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Chapter 2: after school activities
Natasha, my best friend since 3rd grade, and I walked aimlessly down the halls after school. I wasn't exactly watching where I was going–I was too busy thinking of the boy with the black eyes in my health class. It was a habit of mine lately to stare at my feet when I walked, hoping that I would bump into him by accident and my books would go flying up. And as we were picking up, he'd look at me and realize that I was the most beautiful girl he'd ever seen.
Today in class, we'd been paired into groups of four and I was hoping so badly that Johnny and I would be in a group together, but instead, I got paired with some girl who kept calling me "Angela".
"Angelina!" I'd nearly screamed, after the eighth time she had said it. I'd sank back into my chair, embarassed as everyone's eyes, including His turned towards the sound of my voice.
This afternoon, I had made an excuse that I had detention, so Natasha and I would have to stay after school and find a ride. I had it all planned out too: I would ask Two-Bit Matthews for a ride home, I kind of knew Two-Bit and I knew that he drove Him home everyday. Then I could finally figure out what His name was and I'd get my chance to talk to him for the first time.
Two-Bit and some other guys from his gang, including Him, were all standing around outside making jokes and smoking when Natasha and I made our way up to where they stood.
The guys silenced and gave us suspicious looks. I recognized Two-Bit, who was sitting on his car blowing smoke rings. Natasha gave me a wry look, but kept silent.
"Umm, Two-Bit?"
I found myself blushing under the close watch of the boys standing around me. Two-Bit cocked an eyebrow, apparently surprised at the fact that I even knew his name.
"Yeah?"
"Uh, my mom...well, see.."
"Out with it." commanded an older boy that I had never seen at school that had white-blonde hair and ice-colored eyes
My head snapped up in annoyance and I continued, "My ride left me and I need a ride."
Two-Bit thought about it for a long time, then asked: "Well, how come ya ride left ya?"
I thought about how to answer him. I wished deeply that I could just yell at the top of my lungs BECAUSE I WANT TO JUMP INTO THE ARMS OF THAT FINE LOOKIN' BOY RIGHT THERE, NOW WOULD YOU GIVE ME A RIDE?!!!!...but of course that would probably guarantee my absence from that car, so I replied the best I could: "I got detention."
The boy with the blonde hair snickered and I felt a little childish, but I didn't really care after Two-Bit nodded his head and slid off of the hood of the car.
"Come on, Johnny," he said to the boy with the black hair and I blushed at the mere sound of his name. Johnny...that's nice. Now I can at least call him by his name.
Natasha and I got into the back of the car, me making sure I was sitting behind the passenger's seat.
I reached forward and ran my fingers through Johnny's hair, like I had wanted to do for so long. He pulled my hand down in front of his face and kissed it gently. Two-Bit chuckled in the driver's seat and shook his head as Johnny leaned back and I leaned forward. We leaned forward, our lips brushing against each other's lightly...
The sound of my name brought me out of my daydreams and I turned to Natasha.
"Angelina, you could at least answer when someone is speaking to you."
My ears became alert; I hoped to God that it was Johnny speaking.
"Where do you live?" It was Two-Bit who was talking and I relaxed, disappointed.
"Down the street from Ponyboy Curtis." I said, making sure I mentioned both of his names, so they'd know that I knew who he was.
"You know Pony?" Johnny said suddenly, but so quietly that I didn't realized he had uttered a word until Two-Bit began rambling about a girl he knew who had a moustache hairier than the hair on his head.
Natasha was giggling profusely, but I ignored Two-Bit and scooted up more in my seat and tried to conversate with Johnny.
"Yeah, I know Ponyboy, why?"
He shrugged and said in the same tone, "Just wonderin'"
I smiled at his bashfulness as he turned his head back toward the passing houses outside of the window.
"What's so funny?" Two-Bit asked, staring at me in the rearview mirror, grinning.
I suddenly realized that I had the silliest smirk on my face and looked the other way, blushing.
As soon as Two-Bit brought his eyes back to the road, Natasha nudged me eagerly and mouthed, 'What?'
I shook my head and muffled a slight giggle. I certainly didn't want Johnny to hear that.
My best friend gave me a yeah-right look and pointed to the back of Johnny's seat with her eyebrows raised, questioningly.
I wondered whether I should tell her or not and decided against it, knowing she would probably shake the whole car with her laughter and scream, "HAHA, Angie likes HIM!" and she would then jab her finger at Johnny. Geez, he'd never want to speak to me after that, so I just mouthed 'I'm not telling you anything.' and grinned to myself.
We pulled in front of my house and Johnny stepped out of the car and pushed up the seat so we could get out. As he lowered himself back into the car, I yelled hurriedly, "Thanks Two-Bit, bye Johnny!"
Johnny looked around at me in the process of sort-of-waving and his head smacked against the roof of the car, causing Two-Bit and Natasha to fly into a fit of laughter. Johnny cursed to himself and my hands flew to my open mouth in shock.
"Oh, god, I'm sorry!"
For some reason, this made Two-Bit to laugh even harder, clutching his stomach from the pain of the utmost pleasure.
"Shutup, man," muttered Johnny in mortification.
He sat down in the passenger's seat and stared ahead as Two-Bit revved the engine, still cackling incessantly.
"Boy, am I glad you don't like that idiot!" Natasha cried, reenacting Johnny's blunder.
I rolled my eyes at the simultaneous hooting of Natasha and Two-Bit, whose laughter we could hear clear down the street.
Well, that's it. I told ya I'd update soon!!!! Luv you guys!