The second chapter. I think I'll save my multi-pairing for another story. I watched WSS again today and now the storyline will be heavily based on the movie.
Sara's POV
Azzura leads me back into Doc's where a tall blonde boy is waiting by the door, looking slightly worried.
"Who's the chickadee?" someone asks brusquely.
"My friend," Azzura replies. She tilts her head to the side to look at me. "Ignore him," she tells me pointedly. The boy who spoke is short and dark haired. His name, I learn, is Action.
"Who is she?" the tall blonde whispers into Azzura's ear.
"Her name is Sara, she won't bite." Azzura tells him loftily. I can't image how Azzura can be around all of them.
"Where'd she come from?" Action asks roughly.
I blush, knowing that he means me. "She is from Italy, arrogant little…" The blonde boy touches her arm and she stops. Azzura pulls her arm away and glares at Action. "Just ignore him," she tells me.
"He's really a good guy," the tall blonde insists in a low voice but Azzura only shrugs.
"This is John, my boyfriend." Azzura touches his arm and smiles. I smile weakly at him. This whole place makes me uncomfortable and I wonder what my mother would say if she saw me surrounded by all these men.
She introduces me to the rest of the Jets but one catches my eye. I remember him as the one I elbowed in the alley last night. Now he has a black eye. Did I do that? "And this guy is Big Deal. He got jumped by some guys from a different gang." Azzura says. Perhaps he was jumped. But I know I gave him the black eye. I smile at him politely.
He watches me after that and it makes me slightly uncomfortable. When it gets late John walks Azzura and me back into Joseph's gang territory. He kisses her and smiles at me. "Do you love him, Azu?" I ask her.
She looks at me. "Of course I do, Sara. He means a lot to me."
"I thought Joseph meant a lot to you." I say.
"Joseph was nothing more than a brother to me. But he wanted to be more than that. Joseph made me choose between John and the Tigers." Azzura replies softly.
"And you chose John?"
"Yes."
We lapse into silence and I think. A lot has happened. Joseph was never the kindest person I've known, he's very pushy and usually gets what he wants. I wonder if everyone has changed while I have remained in Italy.
"Sara," Azzura says suddenly. "Do the Jets make you feel uncomfortable?"
"Some of them look at me oddly." I reply.
"Which ones?" Azzura asks sharply.
"T-the one with the black eye…" I answer.
"Big Deal is harmless, trust me. They're all harmless unless they have too much energy and you're someone they don't like." Azzura looks at me. We're like sisters, and I'm much closer to her than I am to my younger sister Jasmine. I tell her about when I saw him last night.
"So he lied about getting jumped." Azzura says softly. "Prideful, prideful."
"It was an accident, I was afraid." I said quickly. "I didn't know I hit him so hard."
"It's fine," Azzura waves it away. "He will forgive you."
I blush. We are at my apartment and I go inside. I lie down in my bed and close my eyes. I see his face without the bruise I gave him. I blush harder, seeing how handsome he is.
Big Deal's POV
Baby John goes to walk Azzura and Sara home. Sara was the one who elbowed my face last night. As we eventually file out I find myself wandering into Tiger territory. I go behind a building and see Sara leaning over her fire escape. "Sara!" I stage-whisper.
She looks down. "What are you doing here?"
"I'm coming up." I climb up the fire escape and land next to her.
"Why are you here? Isn't it dangerous?" she asks me nervously.
"Naw, I'll be fine. I wanted to talk to you." I reply.
"I'm sorry I hit you," she whispers.
"It's all right. It'll heal." I reach out to touch her face. Her skin is smooth and soft. She blushes. "You're beautiful."
"So are you." Our eyes meet and I compulsively bend down to kiss her. Our lips meet and it's like electricity. My hands run through her hair and I kiss her harder. She wraps her arms around my waist. I break away, breathing heavily. I don't know anything about her and I'm kissing her. It feels very cold-hearted.
"Tell me everything about you," I tell her gently. "I want to know about you. I want to know everything."
She tells me what I need to hear but one thing startles me. "Wait, how old are you?"
She looks up at me. "Fourteen," she replies.
My stomach clenches. I'm nineteen. She's fourteen. Surely just looking at her inappropriately should be illegal. "How old are you?" she asks me.
"Nineteen," I reply. She squirms slightly.
"Age should not matter, but it does to the law." Sara leans up and kisses me. I kiss back and hold her. A little devil voice inside me says to sleep with her, who cares about the law? The more reasonable side of me rebukes the devil voice saying that Sara is too young. I ignore both voices and continue holding her.
"Sara? Sara?" someone calls her from inside the house.
She pulls away from me. "He cannot catch you here, please go." I start down the fire escape.
"Can I see you again?" I ask her.
"I will come to Doc's with Azzura tomorrow." She replies. "Big Deal cannot be your real name. What is it?"
"Andrew." I tell her.
"L'amo, Andrew." She says softly. "That means I love you."
I climb back up to give her a quick kiss and then jump down from the fire escape. "I love you too, Sara." I call up to her.
"Sara!"
"Un momento, Martino!" Sara calls through her window. "Go quickly," she tells me.
I leave, happy that I'll see her again. I wonder if this is how Tony felt when he fell in love with Maria.
Ah, love at first sight. There's a place in Italy, the balcony of a house, where people put their love letters, as the balcony was supposedly the one Romeo and Juliet used. I love romantic stuff. Leave me reviews!
