We're lost without you here

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CHAPTER 14

Francesca's POV

It has been a week since Danny left back home and took Johnny with him. Dal hasn't been the same since, hell, neither has any of the gang. Johnny was like a brother to us all, he was the gangs pet and everyone looked out for him. It's not the same without him, yeah he never said much but just his presence would make this world smile and be happy. Johnny is such a sweet, innocent kid and we all miss him.

Dal has been getting drunk every night since Johnny left. I get that he's really upset and he feels like a part of him is gone but jeez it's not like he's dead or anything. I mean he phones nearly every night so he's obviously fine.

I have been staying at the Curtis's a lot this past week. Dal never comes home and I hate staying home alone so I just crash at their house, Darry doesn't mind, I don't think he does anyway because I just take the sofa and sometimes Soda stays on the sofa with me till Pony has nightmares, poor kid, he doesn't need this.

First his parents died, then his best friend leaves to New York, and he still gets nightmares when he's alone. Dal and Pony have taken this the worst, they are so close to Johnny and I think that they have a feeling that Johnny will like New York too much over little ol' Tulsa and want to stay there.

It's now 8:30pm and we were waiting for Johnny to call as we usually do at this time a night. We must have waited at least an hour and everyone was getting worried. Dal and Pony ended up going for a walk to clear their heads, no use because they'll still be worried about him.

Suddenly the phone rang and Soda literally ran to the phone stand and answered the phone. I couldn't hear what he was saying but all of a sudden Soda's face dropped, he became pale and the next minute he was laying on the carpet half dead. Darryl and I rushed over to him and wondered what the heck happened.

His breathing was fast and he wasn't responding to any of us. He pointed to the phone and that's when Steve picked up the phone and his face dropped too. Who is it? What happened? I hope Danny and Johnny are ok.

I all of a sudden had thought running through my head, flashback of when I was younger.

Flashback

Me and Danny were outside waiting for Xavier to come out for school when all we heard was a loud bang and a car engine. We quickly ran behind the wall around Xavier's house and stayed there until the car sped past.

All 6 guys in the car had guns and were just open fired on everyone and everything. I guess this is what we get for living in the rough part of New York .

Danny looked really pale and then I noticed blood covering his school shirt, we had uniforms in primary school. His once yellow shirt was now soaked with red liquid.

"Oh my gosh, Danny are you ok?" My squeaky 7 year old voice shouted.

He didn't respond to me so I screamed as loud as I could, not even words, just a noise so someone could hear me.

Xavier and his mother came running out the house. Cab took one look at the blood and passed out as his mother ran over to us. It's a good thing his mum was a Surgeon, we didn't end up going to school that day, instead I stayed at Xavier's house so my dad wouldn't find out we ditched. His mum let me wear some of Xavier's sisters old clothes, they kept all her things when she passed away, and his dad washed my uniform as it was covered in blood.

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