Street Love

Now Damien is in his room wondering if he can be Junice's hero. When Junice goes to court again for her mother her mom starts begging for freedom. People are considering that the sisters may not be able to stay together. Damien starts to think about what would i be like if he didn't know junice and what would junice be like. Damien starts to walk down the street and sledge calls out to him. Sledge starts making fun of him saying that he isn't in love and junice is just temporary, she doesn't love him. they get into a fight and sledge comes from behind grabs a a knife from his shoe and cuts him by his neck. But he is fine just a bit of blood. Junice is coming from the grocery store and she refuses to tell him that she is pure. Damien is now left with hurt and sad dreams. Damien's mom finds out that he is in love by kevin's mother. Damien's mother gets frustrated and she screams out junice is not a mystery she is a normal girl and her mother is normal. Damien wakes up early the next day thinking that he loves her because they can be more together. At 9 a.m Damien starts calling junice but no one answers. Damien later decides to go visit her at her house and Mrs. Ruby says she's at church. Damien wants to tell Junice so much mostly that he loves her. He decides to cal some more. Damien finally finds out what Junice is up to. She's heading to memphis. Damien finds this out from kevin. Kevin promises to him that he's there for him no matter what. He says this after damien decides that he wants to follow them to memphis. Damien catches Junice about to get on the bus. Junice says repeatedly that he must go back home. Damien replies and says where ever her heart lies he will be and they both get on the bus to memphis. At the end of this book Damien tells Junice that they are going to need money. He says he has been putting money in hs fund and they can use that to survive. Junice says she is street they will survive. They think about how they will live then Damien finally asks to marry Junice. She replies "We'll see, my love"

Questions: why is junice going to memphis? Why does everyone tell damien that he can't go on with her?

Reactions: surprised- that everyone is telling him he can't go with her and she isn't a good person.