Here's chapter 2! I could always use your feedback!
Chapter 2 Furry
"Can I help you?" Neal asked.
"This is awkward." Jackie said.
"I'll say. Do you have a place to stay?" He asked.
"It's the middle of broad day-light. I'll find a place to stay in if I need to."
"A girl like you alone in New York isn't very safe." He argued.
"You're not much older than me, and I think I can take care of myself." Jackie snapped and ripped her arm from his grasp.
"C'mon, let me buy you lunch." He suggested with a smile.
"Well, if you insist." Jackie smiled, and he nodded the other direction. Jackie watched him turn, and she disappeared into the alley, keeping her distance from him.
He turned around and saw she had disappeared into the crowd. He smiled to himself, and shook his head as he walked back to his 'home' which was acrappy apartment that he shared with his best friend Mozzie. He walked into the apartment, and saw Mozz reading a newspaper. He sat on the old couch, and looked at their old TV.
"Girl trouble?" Mozz asked.
"What makes you say that?" Neal asked.
"There's only one thing that could make you depressed enough to watch TV. Did she reject you?" Mozz asked trying to gossip like a kid Neal's age would. His heart was in the right place, and Neal knew this.
"She tried to pick-pocket me. I caught her, and her eyes were amazing. They were this beautiful sapphire." Neal explained. "I invited her to lunch, and she cut and ran."
"Well, you know, sometimes you just got to move on. You can't get every girl in the city." Mozzie taunted.
Neal stared at him with his eye-brows raised.
"I'm going out." Neal smiled, as his friend looked away embarrassed.
Neal walked around the corner at the end of the street, and bumped into someone.
"Oh, sorr-ry," he smiled catching the person he had bumped into. He looked into the sapphire eyes, and got lost in staring into them. They suddenly turned to anger, and he backed away too late before the fist made contact with his cheek as he leaned into her.