Blink POV

The next day was as normal as it could get, for most of the day. Amelia was a little quiet while selling, Oscar says that she's just scared. Boots and I tried to get her to have fun with us, but it didn't work.

Besides that, everything was normal for most of the day. It was getting dark and so we decided to stop selling papes for the night and head back to the lodgin' house. As we got closer to the house we saw two shadows. Assuming that it was Jack and Finch we walked closer.

As we got closer we saw Jets and Ace.

"Amelia! Run!" I yell as Boots and I jumped in front of her.

"I can't leave you!" She yells.

"Go! We'll be fine!" Boots yells and she takes off.

"Aww, we wanted to see our friend Amelia" Jets says.

"Not gonna happen" I say through gritted teeth.

"Try us" Ace says, putting his fists up. After a few minutes of fighting, Jack, Race, and Finch run to our rescue. They scare off Jets and Ace and take us back to the lodgin' house.

When we get there Oscar asks, "Where's Amelia?!"

"Boots! Where did she run to?!" I ask.

"I don't know, I was busy helpin' ya hold dem off" Boots says.

"Oh no... we lost Amelia with those creeps out there looking for her" Morris says, panicked.

With Amelia
Amelia POV

I run like Boots and Blink said to do. I don't know where I am, but I end up falling and hurting my ankle bad. I can't walk anymore.
I start to freak out, I don't know where I am and I can't walk. A few minutes go by and this boy comes.

He sees me and says, "Are ya okay, goil?"

He's definitely a Newsie, I can tell by the accent and clothes.

"Where am I?" I ask.

"Brooklyn" he replies.

"B-Brooklyn?" I ask. I don't know how far Brooklyn is from Manhattan, and I don't even know where I am in Brooklyn.

"Ey, ya looks like a Newsie. Are ya one?" He asks.

"My names Amelia. I work with the Manhattan Newsies. I was told to run and got lost, then hurt myself" I say.

"Da names Spot, Spot Conlon." He says. My eyes widen, didn't the other Newsies say that he was the king of Brooklyn, the most respected Newsies in all of New York?

"Y-You're?" I stutter, still in shock.

"That's me" he says, "Ya should probably stay wit da Brooklyn Newsies for tonight, I'll send da 'Hattan Newsies a message dat' yer' safe 'nd dey'll come get ya in da morning".

"Okay" I say.

Spot brought me back to the Brooklyn News Boy lodgin' house and let me stay there. He was nice to me, but was a little intimidating to the other Newsies.

He found a wooden stick, that I decided to use like a crutch; it reminded me of Crutchie. I was sad, but I knew I would see them tomorrow.

The Next Day
Jack, Race, Finch, Blink, and Boots were with Spot, Amelia, and a few other Brooklyn Newsies.

When I saw Jack, Race, Blink, Finch, and Boots I ran, or bobbled, over to them. I ran straight to Race, and he hugged me. Blink and Boots put their arms around me, too.

"What did you do, Amelia?" Jack asks, they were kinda confused as to how I hurt myself.

"I was running like Boots and Blink said to and tripped. I hurt my foot" I explain.

"We can see that, silly" Blink says.

"You're so clumsy" Race says. He runs his hand through my hair, and I swat his hands away, so instead he just puts his arm around me.

"Spot found me and brought me back to the Brooklyn Lodgin' house" I say.

"Danks for keeping her safe Spot, her bruddas would've killed us if somefing happened ta her" Jack says, spit shaking with Spot.

"Which reminds me, yer bruddas was so worried, dey was 'bout to punch somefing or someone, Amelia" Finch says.

"I'm not surprised" I say and they laugh.

"No problems, she was noice. Feel frees to visit anytoime Amelia!" Spot says.

"I will" I say smiling.

When we get back to the lodgin' house, my brothers ran over to me and hugged me. They didn't let go for a few minutes and then they asked about my leg, and I explained.

"She's Crutchie Jr." Crutchie says, making everyone laugh.

I'm so glad that I met them. They're like my family and I don't know what would've happened had I not met them that day at the Circulation Gate with my brothers.

Hi! It's me, the author! You can call me Bridget, Bri, Bree, Bridge or anything. I wanted to let you all know that I've finished this book (I'll post the rest soon) and I'm working on a sequel as I post these chapters!