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8. Look forward, never back!
The next morning at Johnny: He woke up sleepy and couldn't remember at first, where he was. Then it suddenly came to his mind again.
"Hey Johnny, get up!" he was called by Isabell.
When he came to the others he was greeted as if he was with them for a long time. The made him a bit happier and made the homesickness after his buddies smaller, but it didn't disappear completely.
When he ate with the others the warmed up - and certainty pinched – 'tin food' he thought, "I think, it's really better for all, when I forget my friends! With that I don't get 'em into any trouble any more and I better can forget my past – although it wasn't stamped only by bad and awful moments – that way!
And I could pretend that they never were my friends or ever existed for me at all!
That even gonna be damned hard, 'cause I actually don't wanna forget 'em at all.
But it's better...
This here's my new home! I've to cope with that!"
He looked at the others silently.
"Tell me, is somethin' wrong?" he suddenly was thrown out of his thoughts by Patrick.
"Uh, what... Oh, nope, it's nothin'! I just thought 'bout..." Johnny said and quickly grew silent.
"'bout what?"
"Aw, ain't important!" Johnny quickly meant after that.
"Wanna come with us into town?" Natalie asked.
"Um, why not!" Johnny replied shrugging.
"But I come, too!" Anna stated.
"Oh, how could I just forget ya, my darlin'?" Natalie said smiling and hugged her kid sister.
"Have ya cigarettes there?" Isabell asked, while they walked some time side by side silently.
"Of course!" Thomas answered and handed her one.
Johnny rummaged in his packets, but didn't find one no more. He made a face discontented and asked timid, "Could I also have one?"
At first Thomas looked at him funny, and then he had to grin and meant, "Good gracious, Johnny! Don't be so shy! I don't do ya certainly anythin'! Ya belong to us now!"
"Thomas, leave him! He's even still a bit shy, so what! This will change soon, won't it?" Isabell said protective and smiled at Johnny.
Johnny smiled back touched and said, "Yeah! Certainly, anyway I hope so! What 'bout the cigarette now?"
"It's all right! Here you are!" Thomas meant defeating.
With shaking hands Johnny lit the cigarette. It tasted quite strange somehow, but the taste wasn't that bad as at the first time.
In the meantime they arrived at the town.
"Well, now look out how we gonna do it!" Thomas said to Johnny.
"How ya gonna do what?" Johnny asked confused.
"Beggin', of course! Or call it pinchin'!" Ricky replied winking and the others already separated into all directions and tried to beg people for money.
"But... but..." stuttered Johnny stunned.
He wouldn't beg unknown people for money.
He just was a Greaser, who nearly had nothing, but he wouldn't go begging anyway for that reason. 'cause he still had a flicker of pride, which did forbid him to beg or even to steal.