Note: Ok…two free periods in a row so yeah…gonna work on my story. Thanks to those who have reviewed so far. I really appreciate it! You get cookies! : ) OK on with the story!

John leaned against a brick wall while Cameron finished being sick. John was two years older than Cameron and had been in the time-working business three years longer than his female partner. John remembered with a scowl how it had taken him awhile to get used to the jump through time. Cameron stumbled out from the alleyway whipping her mouth off.

"Ready?" Cameron nodded weakly in reply. She then followed John through the streets of Manhattan.

"You wanna tell me what's going on?" Cameron asked after they had been walking for a few minutes. They stepped over a drunken man who lay on the sidewalk and Cameron wrinkled her nose at the pungent smell of alcohol.

"We're here to stop this guy from jumping off a bridge. His name is Isaac Moore but more people know him as Skittery," John said as he looked over a girl who was standing on the corner. She wasn't dressed hardly at all and winked at John who couldn't help but smile. Cameron muttered under her breath and John just shot her a look.

"He's a newsboy," John continued. "Sells papers and all. He's about seventeen years old and ran away from an abusive father and a mother who was a crack head when he was ten. Now he's in love with this other guy's bride-to-be. The girl is nineteen, soon to be twenty. Her fiancé is ten years older than her and a good friend to Skittery. That's about all I know, or all I've been told at least."

"So what bridge and when?" Cameron inquired.

"That one," John said as he pointed to a giant bridge that they were approaching. "And we've got just a few minutes."

Cameron glared at John. If he had just told her before hand what was going on they could be getting to the bridge on time. But no, now they had to run and might ruin the entire mission. Of course it wasn't like they couldn't just go back and start the mission all over again, but Cameron liked to get things done right the first time. So now, they were running.

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Skittery stood on the Brooklyn Bridge looking over at the inky water churning beneath him. He had been standing there for a good time now thinking. As he got to the bridge he had doubted what he wanted to do, he had doubted jumping. But he came to the conclusion that it wasn't ever going to get better. Not in this life, not when she was never going to be his.

Numbly Skittery climbed over the rail and stood with nothing between him and his watery grave. Taking a deep breath Skittery let go of the bar and felt himself begin to fall forward. Suddenly Skittery changed his mind. He didn't want to die. Even if it meant seeing her with him, he didn't want to stop breathing. He had only thought he had wanted it. His mind had played a trick on him, a nasty one at that. But there wasn't anything Skittery could do now. Then he was pulled back and felt a pair of hands on his arm pulling him back onto the bridge. That pair of hands was then joined by another, stronger pair and Skittery was back on the bridge again. In that split second just as he had let go they had caught him.

Tears were in Skittery's eyes. He didn't know exactly why he was crying but he felt the tears stream down his face and sobs made his chest raise and fall quickly. He felt arms go around him in a comforting way and he cried into the solder of one of his saviors. They rubbed his back soothingly and whispered clam words into his ear.

Soon the tears slowed and the crying stopped. Skittery pulled out of the heavenly hold and ran his hand over his eyes. There in front of him stood a girl and a boy. Both were clad in newsie garb and both gave him a small smile. The boy looked to be about the same age as Skittery and had dirty blond hair that fell into his eyes. The girl was shorter than her male companion and had long brown hair that reached well past her shoulders. They both seemed to be a bit to clean to be newsies but Skittery over looked that fact quickly.

"Who are you'se?" Skittery asked, his voice cracking a little from crying.

"I'm Ca…" Cameron was silenced by John's hand as it covered her mouth and muffled her voice.

"I'se Jumper and she's Cricket," John replied. Cameron glared at John. He had conveniently forgotten to tell Cameron their code names for this mission. Sure, you weren't supposed to use your real name ever but Cameron had figured since John hadn't said anything they would this time. She pulled John's hand from her mouth.

"What da hell was dat for?" Cameron shouted. She had also picked up that they were to use a New York accent. Wasn't it nice of John to leave her in the dark like that?

"You'se talk too much," John said shrugging.

"Do not! I ain't hardly said nothin' said whole time! Dis would have been so much easier wid out you'se here!" Cameron hollered at John. This was just like him.

"What were you'se doin' on da bridge like dat?" John asked Skittery.

"I'se was…" Skittery trailed off. "Makin' a mistake."

"Yeah, no kiddin'," Cameron muttered. She then sent a huge smile over to Skittery. "No one should want ta die like dat. No one should want ta die at all."

"You'se right…thanks for stoppin' me when you'se did," Skittery said with a smile. It felt good to smile. He hadn't done that in a long time. "If dere's anythin' I'se can do for you'se just ask."

Cameron looked over at John and slowly said, "Well, we'se do need a place ta stay and a job…"

"You'se can stay at da lodgin' house where I'se live. Da rent ain't to bad an it comes wid a job."

"What kind-a job?" Cameron asked as she and John began to follow Skittery back to Manhattan.

"Sellin' papes. It ain't hard. Me or one of da others can teach you'se how ta sell."

"Great," John and Cameron said at the same time. They then glared at each other and Cameron stuck out her tongue. Skittery couldn't help but smile at those two.

Note: OK, so no the best chapter or the longest, but I think it came out well. Ummm next chapter we met the other newsies and find out who Skittery loves and who she's engaged too. I'll update soon and please r/r!