I was taking a walk late at night when I heard crying coming from the lot, familiar crying. I peered around a বৃক্ষ and saw my friend Johnny sitting there curled up in a ball bawling his eyes out. I rush over to him and hug him. "Johnny are আপনি okay??" I asked him while holding him close. He continued to cry "what happened?? Was it your parents???" He looked up at me and in the moonlight I saw cuts all over his face and a huge puffy black eye. I gasped and held his face lightly. "Who did this to you??" He looked down "randy, bob and their guys..." I felt my face heating up, they are gonna get it now. I am so sick of them hurting us, especially Johnny, they hurt him the most!!! He looked up at me "Why did they do this??" I say with my jaw clenched. He quickly looks down again and I see a blush pop up on his face "they... They were saying things... Things about আপনি (y/n)..." I look down at him surprised "what did they say?" I saw a tear slip out of his eye "they ব্যক্ত that they were going to find আপনি and r-r-r- they were gonna do things to আপনি and then beat you!! I couldn't let them say stuff like that about আপনি and I didn't want them coming near আপনি so I started to scream at them.. And bob... His rings... And they had a switchblade..." Then he started crying again. At that moment I looked down and realized something, I'm in প্রণয় with Johnny!! I bent down and kissed his lips softly "thank আপনি Johnny!! I can't believe আপনি would do that for me!!" He looks up at me surprised then quickly reached up and connected our lips again, for longer this time. He looks up at me and smiles "(y/n) will আপনি be my gal??" I smiled widely and nodded my head "Johnny I would প্রণয় to!!"
I thought for sure I was dead.
But I heard myself breathing. I heard the voices of people around me. I heard the word “coma” repeatedly দ্বারা the doctors and nurses. I heard Ponyboy and Two-Bit’s voice.
And then I heard her voice. (Y/N)’s voice. I heard her crying, talking to me. About the gang, her day, reading, whatever. Sometimes softly গান গাওয়া to herself.
One দিন I squeezed her hand, and she was laughing and crying all at the same time.
“I প্রণয় আপনি Johnny.” She whispered. “Just wake up.”
I tried so hard to answer her, but no words came out. I wanted to tell her I was ok, I would make it out of this, even though I would be paralyzed, I’d be fine. We’d be fine.
But all I can do now is squeeze her hand.