Chapter 14

Smiley Cad- Well, stories always have a bit of twists and turns. You never know who will end up with whom. I can't tell you, but Spot will go to whomever I promised... Thanks for the review and I'm glad my story is improving. I'm only half into it so I'm trying to do better. Thanks again.

Brooklyn

"Spot"

Spot turned quickly as he heard his name yelled. His frantic gaze passed over the crowd as he searched for the voice, Sweetz's voice. The crowd passed quickly over the streets and colors blurred in front of his eyes. He began to shove people out of his way as he headed in the direction he thought the yell had come from.

Sweetz slapped the man who grabbed her arm and started hauling her through the crowd and towards an alleyway. She hadn't wanted to yell out to Spot but she realized it was her only decent option. She could either try and fight Ryan and probably lose, which she really didn't like the outcome of that option. She shuddered to think of what he'd do to her. The other choice was to sacrifice her pride and get Spot to help her. She was going to find out this outcome. She hoped Spot was a good fighter.

Spot finally saw a glimpse of Sweetz's hair and he barreled his way towards her. He saw the brute of a man trying to drag her into the nearest alley. It never ceased to amaze him that everyone just passed by oblivious to things like this. Then again, most people viewed newsies as trash and street rats so after all these years it really shouldn't surprise him.

He grabbed an arm of the guy and ripped him from Sweetz. She fell to the ground and watched as the two men fought it out. A fist smashed into Spot's eye and he shook it off. His own fist slammed into Ryan's stomach. Spot's foot kicked soundly with his leg. Ryan straightened and dealt Spot another punch in the face. Spot laughed and then hit him in the jaw with enough force to cause him to stagger backwards.

Realizing that he wasn't going to win, Ryan held his hands in surrender. "You win this time. Enjoy your time with da stupid bitch." He said with malice as he limped away.

Spot nearly lost control but Sweetz had stood up and she laid her hand on his arm, a light restraint. "Don't. He's not worth it. He's a coward and probably won't be back to face you anyways." In her mind she mentally added that she wasn't worth it. He shook his head and relaxed his muscles but his eyes still raged.

"Please, just leave it. Let's go ta lunch." Sweetz pleaded softly.

"Okay, is ya arm okay? I didn't mean ta yank him off of ya like dat, I just got kinda angry." Spot eyes quickly switched to concern, quickly enough to almost frighten her in the scary way.

"Yea, I'm fine." Sweetz replied unsettled. It unnerved her how fast he could change emotions.

Spot grabbed her hand and pulled her in the direction of the diner. He definitely wasn't going to Tibby's but they had a similar kind of place in Brooklyn. His boys just referred to it as "The Diner". He almost pulled his hand away and stopped himself. It felt right. He gave her the option of whether or not she wanted to drop hands. He was oddly saddened when she did. They walked in silence, with Spot leading as they made their way to the diner.

Spot held open the door for her as she entered and she chose a table for them. After sitting down, a redheaded waitress came over immediately.

"What can I get fer ya?" She asked flirtatiously to Spot. "The usual?"

"Soah and Sweetz?" He questioned innocently.

Sweetz blood boiled. He'd been in here often enough to have a "usual" and he was flirting with her here. She was not jealous she told herself. She really wasn't. "I'll have a turkey sandwich and an ice water." She said, her eyes glaring daggers at the woman.

After the waitress had left, Spot settled back in his chair. Of course the girl still liked him. They had had a couple of nights together every once and a while when he was bored. He casually glanced up to see Sweetz with a rather angry visage. "What's the mattah?"

Sweetz got even angrier though she couldn't figure out why. Was it not blatantly obvious what he was doing? Was he really that dense?

A/N: Sorry everyone, I'm really really sorry. Not that a whole lot of people read it but I could have sworn that I uploaded this in July and one of my friends showed me that it hadn't. Anyways just wanted to apologize for that. Also from now on, I know my chapters are kinda on the short side but it's the only way I can ever sit down long enough to do them. I imagine the chapters to come will probably get shorter as I'm getting less and less time to write.