Another one-shot for a friend at school. Sam. Thanks for being so cool...here is your story!

I took your advice to heart and added more character background...just for you! Yeah, this is my own little world! I don't think you and K are twins at all, nor does Anna have a twin! (It's nice all my friends have really genetic names so I can say them on fanfiction shoutouts and no one will be able to trace them!)

For: Sam

Disclaimer: I own not the movie Newsies. It all belongs to Disney! I also went back and re-edited Crow's fire for Zach's current girlfriend. (Not, unfortunately, me)

Apollo and Adonis, two more different brothers could not be found. They were, despite common belief, twins. They were fraternal twins and they looked nothing alike…whatsoever. Apollo and Adonis were both very tall, but while Apollo was fair haired with pale skin and blue eyes, Adonis was tan with light brown hair that stuck up in all directions. His brown eyes were gentler than Apollo's and he had a very different sense of humor. The only similarity between the two was the fact that Crow was their close friend and leader.

Apollo was close friends with Fire, Crow's girl. Adonis had a different set of friends, and his own gang. The Shadows were adept knife wielding foes to any miss-stepping newsie on Harlem territory. The Shadows were Harlem newsies as well, but they were the well-known defendants of the territory. If you were in Harlem uninvited, they would either dispose of you, or give you a stern warning you were not likely to forget.

Adonis, although fierce, was shy. He had a close group of friends amongst his gang, but other than that was left on his own. He sold by himself, he ate by himself, and he usually played Solitaire during the evening hours before curfew. He never joined the semi-drunken revels of his close 'mates'.

It was like this for a long time. None of the local girls were open to the idea of dating the dark and mysterious boy with the ever-present knives. Oh yes, Adonis was never without knives on his person. One was in his belt, very well hidden; another was in a strap in his hatband. But, like I said, none of the girls dared to approach him; though his name was befitting. He was very handsome for a 'street-rat' of sixteen years, and he turned many a well-bred head. But no one of high class would dare go near the third in command of Harlem. He was lonely sometimes. He enjoyed being by himself, yes, but he was a teenage boy nonetheless. Today was no different.

Adonis woke up, went through his morning routine, and went out to the Distribution Center. Jared Larky was being his usual stupid self, and harassing some poor newsie. Today was Adonis' pity day, and he went to defend the runt of a boy.

"So, Jay, youse beating on this poor kid foah a reason?" Adonis asked. Jared hated that name, and turned sharply to face this new opposition.

"Yeah, tried to steal my money he did," Jared snarled at the wad of cloth he held in his hand. It was part of the boys' shirt, keeping the small boy from running away.

"I'm sure he's very sorry Jay, so let him go," Adonis was calm.

"Naw, he needs a good beating," Jared raised his fist and the small form whimpered in fright.

"I said, let the kid go," Adonis threatened now, his voice lowering to a dark and dangerous tone.

"Alright," Jared, seeing the potential soaking in this situation, shoved the kid at Adonis and walked off to pick a fight somewhere else. Adonis rolled his eyes and sighed.

"Who are you?" Adonis asked the strange boy in front of him.

"I'm Petal," the boy whipped off his hat to reveal long brown curls. Adonis' eyes opened wide in shock. It was a girl!

"H-Hi," he said, doffing his hat.

"I'm new around here, is this the Harlem World Distribution Center?" Petal asked, looking at the wide gates.

"Yeah, oh! I'm Adonis," the tall, now awkward boy, introduced himself. Petal blushed lightly and nodded.

"Fitting," she mumbled.

"What?" Adonis hadn't heard her.

"Nothing," she walked up to the gates and waited patiently for one of them to open.

"Want any help finding your way around?" Adonis found himself drawn to her side. Her large green-blue eyes, teal almost, turned to him.

"Really? That would be great!" she smiled up at him. He smiled back. For some odd reason, there was a flutter in his stomach as he beamed wider. She was so…right?

"Good, you can sell with me today, then I'll show you around Harlem. How does that sound?" he asked. Petal nodded slowly. The gates protested loudly, and creaked open. The two newsies were oblivious to all else in the world as they walked away, head together, smiling. Adonis didn't understand this feeling of odd happiness that filled his chest.

Petal understood it perfectly as she stood next to the tall newsie boy. She smiled up at him in a flirtatious way, waiting for him to catch on. He was a complete stranger to the world of girls and emotions. After all, he was a solitary figure in Harlem. It was a shock for his friends when they came into the square to see two retreating figures. One was obviously their good friend, Adonis…but was that a girl next to him? And was he smiling and laughing? And were they talking? Was she flirting?

"My brother finally did it," Apollo wrapped a long arm around his girl, Curly. She had just finished pulling long brown curls into a dull blue hat.

"Wait…is that Petal?" she squinted at the two.

"Who?" Crow asked from her other side. His own arm was currently around the waist of a petite blond, Fire. His girl.

"Petal, my fraternal twin sister from Queens," Curly shrugged her shoulders and smiled. "She's never had many friends. It's nice to see her with a human being after so long!"

"She's your twin?" Apollo and Crow stood aghast. Fire snickered.

"Yeah," Curly shrugged non-chalantly.

"Jeez, your crazy," Apollo leaned down to plant a kiss on her lips. She smiled and waggled her finger.

"Naughty," she said and walked up to the open gates.

Petal and Adonis were always together from that day on, and after a good month, Adonis asked her to be his girl. And she accepted. It's a crazy world. And so it came to be that two sets of very different twins became very close friends.