Title-And So We Danced
Author-Angel-with-Clipped-Wings
Category-Outsiders
Disclaimer-I own no characters, except Maria.
A/N-Sorry! I've been really busy lately with my problems and all. Good news is I'll be updating sooner, bad news is I going to finish the story before Avoided. Sorry guys, but I need to finish one before the other and this one is shorter. Hope you enjoy, I love reviews, and they seriously make my day brighter.
Chapter 4---2,011 Words.
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The sun came shining through the curtains that were on the hospital window and my eyes burned at the contact. Shifting my body so that it turned away, I moved the arm that Steve was lying his head on top of which proved to more difficult than it sounded. After a battle of shifting and moving, I gave up and lied there staring up at the pearl colored ceiling that had stains on it. I thought it was rather difficult getting stains on the ceiling and lead me to think of some pretty painful situations that could have happened in this room. During my pondering, Steve started to wake up and with the movement he was causing around my arm, I turned my attention to him.
"Heya Steve...up yet?" I asked as He buried his face into my arm. I almost giggled as He mumbled "no" and once again buried himself because He reminded me of those commercials with little girls and their teddy bears. But of course he would be the fluffier one in that picture (Steve a girl? Ew...I don't even want to imagine). No matter how cute it was, my arm was beginning to hurt, and even though Steve isn't exactly genius material...his head weighed a ton.
"Well too bad, because you making my arm hurt. Get up sleepyhead; I'm hungry." You know, if you have someone older than you and sometimes they tell you "Never wake me up early," right? Well in this case… I can relate. Before I could finish "I said I was--" Steve sat up and bumped his head against mine. It didn't hurt much, but he glared at me as if in a few seconds I would be 6 feet deep in hell, then moved himself out of the bed and stretched.
"Johnnycake, why'd you haft to wake me so early? Couldn't you have waited on the nurse to come and check on you and THEN asked her for a bite? Screamin' in my ear ain't helping none, and now I got a headache." I shrugged and then started to stretch and move my arm around to relieve the muscles from the painful position they were in. I glanced at Steve to see him trying to wake up Two-Bit who was lying on two chairs in a corner close to the window. It took Steve five tries to make Two-Bit react to anything he was trying to do, but once Two-Bit hit him on the face and turned so his back was facing Steve… he gave up.
"Since I'm up now, wadda'ya want to eat? Don't make it sumthin' far out either cause I don't have my ride and it's too damn early," Steve asked as he walked towards the bed. I sighed and said "Just get me a coke and some...I dunno, waffles? Just get some food Okay? I don't care too much what it is." He nodded and left out the door, surprising Two-Bit with the noise. Two-Bit opened his eyes slowly then closed them because of the sun. Yawning, He sat up and walked over to me, smiling at me when he reached the bedside.
"G'mornin' Johnny, how ya feelin? Anything hurt ya? Where'd Steve go?" Unlike certain other people when getting up in the morning (read: Steve), Two-Bit is quite cheery. He yawned once again and walked out of the room, most likely to smoke a weed.
Watching the door with mild interest, I turned to my side and searched through the bed there before finding some kind of note that had 'Johnny' scribbled on it. Gasping I realized it was Dally's handwriting, and all memories of our fight resurfaced my mind. Opening the note, I tried to comprehend what it said.
Johnny-
If the gang hasn't told you yet, I left town for a bit.
It's not because of you; I just need to clear my head.
Know that when I come back, and I don't know when I will...we need to talk.
Don't bother trying to find me; I'll come when I come.
Running out of room-- take care.
-Dally
As many times as I read it, I still didn't get the fact he had left until tears started coming out of my eyes and spilled onto the paper. It hurt knowing he left over some complications that had clearly been between me and him, even if he hadn't said it. The note just made me feel like I was hopeless. 'We could have worked it out,' I thought as I folded the note and slipped it into one of the pockets on my jeans in the chair beside me. Picking them up, I lifted myself and headed towards the restroom to change.
Lifting up the hospital gown, I frowned at the reflection given off by the mirror. My upper chest was covered with bruises and cuts and as you looked lower, larger bruises appeared. I could still see some of the remains of old scars, but all and all, I looked like I had been ran over by a truck. Turning on the sink, I splashed a little water on my face and pulled on my jeans, zipping them on and quickly pulling on my worn down shirt and jacket. I slide my hair down a little only to have it pop back in place. I signed, figuring I need a haircut badly and walked out of the bathroom.
Steve had return with a couple cokes, a bag of chips and some candy bar on which he was munching on. I sat down and grabbed the bag of chips and took a swig of the coke before getting up and walked towards the door.
"Let's get out of here, I can't stand this damn place..." I said opening the door. Steve looked at me weird, most likely surprised I had cursed but I shrugged and motioned for him to get Two-Bit. I watched a moment at his attempt, trying to bite my lips from laughing out loud when Tow-Bit reached out and grabbed Steve's neck and kissed on his cheek, saying "Maria, girl I love ya…" I finally couldn't hold it anymore when Steve looked at him with disgust and punched him in Two-Bit in the arm, stomping out of the down grumbling about "disgusting sons-of-bitches, and kids making a fool of themselves." I looked over at Two-Bit who was biting his lip in confusion. What a wonderful way to start the day.
As I passed by doors in the hallway, I saw familiar faces who smiled as I walked passed. Smiling back, I almost hated being reminded that because of my home situation, I practically lived at the Curtis house and hospital. Once I reached the front doors, pushing out I felt the cool air greet me. Standing next to a low-run car was Steve, smoking a weed while looking as cool as ever. I walked over to him, and saw Two-Bit catching up behind me sitting in the backseat. I was about to go in the back with him, but Steve laid a hand on my shoulder and shook his head. I could almost see the nervousness in his eyes.
We pulled away from the hospital in silence until Two-Bit said "Hey Johnny, have you met Maria?" I heard Steve sigh and shook my head no wondering why Two-Bit was so stuck up on this girl. Most of the time, he goes with a girl, gets laid and moves on to the next one. But lately-- it's been Maria this and Maria that, getting annoying to the fact that I was anxious to meet this girl who has Two-Bit so high and lovesick.
"Well, I'm takin' her to the drive-in tonight and you and Pony can come along so ya'll can meet her since ya both haven't. Shucks, she's real pretty, and not like those greaser girls. No, she's talented and so...so-..so-hell, she's just not no hood. Ya'll love her," Two Bit said dreamily. Steve rolled his eyes, and mumbled which was funny because you could tell he had already meet Maria, and she wasn't all elegant and nice as Two-Bit said.
After awhile, I tuned out Two-Bit's rambling about Maria and watched us pass streets and people. I always found this interesting because you seem to never know what you see even if it's the same street you go on everyday. Somehow, I found we were already at Pony's house. Getting out of the car, I heard Two-Bit call out "Maria, babe what are ya..." before turning around.
What I saw almost had me dead with shock. Ms. Maria was actually Eliza, my father's lover. She looked over at me and you could see the fear that came instantly, although she managed to smile as if she was just fine. I looked over at her, and could figure how she managed to fool Two-Bit with the whole innocent façade.
Wearing bobby-socks, a cheerleader outfit and her blond hair put in a high ponytail, she looked like she just walked out of one of those movies about high school jocks and such. Her blue eyes pierced mine as if to say "You tell him and I have the power to make you regret it." I shook my head before heading inside.
Sitting down on the couch, I was soon suffocated between hugs by Soda and Pony while I could feel Darry pat my shoulder in greeting. As soon as the arms disappeared from my body, I took a deep breath in and looked at the smiling faces looking at me.
"Johnny! Man I was worried bout ya. Did ya see that Maria girl? Man, how did Two-Bit manage to swipe a girl like that?" Soda began to ramble after he got the first words out. I looked over at Pony who smiled which I returned. It was a secret communication thingy we had that let each other know how we felt. I knew he was worried and was glad I was back without the words needed.
We started a conversation on how things had gone when I left, when Soda came over and asked "Dally left yesterday... Do you know why? I mean, I saw him when he found out that you were hurt and I swear I saw him look as if he'd kill your dad. Darry tried to calm him down, nut he just left in a huff..." I almost let out a whimper, but swallowed it. He was upset when he found out, which means he wasn't too mad at me. Great. Now that I know that, I can't even talk it over with him because he decided to disappear.
I was too busy in my thoughts to notice Two-Bit and Maria walk in the room laughing. It seemed as if the atmosphere went from joyful to depressed as Maria sat down next to Soda and gave him a twinkling smile. She looked at me, and smirked knowing that I wouldn't tell her secret. I could almost hear my heart screaming out, "oh, fuck," as she moved closer to Two-Bit and kissed on the cheek, the words, "I love you," soon following.
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Uh...SO yea. I'm getting much better at my writing, AND I have a awesome new story that is going to be premiereing sometime in maybe Oct-Nov. It's different from almost all the fanfiction I've read, and is a Harry Potter fic...SO if you're in to those-Watch out for it! Please R&R this story though, Or I won't update soon like I promised...