I always wanted him...A Johnny Cade Love Story...Chapter 1
Kayla pushed me into the door of my next class. She was a good friend of mine and all, but she sure was pushy. I tripped and got up, glaring at her with desentful eyes. I got up and saw good ol' Two-Bit. Typical. Mocky some girls and flirting with others. That sure was Two-Bit alright. We knew each other well. I had dated him when I was 14 and he was 16. Big mistake. I loved his energetic lifestyle, but I knew I wanted someone else. Someone he was very close too.
"Ha. Two-Bit. Why you always messing with my girls?" I said, not to be mean, just to start conversation.
"Ha yourself. I am just telling these young ladies about my man Johnny...." he continued talking, but after I heard the name "Johnny." i froze up. I always did. He was the person. Everybody in the gang was close to him, they had always been close to him. I knew him well. Grew up with him, in the rough neighborhood, seen him beat up bad. One time I cried for a night, seeing him like that hurt me.
"Shelby? You there?"
"Oh, Yeah, duh. Shut your mouth KEITH!"
"ha. my name. haven't heard that in awhile."
I took my seat and daydreamt. Johnny. Johnny Cade. Aww. Why?
Yeah. Me and Johnny were close. He was there when I was 10 and lost my mom. And when I lost my best friend, Kali.
It was a Saturday. Kali and I were 13 and exploring. We loved adventure. We were also walking off from Kali's parents. They had smacked her, and went to this far this time. Her face was bleeding, and we were running so we wouldn't be so goddamn angry."Ka, I will ALWAYS be here for you. Got it?" She was like a younger sister to me and I felt it was necessary to say it. "Yeah. I know. Don't ever leave me Shelbs. Got it?" I loved Kali. We grew up together in our rough neighborhood. Looking to each other for support. We continued walking when we saw a young Soc. He was older, but still young. About 14, 15. "What are you doing here...Soc?!" She shouted. I hated them over here. Why can't they leave us alone! "Oh. A little greaser snob. shut your mouth little girl." he barked back. Ouch. Kali knew she was a greaser, and proud, but not a snob."Leave..leave us alone." i piped in. "Please." He just glared and walked up to Kali. "Don't disrespect the rich and powerful greaseball." "Fuck you." thats when it happened. Kali did a stupid thing and socked him in his ugly face. I gasped and looked away. Kali was thrown to the ground and was getting the crap beat out of her. "STOP! PLEASE! please." i shrieked. I jumped on the ugly abusers back and tried to bring him down. Stupid. He smacked me and I ran to get help. "HELP! PLEASE! Please, please, please...plea..." my last "please" was muffled when Johnny came up and grabbed me. "Johnny! Help Her! PLEASE!" I screamed , my eyes watering, and I was barely able to get the words out. "Shh. It's fine." He ran to get Dally, but couldn't find him. I wanted to get the cops, but me and Johnny being such nervous wrecks (he had been beat so many times, and when I was 12 I got my face beat in by 6 Socs.) we were scared off cops and when we ran back with no one, Kali was bloody, barely breathing. "NO! FUCKEN NO!NO!" I screamed. Why?! Why?! We grabbed her and ran to the hospital. "Please! PLEASE! HELP HER!" I said, my words were muffled and I must have looked pretty weird, my face bloody and my body covered in blood. They took Kali away and got her slightly stabilized. "Johnny. Please. I can't lose another loved one. Who fucken next?! You...." It slipped out. He just looked at me. "Shelbs. Calm down. She will be fine. I won't leave you. Please. Hun." I wondered if he knew I cared so much about him. The next day, we got to see my beloved friend. "Hun, Ka. Please. I'm sorry. plea..." I couldn't speak. She had serious damage. "Shelbs. I'm sorry I put you through this. Tell everyone goodby..." "Ka! Ka! What the fuck! FUCK! No. Why!!!!