Jack To The Rescue.....

"Dey're all suckers, Morris," hissed Oscar Delancey. "Every last one of dem."

"Yeah but dey 'ave some hott goils," said Morris with a laugh.

Oscar put a hand to his head and began to massage his temples. He had a splitting headache from trying to explain to Morris once again the reason for hating the newsies.

"Goils dat date guys like dem ain't worth s***! Dey'se too independent. Dey t'ink dey can do anything guys can do. What a messed-up piece of s***!"

"Yer jist upset dat Sapphire went fer Race instead of you." Morris laughed dumbly until he felt his brother's fist connect with his nose. "Ow!!! What da h***?"

"Don't ya ever say s*** like dat again!," hissed Oscar.

"It's true dough! She picked dat smart-a** shrimp over you!" (((A.N. Sorry about that comment Sapphy and all other Race fans!)))

"Shut up Morris!!"

"Geez. Someone's in a bad mood."

"I said shut up!"

Oscar glared at his surroudings when he spotted a redhead walking towards them. He nudged Morris and tilted his head towards the girl. Morris smiled knowingly. They forced the girl to walk between them and kept walking until she stopped and glared at them.

"Are you two following me?," she asked as her blue-grey eyes flashed.

"We were jist tryin' ta escort ya ta wherever yer goin'," replied Oscar smoothly.

"Yeah we were escortin' ya," repeated Morris. Oscar glared at him over the girl's head and inwardly cursed his brother. *How could he even be related ta me??,* thought Oscar.

The girl looked from one to the other in anger. "Thanks but if I need an escort I definitely wouldn't call either of you to do the job. I doubt you would be willing to protect me from guys who can't seem to use the right brain," she all but hissed.

"Oh...dat was low, darlin'," mocked Oscar.

"First off my name isn't 'darlin'," growled the girl.

"Is it sweetheart?"

"Absolutely not!!!!"

"How 'bout honey?"

"Stop it a**hole!!!"

"Well I will if ya jist tell me what yer real name is...."

"You don't deserve to learn my name," she hissed. Her face was inches from his.

Oscar watched the girl's eyes widen in realization to how close their faces were. He smirked. She pulled away quickly and stared at him. Oscar slowly brought his hand up to cup her cheek. She flinched away as if he had struck her. He felt his anger rise from her reaction.

"Get away from 'er, Oscar," shouted a male voice from down the street.

Oscar turned and saw Jack Kelly come striding towards them. "I ain't done anything...yet, Kelly. So stay out of it."

"Judging from da look on 'er face, she ain't too fond of ya so get away," Jack growled when he was only a couple feet away. "Now, Oscar!"

Oscar pushed the girl toward Jack roughly and stormed off. Morris looked confusedly from his brother to Jack but quickly followed Oscar.

"You okay?," asked Jack.

"Yeah....yeah I guess," she stammered as she watched Oscar walked away. "Oh...um thanks."

"No problem," stated Jack triumphantly. "I'se Jack Kelly."

"Uh...hi I'm Mattie Miller. Who are those goons?," said Mattie.

"Oh no one important. Jist Oscar and Morris Delancey. Dey hate us newsies and we hate dem."

Mattie almost winced at the cold tone in his voice. Yeah the two were creeps but everyone deserves a chance. *Besides,* she thought, *Oscar is kinda cute when he's being annoying.*

Mattie shook her head at such thoughts and turned to Jack. "Newsie, huh? Have any openings? I need a job."

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Hey~ I finally got my 2nd chappie written. Hope you enjoyed it. I'm currently working on the third chappie so it should be up in a few days if I don't get writer's block....lol...Please reveiw!!!!!!

Sapphy~ It's funny that you suggested the exact same thing I was using lol....Thanks for reviewing and agreeing to be in the story....and I'm sure I'll be e-mailing yo soon for some help when I get writer's block since it seems we think somewhat alike...lol...Hope you enjoyed this chappie. You'll be in the next one...yay!!!

kellyanne~ I know that the first chappie was kinda strange since it didn't contain the Delancey when he is one of the main characters.... oh well I hope you liked how the two meet...I'm glad you liked the beginning....Hope you enjoy this chappie...

~Molly