I know it has been a while since I wrote a new chapter but I hope some of my readers stuck with me! Enjoy the chapter!

Romeo walked around the alley by the Brooklyn Lodging house. He looked up and found the fire escape ladders looming overhead. Jumping up, he hoisted himself up onto a lowest platform and started climbing higher and higher with heavy steps.

"ROMEO?" Race and Davey looked up at their friend. "What are you doing!?" exclaimed Davey, "We need to get back home."

"Ah just let da kid go, Dave." Race patted his friend on the back as he held his cigar in the other hand. He pushed Davey around and they started walking towards the path that would lead them to Manhattan.

Romeo continued to climb, passing by dark windows. The party was still in full swing downstairs so none of the Brooklyn Newsies would be in bed anytime soon.

"I'se neva felt dis way about anyone…" Romeo said out loud. "Oh, Juliet. She's da most poifect goil. It's like I'se have been livin' in darkness and she's my new light. We'se will find a ways to be toget-."

Just then, Romeo heard the sound of a window being opened. He looked up through the spaces in the platform above to see Juliet gazing out the window, her elbows propped on the ledge. Romeo did he best to hide while being able to have a view of Juliet. She groaned burying her face in her hands. Romeo continued to stare up, not knowing if staying in the darkness would affect the privacy of his love and that he should start descending back towards the ground and make his way home.

Right when he started to move he heard, "Oh Romeo… Romeo!" He thought she had discovered his hiding spot and quickly turned to find that she still had no idea he was there listening in. "Why does it have ta be dis way, Romeo? I'll deny my borough's name if it means that we'se could have a chance." She sighed. "What's Manhattan? It's just a borough, same as Brooklyn. Sure, our boroughs are a part of us. Dat place dat gave us birth. Without the title of him being a Mahnhattan Newsie, I could have 'im all to myself. I wish we'se could jus' forget the names, the places, everything. Just be togetha as we'se are."

Romeo couldn't hold himself back as her raced up the ladder towards the platform by her window. "I'se could'nt have said it any better myself!"

Juliet jumped back at the unexpected sight of her love. Quickly, she grabbed a blanket from her bed and tossed it over her should, holding it together in front. She was embarrassed that she stood before this boy in her nightgown and that he had just heard the conversation she was having to herself. "Romeo!" She exclaimed in a loud whisper. "What're ya doin' here? Are you'se not one to respect a goil's privacy?"

Romeo just smiled at the beautiful girl before him and shrugged, taking his cap off. "I'se meant no harm, Miss."

Juliet sighed, leaning of the window's ledge as Romeo kneeled beside it from the outside. "Romeo you'se can't be here. You'se is from Manhattan. I'se can't even begin ta think what would happen if Spot found out! Or Notes... Oh no, my sista would kill me!"

Romeo took her hand and kissed it. "Let's jus' forget about all dat right now. Enjoy dis moment togetha."

Juliet tried to hide her smile. "Romeo if anyone finds ya… Dey is gonna kill ya!"

"Right now. I'm not a Manhattan Newsie. You're not a Brooklyn Newsie. We'se is jus' Romeo and Juliet." Romeo told her. She finally let her smile be shown as she looked down into Romeo's eyes.

"Dis love is real." Declared Romeo. "I love you, Juliet and not one Newsie out there is gonna stop me."

"Oh, Romeo. I love you too." Juliet leaned in and the two kissed for a second time that night.

The two pulled away and looked into each other's eyes before Romeo broke the silence. "I'se gonna marry you. I'se can promise ya that. I'd marry ya tomorrow!"

Juliet's smile quickly faded when she heard her named being called, the voice getting closer and closer with each second. "Romeo, you'se have ta go!" She said in a panicked voice.

Romeo jumped up, securing his newsies cap back onto his head, and almost started running when she stopped him. "Tomorrow." She said.

"Huh?" He replied.

"JULIET!" The voice shrieked, sounding as if it were right outside the door. Juliet spoke with a quicker pace. "Send one of ya newsie friends to tell me if you still want to marry me. Have them come tomorrow right after da circulation bell rings. Then, I'se will come ta you and we'se can be married."

It was all happening so fast but Romeo wouldn't want it any other way. He smiled and nodded, kissing her once more before making his way down, his once heavy steps now light and full of life.