Hey all, I just wanted to thank everyone for reviewing!! This is my first Newsie fic, well actually my first fic period, so I need all the tips, ideas, or whatever, that I can get. So please keep reviewing and I will try to keep updating a lot, like I have been so far. Of course that all depends on if my brother doesn't hog the cpu…so enjoy!

Rae: Yes it's Lissy time….

Rabbit: I will try to read your stories as soon as I can.

Tiger: I like the name Hayden too!! J

Singah: Are you sure I might not be passin ya up soon? And speaking of updating….write quicker!!

He was still lying on the ground when he felt a small hand touch his back.

"Hayden?" said a whisper. "Hayden, are you ok?"

He rolled over with a groan to find his sister Melissa kneeling beside him concerned. She was a slight figure in her nightdress, with her blond hair hanging down her back. She was looking at him with her hazel eyes and dark lashes. You couldn't help but look at her eyes and not think they were beautiful.

"Yea Lissy, I'm fine." He answered, thinking that she worried too much for a five year old. But glad that she was there. Her face never failed to cheer him, even if just a little.

She gave him a squinty searching look. "Are you sure? Cause you don't look so hot."

"Yes Lissy, I'm sure I'll be fine." He said smiling and giving her a hug. She always seemed to find something to say to make him smile.

"Are you hungry?" He asked her, on cue with his growling stomach.

"A little bit, yea."

"Ok, I'll grab you something." He said standing up. His head was already aching and he knew that his face was already starting to bruise. Melissa saw that she was having trouble so she took his arm.

"Hayden, why don't you go lie down? I can grab us some food." She was small for her age and barely tall enough to reach the counter.

"That's alright Lissy, I can do it."

She gave him a look that plainly said 'that wasn't a suggestion.'

"Ok, ok, I give." He complied as she took him to his room and told him to lie down.

"You know, you act way to grown up for a five year old."

"I do not!"

He smiled to himself. "Alright, what ever you say Miss Lissy."

She grinned at the title and went to the kitchen. He could see her through the door, standing on her tiptoes trying to reach the bread. Once she reached the bread, she took the knife and started cutting it. When she was done, she grabbed some cheese and a wet towel. She came back into the room with a triumphant look on her face as she held up the bread and cheese.

"See!"

He looked at the unevenly cut bread and gave her a smile. "You could be a famous chef someday, ya know that?"

"Naw, it's just bread and cheese!" She giggled, obviously pleased by his complement.

Hayden took a bite of cheese. "Ah, but this no regular meal. I think this must be the best bread and cheese that I have had in….ever."

She laughed again, he loved making her laugh.

"C'mere Lissy."

She went over to his bed and sat down next to him, munching with pride on her meal. She suddenly remembered the wet towel she had brought.

"O yea, here ya go." She said placing it where a bruise was forming.

"Thanks Lissy, that feels much better. With you as my nurse, I'll be better in no time." He doubted the 'better in no time' part, but as he intended, it made her smile.

"I guess I could be a famous nurse one day to, huh?"

"Sure."

She was silent for a minute. "Hayden?"

"Yea Lissy?"

"Where were you tonight?"

"I was visiting mom….and I fell asleep."

"Well," she hesitated. "I was just thinking, maybe if you had come home on time…. daddy wouldn't have hurt you. And maybe if we were really good, he would stop."

He gave a sigh and thought to himself, 'I don't think that he will ever stop,' but said "Maybe Lissy, Maybe."

"Hayden, do you think that I could sleep with you tonight?"

"Yea, I would like that."

"Thanks. Are you feeling better?"

"Almost as good as new, all thanks to my wonderful nurse."

She gave a smile and lay down with a yawn, curled up next to Hayden.

"Goodnight Hayden."

"Night Lissy, sweet dreams."

"I love you."

"I love you too."

And with that she was asleep. It was a while before Hayden could quiet his mind. But he finally did, with a last look at Lissy, smiling in her sleep.

Author's Note: It actually might be a few chapters before it gets happier…sorry. But I didn't label it angst for nothing!!