The Outsiders-Steve Randle,Love at first Sight

It's Now or Never

Steve's POV
"Anyways, Happy 4th of July." Darry said. It's not happy.
"Ugh." I moaned. Shelby looked at me with sad eyes. I put my arm around her shoulder.
"Hey we better ice on your jaw so it won't swell and possibly not bruise." Shelby lead me to ice chest.
"How is there still ice in there?" I asked.
"We didn't want the stuff to ruin so Greg, Blake, Nate, and Hunter took turns filling it back up last night. They only had to two or three times though." Shelby answered.
"Oh." She grabbed a sandwich bag and filled it with ice. She kissed my jaw and then put the ice on it. I held it on. She then hugged me. I instantly hugged her back. We swayed back and forth. Shelby started humming. I instantly knew the song she was humming, It's Now or Never by Elvis Presley.
It's now or never, come hold me tight
Kiss me my darling, be mine tonight
Tomorrow will be to late
It's now or never, my love won't wait
When I first saw you, with your smile so tender
My heart was captured, my soul surrendered
I'd spend a lifetime, waiting for the right time
Now that you're near, the time is here at last
It's now or never, come hold me tight
Kiss me my darling, be mine tonight
Tomorrow will be to late
It's now or never, my love won't wait
Just like a willow, we would cry an ocean
If we lost true love and sweet devotion
Your lips excite me, let your arms invite me
For who knows when we'll meet again this way
It's now or never, come hold me tight
Kiss me my darling, be mine tonight
Tomorrow will be to late
It's now or never, my love won't wait
It's now or never, my love won't wait
It's now or never, my love won't wait
It's now or never, my love won't wait
While she was humming that I thought back to when I first saw her. Her smile so tender. She stole my heart in an instant. Then I thought about what would happen if we broke up, I would literally cry an ocean. Man, there's an Elvis song for everything.
"That fits us just right huh." I said.
"Yup."
"Am I gonna be yours tonight?"
"Yup. Cause tomorrow will be to late." She whispered. I kissed her forehead. We stayed that way for awhile.
"We should go eat some breakfast." She pulled us apart.
"Ok."

Shelby's POV
I hugged Steve like there's no tomorrow. I guess in a way there isn't. This is the only day we have, it's now or never. At that time a song popped in my head. As usual, Elvis Presley. It suits the situation. It's kinda like our song I guess. When I finished humming the song Steve spoke up.
"That fits us just right huh."
"Yup."
"Am I gonna be yours tonight?" I knew what he meant. I thought about it. We could do it tonight and make it super special or not do it tonight and think about it being out last chance to. I think we should do it.
"Yup. Cause tomorrow will be to late." I whispered. He kissed my forehead. We stayed there, enjoying the moment cause who knows when we'll be this way again. I need to stop thinking about this, I'm so depressing. As if my stomach heard me, it started growling.
"We should probably go eat some breakfast." I broke the hug, even though it killed me.
"Ok." Steve said.

Darry cooked my favorite. Chocolate chip pancakes, bacon, and chocolate milk.
"Thanks Dar." I told him
"No problem."
"Hey sis I was thinkin maybe some teacher could come here and teach you instead of you goin there." Dally said.
"Aww Dal's gonna miss me. I wish I could but it don't work that way." I said.
"Just a thought. Mainly for Steve ya know since we've been pals forever man." Dally said.
"Sure." I told him.

After we finished eating we cleaned up.
"What time is it?" I asked.
"9:30. Why?" Greg answered.
"Just wondering." I answered him.
"Whatever you say."
"Really."
"Sure."
"Fine. The fuzz comes around the park at 10. Just to check things. I want to be on the boat before then."
"Why? Are you hiding somethin?"
"No but Greg we're near home. If we get out of the camp or the fuzz sees us, mainly me, they'll come up with somethin to charge us for. Or worse, haul us in."
"Let's get goin."
"That's what I thought." I smirked. We loaded everything in the boat and headed towards the lake. Greg backed up the boat. Nate drove it off the trailer and waited at the dock for Greg to park the truck.
"Move over I'm drivin." Greg demanded when he got back.
"No I am." Nate said.
"Move." Greg picked Nate up and set him in a seat. We all laughed.
"Why couldn't I drive?" Nate asked.
"Cause I don't trust you. The last time you ran into a tree. How do you run into a tree?"
"You know the story. We were pullin up to goat island and I didn't see the tree and bam. It wasn't my fault."
"Whatever you say Nate."