HI EVERYONE! It's me again! (Umm, der.) Anyway, Here is chapter 6!
I have some extra time on my hands, so I figured I'll do as much as
possible tonight... I love late-night typing sessions!
And to a certain parson who believes that my characters should be
wearing "granny dresses"... this story is set in more towards the
90's... since this is MY fan-fic, I set the time frame, and it would
be easier for me to write about the 90's... but if it'll make you
happy (since you are the reader) you can pretend she was putting on
a pleated skirt and a wool sweater like Velma from Scooby-Doo (who I
don't own either).
And thanks to Rainy, who keeps threataning me with a future of being
known as Sandy if I do not write more, so I had better start now, huh?
Lol-Sandy is such an evil half-a-cent whore! erg! And for all you Sandy
bashers, you guys HAVE to read the Greaser song Parodies by VanillaSky
b/c they are soooooooo funny... there is a hilarious one about Sandy in
there... hee hee!
But here is chapter 6 for all you people who are kind and patient
enough to read through a madwoman's ramblings... LoL, here it goes!
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"CHARITY OH MY GOD! You will NEVER guess what I just did!"
Heaven burst into the bedroom, all smiles. "Um... you assaisinated
our most un-favorite female popstar, kidnapped her boyfriend, and
locked him in our basement for fun?" "Yea, but after that!" Heaven said,
laughing. "I have no idea... just spill it!" "I JUST MADE OUT WITH
TAYLOR WINSTON!"
Charity jumped off her spot on the bed, screaming. "Oh my GOD!
Is he a good kisser? How do you do that, just turn guys into putty?"
"I have no idea, but remember Nathan?" "You mean the boy you only talked
about everyday for a year? NO! Refresh my memory!" said Charity, her
voice dripping with sarcasm. "Shut up. Anyway... Tayloy kisses like
a THOUSAND times better than Nathan-and he's calling me TOMMORROW!"
The girls screamed, jumping up and down. "OH MY GOD! Why? I mean,
is this, like, serious?" asked Charity. "No, not yet, but we're going on a
date!" This response drew more squeals from the two girls.
All of a sudden, Jade opened the door and poked her head in.
"Hey, Heaven-Angel's looking for you."
"Yea, ok-I'll be right back, Charli." she said, rising from the
bed. "You got it, Mrs. Winston!" she yelled as Heaven closed the door.
"Heaven Walked to Angel's door, opened it, and found her sister.
"Angel, are you ok? We all heard what Soda said... he's been a total
jerk all day." "I'm fine, it's just I can't believe he'd say something
like that in front of everyone!" Heaven stared into Angels eyes.
"Can I ask you a question?" "Go ahead!" "Well, are you?" "NO WAY!
That's the thing that pisses me off most! Johnny proposed because he
loves, me not because we 'have to'." Heaven stared at her sister,
puzzled. "Well then why are you so mad?" "Because-it's the principle
of the thing! You don't have to ask questions like that, because it's
rude! And as an added bonus-me and Johnny haven't even... well..."
"Done it?" piped up the younger Marquin. "Yea!"
"Well, all I can tell you Angel, is just ignore Soda-Jade'll
deal with him." "Yea... anyway, that's not why I called you in here."
"What'd you want, then?" "What's all this talk I hear about you and
Taylor?" "Oh my god!...." Heaven proceeded to tell Angel everything
that happened-including her confrontation with Ponyboy. "So he's calling
here tommorrow, right?" "Yea, we're gonna make plans to go out...
movies, dinner, something."
"Heaven, don't you think it's wierd that after only an hour or
two, you guys are making plans to go out somewhere?" "No... why?"
Heaven's tone was purely defensive. "I do... Taylors not exactly-"
"What? Honest? Trustworthy? What isn't he, Angel?! Can't anyone believe
that maybe he really likes me? First Pony, now you!" "We're just
watching out for you, Heaven." "Screw watching out for me! God! Let me
watch out for myself!" Heaven slammed the door shut as she walked out.
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The house was full of tension. Everyone was mad at Soda, Pony
and Angel were mad at Heaven, Heaven was mad at everyone but Claire,
Jade, Charity, and Taylor. Dally hadn't been around since he and Soda
had gotten into their arguement, which was a good thing-they didn't
need anymore conflict.
Everyone was in the living room, except for the kids-they were
at school. But not for much longer, as the front door flew open and in
burst Heaven and Pony, with Charity close behind.
"It's not any of your business, Pony! Damn!" "Heaven! Watch your
mouth! (Angel still had hopes that Heaven would at remain pure growing
up with the hoodlums) "Sorry, Angel... Pony, please, just stay out of
my life! C'mon Charity." Charity waved at everyone else as she followed
Heaven upstairs.
As soon as they were out of the room, Pony threw hiw bookbag
to the ground and flung himself into an armchair. "Why won't she
listen to me?" he griped. "If it makes you feel any better, she won't
listen to me, either." Angel said. "What pisses me off is he's gonna
end up hurting her, and I'm gonna end up getting my ass kicked by him
because my stupid ass will end up pulling a switch on him or something."
Johnny decided to join in. "Maybe Heaven's right, here-maybe Taylor
truly likes her. It's not totally impossible-he may have changed!"
Everyone stared at Johnny. "WHAT?! It's possible!"
All of a sudden, the phone rang. "That'll be our Romeo now."
Angel answered it. "Hello?" "Is Heaven there?" said Taylor on the other
end. "Yea, hang on a minute." Angel covered the mouthpiece and screamed
at the top of her lungs "HEAVEN!" She brought the phone to her mouth,
said "Just a moment" with fake sincerity, and sat the phone down.
Heaven ran down the stairs. "Yea?" "Phone for you..." "Ok. Hello?"
She switched quickly to the cordless and went upstairs. "Hey gorgeous!"
"Hi Taylor-whatsha up to?" "Thinking about you..." Heaven giggled. "Are
you busy tonight?" "Not that I know of... why?" "You wanna go see a movie
with me? We could go to the drive in..." Is it open? It's November!"
"it's always open! They think a movie will keep us punks from getting in
trouble on the streets. So you up for it?" "Yea, sure! Should I meet you
there, or-" "NO way! I'm picking you up-you gotta see my other baby."
She laughed. "OK... cool. What time?" "Like 7ish... is that ok?"
"Great... I'll be waiting..." "Me too. See you then." They said their
goodbyes and hung up. "CHARITY!" she screamed. "What now?" said her
friend, opening the door. " I have a DATE in three hours, and I MEED
YOUR HELP, LIKE, NOW!!!
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An hour later, Heaven pranced down the stairs wearing-well, not
much of anything-a tank top and a miniskirt. Ponys jaw dropped and Angel
jumped up off the couch. "HELL NO!" You are NOT wearing that!" "And why
not?" retorted Heaven, mocking Angels outraged tone. "You aren't going
to make it easier for TAYLOR WINSTON to take your clothes off!" Angel
yelled back. "What clothes?" muttered Pony from his place in the armchair.
"Butt out, punk!" said Angel and Heaven at the same time. "Besides, it's
almost winter, too. No. No way are you wearing that, go and put some
normal, warmer clothes on... and you MIGHT wanna put on some sweatpants,
too, because it's your day to clean the kitchen AND the bathroom!" "You
know what?!" yelled Heaven. "What? What now, dearest? How can we
accomadate your needs today?" said Angel sarcastically. Heaven opened
her mouth to say something, thought better of it, and stormed out.
"I will NOT have my 15 year old sister running around town
dressed like a slut! No way!" Angel fumed as she sat back down. "Calm
down-she's just trying to test you to see how far you'll let her go.
She chill out." soothed Johnny. "I really hope you're right, Johnnycakes,
I really do." She rested her head on his shoulder and stared at the
tv.
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"DONE! Good enough for you, your higness?" said Heaven from the
kitchen. Angel got up to check. "Yea, go get dressed..." Heaven took
two steps towards the stairs when there was a knock at the door. "Oh,
god, he's early!" Charity, I need you, and Claire, puh-LEEZ get the door-
just tell him to wait a minute... I'll be right down!" "Yea, yea, yea.
It's always 'Get the door, Claire!' or 'Order pizza, Claire!'" She
continued to grumble as she opened the door. Outside was Taylor Winston,
his blonde hair glimmering in the fading sunlight.
"Hello Claire, is Heaven here?" "Yea, she's getting dressed-wait
a moment, please." She slammed the door in his face, and turned to look
at Angel. "Should I let him in?" Angel and Pony answered at the same
time. "Yes!" "NO!" Angel glared at him. "Open the door-I wanna talk
with him." Claire opened the door. "Please-come in!" she said
sarcastically as he walked past her. He stopped in the entryway
of the living room. "You can sit down you know." said Angel. "Alright."
Talyor sat down in the chair next to Ponyboy's, who was glaring at him
the whole time. "Ok, lets lay this out right now. You put one hand on
Heaven innappropriately, I'll kill you. Got it?" Taylor was undaunted
by angels threats. "Sure thing" he replied casually. "If you hurt her,
I swear to GOD I'll kill you, mother-" Pony was off his chair, and
staring Taylor in the face (who had also jumped up as soon as Pony
moved). Taylor smirked.
"Do you have a problem with me taking Heaven out? If so, you
know, being her father and all, your wishes DO come first.. oh!" Taylor
smacked his own forehead. "That's right! You AREN'T her daddy! So stay
the fuck out of this!" Pony sucked in his breath. That was the second
time he'd been refered to as fatherly towards Heaven, 'And it's not
like that at all', thought Pony. He filled with anger, and punched
Taylor with all his might. They were on each other instantly, swinging
wildly and swearing crazily at each other. In a flash, Johnny, Joe, and
Tim (who had walked in as Heaven was cleaning) were pulling the kids off
each other. Angel walked over and slapped Pony. "You are way outta line,
Pony.... chill the fuck out!"
Joe let go of Taylor just as Heaven came down the stairs-properly
dressed this time. She had on jeans and a lavender sweater that Angel
had given her for her birthday. Heaven smiled as she walked down the stairs
and into the living room.
"Hi Taylor..." She gave him a hug and a small kiss. He grabbed
her hand. "Hey beautiful! Ready to go?" "Yea, but let me grab my coat."
"Ok... I'll go and start the car."
Pony followed Taylor out. "You remember what I said, asshole,
or you'll be staring at your own black heart as you breath out for the
last time!" He said this with false confidence, and Taylor knew it.
Pony wasn't stupid enough to mess with a Winston-that's how you end up
worm chow. "Yea, ok, Curtis-I'll remember. And I'll remember you too-
when she's in MY BACKSEAT!" Taylor said with an evil grin. 'Let's
see just what this pushes him to', he thought. Pony was furious. He took
a step towards Taylor as he reached for his switch. But just as he was
about to pull it out, Heaven appeared again, on the porch this time.
"What is going on! What the hell are you guys doing?" Heaven
said angrily. Pony stuttered. "um... we were, um, just..uh... talking-"
Taylor jumped in. "About you." Heaven saw right through this, and
was instantly annoyed. "Can we just go now?" she said. "Yea, sure!"
Taylor opened her car door for her, and she found a bouquet of red roses.
"Oh my god! TAYLOR! How sweet!" She turned around to face him, and
wrapped her arms around his neck, rewarding him with a kiss.
Pony, disgusted at Heavens display of affection, walked up the
steps and slammed the door. Heaven pulled away a smile on her face.
"Shall we go?" she asked? "We shall. Right this way, madam!" She got in,
picking up her roses, as Taylor shut her door behind her. He then got
in himself, and said, "Let's go." He slammed the gas, and they tore
down the street.
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The movie was boring, to say the absolute least. Heaven was close
to falling asleep. There was food all over. An empty popcorn bucket with
pocorn on the floor, cheeseburger wrappers, french fry containers. Empty
cups. Heaven shivered and wrapped her arms around herself.
"Hey, are you cold? You should have said something!" Taylor
said. "Huh? Oh... yeah, a little." Taylor put his arm around Heaven, and
slid closer to her. She rested her head on his shoulder. He brought his
other hand to her face, and they kissed again. "Are you comfortable? he
asked. She nodded sleepily. "Are you sure? We can move..." She looked
at him strangely,. "Like where to?" "The backseat..."
They looked at each other. "Well... I mean... umm... ok."
Taylor continued to look into her beautiful turquiose eyes-her most
unusual feature. All he saw was fear, and he knew he'd wouldn't
touch a hair on her head unless she said it was ok. After a moment, they
slid into the backseat. Holding Heaven in his arms, Taylor felt... well,
Taylor didn't really know what it was that he felt. He felt good, that
was for sure. Heaven made him feel good-about himself.
His past was torn. His parents were drunks. Dally had practically
raised him. That probably had a hand in all his failed relationships. Each
with an excuse behind it. "How can you blame me for who I am! Look at
who I've had to look up to my whole life!" he had told his past girls.
A lame excuse, and everyone, inculding him, knew it. Dally had never
held himself to one girl, so why would Taylor know how to? This new
relationship Dally had with Candy, a waitress at the bar, was very
suspicious to everyone. Not like Dally at all, but Taylor knew it
wouldn't last.
But as Heaven and Taylor sat in the back of his car, he realized
just how lucky he was to have her with him, let alone at all. They
held hands as they watched the movie.
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"Heaven... hey, Heaven, the movies over. C'mon, get up." He
whispered in her ear. "Huh?" she said groggily, sitting up and streching.
"The movie's over-you ready to go home?" "What time is it?" "It's fifteen
minutes til ten..." "Nah, I've got like 45 minutes before I have to go
home, but you can drop me off now if you want." she said, yawning.
"No! I mean, not unless you want to go home." "I'll stay then!"
She smiled at him, streched once more, and climbed into the front. He
followed, starting the car. "So where do you wanna go?" he asked. "I
don't know... you?" "Well, we could just drive around, or go to the
park, or... I don't know do have any ideas?" He looked at her.
"Let's go to the park..."
It only took ten minutes for them to get to the park. They had
the radio going, and Taylor was laughing insanely as Heaven sang "All
By Myself" as loudly as she could (and as out of tune, too...)
"All by MY-sel-e-elf...don't wanna beeee, all BY Myse-e-elf, any More,
more more more...." she screeched. Finally, with tears of laughter
pouring down their cheeks, they arrived at the park. "TAG! You're it!"
Heaven yelled, as she jumped out of the car, punching Taylor in the arm.
She took off running. He just watched her running, amazed at her
childish antics. "Are you coming or not?" she yelled, still running.
Taylor slid over the hood of his car, and tore after her, catching up
quick. He grabbed her around the waist as he fell to the ground. She fell
right next to him. Laughing, he sat up and and stared down into her eyes.
She sat up as well, and stared back. "So what now?" he asked. "Well,
there's a swingset over there-I'll race ya!" Heaven jumped up and bolted
towards the swings. Taylor walked, and when he got there, Heaven was
nowhere to be found. His insides turned to ice. "HEAVEN!" he yelled.
"HEAVEN!"
"BOO!" she screamed as she ran out from behind a tree. Taylor
screamed, which made Heaven collapse to the ground with laughter.
"What's so funny! You almost gave me a HEART ATTACK!" he yelled,
breathing heavily. "Aaaahh.... You... scream... LIKE A GIRL!" Another
wave of laughter came over her as she laid down on the grass close to
the swings.
All of a sudden, Taylor saw movement behind the swings. His
serious face caused Heaven to calm down. "Taylor? Are you ok?" she
asked as she stood up. He motioned for her to be quiet as he reached
in his pocket for his switch.
The movement proved to be a person-or rather people. A group of
Socs. Taylor could only see three, but who knew if there were more?
He remembered from the stories Johnny, Pony, and Dally told what Socs
did to Greasers on dark nights in the park. "Heaven, come here!" he
said. She walked over to him quickly, and he made sure she was behind
him. "Heaven, reach into my left coat pocket, and grab the brass knuckles.
Do it NOW, and if anyone comes near you, slam them as hard as you can
in the face." Taylor told Heaven this as quietly as he could, while
moving his lips as little as possible. "Stay behind me, got it?" "Ok..."
she whispered back. Taylor could hear the fear in her voice. Heaven
came off as a bad-ass, but that was from being around the gang as long
as she had been. It was all show.
The socs by now had come out where they could be seen, and indeed,
there were three. But this isn't what Taylor noticed first.
The one in front had a gun.
"Holy shit!" Taylor muttered. Heaven gasped and squeezed the
brass knuckles harder. She knew this soc.
Bryan Phillips started to talk. "I thought you got the picture
back at school, Marquin. We don't want you here if you're gonna hang
with the city's scum! And you had such potential, too." He stepped
towards them. "You better back the fuck up, Bryan, I swear, you won't
live to tell the tale of when you met up with a Winston to your friends
if you don't." said Taylor angrily. Bryan ignored Taylor as he raised
his gun. "I guess we'll just have to show you what comes of hanging
with trash." As Bryan prepared to shoot, Taylor whispered, "Get down
now" .
As soon as the words were out of his mouth, the gun was fired.
Heaven screamed as she hit the ground. As soon as the bullet was fired,
Bryan and his goonies took off-odd behavior, but Heaven and Taylor
were grateful. Two Greasers against three Socs with guns didn't stand
a chance. Taylor knelt beside Heaven. "Are you ok?" She nodded, her
whole body shaking with fear. Looking up, she replied, "Are you?"
He pulled his hand away from his shoulder. "I've been better."
he said, forcing a smile.
He had been hit.
"OH MY GOD!" "Heaven, honey, I'll be ok, let's just get to your
house and we'll call an ambulance, or something." She helped him stand
up, and they walked to the car. "Why are you getting in on my side?"
she asked. "Well, I can't drive, you have to!" "I DON'T KNOW HOW TO
DRIVE!" she yelled. Two-bit had tried to teach her once, but she was so
busy being nervous around him that the car they were in "accidentaly"
crashed into a tree. Heaven cried, and as angry as Two-bit was, he
couldn't stay that way. Heaven was sort of the pet. But Taylor's yelling
brought her out of her memory. "Well, I guess you had better learn fast,
huh? It's only a five minute drive!"
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Fifteen minutes and one crazy ride later, they pulled up to the
house (or rather, parked on the sidewalk). Heaven ran in as fast as she
could, screaming loudly for the phone. "Where have you been? It's almost
11:00 o'clock!" Angel jumped off the couch, yelling loudly. "Angel, stop.
We were at the park, and Bryan Phillips and these Socs came out of
nowhere with guns, and-" "WHAT?!" Angel ran to her sister. "Are you ok?
Oh god, tell me you're ok!" "Yea, I'm fine, but Taylor's not, we have
to get him to the hospital, like right now!
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DUM-da-dum-dum! What will happen next? Will Taylor be ok? What will
Angels reaction be to Taylor now? Find out in the next chapter of
"Life As A Greaser by Heaven L. Marquin"!
C'mon-you guys didn't think I'm really that lame, did you? I love
suspense... I love it SO MUCH that I think I'll wait as long as possible
til I put chapter seven up... Lol-seven up. Hee hee. I love 7up!
Anyway, I'm not sure WHEN I'll get around to getting ch. 7 on here, but
I am going to start right now. But PLEASE r/r.... and to the anonymous
flamer-you didn't mention your thoughts on my story! I'd LOVE to hear them...
Like I said, flamers aren't liked, but they are welcome-I need to be
put in place once in awhile...
HI Rainy!
Two Fingerz All,
~*Rockabye*~ AKA Heaven Marquin
PS-My sister Angel (Pixie Moon Angel) has a new story up! It's called
Bittersweet Hearts, and it is really good so far. One chapter is up,
but let's all review and make her write more! so go r/r that one too...
I have some extra time on my hands, so I figured I'll do as much as
possible tonight... I love late-night typing sessions!
And to a certain parson who believes that my characters should be
wearing "granny dresses"... this story is set in more towards the
90's... since this is MY fan-fic, I set the time frame, and it would
be easier for me to write about the 90's... but if it'll make you
happy (since you are the reader) you can pretend she was putting on
a pleated skirt and a wool sweater like Velma from Scooby-Doo (who I
don't own either).
And thanks to Rainy, who keeps threataning me with a future of being
known as Sandy if I do not write more, so I had better start now, huh?
Lol-Sandy is such an evil half-a-cent whore! erg! And for all you Sandy
bashers, you guys HAVE to read the Greaser song Parodies by VanillaSky
b/c they are soooooooo funny... there is a hilarious one about Sandy in
there... hee hee!
But here is chapter 6 for all you people who are kind and patient
enough to read through a madwoman's ramblings... LoL, here it goes!
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"CHARITY OH MY GOD! You will NEVER guess what I just did!"
Heaven burst into the bedroom, all smiles. "Um... you assaisinated
our most un-favorite female popstar, kidnapped her boyfriend, and
locked him in our basement for fun?" "Yea, but after that!" Heaven said,
laughing. "I have no idea... just spill it!" "I JUST MADE OUT WITH
TAYLOR WINSTON!"
Charity jumped off her spot on the bed, screaming. "Oh my GOD!
Is he a good kisser? How do you do that, just turn guys into putty?"
"I have no idea, but remember Nathan?" "You mean the boy you only talked
about everyday for a year? NO! Refresh my memory!" said Charity, her
voice dripping with sarcasm. "Shut up. Anyway... Tayloy kisses like
a THOUSAND times better than Nathan-and he's calling me TOMMORROW!"
The girls screamed, jumping up and down. "OH MY GOD! Why? I mean,
is this, like, serious?" asked Charity. "No, not yet, but we're going on a
date!" This response drew more squeals from the two girls.
All of a sudden, Jade opened the door and poked her head in.
"Hey, Heaven-Angel's looking for you."
"Yea, ok-I'll be right back, Charli." she said, rising from the
bed. "You got it, Mrs. Winston!" she yelled as Heaven closed the door.
"Heaven Walked to Angel's door, opened it, and found her sister.
"Angel, are you ok? We all heard what Soda said... he's been a total
jerk all day." "I'm fine, it's just I can't believe he'd say something
like that in front of everyone!" Heaven stared into Angels eyes.
"Can I ask you a question?" "Go ahead!" "Well, are you?" "NO WAY!
That's the thing that pisses me off most! Johnny proposed because he
loves, me not because we 'have to'." Heaven stared at her sister,
puzzled. "Well then why are you so mad?" "Because-it's the principle
of the thing! You don't have to ask questions like that, because it's
rude! And as an added bonus-me and Johnny haven't even... well..."
"Done it?" piped up the younger Marquin. "Yea!"
"Well, all I can tell you Angel, is just ignore Soda-Jade'll
deal with him." "Yea... anyway, that's not why I called you in here."
"What'd you want, then?" "What's all this talk I hear about you and
Taylor?" "Oh my god!...." Heaven proceeded to tell Angel everything
that happened-including her confrontation with Ponyboy. "So he's calling
here tommorrow, right?" "Yea, we're gonna make plans to go out...
movies, dinner, something."
"Heaven, don't you think it's wierd that after only an hour or
two, you guys are making plans to go out somewhere?" "No... why?"
Heaven's tone was purely defensive. "I do... Taylors not exactly-"
"What? Honest? Trustworthy? What isn't he, Angel?! Can't anyone believe
that maybe he really likes me? First Pony, now you!" "We're just
watching out for you, Heaven." "Screw watching out for me! God! Let me
watch out for myself!" Heaven slammed the door shut as she walked out.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The house was full of tension. Everyone was mad at Soda, Pony
and Angel were mad at Heaven, Heaven was mad at everyone but Claire,
Jade, Charity, and Taylor. Dally hadn't been around since he and Soda
had gotten into their arguement, which was a good thing-they didn't
need anymore conflict.
Everyone was in the living room, except for the kids-they were
at school. But not for much longer, as the front door flew open and in
burst Heaven and Pony, with Charity close behind.
"It's not any of your business, Pony! Damn!" "Heaven! Watch your
mouth! (Angel still had hopes that Heaven would at remain pure growing
up with the hoodlums) "Sorry, Angel... Pony, please, just stay out of
my life! C'mon Charity." Charity waved at everyone else as she followed
Heaven upstairs.
As soon as they were out of the room, Pony threw hiw bookbag
to the ground and flung himself into an armchair. "Why won't she
listen to me?" he griped. "If it makes you feel any better, she won't
listen to me, either." Angel said. "What pisses me off is he's gonna
end up hurting her, and I'm gonna end up getting my ass kicked by him
because my stupid ass will end up pulling a switch on him or something."
Johnny decided to join in. "Maybe Heaven's right, here-maybe Taylor
truly likes her. It's not totally impossible-he may have changed!"
Everyone stared at Johnny. "WHAT?! It's possible!"
All of a sudden, the phone rang. "That'll be our Romeo now."
Angel answered it. "Hello?" "Is Heaven there?" said Taylor on the other
end. "Yea, hang on a minute." Angel covered the mouthpiece and screamed
at the top of her lungs "HEAVEN!" She brought the phone to her mouth,
said "Just a moment" with fake sincerity, and sat the phone down.
Heaven ran down the stairs. "Yea?" "Phone for you..." "Ok. Hello?"
She switched quickly to the cordless and went upstairs. "Hey gorgeous!"
"Hi Taylor-whatsha up to?" "Thinking about you..." Heaven giggled. "Are
you busy tonight?" "Not that I know of... why?" "You wanna go see a movie
with me? We could go to the drive in..." Is it open? It's November!"
"it's always open! They think a movie will keep us punks from getting in
trouble on the streets. So you up for it?" "Yea, sure! Should I meet you
there, or-" "NO way! I'm picking you up-you gotta see my other baby."
She laughed. "OK... cool. What time?" "Like 7ish... is that ok?"
"Great... I'll be waiting..." "Me too. See you then." They said their
goodbyes and hung up. "CHARITY!" she screamed. "What now?" said her
friend, opening the door. " I have a DATE in three hours, and I MEED
YOUR HELP, LIKE, NOW!!!
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An hour later, Heaven pranced down the stairs wearing-well, not
much of anything-a tank top and a miniskirt. Ponys jaw dropped and Angel
jumped up off the couch. "HELL NO!" You are NOT wearing that!" "And why
not?" retorted Heaven, mocking Angels outraged tone. "You aren't going
to make it easier for TAYLOR WINSTON to take your clothes off!" Angel
yelled back. "What clothes?" muttered Pony from his place in the armchair.
"Butt out, punk!" said Angel and Heaven at the same time. "Besides, it's
almost winter, too. No. No way are you wearing that, go and put some
normal, warmer clothes on... and you MIGHT wanna put on some sweatpants,
too, because it's your day to clean the kitchen AND the bathroom!" "You
know what?!" yelled Heaven. "What? What now, dearest? How can we
accomadate your needs today?" said Angel sarcastically. Heaven opened
her mouth to say something, thought better of it, and stormed out.
"I will NOT have my 15 year old sister running around town
dressed like a slut! No way!" Angel fumed as she sat back down. "Calm
down-she's just trying to test you to see how far you'll let her go.
She chill out." soothed Johnny. "I really hope you're right, Johnnycakes,
I really do." She rested her head on his shoulder and stared at the
tv.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"DONE! Good enough for you, your higness?" said Heaven from the
kitchen. Angel got up to check. "Yea, go get dressed..." Heaven took
two steps towards the stairs when there was a knock at the door. "Oh,
god, he's early!" Charity, I need you, and Claire, puh-LEEZ get the door-
just tell him to wait a minute... I'll be right down!" "Yea, yea, yea.
It's always 'Get the door, Claire!' or 'Order pizza, Claire!'" She
continued to grumble as she opened the door. Outside was Taylor Winston,
his blonde hair glimmering in the fading sunlight.
"Hello Claire, is Heaven here?" "Yea, she's getting dressed-wait
a moment, please." She slammed the door in his face, and turned to look
at Angel. "Should I let him in?" Angel and Pony answered at the same
time. "Yes!" "NO!" Angel glared at him. "Open the door-I wanna talk
with him." Claire opened the door. "Please-come in!" she said
sarcastically as he walked past her. He stopped in the entryway
of the living room. "You can sit down you know." said Angel. "Alright."
Talyor sat down in the chair next to Ponyboy's, who was glaring at him
the whole time. "Ok, lets lay this out right now. You put one hand on
Heaven innappropriately, I'll kill you. Got it?" Taylor was undaunted
by angels threats. "Sure thing" he replied casually. "If you hurt her,
I swear to GOD I'll kill you, mother-" Pony was off his chair, and
staring Taylor in the face (who had also jumped up as soon as Pony
moved). Taylor smirked.
"Do you have a problem with me taking Heaven out? If so, you
know, being her father and all, your wishes DO come first.. oh!" Taylor
smacked his own forehead. "That's right! You AREN'T her daddy! So stay
the fuck out of this!" Pony sucked in his breath. That was the second
time he'd been refered to as fatherly towards Heaven, 'And it's not
like that at all', thought Pony. He filled with anger, and punched
Taylor with all his might. They were on each other instantly, swinging
wildly and swearing crazily at each other. In a flash, Johnny, Joe, and
Tim (who had walked in as Heaven was cleaning) were pulling the kids off
each other. Angel walked over and slapped Pony. "You are way outta line,
Pony.... chill the fuck out!"
Joe let go of Taylor just as Heaven came down the stairs-properly
dressed this time. She had on jeans and a lavender sweater that Angel
had given her for her birthday. Heaven smiled as she walked down the stairs
and into the living room.
"Hi Taylor..." She gave him a hug and a small kiss. He grabbed
her hand. "Hey beautiful! Ready to go?" "Yea, but let me grab my coat."
"Ok... I'll go and start the car."
Pony followed Taylor out. "You remember what I said, asshole,
or you'll be staring at your own black heart as you breath out for the
last time!" He said this with false confidence, and Taylor knew it.
Pony wasn't stupid enough to mess with a Winston-that's how you end up
worm chow. "Yea, ok, Curtis-I'll remember. And I'll remember you too-
when she's in MY BACKSEAT!" Taylor said with an evil grin. 'Let's
see just what this pushes him to', he thought. Pony was furious. He took
a step towards Taylor as he reached for his switch. But just as he was
about to pull it out, Heaven appeared again, on the porch this time.
"What is going on! What the hell are you guys doing?" Heaven
said angrily. Pony stuttered. "um... we were, um, just..uh... talking-"
Taylor jumped in. "About you." Heaven saw right through this, and
was instantly annoyed. "Can we just go now?" she said. "Yea, sure!"
Taylor opened her car door for her, and she found a bouquet of red roses.
"Oh my god! TAYLOR! How sweet!" She turned around to face him, and
wrapped her arms around his neck, rewarding him with a kiss.
Pony, disgusted at Heavens display of affection, walked up the
steps and slammed the door. Heaven pulled away a smile on her face.
"Shall we go?" she asked? "We shall. Right this way, madam!" She got in,
picking up her roses, as Taylor shut her door behind her. He then got
in himself, and said, "Let's go." He slammed the gas, and they tore
down the street.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The movie was boring, to say the absolute least. Heaven was close
to falling asleep. There was food all over. An empty popcorn bucket with
pocorn on the floor, cheeseburger wrappers, french fry containers. Empty
cups. Heaven shivered and wrapped her arms around herself.
"Hey, are you cold? You should have said something!" Taylor
said. "Huh? Oh... yeah, a little." Taylor put his arm around Heaven, and
slid closer to her. She rested her head on his shoulder. He brought his
other hand to her face, and they kissed again. "Are you comfortable? he
asked. She nodded sleepily. "Are you sure? We can move..." She looked
at him strangely,. "Like where to?" "The backseat..."
They looked at each other. "Well... I mean... umm... ok."
Taylor continued to look into her beautiful turquiose eyes-her most
unusual feature. All he saw was fear, and he knew he'd wouldn't
touch a hair on her head unless she said it was ok. After a moment, they
slid into the backseat. Holding Heaven in his arms, Taylor felt... well,
Taylor didn't really know what it was that he felt. He felt good, that
was for sure. Heaven made him feel good-about himself.
His past was torn. His parents were drunks. Dally had practically
raised him. That probably had a hand in all his failed relationships. Each
with an excuse behind it. "How can you blame me for who I am! Look at
who I've had to look up to my whole life!" he had told his past girls.
A lame excuse, and everyone, inculding him, knew it. Dally had never
held himself to one girl, so why would Taylor know how to? This new
relationship Dally had with Candy, a waitress at the bar, was very
suspicious to everyone. Not like Dally at all, but Taylor knew it
wouldn't last.
But as Heaven and Taylor sat in the back of his car, he realized
just how lucky he was to have her with him, let alone at all. They
held hands as they watched the movie.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Heaven... hey, Heaven, the movies over. C'mon, get up." He
whispered in her ear. "Huh?" she said groggily, sitting up and streching.
"The movie's over-you ready to go home?" "What time is it?" "It's fifteen
minutes til ten..." "Nah, I've got like 45 minutes before I have to go
home, but you can drop me off now if you want." she said, yawning.
"No! I mean, not unless you want to go home." "I'll stay then!"
She smiled at him, streched once more, and climbed into the front. He
followed, starting the car. "So where do you wanna go?" he asked. "I
don't know... you?" "Well, we could just drive around, or go to the
park, or... I don't know do have any ideas?" He looked at her.
"Let's go to the park..."
It only took ten minutes for them to get to the park. They had
the radio going, and Taylor was laughing insanely as Heaven sang "All
By Myself" as loudly as she could (and as out of tune, too...)
"All by MY-sel-e-elf...don't wanna beeee, all BY Myse-e-elf, any More,
more more more...." she screeched. Finally, with tears of laughter
pouring down their cheeks, they arrived at the park. "TAG! You're it!"
Heaven yelled, as she jumped out of the car, punching Taylor in the arm.
She took off running. He just watched her running, amazed at her
childish antics. "Are you coming or not?" she yelled, still running.
Taylor slid over the hood of his car, and tore after her, catching up
quick. He grabbed her around the waist as he fell to the ground. She fell
right next to him. Laughing, he sat up and and stared down into her eyes.
She sat up as well, and stared back. "So what now?" he asked. "Well,
there's a swingset over there-I'll race ya!" Heaven jumped up and bolted
towards the swings. Taylor walked, and when he got there, Heaven was
nowhere to be found. His insides turned to ice. "HEAVEN!" he yelled.
"HEAVEN!"
"BOO!" she screamed as she ran out from behind a tree. Taylor
screamed, which made Heaven collapse to the ground with laughter.
"What's so funny! You almost gave me a HEART ATTACK!" he yelled,
breathing heavily. "Aaaahh.... You... scream... LIKE A GIRL!" Another
wave of laughter came over her as she laid down on the grass close to
the swings.
All of a sudden, Taylor saw movement behind the swings. His
serious face caused Heaven to calm down. "Taylor? Are you ok?" she
asked as she stood up. He motioned for her to be quiet as he reached
in his pocket for his switch.
The movement proved to be a person-or rather people. A group of
Socs. Taylor could only see three, but who knew if there were more?
He remembered from the stories Johnny, Pony, and Dally told what Socs
did to Greasers on dark nights in the park. "Heaven, come here!" he
said. She walked over to him quickly, and he made sure she was behind
him. "Heaven, reach into my left coat pocket, and grab the brass knuckles.
Do it NOW, and if anyone comes near you, slam them as hard as you can
in the face." Taylor told Heaven this as quietly as he could, while
moving his lips as little as possible. "Stay behind me, got it?" "Ok..."
she whispered back. Taylor could hear the fear in her voice. Heaven
came off as a bad-ass, but that was from being around the gang as long
as she had been. It was all show.
The socs by now had come out where they could be seen, and indeed,
there were three. But this isn't what Taylor noticed first.
The one in front had a gun.
"Holy shit!" Taylor muttered. Heaven gasped and squeezed the
brass knuckles harder. She knew this soc.
Bryan Phillips started to talk. "I thought you got the picture
back at school, Marquin. We don't want you here if you're gonna hang
with the city's scum! And you had such potential, too." He stepped
towards them. "You better back the fuck up, Bryan, I swear, you won't
live to tell the tale of when you met up with a Winston to your friends
if you don't." said Taylor angrily. Bryan ignored Taylor as he raised
his gun. "I guess we'll just have to show you what comes of hanging
with trash." As Bryan prepared to shoot, Taylor whispered, "Get down
now" .
As soon as the words were out of his mouth, the gun was fired.
Heaven screamed as she hit the ground. As soon as the bullet was fired,
Bryan and his goonies took off-odd behavior, but Heaven and Taylor
were grateful. Two Greasers against three Socs with guns didn't stand
a chance. Taylor knelt beside Heaven. "Are you ok?" She nodded, her
whole body shaking with fear. Looking up, she replied, "Are you?"
He pulled his hand away from his shoulder. "I've been better."
he said, forcing a smile.
He had been hit.
"OH MY GOD!" "Heaven, honey, I'll be ok, let's just get to your
house and we'll call an ambulance, or something." She helped him stand
up, and they walked to the car. "Why are you getting in on my side?"
she asked. "Well, I can't drive, you have to!" "I DON'T KNOW HOW TO
DRIVE!" she yelled. Two-bit had tried to teach her once, but she was so
busy being nervous around him that the car they were in "accidentaly"
crashed into a tree. Heaven cried, and as angry as Two-bit was, he
couldn't stay that way. Heaven was sort of the pet. But Taylor's yelling
brought her out of her memory. "Well, I guess you had better learn fast,
huh? It's only a five minute drive!"
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Fifteen minutes and one crazy ride later, they pulled up to the
house (or rather, parked on the sidewalk). Heaven ran in as fast as she
could, screaming loudly for the phone. "Where have you been? It's almost
11:00 o'clock!" Angel jumped off the couch, yelling loudly. "Angel, stop.
We were at the park, and Bryan Phillips and these Socs came out of
nowhere with guns, and-" "WHAT?!" Angel ran to her sister. "Are you ok?
Oh god, tell me you're ok!" "Yea, I'm fine, but Taylor's not, we have
to get him to the hospital, like right now!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
DUM-da-dum-dum! What will happen next? Will Taylor be ok? What will
Angels reaction be to Taylor now? Find out in the next chapter of
"Life As A Greaser by Heaven L. Marquin"!
C'mon-you guys didn't think I'm really that lame, did you? I love
suspense... I love it SO MUCH that I think I'll wait as long as possible
til I put chapter seven up... Lol-seven up. Hee hee. I love 7up!
Anyway, I'm not sure WHEN I'll get around to getting ch. 7 on here, but
I am going to start right now. But PLEASE r/r.... and to the anonymous
flamer-you didn't mention your thoughts on my story! I'd LOVE to hear them...
Like I said, flamers aren't liked, but they are welcome-I need to be
put in place once in awhile...
HI Rainy!
Two Fingerz All,
~*Rockabye*~ AKA Heaven Marquin
PS-My sister Angel (Pixie Moon Angel) has a new story up! It's called
Bittersweet Hearts, and it is really good so far. One chapter is up,
but let's all review and make her write more! so go r/r that one too...