Maggie threw the wet paper towel in the garbage can when she was done cleaning Tim's lip off. She stood in front of Tim not really sure what to do now. He was just kind of sitting there looking up at her. She sighed heavily and leaned up against the wall. He was a character, that's for sure.
"Where's Dallas?" he asked gruffly as he stood up. Maggie pressed herself up against the wall to put some distance in between them, it was very small bathroom.
"Up here some where with some greaser slut." she informed him as she crossed her arms over her chest. Tim chuckled coldly as he stared down the hall towards the rooms before shutting the door. Maggie gasped involentarily and looked up at Tim as he came slowly towards her. Maggie pressed herself further against the wall, her heart beating madly against her chest. She looked up into Tim's cold eyes as he stopped inches away from her and put his hands up on either side of her head. Maggie drew in a sharp breath, not sure what to expect next. She could feel Tim's hot breathe on her cheeks and started wondering what exactly she was doing.
"Look, Tim-" she started to whisper but was interrupted by his lips softly pressing against hers. She was stunned for a minute and didn't know what to do for a couple of seconds. Finally she pressed up against him and started to return his kiss, opening her mouth ha bit and letting him stick is tounge inside. She shivered some as he grabbed her waist roughly and pushed her up against the wall, there tounge still locked in a secret battle. She slowly moved her hands to his back and ran her fingernails against his bare skin. He deepened the kiss and pushed her more against the wall, their bodies touching roughly. She could feel his lower packages as he pressed up against her and it gave her a weird thrilling feeling.
"Tim, you in there?" Dally's voice floated through the door. Tim collapsed against Maggie and sighed heavily as he punched thew all next to Maggie's head lightly.
"I'm busy!" he yelled back as he kept his hold on Maggie.
"I gotta talk to you about the rumble before I go down and take Maggie home." Dally said just as the door know started to move.
"Shit!" Maggie said aloud and jumped for the door, just in time she had her hand on the doorknob blocking him from getting in.
"Maggie?" she could hear Dally whispering to himself on the other side of the door. She looked at Tim pleadingly. All the things that Dally had done after he had caught her with Curly were going through her head and she really didn't want to get caught right now.
"Move." Tim whispered to her and locked the door hurriedly. He sat down on the toilet.
"Get the alcohol and a cotton ball out, pretend like your cleaning my eye." Tim whispered to her. Maggie nodded, a little shocked at how Tim had come up with that so quickly. Maggie got the alcohol out and a cotton ball just like she had been told. She dabbed the cotton ball on the alcohol and then looked at Tim for further instructions.
"Unlock the door." he whispered to her. Maggie did as she was told and unlocked the door before hurriedly going back over to Tim and acting like she was working on his eye. Dally rushed through the door as soon as he could and gave Tim and Maggie a skeptical look.
"What are you doing in here with Tim?" Dally asked sharply as he glared at Maggie.
"Cleaning his eye." Maggie answered calmly. Dally grunted in disbelief.
"Than what were you cursing for?" he asked sharply.
"I spilled alcohol on the floor. I had to clean it before you came in." Maggie answered hurriedly with a nervous smile.
"Whatever!" Dallas said sharply.
"You done getting your eye cleaned yet, then?" Dally asked Tim. Tim nodded and stood. He gave a glance Maggie's way, trying to tell her something but she couldn't quite tell what. She sighed as she watched Tim walk out the room and was left with only Dally.
"Meet me down stairs. We'll be leaving in a little bit."
"What? You get fucked and now we have to leave? What happened to partying?" Maggie bit out bitterly as she went down the stairs and disappeared in the crowd. Being interrupted with Tim had put her in a bitter mood and she had no desire to talk to Dally at the moment. She moved through the crowd slowly, not really wanting to talk to anyone. Finally she got fed up with just walking around and decided to go outside and wait by the car. Her head was spinning and pictures of Tim kept floating her mind. She couldn't stop herself from wondering what would have happened if Dally had interrupted them. She leaned against the car as she fantasized about all the things that could have happened between the two while they were locked in that small bathroom together.
"Maggie." a deep voice said as she got pulled out of her thoughts. She looked up to see Dally walking towards her with Tim close behind. She started to turn a deep shade of red and hoped that Tim hadn't told Dally anything or Dally hadn't gotten anything out of Tim.
"The rumbles going to have to be tomorrow. Think you can make it?" Dally asked as he stopped in front of her, a hint of annoyance in his voice. Maggie nodded.
"Should be able to. Unless Darry decides I can't." Maggie told as she looked from Tim to Dally.
"Ok." he turned to Tim and stared at him for a minute before turning back to Maggie. "Think you could ride home with Tim so I can ride over to Brumely?" Dally asked as he crossed is arms over his chest calmly. Maggie looked at Tim and quickly looked away again, her face turning red again.
She nodded slowly. She didn't see anything wrong with it but the thought of being in a car with him made all the fantasies come back to her mind.
"I can do that." she told Dally. Dally turned to Tim again, looking for agreement. Tim nodded slowly like Maggie had done.
"Ok. See you later, Mags." Dally said as he made his way to his car. Maggie nodded. "Tim," Dally said as he got in. "Don't do anything stupid while your with her!" Dally warned. Tim smirked evilly at Dallas as he watched him get in his car and speed and just like the snap of a finger the smirk was gone. Without any warning Tim was in front of her and had her locked in a deep and passionate kiss. It was at least 30 seconds before they finally broke apart and Maggie rested her head on Tim's chest. All the drama that night had made her tired.
"I better get you home." Tim whispered as he grabbed her hand and lead her to his car. She jumped into the passenger side and looked at the road as he drove, really not sure what to do or to say. When they finally arrived back at the Curtis' Maggie was shaking and had no idea what to do. She watched as Tim leaned over and opened her door for her.
"See ya around." he said, just like before. Maggie nodded slowly, a little bit hurt. She started to get out of the car. "Hey, Mags." Tim said before she was all the way out. "About tonight..." he trailed off. Maggie's heart fell, he didn't even have to finish his sentence she already knew what he meant.
"I get it." she said, trying not to let the hurt show. "You were drunk and way out of line it should have never happened." she chocked out before slamming the door and running as fast as she could inside. She stormed in and slumped down on the couch, either the only one home was Darry or everyone else was in bed.
"Where's Dallas?" he asked when he noticed she had come in.
"He had to go to Brumely to talk to the gangs." she informed him as she pretended to be examining her shirt. "Tim's gang can come but the rumble has to be tomorrow night. I'm fighting in it no matter what you say." Maggie told him before looking up at him sharply. He nodded slowly.
"I figured you would say that. And frankly, I'm in no mood to fight with you right now." he told her as he got up and stretched. Maggi sighed with relief and nodded to Darry.
"Oh, yeah. The doctor called tomorrow. You have your yearly test scheduled tomorrow." Maggie looked up, a little frightened. Had it actually been a year?
As if reading her mind Darry answered her question. "No, it hasn't been a year but your doc wants to keep an eye on you to make sure every thing's ok and to make sure your taking your medicine."
"Ok." Maggie said softly. "Who's going with me?" Darry looked down on her with pity and threw himself on the couch next to her.
"Well, Soda, Steve and I have to work. Johnny and Pony are too young. Which leaves you with Dally and Two Bit. You can chose whoever you want to go with you, Mags." Maggie nodded.
"Ok." she said softly as her brain started to analyze what was happening. Dally would probably still be in Brumely tomorrow and Two Bit would probably be hung over. That left her with pretty much no one. Her eyes widened when she realized that she could take Tim with her, or at least have Tim drop her off at the hospital and pick her up.
"I'm goin' to bed." Darry informed as he got up and headed down the hall. "Night." he called.
"Night." Maggie called back.
The Next Morning
Maggie pulled her hair up in a pony tail. She had put on the most comfortable clothes she had and was finally ready to go to the hospital. She was going to have to walk over to the Shepard's to talk to Tim about getting a ride to and back from the hospital. She waved to Johnny and Pony who were waiting for Two Bit to come and take them to school before heading out the door and walking down the sidewalk in the direction of the Shepards. She was wearing an old DX shirt of Steve's with a white shirt underneath it and a pair of baggy jeans. She had to wear clothes she knew would be easy to take off and to back on without causing herself pain.
Tonight was the night of the rumble, but the only thing that Maggie was focused on was her tests. She couldn't believe she actually had tests on the day of rumbles. That was like a double dose of anxiety and stress for the day. And she really didn't need it!
She looked up when she reached the Shepard's house and walked up to the door hesitantly. She knocked on the door a couple of times before stepping back and waiting. The door finally swung open and reveled a tall, scruff looking man, that resembled an older version of Tim. He had his head down and was hanging on the door. It was clearly visible that he had a hang over and was in no mood to talk to a 14 year old girl.
"Is Tim home?" she asked quietly, so not to disturb his head. Just when she was about to ask again she heard someone coming down the stairs and Tim's cold hard voice talking to the man in front of her.
"Get the fuck out the way!" he yelled to the man. Maggie looked down the street a ways, the only way she could give them privacy. She heard the man mumble something angrily but he moved anyway.
"What's up?" she heard Tim asked and turned her attention back to him.
"Umm..." Maggie started but trailed off. "I was wondering if you could give me a ride to the hospital so I can get some tests done. Dally's still in Brumely and Two Bit's hung over. Everybody else has to work." she looked at Tim finally to see a very annoyed expression on his face.
"You don't have to stay." Maggie blurted out. "You can just drop me and pick me up." he looked at her for a minute, the annoyed expression slowly leaving his face.
"Alright." he grumbled as he walked inside the house and grabbed his keys and joined her outside.
Her hands started to shake with every block that they got closer to the hospital. She sighed heavily as she looked out the window. She could already see the hospital approaching and couldn't seem to come herself down.
"You shake any more and I'm gonna have to hold you down." Tim grumbled as glanced at her hands. She cleared. If only he knew, she thought. She clasped her hands together at attempt to make them stop shaking, but it didn't do any good. When they finally got to the hospital Tim parked the car and turned it off, waiting for Maggie to get out. Maggie sat there for a minute, not moving at all. She was too scared to move, to scared to think about moving. All she could think about was those tests and how much they were going to hurt.
"Maggie!" Tim snapped suddenly. Maggie pulled at the door handle and jumped out of the car slamming it hurriedly.
"I thought you were dropping me off?" she asked as she raised an eyebrow.
"I don't know if that's such a good idea to leave you." Tim told her as he walked towards the entrance. Maggie followed him a look of confusion on her face. She was not ready for this. She was not ready for these tests.
She walked up to the desk and told the receptionist that she was there. She nodded and told her to take a seat. Within 15 minutes a nurse had come back to get her and Tim. She followed the nurse to the changing rooms and changed into her hospital gown like she had done before. She walked back out of the changing rooms to find Tim sitting on the floor like Steve had done at first test. He looked up at her when she stood in front of him, eying her night gown.
"I don't know if you want to sit next to the door while there doing my tests." she told him, remembering what Steve had said after they had gotten home. Tim shrugged.
"I'm sure I'll be fine." he told her, clearly not getting what Maggie meant. She side but made no move to convince him that he really didn't want to sit there. She leaned up against the wall and waited patiently for the nurse to come and get her. About a half and hour later she finally did.
Maggie looked down at Tim and she just knew that he could see right through her to all that fear that was down inside of her over something as small as these tests. But to her, they were the biggest things in the world. She followed the nurse slowly as they lead her to the big room that she had been in last time. She layed down on the table.
The doctor's did the same things to her they had done last time and Maggie had screamed through all the painful parts. About 2 hours later she was back in the changing room slowly and painfully changing back into her clothes. She walked back out of the changing room to find Tim in the same spot he had been. She nodded to him and whipped at her eyes, hoping he couldn't see that she had been crying.
"Thanks for bringing me Tim." she told him as she walked to his car.
"Its ok." he sad gruffly as he walked next to her. She could tell there was something different in him, now.
"Just..." he trailed off for a second, "don't ever ask me again." he finished finally. Maggie nodded, that had been the same thing that Steve had said after he had taken her.
AUTHOR'S NOTE:
Ok, lol. The next chapter will be the rumble! That's pretty much all I have to say, lol.