Here it is! The long awaited * drum-roll please * Chapter three! Woohoo! Yeah! * Confetti covers room while newsies parade in with Snoddy going to Cricket and giving her a deep, passionate, loving—yeah you get the point. Um… well here is the story. I hope you enjoy * Leads Snoddy away to broom closet and shuts the door *

The scream echoed off of the wall of the alley and into the streets. Where Mush was standing. He turned his head and heard the sound again. (Yes, I know. A girl in an alley needs help and a newsie just happens to be standing there! Just live with it people.) He dropped his papers and ran towards the sound to help the girl but it seems as if he wasn't needed at all.

The girl, originally pushed up against the wall, had apparantly kneed the man in a very uncomfortable area and then somehow chased him off. He had left muttering swearwords that made even Mush cringe. The girl caught her breath and picked up her bag, which Mush hadn't noticed before. Mush called out to her.

She just went about her business

'How rude' Thought Mush. He couldn't believe that she had just totally ignored him. 'probably some snooty, hoity-toity type' He thought with disdain. He was about to turn to leave when the girl turned around and the two of the locked eyes.

Mush finally got a proper look at her. She was short, about 5'5" with stringy, sunbleached blonde hair with strips of brown peeking through. Her eyes were a sharo, crystal blue that seemed to stare right through you and into your soul. He'd seen those eyes before, he just couldn't place where though. He shrugged it off. She was wearing a white shirt, or at least it used to be white, now it was yellow with splotches of red all over it, Mush noticed with a sour expression. She was wearing torn brown pants held up by faded red suspenders.

She seemed to be sizing him up as well and judging by his large muscles she got the wrong idea.

"Please!" She begged, cowering to the wall and covering her face with her arms "Don't hurt me!"

I know! I know! Short. Well I will try to post more very, very, ver, ver, very, ver-well you get the point. Review!

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