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Chapter Twelve…

Kristina glanced around the court room nervously. All this was happening so fast, but yet it seemed ages ago when she whistled for Dallas in the parking lot. "Don't look to nervous." Dally accused sarcastically. She sighed softly watching some of the people talking. They where all dressed nice and some a bit fancy, but Dally was wearing his normal tee shirt and jean wardrobe. She herself was dressed in a knee-length black pencil skirt with a blue semi-long blouse and black high heals. "I bet you'll dress like that for your wedding." Kristina scolded as she took notice to this. "Not if you don't want me too." "Like it'll depend on me. I think it'll be your wife's concern… Wait what am I saying? You'll never get married." she said rather quickly, her words coming out in blurs and slurs. Her sleepless night before was taking its full advantage now. Dally stared at her hard, maybe even a bit hurt, but her eyes danced across his face and then towards the entrance without taking notice.

"What is she doing here?" Kristina asked suddenly, rather bitterly at that, as Cherry entered the room. Dally turned and watched Cherry take a seat. "She's that dead guy's girlfriend." he said plainly. "Ooh…" she said softly as she turned around. There would be no criticizing Cherry today, not when she showed up for her boyfriend's murder trial, something Kristina herself was unsure she would do.

Her gaze traveled from the people to the front row. Johnny, PonyBoy and Jonathan Bailey, their lawyer, sat next to each other talking. Probably going over some things before the case starts, Kristina decided. Two-Bit, Steve, SodaPop and Darry sat by each other also talking. Besides the people named that was just about everybody she knew. Her own mother couldn't make it because she had a big interview to do with some celebrity. Your own child or a celebrity? Obvious the celebrity would win…. not….

The court room hushed quickly and the crowd rose in a wave as a heavy set man draped in black, just a little darker then his actual skin color, walked onto the stand with a couple police by him. His name was Judge Jenkins. He grinned widely at them, a smile that greatly mirrored Two-Bits, nodded his head and took a seat. And a few minutes after the crowd took a seat the case began.

It wasn't long before Kristina was called up to the stand. Shakily she stood from her seat and walked over to the stand. Placing her right hand on the bible, as instructed too, she agreed to the say the whole truth and nothing but it. Nothing wrong with bending the law a little so the innocent won't get prosecuted.

Taking a slightly deep breath she started off with her story, telling it identically to the one she said to the police. "Why didn't you run to the nearest house?" the opponent lawyer asked, pacing the ground in front of her. "Because, I was nervous and scared, the only thing I could think of doing was running back to the movies, or run into somebody on the way." she replied without hesitation. "And it took you three days to tell the police about the murder you witnessed?" he asked. God this guy was really starting to get on her nerves! "Well, it was more two days then three since I went to the police station around two in the morning, but yea." she said trying to sound as bland as she could. "Why was this Miss Quincy?" "Because we're young and had no idea what to do." she claimed without a moment's hesitation, she definitely had her mother's sharp tongue. Making a face of disappointment the opponent nodded his head and walked back to his table to drink a bottle of water. She smoothed her skirt as she stood up and walked back to her seat, the only noise was her heals gentle clicking against the wooden floor.

All the people who needed to testify did so, and to Kristina's feeling she thought they where winning. Pounding his hammer Judge Jenkins issued a short recess allowing the people to go out for lunch and the juries to discuss their choice. Without even discussing it the gang decided to stay.

"I was going to tell you if you got any whiter in the beginning we'd have to start calling you Casperita!" Two-Bit said grinning as he made his way over to Kristina and Dally. "Casperita?" she asked him, staring at him with a little worriment. "Yea, like Casper but with rita at the end…" "Two-Bit there is seriously something wrong with you." she mumbled as she took off her high heals, that where killing her feet. "Thanks!" he said cheesily. For the rest of the lunch break Kristina talked with Dally and Two-Bit.

Slowly the court refilled, everybody retreating to their original seat. As a cop came from the side door the room fell silent and everybody stood, to honor the judge as he entered, Kristina guessed at least. Judge Jenkins took a seat, and was mirrored by the rest of the crowd. He coughed softly and sorted out some papers. "I have come to a verdict that Johnny Cade and PonyBoy Curtis are….. "


So yes another chapter closer to the ending... and I seemed to have left you on a cliff again... man... :D... You'll have to wait to see what happens! It might not be long because I have tendancy to get a little antsy with uploading my chapters lol...Well it won't be tomorrow because I'm never on the computer on Tuesday's orless its at school because right after school I go to the barn and work/ride... yippee! lol... so it might be Wednesday or sometime.