The pain felt so good. She smiled as the blood ran down her arm and tears streamed down her face. Kim Curtis lived for an adrenaline rush. Give her a blade and an empty room, and she'd be in paradise. Ever since she was little, she always had a thing for pain, but to her, it was pleasure. Most of the time, she only cut when she had a good reason.
(Kim's P.O.V.)
I heard the someone knock on the door. "Kim. You in there?" Darry said.
"Uh, yeah, hold on, I'm um, not dressed" I hid my arm and my blade.
"Well, hurry up! We gotta go!" He hollered.
"Kay" I said. I stood up and felt a little light headed. I got dressed in my boy beater and my favorite jeans; the ones with the holes in the knees. I hadn't gotten much sleep last night so I was a little tired. I snuck into the bathroom without Darry noticing so I could wrap my arm. We were almost out of bandages. Darry was waiting in the car.
"Kim! Come on! we're gonna be late!" he yelled.
"I'm coming!" I said as I grabbed my switch and my smokes. I hopped in the car and Darrel immediately saw my arm.
"What's wrong with your arm?" he asked.
"Oh, I think I may have sprained it or somethin last night"
Darry could always tell when I was lying through my teeth. He looked at me suspiciously. "alright" he said.
"Where are we going anyway?"
"We're meeting Soda at the DX remember?" "No" He never mentioned anything about the DX. Or maybe I just wasn't listening.
"Yeah, we were all gonna go catch a movie at the drive in. You're coming right?" He asked as he stepped on the gas. I'm not really into movies. That was more Ponyboy's thing.
"I don't know. I thought maybe I'd catch up with Adam"
"Who's Adam?" he asked confusedly
"My boyfriend."
"another one?" he said annoyingly, "Kid, at sixteen you've gone through more boyfriends then most girls who are twenty-eight" he joked. I thought of my friend Lacy. Lacy's my best friend. I've known her since I was about three and now we're both sixteen and closer than ever. She's had more boyfriends than me. I wonder if her parents bitch to her about it like Darry does.
"Adam's been my boyfriend for almost a year now,"
"No he hasn't" Darry protested
"Yes he has, you just don't pay attention"
"Hey, don't get mouthy with me little buddy." he warned.
"sorry" I mumbled.
"Well, if you wanna bring him along to the movie," Darry hinted.
"We'll see"
We got to the DX, and the gang was there: Soda, Ponyboy, Steve, Two-Bit, and Darry's girlfriend Jess. "Hey ya'll" Darry said happily.
"Hey Dar," Jess said. He planted a kiss on her cheek.
"What's happenin man?" Two-Bit said.
"Not much. Are we going to the movie or what? It's getting Dark."
"Yeah, lets go" Sodapop said.
"I'll see you guys later" I told Darry.
"Alright, don't be home too late okay?" Darry said. I nodded and waved.
Adam's house was near the DX. I walked over in about ten minutes. I knew better than to knock on the front door, 'cause Adam's parents never liked me. They hated him being around me and told me over and over again to stay away from him. So I walked around to the side of the house and banged his window a few times. He pulled back the curtains and smiled that adorable smile of his. He opened the window. "Hey baby," he said warmly. He gave me a kiss on my cheek. "What's goin down?"
"Nothing, just came by to see if you wanted to hang out for a while"
"Hell yeah I do." he said enthusiastically. I giggled. "Awww…you're so cute when you laugh."
"Well, uh, you wanna go grab something to eat?" I asked.
"Yeah, sounds great." He hopped out of his window.
"Don't you wanna tell your parents that you're leaving?"
"I don't think they'd think it's such a hot idea."
"Yeah, you're probably right." I agreed after I thought about what I was saying.
"Lets go." We linked arms and he noticed the bandages. I'm so stupid!
"What happened?" he said concerned.
"It's nothing." I pulled my arm away.
"Kim, really?"
"It's nothing, I swear"
"You been cutting yourself again?" he asked at little angrily.
"No, I-I haven't."
"Don't lie to me Kim." He's always hated liars. I knew he could see right through me so I turned away.
"Kim!"
"What? I didn't do anything wrong." I felt really stupid after I said that because I knew he thought it was one of the worst things I could ever do. Even though I could think of worse things I've done…
Besides, I had a good reason. Or, I wished I did.
"What's wrong? Why did you do this?" he demanded.
"I-I just" I couldn't think of a lie.
"Kim, you know I don't like you doing that," he told me for the millionth time.
"Why do you care?" I said coldly
"Why do I care?" he said, "I care because I care about you." he sighed, "and I don't want you to hurt yourself."
I really did feel bad. "I'm sorry." I said trying to make eye contact.
"You just scare me sometimes," he confessed. "I worry about you"
I felt bad now. I wanted to cry but it seemed like I would be crying for nothing, so I held the tears back and looked away. He smiled and tried to make me feel better. "Come on" he grabbed my hand, "lets go back to your place ok?" He always knew how to make me smile.