Johnny Cade x Reader

Chapter 9

After I got all the crying out of my system I felt much better. Johnny and I decided not to tell our parents until we confirmed that I was pregnant. We ended up having to wait a couple of weeks to really determine for sure.

"Alright. I'll be back. Cross your fingers everybody," I walked into the bathroom to take the pregnancy test we had bought with some of Johnny's parents money he stole. The whole gang waited outside for an answer and quite honestly I was scared. I was scared of either outcome really. Either way I would be sad and happy at the same time.

"Oh thank god!" I exclaimed from the bathroom. Everyone outside was rustling around and awaiting my answer.

"Well!? What is it??" Two-Bit asked.

I walked out of the bathroom with a dull look on my face and then I smiled widely.

"I'm not pregnant," I sighed and ran to hug Johnny.

Everyone gave a sigh of relief.

"That was too close of a call... Next time wear protection. You two are too young to have a another one of you runnin' around," Darry said.

Johnny hugged me back and almost fainted. We had been so stressed out those couple of weeks with tensions rising of whether I was pregnant or not. I'm so glad I'm not. I am definitely not ready for a child. I would like to do stuff with Johnny again but first we NEED to buy protection so we can avoid stuff like this.

"How do you feel Johnny?" Two-Bit asked.

"Yeah man, you look like your about to pass out," Pony added.

"I'm just so.... So relieved..." Johnny went limp so I was holding him up. He was still conscience though. So I brought him over to the couch and laid his head on my lap.

"All that stress over nothing right?" Johnny half smiled and looked up at me.

"Haha yeah. I guess so," I looked down at him and started to stroke his hair. Yeah it was greasy, but I still liked to mess with it sometimes. Man, the night we experienced each other for the first time his hair was all over the place. It was longer than I thought it was. Mine had been all over the place too.

"So what now?" Johnny asked.

"Now I guess we get to be free again and we don't have to stress so much," I smiled down at him.

"(Y/N)?"

"Yeah?"

"You wanna go back to the church? Or find a place for us to live? Just me and you?"

"Yes Johnny," tears began to roll down my eyes. Johnny sat up and held me in his arms. Damn, was I emotional. I guess living with my dad made me an emotional wreck. I cried like all the time and it was kind of annoying. I guess I was just passionate about some things or something.

"Woah now. You two calm down. You're not going anywhere. What about your schooling? (Y/N) isn't old enough to drop out. Not only that, but do you really want to start working at this age? I mean Jonny can't steal from his parents forever. Eventually they are going to drink all their money away," Darry crossed his arms and said.

"Then what do you suppose we do?" Johnny asked.

"Can they live here? With us?" Pony's face lit up.

"Well.... I'd love to let them live here but that is just more mouths to feed. I couldn't afford it," Darry sighed.

"What if we just stayed over a lot and ate at our own homes? I mean, we don't have to eat here," I said. I really would much rather live with Pony, Darry, and Sodapop, but I understand that times are tough.

"Yeah. That'll work. I don't mind that. You guys can stay over any time you want, but you just can't eat here very often," Darry said and winked at me.

"Then it's settled~!!" I added. And with that we were all cheery again and things pretty much went back to normal. Then there was that one day...

"Man I'm sick and tired of Johnny and (Y/N) always sneakin' off all the damn time," Soda said.

"Yeah I know. It's kind of annoying," Pony added.

"Hey now, they still come back before bedtime, not only that, but you two said they couldn't be all lovey dovey in the house. So this is the alternative," Darry stood up for me. Johnny and I heard the conversation from the front porch. We were just about to walk in when we heard. We weren't mad, we agreed. Maybe we should tell them before we leave.

Johnny and I walked in.

"Guys, we're sorry..." Johnny announced.

"Yeah, we're sorry..." I added.

"Oh shoot... It's alright guys. We didn't realize you would hear the conversation..." Soda said. He looked kind of bashful at this statement.

"No, you're right, we should tell you guys where we are going at all times so you know and don't have to worry. It won't hurt us to do so," I smiled. And they were definitely right. Johnny and I always snuck out. Like ALL THE TIME. We would come back before bedtime though so Darry didn't worry, but we would leave all day and then come back only to sleep. However, there were the times when we would sneak out for days at a time and that made Darry worry like crazy. Darry didn't deserve that kind of stress so when we heard that conversation, we felt bad. We just didn't want to bother everyone with our infatuation with each out of respect and courtesy of other people. We were nice about it and usually didn't show TOO much in front of other people. Most of the time when we were out for long periods of time we were just talking or making out or something. We have yet to do the "deed" again. I'm still having troubles processing it and how it felt. I mean it felt good physically, but emotionally and mentally I'm not sure. I have never felt so much love in my life. It was kind of weird...

"Johnny, can I talk to you about something?" I asked, pulling Johnny into another room.

"Yeah (Y/N)?"

"Wanna make a blanket fort?"