JOHNNY'S COUSIN
Summary: Johnny's cousin comes to live with him. A/n: Thoughts are in * * ok! Please review! It was short because it was the start!!!! Ok!
Chapter three (Jessica)
"Jessica! Wait up" I stopped and turned to see Johnny running up to me with Ponyboy. I sighed and waited patiently as they ran over to me,
"Do you want to come to Pony's place? It is better than home" I looked between Pony and Johnny then silently shook my head. I had some homework to do and I wanted to read my book, although I had to hide it from my Uncle and Aunt.
"Why not?"
"Homework" I muttered.
"We only have a couple of pages to do in our maths book" Pony commented.
"I don't fit in, ok!" I nearly yelled. I turned and walked away feeling bad for yelling at them, they did nothing. I walked into the house. Uncle Greg and Aunt Nancy were home already. I walked silently into my room and closed the door. I sat down at the old rotten desk that was out for me and brought out my maths book. I finished the two pages in half an hour. I packed away my stuff and then produced my book. I lay on my bed and started to read it.
An hour later the door opened and I didn't have enough time to hide the book. Uncle Greg saw it and his face contorted into rage. I knew I was in trouble, big trouble. Uncle Greg dragged me into the living room and he took the book off me. Slowly he took out every page in the book and threw it into the fire. He then produced a Singapore cane. I tried to run away then but Uncle Greg grabbed me and whipped me twelve times. I lay on the ground sobbing and shaking. My back was stinging and my face had been cut with the cane. Johnny walked in and saw me and then Uncle Greg with the cane.
"And you let her go to the library and get a book! You should have stopped her!"
"NO! Don't hurt him! He did nothing! I pushed him away! I should be punished!" Uncle Greg ignored my words and went straight to Johnny. I cried and pleaded for Uncle Greg to stop but he didn't. Uncle Greg silently left with Aunt Nancy in the car.
"I am so sorry" I sobbed.
"Shh.Do not worry, I am fine, it is you I am worried about" I sobbed into his chest.
"Why must they do it?"
"I do not know, Jess. Come with me to Pony's house and we will dress your cuts ok?" I nodded because even if I did not fit in I did not want to stay here anymore. We made our way over to Pony's house and I had calmed down by the time we walked through the front door. Johnny's friends all looked up. They all got up and kind of pushed me aside, since they didn't really know me. I sighed and was about to turn to leave when a hand grabbed my arm. It was Pony,
"Are you ok, Jess?"
"I'm fine" I lied. Johnny obviously heard this,
"No she isn't! Look at her back!" I let Pony lift up my shirt and look at the markings on my back.
"Oh my gosh, look at all the blood! Come on, we need to tend to you both" Johnny and I were dragged into the bathroom and for half an hour Pony cleaned out my wounds and then placed bandages over them while Soda tended to Johnny's and the rest of the gang stood in the doorway.
"Why did he do it?" I turned red,
"It was because of me. I did not mean for Johnny to get hurt"
"What did you do?" The boy named Steve asked.
"I brought a book into the house and did not have enough time to hide it from Uncle Greg"
"So because you were reading a book?" Pony questioned. I nodded slightly and straightened up since Pony had tended to all my wounds. I made for the door but Pony stopped me,
"Where are you going?"
"I do not know, but I know you all don't want me here. I am a 'nerd' so I am not stupid"
"Well you must be if you don't realise that we do want you here" Pony spoke up, softly but forcefully. I saw Dally (we had been introduced) make a face showing that he did not want me here. I pushed past them and nearly ran out the door,
"Jessica! Please don't go!" Johnny said coming after me. I looked at him silently,
"I do not belong here! I hate this place! I am not going back to the house and I am sorry if you are hurt before I get back" I turned and ran out the door. I sat down on the park bench and soon became lost in my own thoughts
*I wish I were back home. Dad may have bet me but I get exactly the same treatment here. The good thing about New Zealand is that I had a best friend. I miss Ginny so much, I wish she were here now*
"Hey, what do we have here?" I looked up to see a greasy looking guy. He looked about two years older than what I was. His appearance both startled and frightened me deeply. I stood up, ready to leave but I was pushed down by another guy.
"You aren't going anywhere my perfect little angel" The two guys sat on either side of me. I did not like this at all,
"Please, I don't have any money, I just want to go home" I almost whispered. I was scared and I did not want to get hurt or anything.
"Oh, we don't want your money" One guy said tracing his finger along my jaw line. I stiffened in terror. This could not be happening.
"Hey! Get away from her!" It was Johnny, Soda and Pony. The guys grinned at me and stood up,
"Don't worry, we will get you one day" They sauntered off into a dark alleyway.
"Jess, they didn't do anything to you did they?" Pony asked. His deep brown eyes were full of concern. I shook my head,
"You shouldn't go off like that by yourself! You should have stayed with us, come on let's go back"
"You aren't my Dad! You can't tell me what I should do! I am not going back because I hate it there! No one even likes me! They do it out of respect for you! I'm just some fragile little girl who can't look after herself and gets Johnny beaten up!"
"We don't think that" Soda said quietly.
"And pigs are flying straight out my ass!" I screamed. I wanted to get away from them.I wanted to get away from everyone! I hated this! I turned and ran until I found a deserted alleyway and sat down next to the bin. I saw a broken beer bottle. I grabbed it and I ran the broken glass over my skin. I saw the red blood slowly make its way down my arm when my vision blurred. I could not take it anymore. It was now or never. I was just about to slide the glass along the blue vein in my wrist when the bottle was taken out of my hand and thrown against the wall,
"You are hurting yourself!" I looked up to see Ponyboy.
"Well it's my body!" I yelled, standing up. I looked at him and then I wrapped my arms around him and wept on his shoulder.
Summary: Johnny's cousin comes to live with him. A/n: Thoughts are in * * ok! Please review! It was short because it was the start!!!! Ok!
Chapter three (Jessica)
"Jessica! Wait up" I stopped and turned to see Johnny running up to me with Ponyboy. I sighed and waited patiently as they ran over to me,
"Do you want to come to Pony's place? It is better than home" I looked between Pony and Johnny then silently shook my head. I had some homework to do and I wanted to read my book, although I had to hide it from my Uncle and Aunt.
"Why not?"
"Homework" I muttered.
"We only have a couple of pages to do in our maths book" Pony commented.
"I don't fit in, ok!" I nearly yelled. I turned and walked away feeling bad for yelling at them, they did nothing. I walked into the house. Uncle Greg and Aunt Nancy were home already. I walked silently into my room and closed the door. I sat down at the old rotten desk that was out for me and brought out my maths book. I finished the two pages in half an hour. I packed away my stuff and then produced my book. I lay on my bed and started to read it.
An hour later the door opened and I didn't have enough time to hide the book. Uncle Greg saw it and his face contorted into rage. I knew I was in trouble, big trouble. Uncle Greg dragged me into the living room and he took the book off me. Slowly he took out every page in the book and threw it into the fire. He then produced a Singapore cane. I tried to run away then but Uncle Greg grabbed me and whipped me twelve times. I lay on the ground sobbing and shaking. My back was stinging and my face had been cut with the cane. Johnny walked in and saw me and then Uncle Greg with the cane.
"And you let her go to the library and get a book! You should have stopped her!"
"NO! Don't hurt him! He did nothing! I pushed him away! I should be punished!" Uncle Greg ignored my words and went straight to Johnny. I cried and pleaded for Uncle Greg to stop but he didn't. Uncle Greg silently left with Aunt Nancy in the car.
"I am so sorry" I sobbed.
"Shh.Do not worry, I am fine, it is you I am worried about" I sobbed into his chest.
"Why must they do it?"
"I do not know, Jess. Come with me to Pony's house and we will dress your cuts ok?" I nodded because even if I did not fit in I did not want to stay here anymore. We made our way over to Pony's house and I had calmed down by the time we walked through the front door. Johnny's friends all looked up. They all got up and kind of pushed me aside, since they didn't really know me. I sighed and was about to turn to leave when a hand grabbed my arm. It was Pony,
"Are you ok, Jess?"
"I'm fine" I lied. Johnny obviously heard this,
"No she isn't! Look at her back!" I let Pony lift up my shirt and look at the markings on my back.
"Oh my gosh, look at all the blood! Come on, we need to tend to you both" Johnny and I were dragged into the bathroom and for half an hour Pony cleaned out my wounds and then placed bandages over them while Soda tended to Johnny's and the rest of the gang stood in the doorway.
"Why did he do it?" I turned red,
"It was because of me. I did not mean for Johnny to get hurt"
"What did you do?" The boy named Steve asked.
"I brought a book into the house and did not have enough time to hide it from Uncle Greg"
"So because you were reading a book?" Pony questioned. I nodded slightly and straightened up since Pony had tended to all my wounds. I made for the door but Pony stopped me,
"Where are you going?"
"I do not know, but I know you all don't want me here. I am a 'nerd' so I am not stupid"
"Well you must be if you don't realise that we do want you here" Pony spoke up, softly but forcefully. I saw Dally (we had been introduced) make a face showing that he did not want me here. I pushed past them and nearly ran out the door,
"Jessica! Please don't go!" Johnny said coming after me. I looked at him silently,
"I do not belong here! I hate this place! I am not going back to the house and I am sorry if you are hurt before I get back" I turned and ran out the door. I sat down on the park bench and soon became lost in my own thoughts
*I wish I were back home. Dad may have bet me but I get exactly the same treatment here. The good thing about New Zealand is that I had a best friend. I miss Ginny so much, I wish she were here now*
"Hey, what do we have here?" I looked up to see a greasy looking guy. He looked about two years older than what I was. His appearance both startled and frightened me deeply. I stood up, ready to leave but I was pushed down by another guy.
"You aren't going anywhere my perfect little angel" The two guys sat on either side of me. I did not like this at all,
"Please, I don't have any money, I just want to go home" I almost whispered. I was scared and I did not want to get hurt or anything.
"Oh, we don't want your money" One guy said tracing his finger along my jaw line. I stiffened in terror. This could not be happening.
"Hey! Get away from her!" It was Johnny, Soda and Pony. The guys grinned at me and stood up,
"Don't worry, we will get you one day" They sauntered off into a dark alleyway.
"Jess, they didn't do anything to you did they?" Pony asked. His deep brown eyes were full of concern. I shook my head,
"You shouldn't go off like that by yourself! You should have stayed with us, come on let's go back"
"You aren't my Dad! You can't tell me what I should do! I am not going back because I hate it there! No one even likes me! They do it out of respect for you! I'm just some fragile little girl who can't look after herself and gets Johnny beaten up!"
"We don't think that" Soda said quietly.
"And pigs are flying straight out my ass!" I screamed. I wanted to get away from them.I wanted to get away from everyone! I hated this! I turned and ran until I found a deserted alleyway and sat down next to the bin. I saw a broken beer bottle. I grabbed it and I ran the broken glass over my skin. I saw the red blood slowly make its way down my arm when my vision blurred. I could not take it anymore. It was now or never. I was just about to slide the glass along the blue vein in my wrist when the bottle was taken out of my hand and thrown against the wall,
"You are hurting yourself!" I looked up to see Ponyboy.
"Well it's my body!" I yelled, standing up. I looked at him and then I wrapped my arms around him and wept on his shoulder.
