About two to three days later, Putzie has emerged from the hospital all better. And I got the stiches removed two weeks after. Rizzo is ok once I saw her again. Soon it was my eighteenth birthday. My friends celebrated by staying over at my place while the guys hang in my basement, but left once it was their curfew, but us girls stayed in my room when they left.
Me and Putzie told Kenickie about the incident and he told us that there will be a race at Thunder road against them. He said not only he's doing it for his car, but all of us as well. The guys still felt as if the FBI is searching for them, so they kept hiding in his trunk of Kenickie's car. Soon my grades have been improving at school and I know I'm going to graduate for sure.
During the last few days of school on May, me, Marty, Rizzo and Frenchy were sitting in Marty's car as she drives us to the drive-in movie. We always go to the drive-in on the weekends. We always hang out there too besides having sleepovers, go bowling, and sitting in the park at night.
As we got there, the previews have started. It showed the preview of "The blob" which is a horror movie. I actually kept thinking that thing looks like cherry Jell-O.
She puts the car in park by the sound booth so she can hook the wire up, but then the car slowly rocked backwards as I opened the door. As soon as she stopped, Rizzo immediately got out of the car and went into the restroom. I got out of the car waiting for the guys. I took a few dollars and coins out of my pocket and gave them to Frenchy as she climbs out also, and says to her pleading. "Hold my money. Don't let me go near the refreshment stand." It's about time I start eating less.
"I'm not hungry! I'm not hungry!" I keep saying to myself.
Then the guys showed up "Hey! How's it happenin?" Doody shouts. Putzie comes to my side and I smiled.
"There's nobody here!" Marty says as she follows Rizzo.
Frenchy then holds out a candy cigarette and I bite it giving her a look.
The guys went to go get refreshments at the refreshment stand, Putzie asks me, "Y' want anything?"
I shook my head. "No thanks. I'm good." I got in the car and sat in the front. Frenchy came in. Sonny, Doody and Putzie went to buy popcorn and soda, Marty and Rizzo are at the ladies restroom and Kenickie stayed behind to have fresh air and smoke.
I sat in the driver's seat leaning against the leather as Frenchy and I chat.
Marty soon comes back in the car in the front. I decided to take the backseat where Putzie is. The guys have come back with refreshments. I climbed over and smiled.
"Sonny. I'm not in a good mood right now." Marty frowned and then got out of the car. "It's not you Sonny. It's me. With a huge big mouth." She throws her arms up in the air and blames herself, and then she left. Sonny immediately follows her to cheer her up. What just happened?
Frenchy went out to get refreshments for herself too which may take a while because there is a long line. Now it's just me and Putzie.
Putzie puts his arm around me and I lean close into him and laid my head on his shoulder. I sighed contently as I watched the previews. The movie doesn't even start for another fifteen minutes. After the previews are over, they show advertisements about the refreshments before the movie even starts which involves the ice cream march, and a hot dog doing tricks before jumping into the bun.
Then suddenly, my mind comes toward something I never thought all my life. Some sort of conflict came into my mind.
Since I'm graduating in just a week, what would happen to the rest of my life? What would happen if Putzie and I were still together, and get married, have kids, and live the rest of my life if I'm ever in pigtails, still overweight, and still have a quirky attitude. I feel as if that the food kept getting to me since it is still my hobby and passion. What am I doing with my life? I can't spend it when I can't grow up. I got to. I got to make a change in my life. I need some time to think.
"Putzie. Something's wrong." I started to panic.
"What's the matter Jan." He asked, "I don't love you? I love you to the moon and back. In fact, I love you to the milky way and back."
Oh don't get me started on the Milky Ways. It was my favorite candy in the entire planet, until when I was nine, and it was Halloween. I was dressed up as Tweety Bird from The Loony Tunes, and I got a bag full of Milky Ways. I actually ate all of them in one night. And then a few hours later, I got an upset stomach, and threw up all over my bed sheets, and I was crying for the rest of the night because I can't go to sleep after feeling yucky. From then on I refused to eat any of the Milky Ways again.
"It's not that. It ain't you. It's me." I looked away from eye contact and started panicking more. "I gotta do something with my life!"
I immediately opened the car door, got out and ran away from the drive-in.
"Jan!" I heard him call after me as I ran.