Darling

[Darling]

Name:
Adrianna Kensington
Darling

Age:
Eighteen

History:
Adrianna was always a kid of the streets, wandering here and there after her father as he did small household tasks for the big wigs to try and make ends meet. But she never truly helped with the tasks, just ran around outside and played with the boys and girls she could meet.

Soon after her tenth birthday Adrianna's father fell ill with a terrible fever. With no money for a doctor his death was slow and painful, and with his daughter having nothing to do but stand by and watch (only being able to provide a wet towel for his forehead). After his death Adrianna had a choice to make: sweatshop or selling papers. She chose the latter and traveled to Staten Island from Manhattan using the last of her father's money to pay for the ferry-ride over.
Over the next seven years Darling became a skilled newsie of New York, having her own batch of tips and tricks to get the papers sold. But every day her eighteenth birthday draws nearer. A though keeps biting at the back of her mind: she'll have to leave soon. Either to work in a factory or to find a husband. She could stay a newsie, but her success would falter with age.

So where exactly DID Darling disappear to for those couple of months? She went to Iowa in search of a husband! Needless to say she failed. So, slightly heartbroken, she's returning to Staten Island. Hopefully her boroughmates won't kill her.

Likes:
+newsies
+staten island
+new york
+selling
+the necklace she always wears that belonged to her mother
+boys (for occasional flirting)
+chocolate
+cold milk
+the feeling of ink on her hands

Dislikes:
-making tough life decisions
-being yelled at for stupid things
-the bulls
-people mistreating little kids
-people mistreating Staten Island little newsies