It was starting to grow dark as the sun set behind the buildings of Manhattan as the young newsie began to walk back home. If you could call it a home. Living with 30 other newsies all crowded into one
small room with bunk beds lining the walls. The newsie began to pick up his pace as the clouds started to form, signaling a storm was coming. Kid Blink hurried into the newsboys lodging house, just as the rain
had started to fall. He silently went up the stairs, ignoring the cheerful welcomings of his friends and climbed into his bed atop of one of his best friends beds, Racetrack's. He lay there for what seemed to be hours.
He was replaying the events of the day in his mind over and over again until it was all he could think about.
~*~*~*~
He was standing in his usual selling spot, right outside the local flower shop when he saw her. She was walking down the street, in her stunning pale blue dress, which made her blue eyes seem to shine like
the sun. Her shoulder length brown hair bobbing up and down as she walked in his direction. He stood there watching her as she stopped a few feet away from him to look at the flowers. After a few minutes she
seemed to notice him staring and sent a smile his way. He quickly looked away as a blush crept across his face. He only turned back around when he felt a light tap on his shoulder. She stood there smiling up at
him. For a moment Blink thought that she would confess her love right then and there. But in reality she pulled out a penny from her pocket, and handed it to him. It took him a moment to realize what she was
doing. But then he understood and fumbled for a newspaper and handed it to her.
"Thank you sir" she said with another smile. He was starting to love her smiles.
"Y-your welcome miss" he stammered.
She gave him another quick smile as she turned around, already having her nose in the newspaper reading the latest going ons.
He sold the rest of his papers in a daze thinking about that girl. After selling all his papers he started heading to the lodging house. It was then he realized that he never asked for her name and that he may
never see her again. The thought made him sad. He ignored his fellow newsies in the hopes to be left alone.
~*~*~*~
The young girl walked the streets of New York in a search of a place to sleep. She couldn't afford a night's stay at the girls lodging house since she bought that newspaper from the boy with they eye patch.
She didn't know why she did it, but something about him made her want to be closer to him. She couldn't think of any other reason to go and talk to him then to buy a pape from him. So she did. And now, here
she is walking the streets at night looking for a place to stay.
"Gosh Tara, why are you so stupid" she muttered to herself "Letting yourself spend your money just to talk to a boy that I'll probably never see again". She continued her inner fight as she rounded the corner
and walked head first into someone.
"Oh I'm so sorry mister" she said as she raised herself off the ground.
Without saying a word, the man picked her up and threw her over his shoulder. "I think I should teach you to watch where your going little missy".
Tara let out a shriek as she was lifted off the ground. "LET ME GO" she screamed as she hit and punched his back.
To be continued.....(writers block hit)