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The icy grey sky restlessly grumbled. The thick blackened clouds were dragged down by the heavy rain which it held in its delicate frame. The clouds which struggled to withstand the burden of the weight which the rain held, soon gave in. The rain poured down over the city with a roar. The sound of emptiness was disrupted by the loud gregarious boom of thunder. The cold icy rain pierced her pale and wet skin. She ran across the slippery path, her posture weakened by the weight of her soaked clothes. The quality of darkness shifted in the sky but the rain kept pouring. The harsh rain obliterated the crystal reflection of the sky and turned it into a disorientated chaos.

Joseph sighed, "Now little bit, mom and dad are just working we both know they love us,"

I gave him another look, "They're never home, you cook and I clean its kinda like they don't live there," he knew I was right but said nothing just touched my smaller hand with his giving me comfort. He was driving us to school once again since he refused to let me ride with any other kids on the bus. Betty and Joan ride the bus while, Peggy rides with her brother, Rickie. The school was coming into view as he pulled in, "Stay put," his tone was demanding.

I did too, he opened the door with the umbrella shielding me from the heavy downpour. Rickie was doing the same for Peggy, I guessed Rickie and Joseph had a meeting on how to smother their only siblings. "Come on slow poke," my bag in his hands as we walked to the cover of the school.

Everyone was bustling in the halls as my brother left me with Peggy, we walked to our lockers talking of our weekends. She gave such a dirty look to the group of greasers we are near, she gasped. "Don't sweat it, Elizabeth. You will find the right guy soon, but maybe you shouldn't turn down them all," her giggle was funny, she snorted before she controlled it.

Vinnie his head snapped, his eyes locking with mine until he was forced to move them or alert Richard he was staring. I rolled my eyes, "I had a blast Saturday and was with my steady guy. When I am ready for you to meet him then you will so hush now," she gushed nearly dropping her books.

"You into him?"

Now my groan was heard as in no way he wouldn't hear this, she would just shake it from me. I answered. "He is a hunk, pretty boss dude. He is everything I want," making sure affection was in every word since he was listening to this. But soon we are at our lockers collecting our books for our lessons, and now days flew by since I was always waiting for our date night.

I sit in Government and just wish it was already night so he would call, I fell hard for him and knew if it ended I would be crushed. Now we moved to have lunch, the cafeteria was really the school gym. A hatch connecting it to the kitchen was opened and the smell of whatever was happening today was wafting towards people. I just followed Peggy to the long tables outside since we brought our own lunches, it was just as loud but it was dry and the sun was trying to peek out.

Joan and Betty joined us, Kyle, Wayne, and Kevin join us once they got their lunch. "Eating the school lunch might off you," my words humorous.

Everyone laughed as my eyes roamed until they landed on the eyes of Vinnie, he was already staring. He stood with one foot on the bench he looked as of he was talking to his friends, but it unnerved me his foot was on a girls chair his body angled towards her. My eyes narrowed as he grew concerned with whatever was upsetting me and it wasn't as if I could yell it out. I moved my eyes to the girl than to him three times before like a light bulb his brain turned on, his body moved away from her as North socked his arm in a joking manner.

I hated this, it has been four months and we have kept it all hidden.

I sighed, "Have to use the girl's room,"

"We will come with," it was like we traveled in packs. "You eat, I will be right back," I just needed to clear my head, I half wished we could go steady out in the open.

I mean who cares what his gang thinks, or my brother for that matter. Vinnie treats me good and that mattered. I just walked to the restroom in the school since no girl would be in here, they liked the one closer to the outside.

Right before I entered the restroom warm arms encased me, but these arms I knew. "Hey there, doll face," his words soothing his breath warm against my neck. When I turned his eyes looked sad as he pulled me into a stall, "Hey now, I wasn't flirting. You're my old lady,"

"Its hard, Vinnie. Are you positive we can't go steady and everyone knows? Is it me? Are you ashamed of me?" each word hitting on turmoil and pain that I was hiding.

Now his face crumpled. "I am positive, Richard he is a dark more so than even we knew. I can't risk him hurting you, I fell hard for you. You could always do better than me and I know this, your choice. A fox, I am the luckiest dude alive right now," than is lips brush mine. Not innocently, like a tease but hot, fiery, passionate and demanding. I want to pull away before I lose myself but I can't seem to…In this minty moment, my senses have been seduced and I can no longer think straight. "Elizabeth," he whispers slowly, prolonging each letter as if to savor them. I smile, my heart fluttering at his voice as I clasp my hands on either side of his face. Never before has my name ever felt so wonderful a one, I think, as I lean in for another…

But soon he leaves me there before any come in and see him in the girl's room, I exit soon after returning to my table to finish my lunch since I wasn't worried anymore.

"You looked flustered," Betty Jo smiled with a wink.

"Not," was all I said before Peggy laughed gaining everyone's attention, she knew something like my old man but not the who it was.

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