Hey everyone, I do apologize for the last chapter. I know it wasn't very good. I was having a writer's block. Well I hope that you enjoy this chapter, because I enjoyed writing it. I also apologize for all of the spelling and grammar mistakes you will find in this chapter. My spell check doesn't work very well and I am horrible at correcting stuff myself. Please review and let me know what you think. I feel like I am losing my reviewers.

Disclaimer: I do not own anyone or anything from the Newsies movie. I wish I did, but I sadly don't. So I will just have to stick with my character, Hanna. Who belongs entirely to me.

Chapter Fourteen

I decided to wake up early the next day so I could leave before the others awoke. I yawned and got to my feet. The springs in the mattress groaned under my weight and I shivered as me bare feet touched the cold wooden floor. But to my surprise, when I went to walk to the bedroom door I tripped over something on the floor and toppled to the ground. Whatever I had stepped on made a loud groaning noise and rolled over. I screamed loudly and backed up into the door when I realized it was Spot

"What are you doing in my room!" I yelled loudly. But he covered up my mouth so the sound was muted.

"Keep it down, are ya tryin ta wake up da rest of da house," He said quietly.

After he removed his hand from my mouth I got to my feet and straightened out my nightdress. "If I have to I will."

Spot mocked my actions and got to his feet as well. But no matter how hard I tried I couldn't seem to understand what he was doing in my room at 5:00 in the morning. He should be in Brooklyn getting ready to go sell papers.

For a few moments he just stared at me and I began to feel uncomfortable standing there in nothing but my nightgown. I wrapped my arms firmly across my chest and turned around to find something more appropriate to put on overtop. But only to further my annoyance Spot seemed rather at ease considering the circumstances.

"Sorry if I scared ya Dollface. I snuck in through your window last night. I wanted ta talk to ya before ya left for work and I know ya like ta sneak out before everyone else is awake." He walked over and stretched out casually on my bed.

I just stood there and stared at him in strange fascination. I just couldn't understand why Spot was still so persistent on pestering me. Why hadn't he just given up by now. I must have shown him a million times that I wasn't interested in anything he wanted to give me. But then again, I began to wonder whether or not he could tell that my hostile actions towards him were not as sincere as they should have been.

"I'm not in the mood to talk to you." I replied sternly as I walked over to the dresser and slipped on a robe. "Besides I have to get ready for work like you said."

Feeling like this was enough of our little conversation I walked over to the bedroom door. But before I could open it Spot got up off the bed, walked over quickly and put his hand up to hold it closed. "I'm not leaving until this is settled." He said looking into my eyes as I glared at him.

"Oh, so now your holding me against my will." Spot just smirked. I sighed and gave up pulling the door open. "Come now, this really isn't the proper time to discuss something like this."

"Dis is the perfect time." Spot said lowering his voice as we heard footsteps on the other side of the door.

"Please just…" My voice was shaking and I sounded rather frightened. But he put up a hand to stop me from continuing.

"We can't keep doin this." Spot said as he leaned his weight upon the door so I couldn't pull it open. Once more giving up, I let go of my grip on the handle.

"Doing what?" I asked innocently, pretending as if I knew nothing of what he was about to say. I kept my voice steady as I prepared myself for his response.

"Pretending like there's nothing going on between us."

As I looked up into his icy blue eyes my skin became cold and my hands started to shake. I looked away and stared intently upon the ground. "I…I don't know what your talking about." He stood up straight and as an automatic reflex I tried to open the door but he pushed it closed once more.

" So your not even in the slightest bit attracted to me?" Spot asked bluntly. I hated how he loved playing with my emotions. Taking advantage of my uneasiness, he took a step closer as to test my patience. I laughed to myself. There I was once again backed up into a corner by the same boy that has been bothering me for two weeks now. But this time I didn't seem so afraid.

I stood up straight and met his gaze. "Now really I don't think that this is entirely approp…." But my voice trailed off as his face was inches from my own. When our lips met I was sure that sparks must have ignited in my soul. My heart was pounding in my chest and I was thinking of nothing more than how good he smelled. I didn't push away because somehow it felt perfect as I found myself sinking into his arms.

It was unlike anything I could have possible imagined. I found it amazing that right before my eyes I saw Spots rough exterior disappear and he became surprisingly gentle. The kiss was soft and intimate. But in my opinion it was nothing more than simply perfect. I knew now that there was no more covering it up or hiding my secret. I was his since the day I met him.

When we finally broke apart I could do nothing but stand there breathless. Although I was happy to see that I wasn't the only one who was left in a daze. Spot just stood there and stared at me with satisfaction glowing in his eyes. I think I must have opened and closed my mouth more than four times before I finally gave up speaking.

Before I knew it we were in each other's arms once more. We didn't break apart until I heard that familiar nock on the door and it was pushed open, smacking us both in the side of our arms. Spot and I quickly slammed it shut again. If they knew that he was in my room, I could be in a lot of trouble.

"One moment Race, I'm still getting changed." I said shortly and I hoped that he didn't hear the change in my voice.

"Alright, but hurry up or ya gunna be late." I didn't let the door go until I could hear his footsteps going in the opposite direction. I felt horrible lying to Race but he just wouldn't understand. Well not yet at least.

I turned to Spot and found him staring at me. I smirked at him and then walked over to my dresser. "What?" I asked amused.

"Oh nothing," was all he said. I was about to pull out my work dress but Spot stopped me as he wrapped his arms around my waist from behind and pulled me away. "How about dat date I promised ya?"

"How about it?" I asked curiously. I could tell by the look in his eyes that he was planning something mischievous.

"Spend the day wit me," Spot said shortly as he let my waist go.

I turned around and stared at him authoritatively. "I have work today and so do you."

"We can skip it for one day. Just come wit me please." He asked.

"And what exactly am I suppose to tell Medda. She needs me there." I said in response to his question. I wanted desperately to follow the answer my heart was giving me but my brain kept telling me to be reasonable. I have a new life now and with that comes certain responsibilities that I can't just throw away because of one boy.

"Just tell her you're sick or you're hurt. I mean come on Doll you're intelligent, come up with something." Spot said as he gave me a pouting look. I once again found myself falling helplessly into those eyes. How could I tell him no when he was looking so vulnerable.

I sighed and threw my arm in the air. "Oh alright! Just go outside while I get changed." Spot did as he was told and climbed back out of the window and sat down on the fire escape.

I walked back over the my dresser and reluctantly folded back up my work dress. The I pulled out a light blue button up blouse and a long white skirt. I ran my fingers through my curly nest of golden blonde locks and then tied it back with a white ribbon. I walked over to the window and leaned out.

" I have to go out and show the boys that I'm still here. Whatever you do, don't let any of them see you. I could be in a lot of trouble if they knew that you were in my room." I asked, my eyes pleading with him to agree. I knew how stubborn he was and how he didn't like taking orders.

But to my surprise Spot just nodded his head. I smiled at him and went back into my room. I opened my bedroom door and walked out into the bunkroom. Most of the boys were still sleeping and Race looked up at me. Since the boys had finally gotten used to a girl being around they loosened up slightly on some of the rules. So I was now aloud to use the washroom as long as no one was changing.

"Hey Race," I said happily walking over and sitting down on the bunk beside him.

He looked up and smirked at me surprised. "Your rather cheerful dis mornin."

I just nodded my head. "Well I just figured that there's no use in hating the world all the time." Race just looked at me and shrugged his shoulders.

"Whateva ya say Dollface." He replied laughing. Then he shook his head. "Your crazy, ya know that."
"Of course but you know you wouldn't love me any other way." I replied as I walked into the washroom and cleaned up a bit. When I returned I said goodbye to Racetrack and walked into my room. I went over and looked out the window. Spot was still sitting there and he stared over his shoulder at me impatiently.

"Are ya done yet?"

"Yeah I'm done." I replied. Spot stood up and helped me out the window. I looked behind me to make sure none of the boys could see. Then we quickly climbed down the fire escape and ran until we were a block from the Lodging House. "So where exactly are you taking me on this date?"

"Wherever ya wanna go," Spot said. We walked down the street contemplating on where we should go when I saw Skittery standing on the corner. Spot quickly shoved me into an alley so he wouldn't see us.

"There is one problem." I said my heart pounding in my chest as I prayed that Skittery didn't see us. "No matter where we go, we have to make sure that no one we know is there." I said.

Spot ran a hand through his brown hair as he thought about our complication. Then he turned to me. "Come ta Brooklyn." He said.

"What?" I asked confused.

"There is no one ya know in Brooklyn. So if anyone saw us togetha then dey wouldn't care."

I shook my head no. I thought I had made it perfectly clear that I hated Brooklyn with a passion. But then realization dawned upon me. Spot was Brooklyn and to be with him would mean I would have to be a part of his world. No matter how afraid I was. "I can't Spot. Not after how I acted yesterday."

Spot just looked at me confused and then laughed. "You're afraid ta come back because ya yelled a little bit yesterday? Half of da boys probably don't even rememba what ya were talkin about in da first place. Besides the fact that ya had every reason ta be angry."

Why did he always have to be right? Even though I knew Spot had a point I was still reluctant to give in and once again return to his beloved neighborhood. But he had such a desperate look on his face that I couldn't say no. "Ok, I'll give it one more chance."

Spot looked so happy that I couldn't help but smile brightly at him. I just hoped that I would still be this happy by the end of the day. Yet somehow as I walked at his side I knew that today would be different. I didn't know how but I just knew that as long as I was with Spot then nothing (or nobody) could touch me.

Thank you to:

NadaZimri- Hey, thanks a bunch for being such a constant reviewer. It makes me happy to know that there are some people who really do like my story. I know it has been getting kinda boring lately but I had to bring in some new characters first before I could really get into the story line. But as you can tell, I'm getting there. But now that I have all the characters that I need I can really start having fun writing it. I know that this chapter wasn't very long. But if I continued it, it would be like nine pages.

C.M. Higgins- Thank you so much. I am really glad you enjoy my story. I didn't think that the last chapter was one of my best though. But I was having a sort of writers block. But as you can tell I have gotten over it. I am happy because now I am getting into the good stuff. I agree with you that Hanna shouldn't keep yelling at Spot. But as you can tell in this chapter…she didn't do much yelling. I hope you enjoyed it and please review this chapter and let me know what you thought of it.

Lena-Jade- Yeah I know that the last chapter was bad. I rushed while writing it because I had to get it posted before I left to go somewhere. I also know that there are a bunch of spelling mistakes. I can't apologize enough for how bad I am at that. Especially with what you pointed out. I know there are a lot of spelling mistakes in this chapter also. But hopefully I will be getting some help with that soon. Anyway as you can tell in this chapter, Hanna is giving him a chance. I know she was being hard on Spot before but it was only because she was afraid to fall for him. So she was trying to push him away. I hope you enjoyed this chapter even though its kind of short. I had to stop it there because if I continued on it would be like more than nine pages long.

Raeghann- It's ok that you haven't reviewed. I am so sorry to hear about your loss. I went though the same thing a couple of weeks ago. But onto something less depressing. I know the story has been going a little slow lately, it was just because I was having a sort of writers block. But I didn't want to wait until it was gone before I posted again because if I stopped writing then I would have trouble starting again. So I just continued to write until I got out of it. So don't worry I know where I am taking the story. I have to apologize once more for all of the spelling and grammar mistakes that I have. I am really bad at that. I know there are probably a lot of problems in this chapter as well because I kind of rushed through this. I did have someone who was correcting stuff for me. But I haven't heard from her in awhile. So I would love to have your help. Especially since I think you are such a great writer. Well I hope to hear from you soon.

Luv ya lots,

BlackWiltedRose