Rosie Ruby
An Outsiders Fan-Fiction
It had been a long day for me. After that fight yesterday, I hadn't seen any of the guys. I was worried that they might have gotten hurt. Yet even though I was worried about all of them, I was mostly concerned about Johnny. It was strange to me that I had grown such an attachment to him. There was hardly a moment that I didn't think about him. Even if I tried not to think about him, my thoughts some how ended up going in that direction. It was as if my whole world revolved around him….
So I sat in my room, idly putting stitches into my stitch cloth as my mind wandered to thoughts of the gang and Johnny. I was too worried to work on my dress and was about ready to put away my things when I heard a tap at my window. I looked over to find the person who kept invading my mind sitting outside my window on the roof. I smiled and quickly opened up before looking Johnny over. As per usual, he sported his denim jacket and white tee and jeans. Unlike the norm, he had a band-aid on his right temple and his hand was wrapped up.
"Hey Ruby," He said with a shy smile.
"Hi Johnny. How are you doing?" I responded, my smile still shining through. He shrugged and sat on the windowsill, letting his legs dangle in my room.
"I'm doing alright," he said before looking around my room. "So this is what a girl's room looks like…" I couldn't help but laugh.
"I don't know about other girls, but this is what my room looks like. And I'd have thought you'd seen a bunch of girls rooms," I replied as I picked up a few things and threw them on the bed.
"Naw, I normally don't know where most girls live. The only reason I know where you do is 'cause we pick you up so much," he said before grabbing one of my stuffed animals and looking at it. "Aw, this one's cute." I looked to see him holding my purple teddy bear.
"That's Mister Cotton-Candy. I got him at the carnival," I said with a smile. Johnny hugged the bear before putting it back where he had found it.
"Did you get hurt too badly?" I asked, going over and gently taking Johnny's wrapped hand, looking at his bandaged palm.
"Not really. Just a few cuts and bruises, nothing too bad," he said, letting me hold his hand in both of mine.
"I worry about you when you guys get into those brawls. I always think something bad is gonna happen and one of you guys'll have to go to the hospital or something," I explain, idly thumbing the bandages on his palm.
"You don't have to worry too much, Rose. We're tough guys and it takes a lot to mess us up," Johnny said with a shrug. I look up in confusion.
"How do you know my name is Rose?" I asked before actually thinking about it. Ponyboy probably told him or something.
"I asked your mom the other day where you were, and she called you Rose. So I figured Ruby was a nick-name," Johnny said with a smile. I blushed before letting go of Johnny's hand. But before my hands dropped to my sides, one of them was captured by Johnny's good hand.
"Sit with me," he said, more of a request than an order. Figuring it wouldn't hurt, I got up next to him and sat on the sill, my legs hanging next to Johnny's. We sat there quietly, fingers laced together and just enjoying each other's company. Every so often I'd smile at him, and he'd smile back at me. It was a nice kind of quiet, but like all silences- it was eventually broken.
"So, Rose? Have you gotten yourself a boyfriend yet?" Johnny asked. It was a rather interesting question, but not one that I really had to think about though.
"No, I haven't. I'm sort of waiting for someone to ask me," I responded, kicking my legs thoughtlessly. There was another silence, but this one was a bit… awkward… Like the kind you sort of expect a cricket to chirp into, or like the kind that makes you wiggle uncomfortably.
But the awkwardness was quickly washed away, almost instantly in fact, when I felt something brush against my cheek. A gentle, nervous, quick peck worthy of a child's innocence. I looked over to see Johnny blushing and looking nervously at me. I smiled and gently placed a kiss over the scar on his cheek. He looked at me… no… he looked into my very soul; his deep brown eyes seemed to stare through my green ones and into my very core- into my heart. Everything seemed to finally fall into place; my confusion, my frustration, my crazed dreams, my everything made sense now. My constant day dreaming, my urges, my longings, the silly feelings I got, it all pointed to the same thing- love. My first love.
I don't know if he felt it like I did, I wasn't sure if his heart was fluttering like mine, I couldn't tell if I was the only one with the nagging urge to press my lips against his, but I was pretty sure that I wore my emotions on my face like an extremely expressive mask.
"Rose?" Johnny said, breaking me away from my inner thoughts.
"Yes, Johnny?" I asked. I was terribly afraid that he didn't feel the same way I did. After all, there were tons of girls out there- loads of fish in the sea, millions of stars in the sky, and there was only one of me. But my fears vanished when he spoke those five words.
"I want to kiss you," my heart soared and fireworks went off in my brain, but rather than express it like I really wanted to, I simply replied;
"I want you to kiss me." He smiled at me before leaning over and carefully pressed his lips against mine.
Never had I felt this light-hearted or had this strong of an urge to sing! My heart was a balloon with a string attached to my chest, the wings on my heels flapped like a flustered bird and the rest of me melted into this kiss. It felt so magical and wonderful that I never thought I would recover. But as all wonderful things do, it ended too soon. What felt like an eternity of romance was probably only a moment in real time.
"Wow," was the only thing I could manage to say.
"Yeah…" Johnny said, seeming as dreamy as I was.
"So…"
"Wanna do it again?" I had to think for only a moment about this.
"Absolutely!"
Authors Note: So, I had this done for a while, but I needed something to lead up to it, and the last chapter was a great excuse. And once I have the next romance scene done, then I'll put up a new question for you all to answer to get a sneek peek!
