Saturday Sun (GirlxGirl)

Chapter Twelve // Dealing With Darry... Again

I looked through the peephole to see Darry, looking furious. My screen door was locked, so I only opened my real door.

"Hello, Darrel," I said through the screen.

"Where are they?" He sounded like he was going to kill them.

"Why do you need to know?"

"I want to make sure that fag ain't smooching my brother!"

"Sorry, can't help ya."

"I know they're in there!"

"Fine. Who do you want to see?"

"The queer one!"

"Alright."

I closed the door and locked it behind me. I was not going to let Darry lay a finger on him. I had a plan.

I knocked on my bedroom door and said "It's Audrey!" Johnny opened the door slowly.

"Is he gone?" asked Johnny.

"No, you guys need to move quickly," I said as I walked in and locked the door behind me. "You guys are in trouble. When I leave, lock the door behind me. Take the window and hop outside. Once outside, move quickly but quietly to the woods in my backyard. When you see a spot that looks kind of cleared away but not really, walk towards it. That's a path that leads deep into the woods. Eventually, you'll find a stream. I'll stop Darry as much as I can, but I can't guarantee that he won't find the path. That's why you need to hide when you find the stream. There are lots of spots to hide there. Good luck you two."

Nervous, I went to go answer the door again. I opened the door and kept the screen shut.

"Sorry, but Johnny doesn't want to talk to you right now," I said through the screen.

"What!? I didn't drive all this way for nothing!" yelled Darry.

"I'm sorry, I don't know what to tell you-"

"Let me in."

"What?"

"I said 'let me in.'"

"Nope. No can do. This is private property. You are not welcome inside."

"I'm coming in there whether you like it or not."

"No, you're not-"

But as those words were leaving my lips, Darry full-blown punched through my screen door and busted his way inside, all in under three seconds. He wrapped his hands on my neck and choked me for a couple of seconds before slamming me to the ground. Normally, I would've been fine and could've gotten up in a few seconds. But part of my head slammed onto the corner of my hall table. It cut me pretty bad. I remember feeling my head. I looked at my hand and saw the blood. Then the world went black.

-

I awoke to a bright light shining on my face. I didn't know where I was. I looked to my left to see Soda with his head in his hands. Confused, I asked him where I was.

"Audrey! You're awake! Oh, thank god, I thought we lost you!"

"What? Why are you acting like I almost died or something?" Then I felt a sharp pain in my head. "Ow! God fucking damnit, why does everything hurt?" Then I felt sharp pains going up my back. "Jesus! Fuck! Get a doctor or something!"

Soda rushed out and came back with some bald guy. I remember him saying "Come quick! She's awake! And bring some painkillers, will ya?"

As the nurse injected painkillers, Soda explained everything that had happened.