𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑜𝓃𝑒 𝑔𝒾𝓇𝓁

c h a p t e r 5

nebulous -
something new is beginning

it was officially the first day of school. i had been dreading it. i had to walk since my mom had to go to work and the buses didn't reach to where i lived.

i saw a kid who looked a few inches taller than me with blonde hair walking the same way i was. he must of been going to school as well.

my mom was acting a lot different now. she really seems to have been getting into drugs, alcohol, and all of it.

one night she came home and i could smell the alcohol off of her. it honestly was disgusting. i had dealt with it before, with my dad, but i didn't really mind because my mom had to deal with it. now that it was just me and my mom, oh boy was it worse than i thought.

i finally arrived to school and it was much bigger than my other school. there were cliques all over.  the socs in all of their little groups on one side. then all the greasers in their groups on the other.

i stepped into the main office asking for my schedule and having to explain that i was new. i got my papers and headed to my first class, biology.

the only thing i liked about science was the experiments we got to do. all the other things were boring.

the teacher let us talk to the people around us for the last ten minutes since we finished early. some boy tapped on my shoulder. i turned around and i was confused at first.

"hi. my name is johnny. i'm one of two-bit's friends." he held out his hand waiting for me to shake it. "i'm bella frey. nice meeting you johnny," i told him shaking his hand.

we talked for the rest of class about a few things. family, his gang, school, getting into fights, why i moved here, the whole nine yards. 

he told me that two-bit never shut up about the night we met. doing so, no one really forgot my name in their household. i just laughed at his words.

we walked out of class together and then one of his other friends came up to him. "hey johnny. oh, and you must be bella. hi i'm ponyboy."

he was the boy walking to school that i saw and the one at the dingo whose eyes i swear were sparkling. "how do you know my name?" i asked confused.

"well i am also friends with two-bit and when he saw you at the dingo we asked who you were and how you knew each other." that made a little more sense as he went on.

it seemed like i had known both johnny and ponyboy for more than just a few minutes. we had so many things in common.

i got to know about them and ponyboy even invited me over for dinner tonight. i told him i would have to ask my mom and hoping she was going to say yes.

my next classes went by slowly but it was finally lunch. i ended up finding ponyboy and we went outside and sat on the steps.

he seemed to have been thinking about something important. "what's going through your head?" i questioned. he didn't answer so i nudged him in the arm.

"oh sorry. i was thinking about my brothers," he said looking me in the eyes. "and who are your brothers?" i asked getting out my water.

"darry is the oldest and then sodapop is the middle child," he said picking up a flower and looking at it closely. i was surprised.

"wait darry is your older brother?" i asked confused. "yes he is. why?" he said setting down the flower.

"i met him when i met two-bit. he was the one who came running after two-bit when he found him drunk." i said answering his question. he just nodded his head.

soon johnny came around and we were all talking and having a good time together. luckily no socs approached us, but soon lunch ended and we had to head our way to our final classes of the day.