Ages of the characters (summer 1959 before Ray Brower's body) (made up the ages for the cobras):
The Lipsticks- Rose, 18 nearly 19, Grace, 18, Kate, 18, Connie, 17, Peggy, 17, Susie 19, Shannon 18.
The Red Crows (couldn't think of any good name)- Reese 19, Andy, 19, Jake, 18, Brad, 17, Karl, 17, Dean, 16.
The Cobras- Ace, 19, Eyeball, 19, Billy 18, Charlie, 17, Vince, 18, Fuzzy, 19, Jack, 17.
Chapter 1
"I can't believe you Connie, how could you?" Peggy Travis asked her best friend, in total shook at what she had just heard.
"Come on Peg, it's just a date, what harm could be done?" Connie Palermo replied taking out her lipstick from her make up bag and applying it. The two girls were in Connie's room enjoying the company they had from each other.
"What harm? Do you realise Rose is going to flip, when she hears this?" Peg said uneasy she was the worrier in the group of seven girls, she came from a big family and is the youngest out of them all, she has five brothers and one sister (who's left home) so that makes her the only girl in the house except for her mother and grandma who started living with them when Pegs grandfather died a couple of months ago.
Connie was the exact opposite of Peggy, she was the only child her parents had, they spoilt her she got everything she ever wanted, but it still wasn't enough for her, she was Catholic so she believed in not having sex before marriage, at least that was one good thing her parents taught her, she wasn't a goody goody, she drunk, swore, stole and mostly every bad thing you can do, except have sex, she wasn't the toughest in the group, she could get scared sometimes.
"That's the point she won't hear about it, 'cause we ain't gonna tell 'er, are we?" Connie asked looking at Pegs pleadingly with her puppy eyes.
"I don't know, what's this Charlie look like then?" She asked sighing.
Connie squealed in delight "You won't regret this, sincerely, well Charlie has blonde hair he's a bit skinny, but you'll like 'im, you know me and Billy have been goin' out for like a month and Rose and the other girls don't know" she sighed reassuring Pegs.
x Flashback When Connie First Meets Billy x
The blonde haired green eyed girl, named Connie, walked into the small shop she had never been in before, like she owned it and the customers.
She walked over to the counter and asked where the candy section was, and left without saying thank you or anything once she had gotten the answer, the boy who was working there looked astonished he'd never seen a girl that rude before.
The radio was on and Elvis Presley's song A Big Hunk O' Love, came on and Connie sang a couple of verses of it.
She walked over to a shelf grabbed a handful of bubblegum and sneaked them into her bag, she then went over to a shelf were there was pez picked it up and went to pay for it 'it's less suspicious this way' she told herself, when she paid the boy she walked out and gave him a wink, once she got outside she took out a bubblegum from her bag and started chewing it.
She leaned against a wall waiting for her friend 'Grace' to pick her up, chewing her gum she noticed two boys across the road one had bright blonde hair (like a light bulb) the other one had black curly gelled hair, the light bulb noticed her and nudged the curly haired boy, he looked at Connie and smirked and walked over.
"Hi" and that's how Connie and Billy met…
x End Of Flashback x
"Speaking about going out for a month, how far 'ave you gone with 'im?" Pegs asked shyly with a big grin on her face.
"Come on Peg, you know me, we make out, I let 'im feel my tits, that's all" She replied "Now let's listen to some music" She said changing the subject, she got off her bed and ran to her record player and put 'Who's Sorry Now' by 'Connie Francis' on.
"Do you really think, I'll like Charlie?" Pegs asked raising her voice 'cause of the music.
"Yeah, he's exactly like you, a big pussy" Connie laughed, and Pegs chucked a pillow at her "This means war" Connie gasped, the two girls had a five minute pillow fight, and then they collapsed on Connie's bed.
"I've gotta stop smoking" Connie said out of breath "It's making me out of breath all the time"
"It's a good thing I never started" Peggy laughed "Hey Con, have you seen any of the other cobras?" she asked actually looking forward to her double date.
"Nope and from what I heard from Rose I never want to" Connie replied.
"Do you think Rose sometimes lies?" Peggy asked, Rose was the leader, she bossed all of the girls around, like if they were her property.
"Yeah everyone lies" Connie snorted and shook her head, 'Peggy could be a real wet-end sometimes' she thought.
"No I mean lie to us, like a big lie" Peggy asked, she got up from where she was lying down and went and sat down on the stall next to Connie's desk and turned off the record player.
"No she ain't she's our friend, friends don't lie to each other " Connie replied also sitting up there was a silence "Don't worry about Charlie, it'll be alright"
"Who's Charlie?" The two girls jumped and both turned to the door where Rose was standing with a big grin on her face, that looked like: if you tried to wipe it off of her face you couldn't.
"Errrr… Charlie's my cousin" Connie answered, she was a good liar, a very good liar, she learnt from Rose.
"Okay, look at what Reese gave me?" she said pointing to her jacket where a broach was.
"Reese pinned you?" Peggy asked surprised.
"Yeah he said 'baby I know this is late but I really want you to be my girl' which is a surprise 'cause I ain't no ones girl" Rose replied sitting down next to Connie.
"Finally how long 'ave you been goin' out?" Connie asked.
"I dunno six months maybe more" she replied, lighting a cigarette, not caring if Connie's mum let people smoke in the house or not.
"Six months more like 2 and a half years" Peg snorted.
"Whatever, let's go and meet the girls, at the cabin" Rose replied getting up and walked to the door and clicked her fingers motioning the girls to follow, which they did.
End Of Chapter