Chapter 8 "The way she feels"
I stopped and watched her run off, I wasn't going to go after her she needed her space. I walked back to the house, and got ready, we were going out to the bowling alley, there was going to be a big party.
Soda and Steve drove me there, and we met the gang inside. Darry wasn't there he had to work. Good thing too, because there was drunk people everywhere. They were playing music, some slow and some fast.
I ignored the music, and talked to the gang. That was until Steve, Two-bit, Soda, and Dally went to the bar, and Pony and Johnny were talking to Ciara and Scar, that's when a very familiar, important song came on.
It was called, "When were together" by: Mark Harris. It was still my favorite song, it always have been, ever since I was little. Brandon, and sometimes Alex or Keith would sing it for me, after I was yelled at or beat, or maybe when I couldn't sleep.
It always calmed me down, it's like when they sang or played it for me it meant I was safe, nothing could happen to me, because they were with me. That song became 'our song', and only ours no one else new about it, but us.
And now, I won't be able to ever hear it from them ever again, I thought. Tears slid down my cheeks as I listened to my favorite line, "Worries seem to fade away, as they become distant memories…."
I whipped my eyes, I'm not going to cry anymore, I told myself. They're gone, I'll see them again in Heaven. "Hey, Ray, are you alright?"
I looked up to find Johnny, "Yeah, I'm fine."
"It doesn't seem like it, it looks like you been crying. Is it because of the song?" he asked.
I nodded, "Why?" he asked.
"It was me and my brothers' song," I said.
"Oh…" he said, then hugged me unexpectedly.
I hugged him back, putting my head in his neck.
"Want to leave?" he asked.
"Yeah. Can we?" I said, looking up at him.
"Sure, go tell Soda," Johnny said.
"Okay," I said, weakly smiling I ran off.
"Soda I'm going to the lot with Johnny," I told him.
"Okay, wait, what? Johnny?" he asked surprised.
"Yeah, what's wrong with Johnny?" I asked, getting defense.
"Nothing, have fun."
"Bye," I stood on my toes and kissed him on the cheek, "Love you."
"Love you too," he said, kissing me on the head.
"Awe... how sweet," Two-bit said.
Dally wacked him on the back of the head, I sticked my tongue out.
I ran over to Pony who was now talking to Cherry, and Marcia.
"I'm going with Johnny to the lot, bye," I kissed him on the cheek, and Marcia and Cherry smiled, "Love you."
"Bye, love you too," he yelled after me, as I ran back to Johnny.
"Let's go," I took him by the hand and pulled him out of the building.
We walked to the lot and sat down, "So what do you want to talk about," I asked.
"I don't know, anything, I guess," he said.
"Alright, are we boyfriend and girlfriend?" I ask.
"Um…I don't know do you want to be?" Johnny asked.
"As long as you want to be," I said smiling and leaning my head on his shoulder.
"Yeah, then I guess we are."
I smiled, that was my reply, a smile that meant more than yes, and he smiled back. We laughed and joked around, and then I shivered, when a breeze hit us.
"Want my jacket?" Johnny asked.
"No," I refused.
"Too bad, here," Johnny took off his jacket and gave it to me.
I put it on, and looked at Johnny without a jacket on. He looked different. I could see his arms, for the first time. Then I spotted a red mark, just below his shoulder, on his arm.
"That looks like it hurts," I said, pointing at the mark.
"It doesn't; that bad anyway," Johnny said, looking at it too.
"What happened?" I asked.
"Uh…..nothin'," Johnny said, looking up at the cloudy sky.
"It doesn't seem like nothing, as someone told me. I told you about me and my brothers' song, so tell me about your arm," I said.
"I got the mark from a hot bulb from a lamp," Johnny said.
"How?"
"My dad, that's how," Johnny said, leaning back on the car seat.
We just laid there, I was leaning on his shoulder with his arm around me, and I was playing with his hair.
Eventually we fell asleep, and the next thing we knew we were being shaken awake, it was Two-bit, and Dally.
"What?" I asked sleepily.
"Have you been here the whole time?" Dally asked.
"Yeah, why?" Johnny asked, quietly.
"Darry's been looking for you, Rayna," Two-bit told me.
"Really?! I'm surprised he didn't check here first," I laid back down, closing my eyes.
"Ray, he's freaking out," Dally said.
I sighed, "Fine, let's go," I got up, "Johnny want to come?"
"No thanks, it's a nice night, I'm going to sleep here," Johnny said.
"Okay, bye," I said.
"I'm going to stay here with Johnnycake, ok guys?" Two-bit told us.
"Sure thing, see you guys later," Dally said, catching up with me.
He put his arm around me, "Just for you to know, Darry's not mad or freaking out."
"What? What do you mean?" I asked, now confused.
He made me stop so we were walking slow, and it would take a while for us to get home.
"I needed to talk to you," Dally said.
We were in the park now.
"About what?" I asked, turning towards him.
"About Johnny's parents," he paused and looked around, like he expected someone to be listening in on us, "they showed up at your house, but they didn't want to talk to Johnny. They wanted to talk to your friend,-"
*BANG*
We both froze, and Dally stopped talking.
It was a gun shot, and it was coming from the lot….
Author's Note: Sorry it took so long to update had some wifi problems. Hope you like this chapter; sorry it's short. Please R&R!