Previously: Christy tried to stay strong for Dave, but found it extremely hard. She hated it; dreading everything, and knowing nothing. That's when she saw John. He was walking toward them, with a distressing expression fixed to his features.
Christy looked over his shoulder, and choked; a black body bag was being pulled into one of the ambulances on a stretcher. Christy tried not to jump to conclusions, but her mind was throwing every excuse out the window.
She opened her mouth to speak, and looked at Dave.
"Uh…Dave…" John began.
Dave looked up at John, but his eye caught on what was happening. John was silent. He couldn't bring himself to say it. But he didn't need to. Dave let out a howl of pain, and collapsed. Christy put a hand to her mouth, and immediately started to hyperventilate. She didn't have strong asthma, but events like this triggered it off terribly.
She sat down gasping, trying to control herself.
This couldn't be happening. It was too unreal. Was this some kind of sick prank?
Jackie walked over.
"Oh gosh…Christy what happened?"
Torrie looked like she already knew, and led Jackie away. Shelton was trying to restrain Lita, who was denying everything that he tried to tell her. Jackie fell onto her knees.
"No!"
Torrie tried to comfort her, but it wasn't changing the fact about what had happened.
Christy sat down on the ground, and wrapped her arms around her knees.
"Jay Jay…" She heard Jackie sob through her hysterical cries.
John sat down next to her. They didn't say anything; just sat their in reminiscing silence.
Christy clenched her fists. This was all Hunter's fault. He started the fire with his stupid cigarette. What else could it be? Then Christy swore on Joy's life, that she would make Hunter pay…
Christy couldn't remember how long they sat there for. It could have been hours, or minutes; no one noticed, or cared.
The sky was slowly beginning to lighten, and the people were making their way home. Most of the students had gone back to Arlington High, but some were still lingering around. Christy wondered if they knew about Joy's death.
Jackie was still sobbing on Torrie's lap. Torrie just sat there, leaning against the brick wall, her eyes fixed ahead. There was a blank, glazed look about her eyes. Lita had fallen asleep with Shelton. Dave had gone for a walk, and Christy and John were sitting together in silence.
The sky was a dark blue, the horizon lightening at the edges.
The novelty of John saving Christy's life had worn off; as selfish as it sounded in her head, Christy was starting to think back to how John reacted to her on the Ferris wheel. She started to get angry, and was beginning to wonder if it was simply Joy's death that was getting her worked up. Joy's Death. It sounded too soon and false to even think of that…
She stood up, and walked down the footpath away from the others. The street was oddly deserted for a Saturday morning. It seemed years ago that they had left school for a fun night out…
"Christy…"
Christy jumped, and turned around to find John standing there, looking morose. She opened her mouth to speak, but he cut across her.
"Look, I just wanted to say that…how I acted before the fire...I was," John paused, and took a deep breath.
"I was a jackass…I really didn't mean to do what I did…Im sorry."
Christy felt her eyes start to water, and looked down. She felt his arms enclose around her. She immediately started to cry again.
"Im so sorry," she heard him say again, as she cried on his shoulder.
AUTHORS NOTE- guys, im sorry about this chapter for a few reasons:
1 i know how many of you loved the dave/joy pairing...it was a hard decision to cut her out, but all for the storyline growing stronger
2 sorry about it being so darn short! as said, it was destressing writting this, but dont worry, ill make the next one nice and..er...juicy
once again, thank you so much to my loyal readers...and the new ones! you guys seriously rock
Fidelitas
2006-06-08
ch 33, reply
oh my...!No,don't tell me Joy is dead...it can't be,can it?
Please,don't...Dave will never forgive himself!
It seems like the others are alright...but right now I can't wait for the next chapter...i really hope Joy is fine too :(
Update soon,please :)
Good chapter!
:( :( :( as said above...IM SO SORRY! but thnx for r and r n ma story :P you rock so much
Bubbly-Blonde-Chick2006-06-07
ch 33, reply
OH SNAP!
Now back to your regularly scheduled program.
er...thanks lol :P
LittleStar13122006-05-31
ch 33, reply
that was good chapter. i really want to read more. I really hope they find Joy, i like her! lol.
well... plz update soon, this story is great!
dies SORRY! hugs im so sorry!
dulcedivaxo2006-05-28
ch 33, reply
Poor Joy :(. That must be what you meant when you said I wouldn't like what would happen to Dave and Joy. Well... oh well. Christy and John make up for it. They are so freakin cute! I love this story.
thanks so much, your reviews are awesome!
Dogtowngurl2006-05-27
ch 33, reply
hm
wonder why John is lookin so distressed? could it hve sumthin to do wit Christy or the gangs friend Joy?
:( yes it was to do with joy...thanks for the review hun :P