Twenty One

"Three tickets to see Lethal Weapon Two, please," I said as Henry, Bill and I stood at the ticket booth of the cinema. The guy handed us the tickets and we headed over to the snack bar.

"Three cokes, two boxes of Junior Mints, a box of Snow Saps, a box of Swedish Fish and a super large popcorn please," I ordered.

I loved Snow Caps and Swedish Fish.

We were served our snacks and found our seats. Bill sat down first and I followed, Henry behind me.

"It's so cold in here," Bill complained.

"It's always cold in movie theatres," I stated.

"Why didn't you bring a coat stupid?" Asked Henry.

"I forgot," Bill mumbled.

As the movie started, I smelt cigarettes behind me.

"Some cute blonde, huh?" A voice said seductively.

"Are you a real blonde?" The guy asked as he put his face right into my neck.

Then I recognized him. Ethan. He was part of Dally's gang, Greasers. The kid next to him, Ponyboy, was in the gang too. It took me a while to recognise them since I hadn't seen them in so long. I guess I've changed a lot too, so it makes sense that they wouldn't recognise me. I decided to not bother reminding them.

I moved my head away and laughed a little.

"How can I find out if this is your real blonde hair?" He asked, twirling my hair in his hand.

He wasn't bad looking. He had brown hair swept to the side and septum piercing.

He looked down at my crotch. "Are you a real blonde?"

"Cut it out," Henry said to the guy.

"I'm Ethan," he said, leaning forward. "You gotta name?"

"Leave her alone, come on," Ponyboy said.

"Yeah, I got a name," I said.

"What is it?" He asked.

I shrugged and smirked at him as I turned around.

Ethan put his feet on my chair and started going on about the movie.

"Get your feet off my chair and shut your mouth," I snapped.

"Who's gonna make me, huh?" Ethan asked.

"I'm going to get another coke," Bill said, getting up.

"That's one of the guys in the Greaser gang who just got out of jail," a girl in front of me whispered.

I nodded in thanks and tried to concentrate on the movie.

"Leave her alone or we'll call the cops!" One of the girls from the row in front of me whisper-yelled.

"Oh my god this girl's making me shake!" Ethan said, looking at the girl that threatened him.

"Just leave us alone," I said in annoyance. "Be nice and leave us alone."

"I'm never nice," Ethan said smoothly. "Would you be interested in a date or a shag?"

"Fuck off!" I said, trying not to raise my voice too much.

"I'm sorry I didn't know," Ethan said. "I didn't know you had these anger issues. Alright, I'll go, I know when I'm not wanted."

Ethan got up and walked right out and I breathed a sigh of relief.

"Good move," said the girl in front of me. "He's bad news."

"Yeah, I've heard," I told her.

The girl smiled and nodded and turned back around right before Bill came back.

"Are you gonna start in on her now, too?" Henry asked the other guy who was sitting next to Ethan.

"No," he said innocently.

"Hi, Ponyboy," I greeted.

"Is that you, Primrose?" Ponyboy asked.

"Yep," I said.

"I thought it was you, but I didn't wanna say anything," Ponyboy explained. "How are things?"

"Not the best at the moment," I told him. "I'm sure you've heard."

Ponyboy nodded. "I'm starting at your school this year."

"Nice!" I said. "What year are you going in to?"

"Tenth grade," Ponyboy said.

"So are we," Bill said.

"Well, it'll be nice to actually know some people when I start," Ponyboy said gratefully. "Most of my gang's dropped out, so only like three of them and me'll be going."

Ethan reappeared out of the darkness with five cokes. He handed us all one and sat back down behind me.

"Thought this might cool you off," Ethan said to me.

How dare he.

I threw the coke at him. "Maybe this'll cool you off if you learn to talk respectfully then I'm gonna cool off too."

"Firey huh? Just the way I like em," Ethan said, attempting to pull me into his arms and kiss me.

"Get off me," I snapped as Ponyboy pulled him back and Henry punched him in the face.

"Leave her alone, Ethan," Ponyboy said.

"What did you say you little shit?" Snapped Ethan.

"I said leave her alone," repeated Ponyboy.

Ethan gave Ponyboy the evilest glare I'd ever seen and stormed out of the movie.

"Sorry about that," Ponyboy said.

"Thanks, he kind of scared me," I laughed.

"Yeah, he does that," Ponyboy said. "He's a cool old guy once you get to know him."

"Yeah, same with Henry," I said, giving Henry a playful punch on the shoulder. "He'll always seem like a bit of a dick but deep down he's the most sensitive person you'll ever meet."

"Hey," Henry scolded.

After the movie was finished, I asked Ponyboy to come hang out with Henry, Bill and I.

When we got out onto the street, there was a fight. Vic, Belch, and Patrick were fighting Dally's gang.

The Greaser gang were all very good looking. There was the Curtis brothers, Ponyboy, Sodapop and Darry, Steve Randle, Two-Bit Mathews and Johnny Cade.

"What the fuck is going on?" I shouted.

"We had to get them," Vic said.

"Why? What happened?" Asked Ponyboy.

"Ethan was telling us all about how he and his gang were going to kidnap Primrose and gang rape her," Vic said.

I felt sick to my stomach.

"We would never do that!" Darry cried.

Darry was twenty-one and he was tall and muscular, he had icy blue eyes and smooth brown hair. He was the gang leader. He looked out for everyone.

"Ethan said that, we had no intention," Steve agreed. He was one of the guys I talked to about Dally a few days ago.

Steve was quite the rebel. But he was fun to hang out with.

"Where's Ethan?" Henry asked.

Everyone turned around and looked at the boot of Belch's cyan Trans Am.

"I don't think he's really in a state to rape anyone," Sodapop said slyly.

Sodapop was also one of the guys in the car that asked me about Dally. Soda has always been Soda and was always really sweet.

The others in the gang were Johnny, who was the smallest of them. He was short, skinny, extremely tan with dark black eyes and messy black hair. He was quite timid, especially after being jumped really badly. Then there was Two-Bit, who was known as a prankster in town and had the biggest biceps you'll ever see. Ponyboy had dark hair and eyes, he had a nice build and a nice height, not tall but still taller than most girls. He was a good guy.

"Ethan's dead," Patrick said quickly.

"If that wasn't clear," Two-Bit added, nodding his head quickly.

"I think it was implied," I added as they nodded.

"It was us," Vic told me. "After what he said."

"I mean you didn't have to go so far as to kill someone," I said.

"He was serious, he was going to kidnap you," Darry said.

I guess I've got six more people who had my back.

so like this is set in 1989 and i was gonna use a movie from 1989 for them to go see in this chapter but in the movie lethal weapon is in the cinema so yeah and the gif is like perfect for this chapter i hope you enjoyed it <3

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