opera singer, find the love of her life, and live happily ever after. At age 12, she was turning into a very exotic girl. She had strawberry blonde curls, hazel eyes, that Jacob called mood eyes, because they would seem to change color when her mood would change. She also had a creamy like skin color. She wasn't tall either; she stood at a good 5'4", with a perfect hourglass figure. The only thing people thought was strange at her age was her huge feet; she wore a size 10 to a 10 ½.

Now Jacob on the other hand, was a very handsome boy, with dirty blonde hair, blue-green eyes that you could just lose yourself in, and delicately sun kissed skin. He was also very short, but he sure did have one hell of a left hook. Cub, as Jesse called him, because when they were little she couldn't put the 'Ja' in Jacob, was never a huge dreamer. He just wanted to have fun in life. If anything though he wanted to be some big hot shot and hopefully he'd be able to move out of New York and see the world. Not that he didn't love New York; he just wanted to see what else was out there in life. Also Cub does not believe in God, for the fact that he's never seen the wonders of his work that people always seem to gab about, and therefore has never set foot inside a church. Cub never really thought about his future, he was only concerned about what happened to the people he loved most, his family friends, and of course Jesse.

Everyone who knew the two thought that when they got a little older they would fall in love with each other and get married. They just complimented each other so well. Even being total opposites between each other, they had a spark in each of them, which seemed to send shock waves each time they were around each other. But being good friends they just didn't want to think of each other in that sort of way.

Jesse and Conlon thought they'd be friends forever, they never thought anything would happen that would tear them apart. They thought when they got older they'd be neighbors and grow old together. But later in life they may find out that life doesn't always go as you planned.

Well, I hope you guys liked the 1st chapter, write a review if you feel like and tell me what you think.