When The Stars A-line Riff x reader West Side Story 2021

Chapater two

"Are you John?"

He looks at me with great question, his eyes roaming my face for a second. His eyes then go wide, unsure of what to say or do next, but he collects his thoughts and replies.

"Yeah, are you Delilah?" He questioned.

I nod my head vigorously to say 'yes'. He smiles and hugs me even tighter then he did before then let's go and drops me on my feet.

"I thought- I thought I would never see you again!" He states and smiles brightly.

"Well I just move her permanently by myself!" I say happily and give him a big grin of my own.

"Where are you staying tonight?" He questioned in more of a worried tone.

"Oh uh- well I- um- I was going to just sleep on the docks but then those two men got to me," I say and smile nervously at him because I know how big brother he is to me even if it was like I was the older one.

He pulls my arm and starts dragging me someplace.

"Where are we going, Johnny?" I ask as he continues to pull my arm.

"Somewhere you can sleep without worry of men trying to rape you." He states with anger.

I don't say anything as he continues to pull me because I know nothing will change his mind about this.

"Oh there's one thing I should tell you before we get there." He says almost hesitantly.

"Whatever it is Johnny, you know I can take it and it would change nothing about how I see you," I say encouraging him to speak his mind.

"Delilah.... I joined a gang," he paused looking back at me. I nodded my head so he knew I was listening.

"There called the Jets and they are family to me so I know they will all protect you better then I ever could, so don't be scared of them. please," he finishes then looks back at me.

I smile.

"I'm happy you found your self a family Johnny, you needed it more then anything." I state and smile more, he smiles back.

I look him up and down.

"You know you do look stronger and edgier," I tell him honestly. His eyes light up.

"You really think I'm stronger then I was before?" He asks hopefully.

"Of course!" I exclaim "you just knocked out two full grown men!"

He smiles as we finally get to what looks like an abandoned building that someone is trying to take down.

"This is it," he states nervously.

He opens the door and I look in. It looks used- ugly even but I love it. It has that homie feeling. It may be cold but as soon as I stepped in I felt warm again.

"I know your used to big houses bu-" he says before I cut him off by hugging him then letting go quickly and look up at him.

"Johnny this place is ten times better then all of my dads houses combined!" I exclaimed and walk further in.

He sighs in relief, "glad you like it" he says.

I continue walking to another room to see a bunch of boys staring back at me. My eyes move and study each of them, theres five of them, but one of them I can't seem to keep my eyes off of.

We both stare at each other, his stare gives me butterflies in my stomach.

Johnny walks so he is in front of me. One of them whistles.

"Baby John, who's this chick your with?" One with blond hair asks.

"This is Delilah, my best friend from when I was younger," he tells them. I walk out from behind him. "I was wondering if she could stay here for the night" he finishes nervously.

Another one with darker hair asks "and why should we let her- a girl sleep in Jets territory?"

Johnny gets nervous "well- uh-" he begins but then gets cut off.

"Sure she can stay as long as she's good with sleeping next to someone or sleeping on the floor," the one that made eye contact with me told Johnny.

"Yeah that's fine" I manage out.

He smirks

Then Johnny starts "well I have to go home back to my mother, sorry Delilah." He says then leaves.

I turn to look at all of the boys looking back at me.

"Well who do you want to sleep next to, Hot cakes?" The eye contact guy asked with a smirk.

"Do you want to sleep with Tiger, Mouthpiece, Snowboy, Numbers, or me?" He asks cockily.

"I can just sleep on the ground, I don't want to be a bother," I say looking down.

"Are you sure babe? It gets really cold down there at night and we don't have extra blankets or pillows," he states with worry.

"Yea I'm sure" I say.

"Okay sugar" he says

"Why do you keep calling me all those weird nicknames?! I don't even know your name! I practically yell.

"Well first off the names Riff, secondly I'm not sure what to call you. What do you not like it?" He says with more strength in his voice. I get scared and cowered a few steps back.

"G- goodnight" I say and run back into the other room.

I look around and find a pretty clear spot in the corner so I sit with my knees in my chest, back to the wall and shut my eyes ready to fall asleep.

They eventually leave the other room to go outside, probably to talk in private or just to get fresh air.

I try and try to fall asleep but all I can think about is that Riff guy. I mean he is really and I mean really hot and kind but is also an asshole when you accuse him. He doesn't get defensive he just gets angry, I wonder why.

I also love his tattoos, it tells me that he doesn't give a shit about what other people think and I'm with that.

I think about him as I finally fall asleep.