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Chapter 8: I don't mean as friends

"Hey, FC. I never asked you." Accent asked as she was cleaning up around the store.

"Ya." FC said, wondering what it could be.

"Why don't you live with your family?" she asked. She was wondering how why someone like her didn't with them.

"OO. Well." she wasn't quite sure how she should explain it. The newsies knew what happened, in fact they helped her with it. "About two years ago, I did live with my family. We were actually well off truth be told. But I was always an embarrassment to them at the social functions and my parents threatened to ship me off. Now I didn't want to go including being shipped away from my boyfriend. So one night I ran away. I went to my friends for help and they helped. When my parents did find me, they were once again embarrassed by my actions and they gave me a choice. Either go back with them and be shipped off to Europe or to stay here with my friends and never be part of the family again, meaning never have the money or social status. My family never thought I would stay and not be part of the family and that's why they had me chose, but I proved them wrong." FC said with a smile.

"Wow." Jenna stopped sweeping and was now leaning on the broom, thinking of what it would be like to live in a fancy house. "And you don't miss it?"

"Well sure I miss going to the balls, wearing the gowns" she shrugged "but other than that no. It wasn't all diamonds and pearls as you would think." They were silent for a minute until they heard someone walk in. Jenna looked over and a look of sadness washed over her face.

"Hey." Nathan said.

"Hey." she knew that they would be leaving but it didn't seem more real than what it just felt like. "Hey FC. I'm going to say bye to them for a minute. I'll be back." and started walking over to the door.

"No problem." She felt sorry for her friend because she knew what it was like to say bye to someone. She watched Jenna put the broom next to the door and go outside to where the rest of her friends were.

"Hey guys." Jenna said. They were silent. "I just want to say thanks for everything. I really mean it you guys. You don't know how much you all mean to me."

"Then why are you leaving us?" she heard Nathan say. She turned to Nathan and looked at him in the eyes.

"You know why Nathan." she said in a western accent.

"No, I don't." He said. "You keep telling me your life isn't the same. We know that, our lives aren't the same either." The guys all nodded in agreement. "So why can't you just come with us. Live with me. We can start a life together." He grabbed her hands. He didn't want to lose her.

"I can't Nathan. And we're already part of each other lives. We're friends."

"No." he quickly and got down on his knee. He loved how naive she was at times. "I don't mean as friends. Marry me Jenna. Be my bribe and wife. We'll run the farm together. I love you. Not just as friends. I love you, love you. Just don't leave us." Jenna looked at him with shock. She hadn't expected it. It's what she had wanted for years. All the times she flirted with him and he rejected her. He looked at her pleading.

"I-I." Jenna said. She smiled at him and it faded.

"O no. What is it?" he thought.

"I can't. You could have told me earlier. It takes you till now when my feelings for you are finally gone for you to say something. No." She turned to the guys. "I'm sorry you guys. I really am, but I have to do this." She went up to all the guys and gave them all hugs and a kiss on the cheek. Like she always did, it was her own special way of thanking the guys. She walked over to Nathan, who was still on his knee. "Get up." she said commandingly and he did. "I'm not going to explain myself. I already told you everything you need to know. I'm sorry but that's how it is." she said.

"Why are you being such a bitch." Nathan said angrily. She rejected him, she was cruel about it.

"Because I can be." She didn't want to leave on a bad note but he just got under her skin. "Bye Nathan." Even though she didn't want to. She gave him a hug and kiss on the cheek. She backed away when she backed away far from his reach his arms dropped to his side. She looked at him and then the others, "Bye." She turned around and saw FC standing in the door, with a worried look on her face. Accent walked up to her and walked through the door. Everyone was watching her. She grabbed her broom and started sweeping.

"What happened?" She looked at him.

"Nothing." Nathan spat and he looked at the guys. "Let's go." FC watched them walk away and she went back inside.

"Jenna, what happened?" she wanted to know.

"Nothing." was all she said, and didn't look at FC.

"Ok." she said and let it rest for now. She knew she didn't want to talk about it.

A couple of hours later

"Accent, do you want to talk about anything?" FC tried again to get her friend to talk.

"No." she said again. This had been FC's third attempt in trying to get her to say something at least. Accent let a scream. She looked at FC and said "Why do boys have to be so stupid? Why can't it be that when you like them, they like you and then they do something about it. No, it has to be after you moved on and accepted the fact they don't feel the same way they go a declare their love for you." She said in a very Irish way, throwing her hands up in the air like a mad women pacing back and forth.

"Accent, what really happened? What did Nathan say?" her eyes were wide at what her friend just said.

"He said that he wanted me to come with him, to just come back with them. And then he said he wanted to start a life with me not as friends. No not friends, never as friends, but then asked me to marry him. I don't know what it is but." she paused and let out a scream for frustration.

"Wait he proposed to you?" FC asked.

"Ya." nodding her quickly several times.

"Wow."

"Ya, I know."

"Why did he ask you to marry him?"

"No clue. He said he loved me so I'm guessing that's a reason or maybe he just doesn't want to lose me as a friend so he thought of something that I might would have agreed to a while ago." Accent said pacing.

"I don't know what to say. Do you want to take your lunch now? I'll go later." FC said. Normally she would take it first and then Accent but she felt like Accent needed some time to herself.

"Sure." She got up and started walking to the door. Then she turned to look at FC. "You know. I'm giving up on boys. Nope no longer liking them. I'm not wasting my time with them anymore." Then she stormed out of the store. All she had to do was spend time with herself. Just walk around, eat something, do something to cool down and get her mind off of what happened. She couldn't believe it though. Out of all the years of liking him he finally says what she always dreamed. "Maybe I should have said yes. No but that would be silly, I'm here now. I can't go back, not there at least. If he stayed here maybe. UH. I can't believe he just did that!" she thought angrily to herself. And little to her knowledge someone was following her.

She walked around for about ten more minutes and stopped at the side of a building, near the entrance to an alley. She wasn't far from the store, in fact she kept walking the block back and forth. She didn't realize the many newsies that walked past her who had said hi.

"Hey." someone said walking up to her. She looked up.

"Hi." She didn't know who this guy was. She pushed her self up from the wall and stood straight now. He was about the same height as Spot, black hair and brown eyes. But he didn't seem like a newsie to her.

"What is a sweet thing like you doing looking all sad for?"

"O it's nothing really. Just an old friend that's all." She said not liking how this guy was looking at her. She had this feeling that he wanted something but couldn't place her finger on.

"Well is there anyway that I can cheer you up?" the guy asked getting a little closer to her.

"O no. Sorry but I do have to be going. I need to met some friends." she said trying to move to the side a little but he just moved along with her.

"Well there's a problem. I want to cheer you up." he said moving towards her and backing her up against the wall. His body now touched hers as he looked down at her and moved his right hand up and down her arm. "So I think you're going to have to miss that meeting of yours." She looked around for something to do. How dare he do something like this to her. She was nervous and yet so angry at the same time. As he leaned down to kiss her, seeing as how she wasn't fighting back, she kneed him in the stomach, and punched him on the side of the face. She started running but yet again her short legs failed her.

"O not again." she said complaining in her Irish temper as he grabbed her arm pulled her against him.

"You shouldn't have done that now, sweet cheeks." He pushed her against the wall inside the alley. And she screamed for fear of not knowing what to do. He pressed himself against her. And covered her mouth with his filthy hand. "Now you shouldn't do that. You don't want to get me in trouble now do you." He started kissing her neck and going down to her collarbone. With his hand he started undoing the buttons on her shirt. She was frightened she didn't know what to do. She couldn't breathe, she couldn't move all she could think about was this man was like McClaire. Same intentions, same looks. Then before she knew it, she felt his weight go off of her. She stood there closed eyes, stiff for a couple of moments, because she didn't know what he was going to do. She heard a few punches and she opened her eyes. She saw Jack fighting this guy. The next thing she felt someone's hand touch her shoulder, asking if she was alright. She turned to see Race standing there and Davy running over. He noticed that she looked as white as a ghost. And a few seconds later she collapsed. Race had caught her. Jack had beaten up the guy and he ran out of the alley. He saw Race with Accent in his arms and came running over.

"Accent are you alright?" Race asked getting her hair out of her face. She wasn't moving and her eyes were closed.

"Come on Race. Let's get her to the lodging house. Davy go tell Blink what happened and have him tell FC what happened. Hurry." Race got up with her in his arms and they headed off the lodging house hoping that she would be alright.

At the lodging house

"Kloppman. We need your help." Race said walking in through the door. Kloppman looked up but he didn't expect to see a girl in Race's arms.

"What happened?" he asked.

"She was being attacked and then she collapsed." Jack said quickly.

"Lay her on one of the beds. I'll be there in a minute."

"I sure hope she's going to be alright." Race said, getting into the bunkroom and laying her on a bed.

At the bookstore

FC was just finished helping a customer. She put the money away as they headed out of the door. She went to sit on the stool behind the counter to wait for Accent to come back from lunch. She was getting hungry and she hoping that the newsies would still be at Tibby's when she got there. She saw Blink running into the store and immediately got up.

"Hi Blink." she said.

"Hey. Davy just told me to tell you that Accent was attacked a couple of minutes ago. She had fainted and Race and Jack are bringing her to the lodging house."

"What! O no. Not now. She doesn't need this." FC said.

"I know tell me about it." he said catching his breath.

"No I mean she really doesn't need this."

"I know and I said tell me about it."

"You don't understand. Blink something happened today." FC knew it wasn't her place to tell but she had to. She sat him down and proceed with the day's events.

"Wow. She didn't really need that. Hey I would love to stay a bit more but I have to go sell." Blink said getting up.

"I understand. But can you do me a favor. Tell Jack I'll be there after work. And have someone tell Green and Entice. And don't tell Spot, I'll tell him. Thanks." FC said.

"No problem." he said giving her hug.

"Um, one more thing. Do you think you can bring me some food. I was suppose to go after Accent got back but..."

"Ya, I'll be back." he said chuckling.