i am SO sorry it's taken me like, 7 months to update this thing. I got grounded, and then my Outsiders obsession slowly faded away, and i completely forgot about the story. And then I got an email this morning about someone favoriting my story, and I realized I had forgotten it! So I decided that I will finish it over time, and here's chapter five for everyone. :
i dont own the outsiders. though i wish i did.
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The next few days were uneventful. I saw Johnny around at school, and occasionally in the halls he would say a quick "hello", but that was mostly all the conversation we had. It was almost like he was ignoring me. I hoped it wasn't that way, because he...
Life at home wasn't too great, either. Not to say my parents were abusing me or kicking me out (like mostly everyone else's in the neighborhood.) tensions had just been rising. I was more spaced out, and I wasn't doing so hot in school.
You could blame this all on Johnny, and I couldn't lie to you – it was the truth.
I still hadn't returned his jean jacket, in fact, I wore it all the time, to my parents dismay. His smell had slowly begun to fade from it, but that didn't stop me. When I wore the thing I felt like he was always there, with me. He probably didn't realize how much of an effect his stupid jacket had on me. He would probably laugh if he knew.
And everything was quiet, serene, till one day when school let out. I was making my way through the groups of girls and guys, greasers and soc's alike, when I felt a hand on my shoulder. I turned around only to see Johnny there, as he mouthed "hi."
at that moment, I felt like I was going to melt.
I could almost sense that he was still behind me when I turned back around to navigate my way outside. When there was finally enough room to breathe, he walked next to me, hands in his pockets, looking down at the ground.
"So…" I began, looking over at him. My heart was pounding out of my chest – I just hoped he couldn't notice. "How have you been? We haven't talked in a while…"
He never answered my question, just kept on walking, and walking, till I recognized the shape of my neighborhood in the near distance. Finally he stopped, grabbed my hand, and led the way towards what I guessed was his house. Or a friends house. Just somewhere I didn't know.
But instead, we ended up in a different park, not the same one we grew up talking to each other in. It was deserted, and Johnny sat down on a bench. I opted for the ground instead, and we both sat there in silence. It seemed to be something we were good at.
"Why exactly did you bring me here?" I asked bluntly. It had been almost 10 minutes of silence in the park, not counting the 20 minute walk it had taken. "And why aren't you talking? Johnny, what's…what's going on?"
A few seconds passed. A minute, two, and then I finally got up, deciding to leave. If he wasn't going to say anything, then it clearly wasn't worth my time. I should've never bothered…
"I'm leaving." I announced, standing up and brushing the back of my skirt off, looking at Johnny. He was still on the bench, looking down at the ground like he almost always did.
"Sorry…" he murmured, as I turned around to head off towards what I thought was the direction of my house. It was starting to get dark out, and I could hardly see where I was going.
I heard footsteps behind me, and a few giggles or so, before I turned around to see 3 tall, burly men standing there.
"Well boys," one of them said, looking at me, "Look what we've got here. She's pretty, aint she boys? Looks like she'll be fun to…" his voice faded out in my mind; I couldn't think straight
I wanted to run, I knew I had to run, but I couldn't. My feet felt like concrete as the group of guys slowly moved closer, closer, till they were standing all around me. I wanted to yell, I wanted to cry out, and nothing would form in my mouth. And as their hands crept closer, closer towards me, all I could do was close my eyes and pray I wouldn't die, just…
And then everything went into a peaceful black. And everything was nice and calm again.