I was fast walking down the street and then I thought back to my father. Tears started rolling down my face and I started running pushing people out of my way and thinking that if I ran that my memories wouldn't catch me. I ran until I got the part of town were no one was, all the sudden I was falling forward. I remember hitting the ground.

"Shit!" I screamed.

"Shit Mar!" Mush screamed. He came and kneeled next to me. "Why didn't you'se stop? I'se ben' callin' your name fer' ever!" Mush asked.

"Ouch," I said grabbing my face.

"Don't touch your face," Mush ordered. I pulled my hand away, blood. "You don't want it infected do you?" Mush asked.

"No, why did you'se fallow me?" I asked.

"Cause I'se care 'bout you'se," Mush said. We were both blushing. He stood up, and he offered me a hand. I took it, I soon was standing up but wobbling, I started to fall. Mush caught me but he lost his feet and fell taking me with him. I landed on top of him, our legs intertwined in each others.

"Not just cause Jack told you'se tah' watch me?" I asked.

"No, I did it cause I'se love you." Mush said. I starred blankly at him for a moment.

"Mush?" a confused voice asked. We both looked it was Blink.

"Hi, Blink we'se had a little accident." Mush said getting up and standing me. He had his hand on my hip to steady me.

"Holy Shit what happened to 'er?" Blink asked coming over to me.

"I'se was runnin' and I'se tripped and fell." I admitted/ snapped from the pain.

"You'se like Mush. He could do back flips til' he's sick but trips walking out of dah' distribution office." Blink said. Mush hit him on the shoulder, playfully.

"Tank's Blink," Mush said embraced.

"I'm seein' funny," I said. I would have fallen over again if Mush wasn't there.

"Okay Mar, let's go home." Mush said picking me up. I was still some what awake but I barley remember the walk back. I do remember what happened when we go there. Blink went through the door first, Mush and I fallowed. All the boys were standing around waiting for the three of us to get back obviously because Race told that I ran off and Mush and Blink ran after me.

"What the hell did you'se do tah' 'er Mush? I thought I'se told you'se tah' watch 'er?" Jack said anger overcoming him. Mush set me on the couch, but I sat up.

"Just a little accident Jack nothins' too bad Jack." Mush said in his defence.

"A little accident! First time our fader' took beer bottle's tah' us it was just a little accident! Foist' time Mar's got-" Jack roared.

"Jack, no one needs tah' know dat'!" I yelled. I was standing up, thank the Lord I had some balance then. Jack grabbed Mush so he couldn't move at all. "Stop Jack Kelly or I'll…"

"Or you'll what?" Jack asked trying to fire me up. Jack threw a punch at Mush's face. Hitting his nose, I screamed as loud as I had in a long time.

"I'll do two things Jack," I said as I ran towards him and tried hitting him. He grabbed my wrist and twisted it and shoved me to the floor.

"Stop tryin' tah' fight me Mar before you'se really get hurt. We'se don't wanna' have you'se ra-" Jack said starting to walk out of the room.

"Jack wait! You'se never saw the second," I said getting up on my own. By now Mush was standing again. Blink was holding him back obviously mad at what Jack had done to me.

"What dah' hell are you'se doin' Mar?" Jack asked mockingly.

"This, Blink let him go." I ordered. I went up to Mush and kissed him on the lips. I put my arms around his neck while his hands moved to my waist. Everyone was cat calling and yelling suggestive comments. We broke apart and I turned to Jack. He was ready to charge at me, and then he just stopped.

"Mar I'm…sorry… I'se just….um…" Jack said before he just started to hug me. I hugged him back. "Mush, you'se wanna take care of 'er good luck," Jack said with a laugh.

"Tank's Jack." I said. We were all laughing again completely ignoring the fight that had happened moments before.

"Mary Jane Sullivan, what have I'se told you about runnin' away. It only get's you on the receiving end again." A sick and all too familiar voice said from the door way. Everyone shut up and turned to the man in the door way.

"Shit," I said clinging to Mush. Jack turned around away from him immediately.

"Miss me Francis?" He asked. I wanted to die, run, or kill him, before I knew it I was flying up the stairs running for my life. I got to my room and went out threw the window onto the fire escape. I got onto the ruff and I relize I put myself in a dangerous situation. I had to start jumping ruffs or stay and possibly die. I picked option number one I got a running start and I got across and then went down the fire escape on that building. I ran back onto the street. I ran again I hated the running away from my problems but I had to.

"Mary!" I heard a voice scream after me. I recognized the voice as Jack's. I turned around and Jack ran right into me.

"Ouch!"

"Sorry Mar," Jack said picking me up off of the ground.

"Mary!" Dad again.

"Come on," Jack said taking my hand and we started to run.

"Where are we going?" I asked as we ran.

"Away," Jack said as we ditched into an alley. We saw our father run by so we got out and ran the other way.

"Where's that?" I asked as we started running again.

"Boston, for now only for a while." Jack said. We were running back to the lodging house, why I thought that we were going away. We got to the lodging house and we burst through the door and everyone was still standing there. Jack dragged me up the stairs and into the boys room were he slept he grabbed all the money he had and we ran back down stairs again.

"Boys we'se goin' away fer' a while we'se will be back in a while," Jack said stopping briefly. I got dragged out before I could say another word not a goodbye,I love you, I'll be back. Nothing, we got to Grand Central Station and we got onto a train. Goodbye New York, Mush, all the Newsies, to my life, my home.

A/N: This isn't the end of the story I swear. There will be more chapters.