Adrianne Jennette Scott aka AJ by the newsies is the only female newsie in Manhattan back in 1899 a few months after the strike was wandering through thre city to sell her papers. Just then, Luther Mathews aka Lucifer by AJ, the leader of the Bronx newsies stalked towards her a look of malice in his eyes.

"Look what we have here. Little miss AJ Scott, what are you doin' here?" Luther growled. The two have never gotten along. So, the two groups tried to stay as far apart as they could.

"Why'd ya care Lucifer?"AJ spat.

"Your on my turf." Luther said an evil grin on his face.

"Actually Lucifer, I am on the edge of Central Parks boarder. So I am not in your turf, just close to it. And also, you look like your constipated with your eyebrows furrowed like that." AJ said laughing slightly.

"Why you little bitch! You think you can say that to my face?!" Luther shouted his face turning red from anger.

"I think I just did." AJ said a smirk on her face. Just then she got a punch to the jaw. "Why you little asshole!" AJ exclaims and punches him. A large fight breaks out between the two of them. Grunts, growls, swear words and shouts come from the fighting teens. AJ fell to the ground after getting punched again. She kept getting kicked in the side by the larger boy.

"HEY!" a shout came from above her and Luther was pulled off of her. "WHAT DO YOU THINK YOUR DOING?! YOU DON'T INGURE GIRLS!" the male voice above her shouted. moving slightly to look up, she saw Oscar Delancey holding Luther by his shirt against a brick building. "NEVER. DO. THAT. AGAIN!" Oscar snarled.

"O...Okay." Luther said his voice an octave higher from being frightened of the elder Delancey. He's heard rumors not to get on the siblings bad side and he had and Luther was scared.

"Now scram." Oscar let Luther go and Luther took off running. "Are you alright?" Oscar asked AJ in a soft, gentle tone.

"Yeah, I had worse before." AJ says to Oscar with a painful shrug of her shoulders. Wincing a bit, she got helped up by Oscar, her supposed enemy. "Why'd ya save me? You could've let him hurt me more, but you stopped him. Why?" she asked.

"I really don't know." Oscar said picking her cap up from the ground. "Your from Manhattan aren't you."

"Yeah, only girl newsie at your service. My names AJ." Oscar was about to introduce himself when AJ cut him off, "Oscar Delancey, I know who you are. I also know you soak us newsies." he rubs his neck sheepishly while looking down. "Thanks for the help though. I hope we meet again sometime and not when your handin' me my papes but somewhere else." AJ says and is about to walk away.

Just before she takes a step away Oscar blurts out without thinking, "Maybe we could meet at Tibby's they serve great coffee."

"I'd like that. Tomorrow is Sunday so I don't sell papes want to meet at twelve for lunch?" AJ says with a hopeful smile.

"Lunch it is,would 12:00 work well for you?" Oscar asks.

"12:00 it is. I gotta go before guys get worried. I'll meet you then!" AJ says, one last smile and she is on her way back to the newsie boarding house. Oscar watches her leave and walks off whistling an unknown tune, actually happy for the first time in a while.