This is Chapter 5.

Action's POV

A-Rab, Baby John, and me walked down the street looking for Anybodys' apartment building. So far we had been thrown out of three buildings. "This is the last one here," Baby John said looking up. "This has to be it, right?"

"Hopefully," A-Rab muttered. "The last one we got thrown out of was a dump."

We went in. "Hey," I said to the woman at the front desk. She looked up. "Is there a girl who lives here that looks like a guy? Ya know, red hair, freckles, ugly…"

Baby John butted in, "What he means is, is there a girl who looks a little like a guy here? She's called Anybodys. She has a sister who has red curly hair…"

"Third floor, apartment seven," the reception lady said curtly jerking her head at the stairwell.

"Thank you," Baby John dragged me and A-Rab up the stairs. "C'mon I don't wanna get thrown out again,"

"I was jus' tellin' her the thruth! Anybodys is red-headed, freckly, and ugly!" I protested. We got to apartment seven.

"Should we knock?" Baby John asked. I looked under the potted plant in the corner and found a key. I tried it and the door clicked open. Baby John made a noise of protest but I ignored him.

"Anybody home?" A-Rab called out. No answer.

"Maybe she's still sleeping?" Baby John offered.

The sound of a door opening and closing made the three of us jump. It was Anybodys, her red hair sticking up. "What'd you do now?" she demanded without looking at us. When she didn't get an answer she looked up. "Are you that wasted, Angelina?" She saw us. "What the fuck are you doing in my apartment?"

"Making sure you didn't eat Ice alive," Action replied.

"Hah, hah, he's still alive. And asleep so don't tromp around like elephants, okay?" Anybodys smoothed out her hair. She walked over to the other door and peered in. It was an empty bedroom.

"Where's your sister?" A-Rab asked.

"No clue, why d'you care?" she asked moving stuff out of the way.

A-Rab shrugged. "Where's Ice?"

Anybodys jerked her head toward the other door. "Sleepin' on my floor, can't you hear? How'd you get in here?"

"There was a key unda the plant." I said.

"I hope you put it back," Anybodys said threateningly.

"We did, we did."

"Good, that key is for my sister," she glared at me and A-Rab, "not for you!"

The bedroom door opened and closed again and Ice was watching us.

"Mornin' Daddy-O," A-Rab and I bowed like gentlemen. He shook his head at our act and walked over to where we were.

"Did you break in?" he asked.

"They took my spare key," Anybodys replied.

"We wanted to make sure she didn't kill you in your sleep or somethin'." A-Rab said innocently.

"What's the point of stabbing him in his sleep?" Anybodys grumbled, "He doesn't sleep!"

If they weren't sleeping, what were they doing?

Ice's POV

It was true we did stay up for most of the night, doing inappropriate things… but that didn't matter now. "I was sleeping on the floor, a hardwood floor. How d'you expect me to sleep?"

She rolled her eyes and kicked open her refrigerator. "What's for eats, Anybodys?" Action peers into the fridge. She slams it shut. "Plastic," she replies. "I don't have anything." She walks over to a cabinet muttering something about her sister.

"You don't keep food here?"

"Nope, and if I did she'd eat it all." She shuts the cabinet that is also empty. I watch her, wondering why she puts up with it.

Baby John's POV

I wondered if they figured it out. After last night wasn't it obvious? Ice lost his cool over Anybodys. It was unlike him. Only an idiot wouldn't be able to figure out that Ice liked Anybodys… but then again this gang is made up of idiots. The five of us walked over to Doc's. The rest of the gang was there.

"No fear guys, Anybodys did not murder Ice." Action told them. The guys laughed. Anybodys spit at the back of his head and sat down at the counter.

"Any news about the Sharks who jumped the little freak?" Mouthpiece asked.

"Not a mite," A-Rab says sitting down at a table.

"Their luck," a few guys say darkly.

I still don't think anyone figured it out.

Velma's POV

I glared at the PR named Indio. "What do you mean, she got away?" I hiss.

"The Jets showed up." Indio shrugs. I scream at him and leave. As I get back into Jet territory I think of new ways to lure Ice back to me. What do I have that Anybodys doesn't? That's easy: my family has more money, I'm prettier, I have better prospects, I'm not a he-she or a lesbian, I don't like getting into fist fights, I don't want to be a Jet member, and the list goes on. Why would Ice choose Anybodys over me?

Baby John's POV

Me, Action, A-Rab, and Snowboy were walking when we say one of the PRs. "Wanna grab him? See if we can get him to talk about who jumped Anybodys?" Snowboy asks. We nod and chase him. It's four to one so we get him.

"Hey, d'you know some of your people jumped one of us last night?" A-Rab asks him.

"The girl, yes, I was there." The PR replies calmly. His name is Indio.

"Who told you to? Or did you do it for fun?"

"We were paid by a blonde American girl. She did not give a name. Only that she wanted us to attack the redhead."

Blonde American girl. We know one person who fits the profile. Velma.

Anybody's POV

I was going to take Ice's advice to heart. That first night, when Velma found us, he told me if Velma pulled anything I could slug her out. Well, she pulled something. She paid those PRs to jump and rape me. Now I just have to find her and break her nose. Dumb blondes can't afford broken noses. Maybe gang boys could, but not dumb blondes.

I found Velma with her equally dumb friend Minnie who dresses like a nun. "Well if it isn't the American Tragedy," Velma sneers indicating me to Minnie.

"Well if it isn't the Dumb Blonde and the Nun." I return. "Your PR buddy ratted you out, Velma. You paid Indio and his buddies to jump me." Minnie turned to her friend in shock. "And guess what, jealous bitch? Ice said I could break your nose if I wanted. You deserve it. It isn't my fault Ice doesn't want you and never did!"

"You're the jealous bitch, Anybodys! Your sister is a cheap Park Avenue ho and your parents left you here! You can't…" Velma never got to finish because her insult to my sister set me off. I slugged her so hard I heard the bones crack. She shrieked at me and Minnie ran out of the way. "YOU FUCKING INSANE BITCH!" she screamed. I punched her again, just for fun, and then left. I felt a lot better.

I went back to Doc's. Ice was staring at my hand. "What?" I asked him.

"You punched Velma, didn't you?" he said.

"You said I could, anyway how can you tell?"

He held up my hand: there was blood on my knuckles. "I am going to have one hell of a job controlling you," he sighed.

I stuck my tongue out at him and he bent down to kiss me: in front of the guys! "Anybodys was your new girl?" Action asked in disbelief. He turned to Baby John. "And you knew all along?"

He shrugged. "It wasn't that hard to figure out…"

"Wise apple," Action huffed. "Wow, Ice, you have a weird taste in girls."

"Who'd go after Anybodys anyway?" Mouthpiece laughed.

I glared at him. I know I'm still scrawny and flat but I'll grow. Anyway, I don't think Ice minds.

Ai, ai! The next chapter will be the last.