Romeo and Romeo
Chapter Eleven
Two Weeks later
Darry and Two-Bit only had a week left with us and everyone was changing.
Dally had gotten a job at Bucks as a bartender. He was there every night and came back to the house to sleep it all off.
Johnny started going to work with Sodapop to get used to it. He was almost never home.
Darry and Two-Bit became to themselves and angry.
I was left alone to do everything myself. I cleaned, cooked, and went to school. That was how it was gonna be for a while.
The night of the dance I was accompanied by Two-Bit, Dally, And Johnny. It was pretty tuff that we'd have one last night to have mindless fun.
Two-Bit took Steve's car so that we could pick Marcia up.
Her house was huge, I though it'd never end.
I got out of the car and went to the door.
Marcia's dad answered the door and frowned at me.
"Who are you?" He asked.
"Ponyboy Curtis." I answered, standing tall.
"Marcia's date?" He asked.
"Yes sir." I told him, looking back at the car.
"Marcia! Ponyboy's here!" He called up the stairs.
Marcia came down the stairs quickly.
She was beautiful. She had on a long faded blue dress that stopped at her knees. The sleeves stopped at her elbows. Her hair was down and she had a diamond necklace on.
"Hey Ponyboy." She greeted.
"You look great." I told her.
Marcia giggled and gave her dad a quick kiss and took my arm.
"Dally, Two-Bit, and Johnny are coming with us." I told her as we walked to the car.
"That's nice." She said.
"You can sit up front with Two-Bit. You might mess your dress up if you get in the back." I told her, opening the door for her. She slipped in and I got in the back with Dally and Johnny. I felt Johnny grab my hand between us as we drove to the school. I glanced at him and saw how envious he was. He was envious of Marcia, who could take my hand in public.
When we got to the school Marcia grabbed my arm again. We all walked in and saw all the kids there, dancing, smoking, talking.
"I wanna dace." Marcia told me.
"You know who likes to dance? Two-Bit. He might dance with you." I told her.
She let go of me and walked over to Two-Bit, who was talking to Dally.
Johnny was sitting down at a table with his head in his hands.
I walked over and put my hand on his shoulder. "Are you okay?" I asked, sitting beside him.
"It's not fair." He whispered.
"I know." I whispered to him.
"You aren't gonna dance?" He asked after a minute.
"I hate dancing." I told him, looking out at the floor where Marcia was dancing with Two-Bit. Dally was dancing with some girl, I couldn't really remember her name.
"So what are you gonna do?" Johnny asked.
"Nothing. Sit here." I answered.
Johnny smiled and took my hand under the table. "Maybe later we could beat it outa here."
I grinned at him and nodded.
After a few minutes Two-Bit and Marcia came over to the table and sat down.
"Have fun?" I asked.
"Yeah." Two-Bit answered, putting his arm around Marcia. "Dally's tracking Cherry down right now."
"Why?" Johnny asked.
"Don't know. To dance?" Two-Bit said.
"I'm going to get some punch." Johnny said, going over to the table, letting his hand slip out of mine.
I watched him leave and quickly looked away.
"Have fun?" I asked.
"You already asked that. Are you okay Ponyboy?" Marcia asked.
"Oh, sorry. I just have other thins on my mind." Getting him alone.
I looked out to the floor and saw Dally with Cherry. I tapped on Two-Bit and pointed to them. He grinned.
Johnny came back with our drinks and grabbed my hand again.
After a little while Two-Bit and Marcia got up to dance.
I grabbed Two-Bit's shirt.
"Me and Johnny are gonna beat it for a while." I told him.
"Be back by ten." He told me.
I nodded and got up. Johnny followed me out to the parking lot. We went out to Steve's car and got in the back.
"Better?" I answered, kissing his neck lightly.
"Yeah." He answered, putting his arm around me.
I began to lightly suck on the nip of his neck. He encouraged me by letting his head fall back against the seat. That was the first mark I ever left on him.
"That's gonna be noticeable." He said, looking in the mirror.
"Sorry." I said, blushing.
"It don't matter." He muttered, kissing me hard.
I fell back on the seat and let him on top of me. We both struggled for dominance, but I knew Johnny would win. He had his ways. I bit down on his bottom lip, making him gasp a little. Johnny pulled away and pushed his hands up my dress shirt.
"Johnny, stop." I begged, arching my back.
"Why? I thought you liked it." He said with a smirk as he unbuttoned my shirt.
"I do… Just not here." I pleaded.
Johnny kissed between my pecks and smiled. "We've done it everywhere else."
I really didn't want to stop him and I didn't have to.
The car jolted forward.
"What the…?" Johnny said, looking out the windshield.
Cherry was in some richy car, ramming into ours.
I forgot all bout my shirt and opened the door.
Johnny and I jumped out and saw her do the same.
"Couldn't you just leave us alone?" I asked as she walked over to us.
"I know about you two." She said with a smirk.