A/N: This fanfic is based on Kerli's "Hurt Me" and that is where the lyrics at the top are from. It's a really good song and you should check it out to fully understand the story (:
Soul full of rage…
The Human race
Hold me while I'm fallin' down
Rearrange what you have found
Flashback
I was sitting on the ground in our living room when my dad ran in, fuming. I was about 14 years old. He came in, a bottle of beer in his hand. Mother was in the kitchen, smoking a cigarette. Johnny was on the coach, staring blankly at the ground. Dad slammed the front door and walked into the kitchen. With his empty hand, he slapped mother. "You damn bitch!" I could smell his breath from here; he was already drunk. Johnny sat down next to me; he knew what was about to happen.
"What did I do this time to ruin your already pointless life?" She spat back at him. His temple bulged in rage. "You cursed me with two stupid children! Apparently the boy here is doing bad in school and now I have to waste my time to meet with his teacher!" Dad turned to Johnny, his eyes in flames. Johnny was blank and as white as a ghost. Dad came up to him, pried me away from Johnny. I tried to crawl back over to stop him but dad just kicked me back to the ground. He now held Johnny by his shirt collar and was shaking him. I attacked my dad from his ankles and that caused his to lose his balance and drop Johnny. Once Johnny hit the ground, he bolted right back up and grabbed my hand. We made a run for it outside and didn't stop running until we got to the lot.
Our breathing was staggering and uneasy. Johnny still held my hand as we sat down under a tree. It was quiet but we didn't need to speak to each other. We understood each other mentally. If one hurt, the other one hurt as well. Johnny rubbed his neck. "Your neck hurts, huh?" I spoke up, not even having to look at him. I just knew it because my neck was starting to hurt too. Johnny nodded. "Your side okay? He kicked you pretty hard, didn't he?"
I placed my hand on my side and winced in pain. "Yeah he did. I'm okay though, Johnny." I tried to smile through the pain but I just couldn't. Johnny was tearing up ad quietly sobbing a bit. "Johnny, what's wrong?" I looked at him and a sharp pain hit my heart. We were so close that it pained the other to see them upset. It hurt more than any beating combined.
"I-I just can't take it. I hate it when he hits you, I just hate it. You're a girl and a pretty one at that. I hate how you have to go to school with bruises and cuts and all that. It takes away from your pretty face, Selena. You deserve better than…this." Johnny dark eyes were full of sorrow.
"Look, Johnny. Neither of us deserves it. No one deserves this, not even Dallas Winston." I laid my head on his shoulder. "Sel, I have a plan. Once I turn 18, we'll run away. We'll move to some faraway place and get a house up there. Ponyboy told me that the country is nice and open. Maybe he could find a place out there. I bet Dally might even want to come." It surprised me that Johnny had a plan like that. He wasn't one to imagine wild and daring things like that.
"That sounds perfect, Johnny." I smiled nonetheless and started to drift into a deep slumber…
End of Flashback
A/N: Johnny is only one year older than Selena. So he'd be 15 in that flashback. Review and critics welcomed. I tried to keep Johnny is character as much as possible. I don't really read/write a lot of fanfics about Johnny so his character was a little hard for me to write about. Oh well at least I tried! Thanks for reading.