Author's Note: Hey guys this is my first fanfiction sooooo ENJOY!
Chapter 1- Meeting Spot Conlon
~LEXI POV~
Lexi walked through the dark alley, shivering from the cold as the rain poured down.
"Stupid Father. He just HAD to do that. Bummer..."
~FLASHBACK~
"I'm sick of you! You're not a wife… you're a worthless nag that's always criticizing me! I can't stand you! There's only one way to end this." And that was the end for my mother. I ran and ran until my feet couldn't carry me anymore. I had to get out of there.
~END OF FLASHBACK AND LEXI POV~
The rain was starting to hurt and my feet felt numb, I could hardly walk any longer. Then, someone grabbed me. Oh crap. "Hey Oscar look what we got here," the person holding me said. "Yeah Morris we'se gonna' have fun with this one!" said "Oscar." "Go away you creeps!' I screamed. "You'se shouldn't call us creeps, right Morris? We'se gonna' hafta' teach you'se a lesson for that." "No! Lemme Go!" I screamed. Oscar slapped me across the face and then threw me against the wall. I saw a fist about to go into my face. I shut her eyes and waited for the pain, but it never happened. Instead I opened my eyes and saw someone tackle Oscar. Morris must've ran away because he was nowhere in sight.
"You'se okay?" said the stranger. "Yeah. Um.. who are you?" "Conlon... Spot Conlon?" "I'm Lexi." "Well it's been nice chattin' with you'se Lexi, but I think you'se should be getting home before yur folks start worryin about cha'." "Um yeah that's not really an option," I said.
"Why?" Spot asked. "My dad killed my mom today and I don't want to live with a dude that killed my mom so I ran away." I replied. "Now I just need a job.... I hate working." "Well if you want a job you can come with me and be a newsie." I nodded my head and followed him awhile until we stopped in front of a building. It looked old and worn down with cobwebs everywhere. In big white letters it said Brooklyn Lodging House. It was made of wood and had a peculiar scent to it. Kind of like a mix between a rotten banana and a wild rose. Wow Lexi. Really? There are a lot of things between a rotten banana and a rose. RETARDED
~SPOT POV~
When we got to the lodging house, Lexi started looking at the lodging house. I took this time to study her. She had straight carmel-brown hair that was a few inches past her shoulders. Her hair had small natural blonde highlights. Her skin was a little tan. She was wearing a blue collared blouse and a skirt. She had hazel eyes. From what it seemed like it, she could be Race's long lost sister. "Spot? Hello?" I looked up at her. "Can we go in?" "Shoa Lexi." So they went in the lodging house. I gestured for her to follow me. Lexi followed me up the stairs to a room full of boys and girls. ?" "Hey!" Spot called out. Everyone looked at him respectfully then to Lexi with curiosity. "Dis is Lexi. She's gonna' be a newsie." All the girls looked at him an nodded.
After that everyone went back to what they were doing except for the girls who introduced themselves.
~LEXI POV~
The girl newsies names were Ace, Trout, Books, Mouth, Doll, Red, Tori, and Nellie. Ace was a tall girl with short dirty blonde hair and bright green eyes. She seemed to be about my age (16) maybe a little younger. Trout was a medium sized girl with long black hair and dark blue eyes. She looked to be about 13. Books was a small girl with glasses. She had green eyes and short brown hair. Books looked like she was 10. Mouth, who seemed to get her name from talking a lot, was a short girl that was kind of chubby. She looked to be about 8 and had really light blonde hair that was almost white. She had brown eyes that seemed to sparkle and made her look adorable. Doll was a tall slim girl that seemed to be about 14. She had long dirty blonde hair and light blue eyes. She was a very quiet girl much like Books. Red was a girl that looked about 17 and it was obvious why she had the name red. She was medium sized and had really long red hair. her eyes were a reddish-brown and she was very nice and welcoming. Tori was a cute little girl who told me she was 6. She had black short hair and dark brown eyes. She was very sweet. Nellie looked about my age and was very short. She had long black hair and green eyes.
"Well," Ace said, "I have the only open bunk so you'll be sleeping on the bottom. Welcome to your new home!" "Umm... Thanks," I smiled.
~SPOT POV~
Hmm... Lexi is quite the looker.
~LEXI POV~
I am now laying in a bunk that smells really bad and the blanket is very light. Oh well at least I'm alive and I have shelter. This newsie job doesn't seem so hard. Guess I'll just have to see tomorrow.
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