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Ever see someone and think... "man, I wish I could love them"
Paisleys POV We had just arrived in Tulsa, Oklahoma. My parents and I were moving here for some new drug thing. Yep, you heard right. Drugs. My dad and mom sell drugs for a living. I hate them. They treat me the exact same way that my aunt treats her son Johnny. They beat me half to death out of pure boredom.
We walked into the house, and I went up to my new room. The house wasn't very nice, but it was whatever. I didn't give a shit. After a few hours, Johnny came over. "JOHNNY!" I squealed. I love him so much!! He's my favorite person ever. We hugged for a second. "Damn you're gettin big cuz" he said to me. We went up to my room because he offered to help me unpack. My parents started fighting. "It's normal, just ignore it" I told Johnny. Then we heard a gunshot. Me and him both froze. After about 2 minutes, another one. "That's normal?" He asked. "Not at all" I said, terrified. I went downstairs to check out what happened. I slowly made my way downstairs. I peeked my head around the corner and saw a puddle of blood. "What the hell!! JOHNNY CADE CALL 911!!!" I screamed. My mom and dad were both dead. Not that I cared. When the police arrived, they questioned me. I told them that they were in gangs and sold drugs. They took the bodies and cleaned the mess up. I got asked how old I was, if I was okay being alone, etc. I'm 16, and very mature and capable of caring for myself, they must've saw this. They came to the conclusion that I could live by myself. After they left, It was just me and Johnny. "You okay?" He asked. "Not really, I'm gonna miss being beat up every day" I said sarcastically. "Hey Johnny do your parents still hit you?" I asked him. "Yeah..." "Come live here with me." I offered. "Really?" "Yes!" "The boys will be so glad I'm outta that place!" He exclaimed. "The boys?" I questioned. "Yeah my buddies." "Can I meet them?" "I can't see why not. Well wait until tomorrow." I couldn't wait!!
I decided to grab a switch blade and explore the town. I took my parents old car and drove it. I could drive pretty damn well if I do say so myself. I saw a restaurant, some people fighting, and a gas station, which I had to stop at. I walked in and handed the counter guy some money. "Pump 3" I told him. I walked out to my car and started pumping the gas. I looked over and there was a bit working on a car. He rolled out from under the red stinger and walked over to me. "Hey there" He said "Hi!" I said "You're new to town." He said "How do ya know that?" I asked "Ive never seen you around" "Yeah I'm new. My names Paisley, but you can call me Pais." I introduced myself. "Sodapop" He said, shaking my hand. Man this boy was cute. "Well I'll se ya around... Sodapop" "Just call me Soda" "That'll do" I said laughing a bit. I hope I see him around...
Sodas POV A beautiful girl came to the DX. She was new to town. I talked to her and she seemed pretty interesting. I told her I'd see her around and that was a promise.
Paisleys POV I went home to find Johnny was gone. I'm guessing he went to his friends or something. I didn't mind. I went up to my room. After a while of me just sitting there, I heard Johnny come home. I went downstairs to him and told him that we should probably go to bed. He agreed and told me that we would go over to meet his friends in the morning. Time skip to the next morning I woke up and got ready. I made my way downstairs and slid my shoes on that were sitting by the door. "Johnny you ready?" "Yeah... someone's excited" "Yeah to have friends!" We made our way out of the door. It was a beautiful day out. It was only around 50-some degrees out, and the sun was shining. Me and Johnny were just talking and walking. It was nice and I really feel safe and at home now that my parents are gone. When my parents were alive I couldn't walk anywhere in fear that another gang would steal me and only give me back for money. My parents beat me every single day. Now none of that is a problem.
After me and Johnny were walking for about 10 minutes, we arrived in front of an old, slightly worn down house. We walked up the front steps and up to the door. Johnny opened it. "Hey y'all I want you guys to meet my cousin. She's new to town" he said to the group of boys that I haven't even seen yet. I walked in and introduced myself. "Hey y'all. My names Paisley" I said. They started to introducing themselves one by one. "I'm TwoBit" "I'm Darry, pleased to meet ya" "I'm Dallas. Don't call me that. It's Dally, or Dal" a tough looking guy said looking me up and down and biting his lip. "Don't get any ideas Dal" Johnny said "That's my cousin there". "I'm Ponyboy" a younger boy said. "I'm Steve" And I couldn't believe the last one. It was Soda! "Paisley?" "That's me!" I said to him "You're Johnnys cousin?" "Yep!" We all talked for a while, and I got along with all of them real well. By the end of the day, I had laughed more than I had in forever! I could tell we'd all be good friends. Especially with Soda.
