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Post by River Chambers on Feb 6, 2011 17:42:06 GMT -5
"I'm sure she wouldn't mind it," River said with a grin. He didn't bother to tell Dodger that Lexi had bugged him about how Dodger was doing. He figured they'd see each other soon enough and then they'd stop bothering him. He smirked as Dodger and Emma bantered back and forth. "If we're so gross why do insist on sleeping in our beds?"
He stood and stretched before tossing the butt of his cigarette out towards the street. "Well if Reid is out and about at least you get his bunk all to yourself." He sent her a wink before climbing the stairs and heading into the lodging house. He just wanted to wash the grime off his hands and face before Lucky showed up.
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Post by evansnowgood17 on Jun 2, 2011 19:47:46 GMT -5
*New Day*
Evan Snow walked onto the porch of the Bronx Newsboys Lodging House. He had seen his younger sister, Brittani, with a couple of other the Bronx Newsgirls and he wanted to become a Newsie in the Bronx so that he could be near her. Once he got a job, he was finally going to reveal himself to his little sister.
Evan scored that he could just wait on the porch until one of the residents of the Lodging House came along. Then, he could find out if he could get a job as a Newsie in the Bronx.
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Post by jewelkent on Jun 2, 2011 21:59:26 GMT -5
Jewel had walked a little further from her house than she intended to. She had passed off a great day showing Specs around the Bronx.
Somehow she found herself in Eastchester, by the Boys Lodging House. She had never been that far from the house before. As she walked, she saw a boy sitting on the porch there. She walked over to him.
"Hello there....I'm sorry...I couldn't help noticing that you were sitting here all alone. Are you okay?" she asked him.
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Post by evansnowgood17 on Jun 2, 2011 22:59:03 GMT -5
Evan looked up when he heard a girl's voice. The girl he saw was gorgeous.
"Hello there....I'm sorry...I couldn't help noticing that you were sitting here all alone. Are you okay?" she asked him.
He nodded at the girl, smiling at her. "I'm alright, miss. I was just waiting for a Bronx Newsie. I was hoping to get a job as one." he explained with a polite tone that most people who lived on the streets wouldn't have. Sure, he lived on the streets of St. Louis since he was four, but he was a born gentleman and would never harm a female without reason.
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Post by jewelkent on Jun 2, 2011 23:12:49 GMT -5
Jewel looked at the guy in front of her. She was sure she was about to faint. He was cute. But now she was gonna end up conflicted. She sat on the porch next to him, and stroked his hair. Her green eyes sparkled as she looked at him.
"So, you wanna get a job as a Bronx Newsie, huh? I feel like I'm having a sense of Deja Vu here. There was a girl who came to the Girls' Lodging House a few months ago. She wanted to be a newsie....we got her in. She's adorable. Her name is SWeetheart....but I call her Sweetie-bird. She's like my little sister." She said.
The boys was terribly goregous, and his face looked so good to her right now.
*Damn, I hope I don't get too conflicted by this. I don't even know where I stand with Specs.* she thought to herself.
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Post by evansnowgood17 on Jun 2, 2011 23:22:55 GMT -5
Evan smiled softly at the girl and was slightly surprised when she sat down next to him and began stroking his hair.
"So, you wanna get a job as a Bronx Newsie, huh? I feel like I'm having a sense of Deja Vu here. There was a girl who came to the Girls' Lodging House a few months ago. She wanted to be a newsie....we got her in. She's adorable. Her name is Sweetheart....but I call her Sweetie-bird. She's like my little sister." The girl said.
"Yes, I do, Miss. You see, I found out my little sister was around here and I wanted to be nearby." Evan explained with a smile. Then, he remembered that he still hasn't introduced himself to the girl. "Oh, I beg your pardon, Miss. I forgot my manners. Evan Snow at your service." he said while taking her left hand and kissing the back of it.
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Post by jewelkent on Jun 2, 2011 23:45:14 GMT -5
Jewel almost dropped her jaw when this boy introduced himself as Evan Snow. She almost had a fit. *The brother! This si Sweetheart's brother!* she thought to herself.
"Excuse me but, first off...it's nice to meetcha Evan. Second of all...I know your little sister. That's Sweetheart! She's been in the Bronx now for a few months. She's such a good girl. She kept talking about you. 'Oh you have to meet my brother Evan. You'd love him' " Jewel said with a smile as she remembered Sweetheart's words to her a month ago.
"By the way, Evan. I'm Julianne. But you can call me Jewel if you want," She said with a smile.
"So..." She began with a smile. Jewel balanced her chin on her hand as she looked at Evan with a distinct interest. "I think your sister was right about what she told me that time." She said, winking at him.
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Post by evansnowgood17 on Jun 2, 2011 23:50:39 GMT -5
Evan's jaw dropped when Jewel said that she knew his sister. He smiled at his sister's name.
"Her nickname fits her." he mused. Then, when Jewel winked at him, he blushed slightly and turned away, embarrassed.
"You flatter me, Miss Jewel." Then he crookedly smiled in her direction. "You are quite a lovely girl yourself." he asked.
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Post by jewelkent on Jun 3, 2011 0:13:55 GMT -5
Jewel laughed when Evan looked shocked at her mentioning his sister's name. She nodded.
"Oh yeah, I was the first one she met the day she first came to the Lodging House. She's so adorable...and she's been like my little sister the whole time. I love that girl." She said.
Jewel then smiled and bit her lip as she saw Evan turn away, blushing. She sighed.
"Evan! Are you blushing?! Aww sweetie, why? I just think you're cute is all. Plus the way your sister talked about you the whole time, I was very excited to meet you....I think she wanted to set you and I up." She said, nudging him gently.
Jewel smiled when she heard Evan say she was 'lovely'. "Ohhh wow...Now I'm embarrassed. I feel like I'm blushing now. That's such a compliment coming from a sweet guy like you." She said.
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Post by evansnowgood17 on Jun 3, 2011 15:44:10 GMT -5
Evan smiled at Jewel. She was a very kind girl.
"I'm embarrassed because you're the first girl to ever compliment me besides my mother. I assume Brittani told you about how judgemental St. Louis is?" he said.
He smiled when Jewel said that his sister talked about him. "That's a good thing. Now, when I see her face to face for the first time, it won't be so awkward." he sighed.
"Miss Jewel, you really are lovely. You're the first girl I've seen who is a natural beauty. Well, besides my sister." Evan said. It was true. Jewel was a natural beauty.
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Post by jewelkent on Jun 3, 2011 16:32:17 GMT -5
Jewel smiled. She had heard too many stories from Sweetheart about her family and how the town of St. Louis sucks severely.
"Yeah, she told me. I don't think I'd ever like to go there. God knows what they would think of me." she said, with a wide-eyed shake of her head.
"Oh, I'm sure your sister is gonna love seeing you again. She wanted to play matchmaker for you and I...Would she need to work so hard at that?" Jewel asked, smiling and stroking Evan's face.
Jewel sighed. Even called her lovely...anda natural beauty in the same sentence? This was too good to be true. "Awww Evan...you're so very sweet. I love guys like you." she said.
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Post by evansnowgood17 on Jun 3, 2011 16:49:14 GMT -5
Evan nodded.
"It was crueler to my sister than me. Even though, I was a shoplifter. But I only became one so a) I could survive and b) to make sure my demon of a father didn't kill Brittani. The other street rats back home called me Shadow." he said.
He was surprised to hear that his sister wanted to play matchmaker for him and Jewel. "Well, she might not have to do much." Evan said, kissing Jewel on the cheek. He really liked Jewel.
Evan was beyond shocked to hear Jewel say that he was sweet. The girls back in St. Louis just thought of me as a wasted space, just like they thought my sister as a waste of space. Plus, every girl except for my sister has slept with 97% of the male population in St. Louis. The men didn't care. I was the only boy in that city would rather get the death penalty than treat girls as bed-mates." Evan rambled.
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Post by jewelkent on Jun 3, 2011 17:12:32 GMT -5
"Shadow? Well, that's an interesting nickname. Very mysterious. I love it." Jewel said.
"Well, she might not have to do much."
Jewel could only feel her face get redder than the time she got sunburn in Coney Island when she was 8. She had never blushed so much in her life. Then she felt Evan kiss her on the cheek. This reminded her of the other day with Specs. But Jewel couldn't do to Evan what she did to Specs.
"It's good to know that she wouldn't have to do much to get us together." She said, kissing Evan back on the cheek, holding the other side of his face with her hand as she held the kiss.
She then pulled away from him in shock. "Girls thought you were a waste of space? Oh no...that is definitely not the case with you. You're too damn cute for that. Those girls were whores...It was good that you didn't waste your time with them." She said, smiling and locking eyes with Evan.
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Post by evansnowgood17 on Jun 3, 2011 17:23:01 GMT -5
Evan was surprised when Jewel kissed his cheek. He was even more surprised when Jewel said she didn't think of him like the other girls did.
"Jewel, do you really think of me like that?" Evan asked.
Evan smiled at Jewel. "You are definitely an angel sent down from Heaven." he murmured before he kissed her on the lips. He pulled away after a few seconds. He was embarrassed now and his face probably looked like a tomato.
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Post by jewelkent on Jun 3, 2011 17:41:22 GMT -5
Jewel smiled as she looked at Evan. This boy made her insides tingle a bit. She loved sitting with him, and she felt like she had known him for a while already the way Sweetheart talked about him to her.
"Evan, trust me. I really don't think of you that way. Those girls must have been blind and stupid not to see how cute you are...and you're such a gentleman. I like that in a man." She said.
"You are definitely an angel sent down from Heaven."
When Jewel heard those words from Evan, she almost cried. No one has ever said anything so beautiful to her. Thenn withouta another word, she felt Evan kiss her on the lips. But was slightly confused when he pulled away, blushing again.
"Oh no, Evan. Don't be embarrassed. That was so nice." She said to him with a smile.
Then, she leaned in and kissed him back longingly, running her hands through his hair as she did so.
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