~*I know I know. Ive been gone forever. Im SORRY IM SORRY!!
Together we walked the cold Brooklyn streets. I could tell by the ever growing scent that we were nearing the docks at the river. I had never been a fan of fish, and cringed at the thought of having to be by here every day. Stop complaining; I thought to myself, You need a job.
We weaved through fisherman and loading docks, having to deal with catcalling all over again. Being an orphaned girl at sixteen did not have as much anonymity as I had thought. I crossed my arms around me and looked at my feet, trying to follow behind Knuckles as best I could. Finally, we passed right next to a fisherman who must have been no more than a few year's my senior, who smiled sneeringly and started saying something. I was going to speed up, but then both the fisherman and I got a surprise.
"hey, why don't you SHUT UP and go back to your fish, scumbag" Knuckles turned and looked at the fisherman with steel in his eyes as he slipped an arm around me, and THEN sped up. The look on the fisherman's face was priceless
When we were a good distance away from the dock, Knuckles slipped his arm off my shoulder and I looked at him with a smile on my face
"Thanks." I said shyly. Funny, but I realized at that moment that I had found a true friend
"was nothing. Now." He said pointedly and stopped, turning to face me. "You, my friend, need to toughen up for a minute. We're about to meet Spot. He's the leader of all us newsies out there, and he ain't the easiest guy to please."
"Spot, huh? Do all you'se kids have funny names?" Knuckles shot me a look of death "alright, alright, it was just a joke…."
"We ain't have time for jokes with Spot! He's been through some troubles, and he's probably the only person I know who could stare down someone like you." He said, looking into my brown eyes. I made the cold hard steel again- like me. Cold. Hard. Steel.
"You ready?" he asked
"ready for what? To meet some guy who's gonna try and bully me around? Let him try." I said confindently, though I didn't feel it.
Knuckles laughed again. I turned to steel a little more. "Alright, let's go."
Together we walked the cold Brooklyn streets. I could tell by the ever growing scent that we were nearing the docks at the river. I had never been a fan of fish, and cringed at the thought of having to be by here every day. Stop complaining; I thought to myself, You need a job.
We weaved through fisherman and loading docks, having to deal with catcalling all over again. Being an orphaned girl at sixteen did not have as much anonymity as I had thought. I crossed my arms around me and looked at my feet, trying to follow behind Knuckles as best I could. Finally, we passed right next to a fisherman who must have been no more than a few year's my senior, who smiled sneeringly and started saying something. I was going to speed up, but then both the fisherman and I got a surprise.
"hey, why don't you SHUT UP and go back to your fish, scumbag" Knuckles turned and looked at the fisherman with steel in his eyes as he slipped an arm around me, and THEN sped up. The look on the fisherman's face was priceless
When we were a good distance away from the dock, Knuckles slipped his arm off my shoulder and I looked at him with a smile on my face
"Thanks." I said shyly. Funny, but I realized at that moment that I had found a true friend
"was nothing. Now." He said pointedly and stopped, turning to face me. "You, my friend, need to toughen up for a minute. We're about to meet Spot. He's the leader of all us newsies out there, and he ain't the easiest guy to please."
"Spot, huh? Do all you'se kids have funny names?" Knuckles shot me a look of death "alright, alright, it was just a joke…."
"We ain't have time for jokes with Spot! He's been through some troubles, and he's probably the only person I know who could stare down someone like you." He said, looking into my brown eyes. I made the cold hard steel again- like me. Cold. Hard. Steel.
"You ready?" he asked
"ready for what? To meet some guy who's gonna try and bully me around? Let him try." I said confindently, though I didn't feel it.
Knuckles laughed again. I turned to steel a little more. "Alright, let's go."