"This is a new life." I thought to myself..and drifted off to sleep.

I woke up the next moinin to the sound of Hades' voice. *Wake up ya lazy bums! We got papes ta sell!" She yelled as she walked through da bunks. I woke up with a jolt and no clue as to what was happenin.

I poked Moth "Heya...uh...whadda we doin?"

She looked at me like I's stupid ,"You really don't know what he do 'round hea do ya's?"

I rubbed my head, tryin' to rememba how things in Manhatten and the Bronx woiked. "We's goin to sell papes ain't we?" Moth nodded her head and went to get dressed.

Half-awake, I stumbled into a room and the familiar voices changed...then grew silent. I opened me eyes to see a bunch a guys gettin' dressed. As much as I's been around boys, I didn't think of it as anyting. As I was toinin around someone tapped on me shoulder.

"Ya new?"

"Yes'm. I assume you ain't"

The boy looked at me strangely and nodded. I didn't know his name, but I had seen his face before. I walked to the girls room and tapped a blonde girl that had her back toined to me.

"Who's the kid with the patch on his eye?" I asked her. I tried to rememba her name but nothin came to me.

"Kid Blink. And you are?"

"I'm Peeps." I extended me hand and she introduced herself as Lashes.

I went back to me bunk and started gettin dressed while everyone else was doin various tings. When it was time for all of us ta leave, I caught up with Hades.

"Eh, Hades...can ya help me. I haven't really done this before."

She looked at the boy beside her, obviously her boyfriend and gave him a kiss. "Mush, I'm gonna take care'a tha newbie. I'll catch up wit ya later."

I looked at her. "You didn't hafta do that. You could'a stayed wit him."

"Nah, don't worry bout it kid. I'm gonna getcha started but then ya on your own!"

"Thanks Hades. I really appreciate dis!"

Me and Hades walked to the D.O. and we got in line. After we got our papes, Hades told me where to go and where not to go. I walked down to the street and looked around tryin to find a place ta start. I had finally found'a spot when some poison yelled me name.

"Heya Peeps! Wait up!"

I toined around to see the kid with the patch again.

"Heya Blink..uh...whaddya want?" I's tryin not ta sound rude to him, since he's pretty cute.

Blink scuffed his foot and looked down at the ground. "Uh, ya wanna sell papes with me today? I figured since ya new and all...."

"Eh, sure Blink. Just'cause I's new don't mean I don't know how to sell." I had just toally lied to 'im but I didn't know what ta say!

"Ok...uh...let's go."

I knew the boy wasen't shy cuz I'd seen him runnin around at the LH with a couple of otha guys. We sold quite a few papers as the day went on, but I wasen't payin attention to that. "I's fallin 'fo him already!" I thought to me-self. He was all I'd been lookin 'fo.

**EEPS! I GOTTA END IT FOR NOW! R&R!**