Please bear with me on this story, I have a slight writer's block and I'm doing my best.

Anybodys' POV

I glared at him. He glared right back. "Why the hell can't I fight in the rumble? You said it yourself, you need every man you can get!" I snapped.

Ice clenched his jaw so the contours stood out. "You did your job, scouting. Now leave the fighting to us."

No one ever lets me fight. Not Riff. Not Tony. Not even Ice. When I asked Riff to fight A-Rab had told him to let me. How else was I supposed to get a guy to touch me? I had tried strangling him but they kicked me out 'fore I had the chance. Tony had told me that I was a girl and to forget the Jets and be a girl.

"You saw it yourself, the Sharks have a lot more people than we do. And that does mean that we'll need everyone we can get. But I'm not going to let you fight." Ice told me.

"You're a buggin' hypocrite!" I shouted.

"I know I am." He walked closer to me. "But we lost Riff; we lost Tony. I don't know about the others but I don't want to lose you."

I spat on his shoe. "Anybodys, c'mon," Ice tried hugging me but I pulled away.

"No one lets me fight!" I repeated angrily.

Ice lost his cool. "Have you seen yourself?" He grabbed me by the shoulders and shoved me in front of a mirror. "You're skinnier than a rail! You're arms barely have anything on them! You're a girl! Girls don't fight in rumbles! The Sharks would have you beat in five minutes!"

I swung at him but he dodged and grabbed my arms. "If girls don't fight what do they do? Walk the streets like my stupid sister? Be complete airheads like Graziella and Velma? Work in dress shops like the PRs?"

He shook me. "You're not an airhead. You're not gonna start imitating your sister and I can barely imagine you sewing something. You help the Jets by slipping in and outta the shadows. You do that well."

I pulled out of his grasp and turned away. I had half a mind to go anyway but he'd probably kick me out. "It's just skin," I grumbled, "I ain't gonna get hurt."

"You are gonna get hurt, Anybodys. It may just be skin but people can get killed in rumbles. They can turn violent fast." Ice sighed. I turned back around and saw him sitting on my countertop. I hope it collapses underneath him. I'm not usually so bitter about being forbidden to fight but I expected Ice to take my side. He gets up to hug me. "I don't want to lose you, do you understand that?" he whispers to me.

I sigh and hug him back. "The only people I can punch are the guys." I rest my chin on his chest. "And you always stop me."

"I stop them before they can punch you back. One day no one's gonna be there to stop the guy and he'll punch you right back." Ice smiles. "Maybe then you'll learn."

I shake my head. I pull him over into my room and onto my bed. He and I lay together wrapped up in each other's arms. I fall asleep soon; his pale blue eyes watching over me.

A-Rab's POV

The rumble is tonight and everyone is pumped. Except for the freak. Ice won't let her fight. That girl can throw a mean tantrum and Ice had a bruise on his cheek to prove it. Baby John knows who his new girl is, but won't tell us. Not even me, his best buddy. At least a rumble is something to do. We usually just sit around Doc's doing nothing. Like this morning. I was playing cards with Baby John when I saw Anybodys lean down to pick something up off the ground. She doesn't wear a bra and you can see right down her shirt.

I couldn't resist: "Nice chest, Anybodys,"

She turned bright red and flew at me, knocked me over, and started strangling me. "You shut up, you dirty rat!" she screamed smashing my head against the floor. I noticed Ice didn't move to save me from her wrath. "Ice!" I croaked, "Ice!"

He didn't respond and none of the guys was going to risk Anybodys beating the crud out of them. Finally, I managed to pry her hands off my throat and kick her off me. Unrelenting, she started punching me in my gut and my face. Then Ice moved. He grabbed her by the waist and tugged her off of me. "Cool off, Anybodys," he commanded.

"I'm gonna kill him!" she snarled, resisting Ice's grip. He finally just carried her across the room and dropped her. She started hurling out every swear she could think of at Ice (and indirectly at me).

Ice grabbed her by the arm and dragged her into the basement. I heard them yelling at each other. Ice won't lose his cool in front of us but I guess when he's away from us he can snap.

Ice's POV

"Are you trying to knock off the guys?" I demand. I know Anybodys can blow her fuse at any given moment, and I know A-Rab shouldn't have made that comment, but I have to watch out for the Jets.

"No, but I wouldn't mind if Action and A-Rab kicked the bucket! They give me the most trouble. Did you hear what that bastard ass said to me?" Anybodys shrieks at me. Her face is flushed with fury and embarrassment. I know secretly she worries about her undeveloped body. She worries I won't want her.

I hold her in my arms. "I know, Anybodys, I know. I tell them to lay off you but," I shrug, "they don't listen."

"Of course they don't listen," she grumbles, "their brains can't understand words."

I laugh. "Don't worry about them, they'll grow up eventually."

She sighs, but nods. "You cool now?" I ask. She nods again. "Good," I let her back upstairs again. A-Rab watches her warily. Baby John looks relieved I was able to calm her. I lean against the wall and rub my forehead. The rumble is tonight. Midnight. I'm gonna be up all night. Great.

Velma's POV

I walk carefully through the streets of PR territory. It smells like Spanish food and cheap vodka. People ignore me. I'm looking for one of the Sharks. I find one, Indio, sitting on a stoop smoking a cigarette. He looks up. "What?" he asks.

"I need you do me a favor." I tell him.

"Why the fuck should I help you?" he asks and tosses his cigarette.

I hold out a stack of bills. He counts it silently. "What do you need me to do?"

I smile. "You don't have a problem with attacking women do you?" He shrugs. "She doesn't even look like a girl." I describe Anybodys to him. "I need you to mess with her." He nods and asks when. "Tonight." I reply.

I shake his hand and it feels like leather. I leave these streets quickly. They're creepy and smelly. Soon Anybodys will be out of the picture and Ice will come back to me.