I'd Do Anything
Author: Jackal/Switchy

Another day is going by

I'm thinking about you all the time

But you're out there, And I'm here waiting

Cara was angry. She'd run away from the South after being abandoned by her older sister, Cassandra. Now, after nearly two months of searching New York for Cassandra Turner, she had found nothing. She'd checked every alley, and even the death listings. She sat against a wall, her hands balled up into fists.

There had been a time that they had been so close that the only thing separating them was their blood, and being cousins, they still shared some. Cassandra's mother had deserted her in the South, leaving her with her uncle, his wife, and her cousin, Cara. For that time, until Cassandra had run away to New York in search of her, she had been her consort. The one she'd talked to, cried to, and become close to. What Cassandra hadn't realized, was that Cara had begun to look at her as her older sister.

And I wrote this letter in my head

'Cause so many things were left unsaid

For the first few months, she waited, sure that her 'sister' would come back and take her, or send her a letter, or try to tell her in any way that she was okay. But she didn't. Cara found that her newfound sister had disappeared. She wasn't exactly okay with that. She'd packed up some money and left to find her.

But now you're gone, and I can't think straight

This could be my one last chance to make you understand

Cassandra had been her consort too. When she fought with her own mother, she had gone to her. When there'd been anything at all bothering her, Cassandra was there to listen. Without that she thought she was going mad.

I'd do anything just to hold you in my arms

Try to make you laugh, somehow I can't put you in the past

I'd do anything just to fall asleep with you

Will you remember me 'cause I know I won't forget you

She looked up, angry tears in her eyes. She'd come all this way, and she hadn't find hide nor hair of her cousin. A sight came to her eyes. A smiling face with her green eyes, with her blond hair.

"Cassie!" She called. The blond froze, and turned, a look of sheer venom in her eyes.

"NEVER CALL ME THA-." She stopped in mid sentence. There, sitting on the corner against that wall, was little Cara. Word escaped her. The exact reason that no one could ever call her 'Cassie' was sitting on a corner, looking heartbroken, and in reality pissed off. With her were a few newsies, that she herself knew as Tabloid, Spot, and of course, Raven.

Cara looked at the Italian newsie, and was angered. She stood and stormed over to him.

"I ASKED YOU IF YOU KNEW CASSANDRA TURNER! YOU SAID NO!" she screamed, shoving him back.

"She ain't Cassandra ta no one, and she said if anyone ever asked, we should cover her back. So shove off!" Tabloid said, justified. He turned to Cassandra. "Jackal, you want me ta get ridda her?"

Jackal hadn't moved from the spot. She was lost in memory.

Together we broke all the rules,

Dreamin' of dropping outta school

And leave this place but never come back

Jackal wordlessly took Cara's upper arm and dragged her towards the Brooklyn Lodging House. Spot, Tabloid, and Raven followed her. She pulled her up the stairs, and to one of the back rooms. She threw her in there, following her, and slammed the door shut, locking it.

"WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? WHY AREN'T YOU AT HOME?!"

"YOU LEFT ME!"

"TA FIND MY MUDDAH! I THOUGHT YOU KNEW THAT!"

So now maybe after all these years,

If you missed me have no fear

I'll be here, and I'll be waiting

Cara didn't know what to say. She had thought they were closer than that. She had been so sure that her Cassie had missed her, that she would welcome her with open arms.

"I could've went with you! Cassie, you didn't even write to me and tell me how you were!" Jackal tensed.

"If you evah call me 'Cassie' again, I'll throw ya out on the streets." Cara looked as if someone had slapped her. Jackal rolled her eyes. "Look kid, time on the streets changes someone. I ain't Cassandra Turner no more. I'm Jackal Turner, I'm queen of Brooklyn, or damn near it. I can't take care of ya no more. I got alla Brooklyn ta worry about."

This could be my one last chance to make you understand

And I just can't let you leave me once again

"But I thought sisters always took care of each other, no matter what." Cara replied softly. "Can you really have changed that much that you don't love me anymore?" Jackal sighed.

"Cara, it's different now. I can't go back ta the way we lived. I hated it. And my Muddahs' dead. Does that 'xplain anything at all to you?" Cara got up and hugged her. Jackal looked down in shock, but when Cara made no move to let go, she let herself hug the girl that had been a sister to her for so long.

I'd do anything just to hold you in my arms

Try to make you laugh, somehow I can't put you in the past

I'd do anything just to fall asleep with you

Will you remember me, 'cause I know I won't forget you

"I'm takin you to the trains tomorrow mornin'. I'll pay for yer trip back." Jackal said quietly. Cara let go and looked up at her.

"You're coming with me aren't you?" Her eyes followed Jackal, who began cleaning up the room for her. The ignorance of the question surprised Jackal.

"No. I am nevah goin back to Georgia. Ain't gonna happen. But you're goin home to yer family." Cara turned and punched a wall.

"DAMNIT CASSIE! YOU ARE MY FAMILY!" Cara said, the tears in her eyes over flowing. "I CAME FROM GEORGIA TO FIND YOU! Doesn't that mean something? Anything at all to you?"

I close my eyes

And all I see is you

I close my eyes

I try to sleep, I can't forget you

I'd do anything for you

"It means you gotta grow up. People change, Cara. They really do."

I'd do anything just to hold you in my arms

Try to make you laugh, somehow I can't put you in the past

I'd do anything just to fall asleep with you

I'd do anything to fall asleep with you

I'd do anything, there's nothing I won't do

I'd do anything, 'cause I know I won't forget you

A/N: This is dedicated to my buddy Cara, who is just ewly introduced to 'Newsies'. She wants to steal my spot. I will NOT let that happen... This is her introductory fic... Please review it