Here it is, the sequel to Spit It Out! I guess I have a thing for weird titles, but the titles I think of make sense once you read the story! Same goes to this one, The chicken will make sense by the next chapter, but enough if this, here's chapter one of Tales of Chicken and Woe!
Keith Mathews is dead meat. I swear I'm gonna kill him. I used to live in California, but I was moving in with my cousins, Keith and Emma, and my Aunt Shirley. I was moving in with them because my parents recently passed, but that doesn't change the fact that I can throw down when I want to. It's November 28, 1967, and I just turned fifteen on the twenty fourth. Keith is nineteen, but I'm pretty sure I can kick his rear with my eyes closed.
Anyway, I'm going to kill him because my plane landed an hour ago and I've been sitting on a bench outside the airport with my bags ever since. Keith was the one who was supposed to pick me up. Living in California, I never had a heavy winter coat like I would need here in Oklahoma, so I've also been sitting in the cold for an hour.
A car pulled up and a teen with rust colored hair and a Mickey Mouse sweatshirt peeking out from under his unzipped coat got out. Speak of the devil, I thought. He waved sheepishly at me with a guilty grin. I shouted,"Keith Mathews! Prepare to die!"
I sprinted towards him and punched and kicked him repeatedly."How. Could. You. Leave. Me. Here. For. An. Hour?" I yelled at him between punches.
"I'm-Ow!-Sorry!" He insisted.
A kid about my age with reddish hair and green eyes got out of Keith's car and said,"Leave him alone, Bounty Hunter," he told me."It's my fault he's late. I asked him to pick me up from track practice."
I looked at him."Oh, it's your fault? Well, in that case..." I said as I pounded my fist into my palm and took a menacing step towards him.
"Mira," Keith said to me in a warning tone as he picked up my bags from where I'd left them, on the bench."People are starting to stare. You can beat Ponyboy up in the car. And don't call me Keith. It's Two-Bit nowadays."
I looked at the other guy,"Ponyboy?" He nodded."You're awesome name just saved you from a severe beat down," I said. I got in the car with this Ponyboy fellow.
Keith, or Two-Bit, took me to my new home after dropping Ponyboy off at his house. The first thing I did was unpack my things. I was sharing a room with Emma. She was eight. When I finished, I collapsed on my bed, ready to just go to bed. I thought about my parents and would've probably started crying if Two-Bit hadn't showed up.
Two-Bit waltzed right into the room pulled me off the bed. I groaned and looked up at him from where I was now laying on the floor."What was that for?" I inquired.
"It's time for dinner," he said with a grin. I just stared at him like he was insane, because I'm pretty sure he is.
"Am I allowed to use the phone?" I asked Aunt Shirley.
"Of course, dear," she replied."Who are you gonna call?"
"Just my friend," I said."My best friend, actually. She's a few years older then me, but we have so much in common it was impossible to not become friends."
"Does she live in California?"
"She moved there a few years ago, but then she moved away last year. I haven't seen her since."
"Well at least you have your number."
"Yeah," I said as I dialed her number. It only took a moment for someone to pick up.
"Hello?" The person on the other end said.
"Hey, Ana," I said into the other end.
"Mira? Is that you? You haven't called me in nearly a month! I was convinced you fell off the face of the earth!" My eccentric best friend, Ana, exclaimed.
"Good guess, you were close. My parents were the ones that fell off the face of the earth..." I proceeded to tell her about my parents dying and moving in with my cousins.
"Mira, I'm so sorry. I wish that I'd been there for you," Ana said."Where do you live now?"
"Uh... Tulsa, Oklahoma," I said.
"Hey Dummy, do you remember where I live now?" Ana said harshly into the phone. This is how we are, we have the love-hate relationship, not the identical twin kind.
"I don't know!" I said."Some small town in the middle of nowhere?"
"Wrong! I live in Tulsa, too!"
I gave a small squeal of joy."Oh! This is great! I have to see you! We can meet up tomorrow!"
"I don't think so, Little One," Two-Bit came up behind me."Ma says you need to catch up on your school stuff tomorrow. Maybe some other time you can reunite with your long lost best friend."
I glared at him and growled,"Fine!" He walked away. Then, into the phone, I said,"Did you hear all that?"
"Yeah, don't worry I understand. I had plans tomorrow anyway. But don't worry, I would've canceled if it meant seeing you."
"I know that voice, Ana Ereth," I said."These mysterious plans involve the boyfriend you refuse tell me his name! Who is he?" She had a boyfriend, but never tells me his name or anything! I just know that he exists.
"I'll tell you when I see you." She then went on to tell me where to meet her the day after next before saying good bye. Maybe life in Tulsa won't be so bad after all.