It was storming out. I was up late studding in for another one of my test that was coming up in you of my courses. I just shut my light out when thunder crashed. God thunder storms make me think of Johnny when he was a kid. He was always scared of them. I should make sure he's ok. I got up and went across the hall to Johnny's room. I knocked softly on the door. Then opened it.
"Johnny are you ok?" I asked in a whisper, just so he could hear me. I tried to see him but it was to dark to see. Thunder crashed once agian. I could see him. On his bed holding his legs to his chest with fear in his eyes. I walked right over to him and sat on the bed. I heard a small gasped."Johnny it's ok. It's me Arisa."
Soundly I felt weight on my right side. Johnny was holding on to my arm. He was shaken.
"Arisa...How did you know?" He asked me quietly.
"I remembered when you where small you would always be scared of storms. When ever we where visiting Grammas and Grandpa's and it was storming out you would always sneak out of your room and come in bed next to me and fall asleep."
"Really?"Johnny asked nervously.
I nodded, and kissed Johnny's four-head."Lye down. I wont leave till you are fast asleep."
"Thanks Arisa." Johnny said to me and lye down on the bed. I lye down next to him and watched him sleep. 'He will make some girl really happy one of these days.' I thought to my self.
-Next Morning+
I woke up to someone poking my arm. I open my eyes to see that I was in Johnny's room.
He was poking my arm."Arisa? Are you awake?" He asked me, as I rolled over witch was a bad idea cues I fell on the floor. I hear a muffle laughing. I looked up to see Johnny trying hard not to laugh to hard.
I got up, and looked at him."Have a good sleep?"
He nodded."I think you fell asleep while waiting for me to be asleep. You where sleeping almost on the edge of the bed." Johnny said grabbing his book bag.
We walked out of the room and down the staries and into the kitchen.
"Morin' Johnny, Arisa." My mom greeted us.
"Morin, ma'am." Johnny said sitting down while I sat down beside him.
"How did you sleep Johnny?" My mom asked while setting are breakfast down in front of us.
"Good..." Johnny said in a low tone.
"Johnny want a drive over to your friends? I have to go that way anyway to go to the post office." I asked him while I cuted my a pieces of ham.
"Are you sure you don't mind?" He asked me while eating his toast.
"Not at all. Besides my dad wants me to go to the gas station to get his car repaired." As I took a my sausage and ate it.
We both ate quickly and quietly.
Five minutes later we where both done. We put are dishes in the sink. Johnny went into the living room while I went up staries and got dressed.
I was in my room trying to find my new tight blue jeans and light brown top, when I heard a noke a my door.
"Who is it?" I asked
"Johnny" I heard the voice reply.
"Ok, come in." I said, I was still in my PJ's so it did not matter.
Johnny open the door to my room. I think he was shocked to see my room so messy.
"I was just wondering if you where ok. Seeing I was watting down staries for about a half an hour."
"Oh, I'm ok. I'm just trying to find some new things that I got." Has I thought some old small clothes out of my closet, that landed on in a box.
"What do they look like?" Johnny asked me.
"Tight blue jeans and a light brown shirt." Throwing some old toys in to the box.
"Is this it?"
I truned to him and he had a bag in his hand. I smiled."Yeah that's it! I swore I put them away. Thanks Johnny." I took it from him."Can you take this box down staries? It's stuff for the kids at the orphanage, that my mom runs."
"Sure." Johnny said picking the box up off my bed, and walked to my bed room door.
"I will be down in a few minutes." I said, then he left. I shut my door and got change quit fast. I then brushed my hair, then put it back in a pony-tail. I went to the bathroom. and brushed my teeth then ran down the staries. "Ok done. Ready to go Johnny?"
"Yeah. But how are we getting there? I don't want to be attacked by Socs again." He said as he put his jacket on.
"Don't worry Johnny. I remember I said I was taking my dad's old car." I put my jacket on and picked the box up. Johnny opened the door. We both yelled good bye to my mom and dad then went to the car.
"How long has your dad had this car?" Johnny asked as he got in on the gun-shot side.
"He had it since he was six-teen." I said and backed out of the yard. Then we where off.
"Thanks for giving me a drive sis." Johnny said looking at me.
"Yeah it's nothing. You are my little brother now." I smiled at him, his face redden some when I called him, 'little brother'.
"So what goes on at the orphanage? I never been there." Johnny said, braking the five minute silence we had.
"Will right now the kids are getting ready for their play. This year it's 'Away in a Manger'. The only thing you do to get in is give at lest 50cents or give a toy to it. House roofing, grocers stores, and even the collage helps out." I told him about.
"Can I come and watch?" He finally asked me.
"Sure. You can even work back stage if you want. We need a boy to help get the boys in their costumes. I'm helping the girls already." I pulled up in front of the Curites house hold. "Here's your stop." I said, has he got out. Just then my dad's car stopped. I looked to see if it was put of gas. But it was full.'Grate.' I thought to my self.
"Hang on Arisa." Johnny said and went up to the house. He said something then walked in. I waited for a few minutes.
Then three boys came out, followed by three other boys. Johnny was on of the first three boys out side.
"Hey guys." I said as I waved to them.
"What seems to be the matter with your car?" Steve asked me, he sound kind right now.
"It just stopped." I said, I was going to say. This is 'not' my car.
"It will take sometime to get it done. Why don't you go in side and warm up." Soda said looking at me. I nodded and got out of the car.
"Arisa how old is this car anyways?" Steve asked looking at me. I shrugged.
"Don't know. All I know is my dad had since he was six-teen. He refuses to give it up. It has not had a check up in 20 years."
"Ok yeah it definitely does need one." Soda said popping the hoed up.
"Come on lets go back in side before we freeze out here." Two-Bit said, "Micky Mouse is going to be starting soon."
I laughed, and nodded. We all went in side Dar gave me a cup of hot- coco.
Soda and Steve where working on my dads car for just over an hour.
Pony must have been still sleeping seeing he was not up. Johnny was in the living room with Two-Bit, and Dally watching Micky Mouse.
"Dar where's Pony at?" I asked looking at him.
"In bed sick. He as the chicken pox's. At least Soda and I had them already. Steve got them from Soda, Two-Bit got them from Steve, Dally got them Two-Bit. The only one who as not had them is Johnny that I know of." Darry said takeing a drink of his coffee.
"I don't think he has. But it's better to get them young then old. I do remember you having them. I came over to see you over the Christmas brake, and you where coverd in red spots and you wouldn't stop scratching no matter what." I said while giggling at the thought.
"Yeah then you got them from me. When you came over." Darry smirked at me.
"Yeah, you guys have bad luck with the chicken pox's. You had them on Christmas, and Soda had them on Christmas now Pony's going to have them on Christmas."
"Yeah, will he better suck it up,"Darry said sighing."once Two-Bit heard he had them he went right up the staries and started to call Pony a chicken. He got a pillow in the face from saying that. Why don't you and Johnny go up and say hi to him? I'm sure he can use someone to talk to."
"I think I will sat down here. But Johnny can go up and see him." Just as I said that Johnny came in the room.
"Hey, Darry where's Ponyboy at?" He asked looking at Darry.
"Up staries kid. Careful his as the chicken pox's." Darry said as he took a drink of his coffee.
"Ok, thanks Dar." Johnny said then left the room and went up staries.
Darry and I where talking.
"Darry, are you busy Friday by any chance?" I asked him, he shook his head no.
"No why?" He asked me,"You want to do something Friday?"
"Yeah. I wanted to know if you wanted to go and see a movie at the movie house."
"Movies aren't my favorite thing but -" Darry could not finished because Steve and Soda had just come in complain about the cold.
"God! I have frost bit on my fingers now." Steve complained following Soda into the kitchen where Darry and I where talking.
"All done?" I asked looking up at them.
"Yeah. We got her going. Bringing her by the DX sometime and we can work faster at it." Soda said getting a big glass of chocolate milk.
I took about my wallet and took out two ten's."Here." I said giving them each ten dollars.
"Nah. Don't worry about it. It only cost money when where at work." Soda said smiling at me and gave it back to me, same with Steve.
"Then take it as a tip. You both where put side for an hours and half working away. You both deserve it." I gave the money back to them.
"You sure?" Steve asked me, I nodded.
"Yeah. I work hard on keeping little kids going. I get payed sixty dollars by the end of the week. And It is my money and I chooses what to do with it." I stood up." Dar give me a call on your answer later on ok?" I looked at Darry who nodded."Tell Johnny to call are place if he is coming home for the night." Then I left.