Grace's P.O.V.
After another day of school Johnny, Pony, and I walk home.
I never got a chance to talk to Cherry about the breakup because I was late this morning. But she did promise to tell me tomorrow if I was on time.
Apparently she has an 'important dinner banquet for her dad's work to attend to this afternoon.'
I told her that her soc was showing and she wasn't amused but a promise is a promise.I sit on the couch at the Curtis house across from Johnny.
We were watching TV but I can't focus on it. I just sit with my knees pulled up to my chin and keep staring at him.
Finally I stop looking back and forth and just straight up stare at him.
There is something on his mind or something bothering him I can just tell.
But he's hard to read.
I get lost in more of my thoughts trying to figure him out. So much so that I didn't notice that he was staring right back at me now in the same position and everything.
Mockingly.I lock eyes with him and can't help but laugh. I have never seen him so amused.
"You know Grace, you're kind of scaring me." His voice is muffled from behind his knees.
I laugh again and remove my knees from my chin, "Whatcha thinking about?"
I catch him off guard and suddenly he looks confused,
"Nothing.. Why?""You're lying." I say squinting my eyes.
"No I'm not." He says squinting his eyes. Again mockingly.
"Are too." I persist.
"Are not." He says transitioning to lay down.
I make a split second decision to run over, get on top of him, straddle him, and pin his arms down.
For what reason, I can't say.
As soon as I do I stare into his eyes and he stares into mine.
Mine filled with awkward regret.
His filled with awkward nervousness.I decide to make it less awkward,
"Johnathan Cadathan. You better tell me what's wrong or I won't release you."Aaannd instead I manage to embarrass myself with a dumb name joke.
Which wasn't the slightest bit funny.
Baby steps, Grace, baby steps.
Johnny almost dies laughing, "What did you just call me?"
"Can we please just forget I said that, that was super embarrassing." I say rubbing the back of my neck with a dumb smile, "Hey how do I know if that is actually your real name? Do you have a birth certificate on hand sir?"
"Well ma'am I can't justify anything unless you have a warrant." He says playing along.
"Afraid I can't let you go for that either then sir." I say smirking.
"Well I don't min---"
I hear a large cough from behind us and it's Soda and Darry.
They look at us with confusion and awkward silence.
"Ok this is not how it looks guys." I say rolling my eyes.
I get off of Johnny and sit back where I was.
"Johnny just has something on his mind and he won't tell me so I had to use force."
I realize that kind of sounded bad and Soda's facial expression confirms it.
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Gold Grace { Johnny Cade FanFic }
Fanfiction"Well, uh, for me, personally, that was probably the best moment of my life. Just throwin that out there." I say mighty with awkwardness. He lightly laughs and smiles up at me, and then it's quiet again.