I woke up the shadows moving around me, flickering on my eyelids. I sit up and my eyes hadn't adjusted to the light so they stayed squinted.
"hey," someone whispered.
"hello?" my voice cracked.
"be it's dally, how do i get in?" he asked.
"i don't want to let you in," i was still mad about what he did.
"beatrice you cant still be mad at me!" dally said.
i walked out of the little church and dragged him away from it.
"i cant be mad at you? dallas you kissed me! worse you gave me a fucking hickey! Johnny would be devastated if he knew-" I was almost yelling, But dallys lips cut me off.
I pushed away from him, i stumbled back, "what the hell dallas! stay away from me!"
"i-i can't," Dally looked at me sadly.
I didn't know how to come back from that so i stormed away. i picked up little flowers i saw, sticks for firewood, and a cool rock i found randomly. I walked back to find the boys waiting outside the church. I took dallys jacket off and left it behind on the grass and went into the church. Johnny walked in to the church and stared at me.
"is something wrong?" i ask him, setting up the firewood.
"uh yeah, you and dally? what's going on beatrice," Johnny asked.
"there's nothing going on johnny," I put my hair up into a bun and bent down to start the fire.
"look at me and say that."
I stood up and looked into his eyes, "there is nothing going on between dallas and I."
Dally and pony walked in after, i walked out and washed my face and hands. i looked in the mirror and stared at my septum piercing. It didn't fit me, i had no reason to have it. i wasn't a badass and people weren't afraid of me either way.
"B, were going into town to get some food, you coming with?" Johnny walked out.
"Yeah," I took my hair out of my bun and combed through it with my fingers. i turned to the mirror and twisted off my piercing, blood trickled from the wound but i just wiped it away and followed the boys. Johnny looked back at me, turning back around but jumping back at me.
"beatrice your nose thing fell out!" Johnny looked at my nose.
"i took it out," I walked past him, "i didn't want it no more."
"glory, your nose is gushing blood!" Pony exclaimed.
"mhm," i nodded and wiped my nose again, walking past pony too.
We sat down in the car and dallas sped down the empty street, pushing 100. i just leaned back on the seat and enjoy the softness of it. i enjoyed the refreshing wind blowing on my face and for once, i didn't feel anything inside. Dally pulled into the empty dq and went in and got us food.
Ponyboy grabbed what looked like 3 sandwiches and shoved all into his mouth. I laughed and ate my own, not as fast, i'd get sick. The boys were talking about something while i thought of the surroundings.
"you gotta dime?" A little girl popped up behind pony, i hid my face with my hair and looked the other way.
Dally put on sunglasses and ignored eye contact with the annoying little girl.
"no i don't got anymore," He announced.
"y-you sure you ain't got a dime?" She asked again.
"i ain't got a damn thing!" Dally announced louder and waved her away.
i glanced back to see her walking off, i moved my hair back and started eating again. Boy did food other than baloney taste good, i took a sip of the soda i had. eventually we had to go back, i wasn't paying attention to the boys, all i heard was dallas giving a lecture to johnny about turning himself in- wait.
"johnny you ain't turnin yourself in," I spoke up.
"well i oughta beatrice, i cant hold you and ponyboy back anymore. this was my doin," He trailed off, turning his head forward to look at the now burning church.
"oh dear god," Pony sat up.
i put my food down and gulped at the view, the flames rose high and you could hear the terrified shrieks from kids miles away. Pony hopped out of the car, soon after johnny, then me.
Johnny and pony threw a rock at the planks, i crammed in and searched for the lost kids. the boys followed shortly after me, i looked around corners and soon enough i saw a group of small children.
"in here!" i yelled.
the boys ran in, not the smallest trace of fear in their face. The exchanged remarks that i couldn't hear and laughed. i turned to the kids and started picking them up. I heard pony shout something from behind me, i turn around to him shaking his hand and the child screaming. All the kids were out and we needed to get out if we wanted to live. So johnny pushed me out, soon after pony, then dally. where was Johnny?
// sorry this ones kinda short, but i also wanted to say thanks for reading lol. \\
