A New Love: Chapter 3

A-Rab woke up at six 'o clock the next morning and he was freezing. He lived with his mother Nora and his fourteen year old sister Elli. A-Rab actually liked his sister, she reminded him of Graziella. She had blond hair and rarely put it up in a ponytail. She was a little smarter than Graziella but just as smart-mouthed.

"Hey Rab, want some cereal?" Elli's hair was all over the place but her attitude towards him was the same.

"Naw, why is it so cold in here?" He went over to the pile on the floor to get a long-sleeved shirt on.

"Rab what's wrong?" Elli always knew when something was wrong with her brother and she knew how to get him to talk, stare at him.

He only gave her a smirk, he didn't know what he was feeling at all.

"What happened A-Rab, are you okay, is it Riff?" Elli was obsessed with Riff, she was like his stalker.

"Elli I'm not gonna worry 'bout Riff right now." He was pouring cereal when he said this and almost missed the bowl.

"Tell me Rab!" Elli wasn't mad but she wanted to know what was going on.

"I kissed Anybodys." He was real quiet when he said that. "Now Riff kicked me out of the Jets 'cause he thinks I scared the gang.

"Wow. Ya want me to talk to Riff?" Elli's face lit up.

"Naw ya can't, he's got that restrainin order against ya 'member? But do ya think ya can talk to Tony?"

"Sure Rab, 'member, I'm on you're side."

When Elli got to Doc's, it was eight 'o clock in the morning and it didn't open 'till eight-thirty. Luckily, Tony was inside wiping down the counters. Elli knocked on the door and Tony knowing who it was, let her in.

"Hello Elli." Tony was very polite. "What's up?"

"Digga hear 'bout what happened to Rab?" she looked in Tony's eyes.

"Yeah, is he really upset?"

"He won't admit it, but I can tell. Can you talk to Riff, Rab's not acting the same and I'm worried 'bout him."

"I'll do what I can." He saw the sad look on her face. "Need a hug?" He opened up him arms and smiled.

"Don't you have a girl friend?"

"Yeah Maria, I mean a friendly hug." Elli smiled, she had known him since the day she was born, her mother and his mother had always been good friends. "Their free. Ya know ya can't resist 'em!"

She ran up and gave him a hug, Tony had always been like a second brother to her. When she was ten, she had a crush in him and A-Rab never let that go.

Around nine 'o clock, Riff came strolling in.

"Hey Tony, Whats happenin'?" He didn't seem to be mad about the whole A-Rab thing.

"Let's talk, what happened with A-Rab?" Tony wasn't mad but he wasn't happy either.

"He kissed Anybodys. We all swore we'd never do that."

"Why does that mean he can't change his mind? When we were five, you hated Graziella and said that she was scum." You said you couldn't love a girl like that when we were fourteen.

"But Graziella changed! A-Rab is changing and I don't like it!"

"So you can get a girl and A-Rab can't?"

"Tony, this isn't fair to the gang!"

"What does it have to do with the gang?! it's A-Rab's choice and you need to respect it!"

"I know, but I can't worry 'bout A-Rab right now, I got that big fight with Bernardo, he thinks we stole his lucky shirt."

"Did you?"

Riff starea at Tony for a minute. "That's not the point!! I gotta worry 'bout myself and the gang. Will you tell A-Rab I'm sorry?"

"Of course Riff, I'm always on your side no matter what. You worry about Bernardo and be careful!"

Riff runs out yelling, "Don't forget to tell A-Rab that I'm sorry!"

Tony yells back, "I won't don't worry!"

The rumble was in a small dark alley and the only way out was a small iron fence. Luckily, all New York boys knew how to climb fences real good. As soon as the Sharks got to the alley Riff already had his jacket off and was ready to rumble. Ice was standing right behind Riff so that if another Puorto Rican tried to make a move, he'd be ready.

Bernardo and Riff didn't shake hands, Bernardo just acted that way. As soon as the first punch was thrown, Pepe, one of the Sharks jumed the fence. He had a knife. He was spinning in circles, he was drunk. Ice tried to stop him but Anybodys pushed Ice out of the way, she had to talk t Riff about A-Rab. Suddenly, the knife struck Anybodys in the back of the neck and she fell. She was dead.

Sorry if its short! I hoped you liked it!!