Greasers will be Greasers ~ johnny cade x reader/beverly

Part 15: roaring fire

i heard a faint voice talking to pony, as all three of us were asleep.

"wake up blondie" the voice said.

it was dally! i was just to tired to get up and say hi but he came over to me.

"woah look at that black hair" dally says messing up my hair.

"hey!" i say walking his hand off my head

he then walks over to johnny and kicks the bottom of the chair he is sleeping in

"wakeup johnnycakes"

"oh hey dal!" johnny says rubbing his eyes

pony starts hitting him with questions "hows soda? are the fuzz after us?"

"hey one question at a time.. im hungry you guys wanna get somethin to eat?" dally says

"your hungry? try eating baloney sandwiches everyday" i say yawning

dally shakes his head and laughs "got a cancer stick johnnycake?" johnny reaches in his pocket and hands him one.

time skip: sitting in the car eating dairy queen

all 4 of us were scarfing down our food like our life depends on it.

"things have gotten really bad back home, all over town it's soc against greaser. i started carrying around a heater for all hell!"

"dally! you kill people with heaters!" pony says with a scared look on his face.

"you kill them with switchblades to huh kid!" dal says smirking at johnny

"don't worry it ain't loaded! tim shepards gang are having a rumble with the socs tomorrow night at the the lot. hey i didn't tell you we got us a spy!"
dal says looking at me and pony in the backseat

"a spy? who?"

"that good looking broad i i tried to pick up at the drive in. the redhead, what's her name"

pony looked really excited
"cherry valance!?"

"yeah. we were hanging out at the lot, then she comes rolling up with the other girl. that took a lot of nerve." dally says taking a bite out of his bbq sandwich

"she said she testify that the socs were drunk and looking for a fight and that you fought back strictly on self defense.
that little gal sure does hate me. i offered to take her to the dingo for a coke and she told me go to hell. do you think she likes me a little bit?"

i could tell pony got a little mad and jealous the way he put his head down.

dally slurps on his coke
"man this place is out of it what do they do for kicks around here? play checkers?"

everybody eats in silence.

"we are going back and turning ourselves in" johnny says swallowing

dally looked at him like he was crazy.

"i got a good chance of being let off easy. it was self defense. pony, bev, and cherry can testify to that. we won't tell that you helped us, dally, and we will give you back the gun so you don't get in trouble, okay?"

"you sure?" dally says

"i'm sure, it ain't fair for darry and soda to be worrying about bev and pony, especially if pony is at risk of going to a boys home and bev would go to an orphanage"

johnny takes a big bite from his sandwich and continues
"i don't guess my parents are worried about me or anything?"

"the boys are worried. two-bit was for going to texas to look for you and beverly" dally says not answering the question

"my parents? did they ask about me?"

dally quickly snaps back
"no, they didn't. so what? shoot, you think my old  man don't give a hang whether i'm in jail or dead in a car wreck or drunk in the gutter. that don't bother me none."

johnny didn't know what to say so we started driving back to the church, dally spoke again.

"dammit johnny, why didn't you think about this five days ago? it would have saved you a lot of trouble"

"i was scared, i still am. i guess we ruined our hair for nothing" johnny says looking at me and pony in the backseat

"johnny you don't know what a few months in jail can do to you. dammit johnny, you get mean in jail. i don't want that to happen to you like it happened to me"

i was over dally talking
"dallas! can you just respect his decision? if he wants to turn him self in let him turn himself in. me, pony and cherry can still testify it was self defense, it's not like he is for sure going to jail"
I say as we drive up to the church.

dally quickly slams on the breaks. we all stare at the church that we were just in 30 minutes ago, now in flames. pony quickly jumps out of the car as i jump out to.

we see a group of kids and two, what seems to be, teachers.

the lady teacher runs up to the male teacher
"jerry! some of the kids are missing!"

pony started running into the church as the male teacher chases after him yelling at him to stop.

"pony!" me and johnny both yell. dallas started yelling at pony to get back into the car.

i can't let pony go in there alone, i at least have to help him get the children.

i quickly run in with pony as dally and johnny both scream my name as well.
johnny hesitates and then runs in with us while dally starts silently cursing at us.

johnny picks up a rock and throws it at the rotting walls of the church to get in.
we climb in and dodge the splotches of fire on the ground, almost like a big maze.
the smoke starts getting to us as we all cough and cover our faces with our shirts.

I eventually find the children in a corner crying.

"i found them!!"
i say to johnny as he starts helping me grab them and pony stands by the opening to give them to dally who is outside.

"its okay! your alright! your safe now!" i say to each kid as i hand them to johnny and he hands them to pony and pony hands them to dallas who is placing them outside.

as we get one by one the fire starts growing. the church starts slowly breaking in.

"come on johnny and beverly!" dallas screams from outside.

dally helps pony get out as me and johnny are both struggling to get out aswell.

i find Johnny's hand and squeeze onto it. all of the sudden a large piece of the church strikes johnny on the back and then hits me on the back of the head causing me to black out.