Finally

For a Change

Karma Chameleon - Culture Club

Once they came to a halt outside of Ape and Phil's, they hopped out of the Hummer and made their way up the path, Dunn and Bam chatting to one another as they walked ahead, Juliet walking slightly behind as a large wave of memories crashed over her, remembering all the stupid things they did when they were even younger. She didn't know why she felt so nostalgic; it wasn't that long ago since she visited Bam's house with Ryan. She supposed it was because it was simply different, and this would now be the only place she'd ever feel wanted, or at least like she belonged there.

Ryan held the door open for her, the noise of a couple of over-excited boys become more evident the further Juliet stepped into the house, Dunn walking in front and taking her hand, leading her through the hallway to a door that was slightly cracked open, the noise becoming even more apparent. Dunn pushed open the door fully, Bam seated on the couch which was side on to whoever walked into the room, the other couch had it's back facing the door, and Juliet could see the back of two heads on that one. One of the heads were shaven and was quite sunken down in the seat, the other had a lovely head of jet black hair, a lot higher up in the seat. They were all laughing about something the one on the far right of the couch said (the one with the shaven head) when Dunn walked into the centre of the room, standing directly in front of the people in question.

"Steve-O, Knox, I'd like you to officially meet my baby sister, Juliet, or JJ as me and Bam like to call her..." Dunn encouraged Juliet to walk towards him, Juliet obliging and standing beside him, faced with two very good looking young men, both now stood up before her. The man with the shaven head came towards her and stood infront of her, blocking the other man out of sight as he hugged her tightly.

"Nice to meet you, JJ. I'm Steve-O." He pulled her out of the hug and held out his hand, Juliet shaking it as she replied.

"Nice to meet you too, Steve-O."

They dropped their hands to the sides again, flashing one last smile at her before turning around and walking past Johnny to his seat.

Johnny took a step forward and hugged her, his arms feeling a lot different to anyone else's she had felt before; they were so warm and comfortable. And Johnny also noticed that the hug felt different to him; it was like he never wanted it to end. They parted from each other, and Johnny took a step back, introducing himself.

"I'm Johnny, pleasure to meet you Juliet." He bowed his head and shoved his hands into his pockets, his head tilted on a side.

"And you too, Johnny." She smiled back in return, Johnny scanning her body slowly with his eyes and throwing her a soft smile back. He stepped back and sat down in his seat, both the boys still looking up at her.

"Well, go and sit down then." Dunn nudged her towards the seat between Johnny and Steve-O, Juliet falling into the chair and glaring at a chuckling Dunn.

Bam stood up from his seat, stretching his arms and legs and punching Dunn in the zipper for no reason, Juliet watching in amusement as Dunn crumbled to the floor holding his private area and groaning.

"Anything I can get you, JJ? Food, drink...?" He queried, Juliet politely declining.

"No thank you, Bam Bam." She smiled at him as he ruffled her hair and walked towards the kitchen, Juliet giggling slightly as Dunn struggled to stand up, his breathing heavy. His eyes darted towards the source of laughing, planning his attack as he slowly walked towards her.

"Oh you find that funny, do ya? We'll try this on for size-!" He picked Juliet up so she was laid horizontally across his shoulders, spinning her around as she shrieked.

"Ryan, put me down!" She demanded as he stopped spinning for a moment.

"What did you say? "Do it more"?" He changed her words as he placed a stupid expression on his face, Juliet shaking her head.

"I will kick your fuckin' ass, Ryan, I swear to God." Juliet threatened, the boys chuckling as Ryan teased her. Johnny and Steve-O "oo-ed" as they looked amusedly towards Ryan, trying to predict what he was going to do next.

"Ooooo, how scary!" Ryan spoke sarcastically as he span around as Juliet protested in between laughs and squeals, Ryan stopping again after a few more spins.

"You want more?" He teased again, Juliet's face turning a bright red colour from the rush of blood that was travelling to her head. She caught her breath and tried to press herself up using Ryan's shoulder, flicking her hair out of her face.

"No! Please stop!" She begged, Ryan contemplating for a second.

"Hm....should I stop? Or should I continue...?-" He scratched his hairy chin with his left arm, only his right arm supporting the top half of her body. Bam sneakily walked up behind Ryan, carefully lifting Juliet off of his shoulders and into a bridal style position in his arms, stepping away from Ryan with grins on all of their faces.

"Hey! No fair." Dunn pouted and folded his arms, whining like a child that had been cheated in a game. Bam, Steve-O, and Johnny mock awed with a slight chuckle, Juliet rolling her eyes and jumping out of Bam's arms, and shaking her head at her brother, a grin on her face.

"We'll have a wrestling match later on?" Juliet suggested to cheer up his fake mood, his face brightening with happiness and excitement.

"Best sister ever!" He kissed his sister on both cheeks and on her forehead and nose, Juliet giggling and smacking his chest before he walked off to the kitchen, Bam following him closely.

Johnny and Steve-O were in a constant state of amusement when watching the scene unfold before them, pleased to see that a girl with such beauty wasn't afraid to do the same stupid things they did.

That five minutes of stupidity was the best fun she had had in months. Such small acts of nonsense could easily make her entire day so much better and entertaining.

Juliet sighed happily and sat down into Bam's unoccupied seat, her knees curled up to her chest as she fiddled with some loose thread on her jeans, still slightly grinning.

"You're gonna have to get used to all of us doin' stuff like that to you, babe." Steve-O chuckled in his husky voice, she smiled up towards him, her cheeks lightly blushing at the name he had given her, Johnny nodding in agreement.

"I could get used to that."