Johnny From The Outsiders Novels & Stories

Sunny was gorgeous and Johnny felt like his crush on the guy was beginning to reappear on the spot. A year ago when he met with Hosun at Bam's party, he'd thought the same thing about the boy who then wore burst, oversized t-shirts and bleached, ripped jeans. The way they'd conversed that night had actually touched Johnny. He never forgot Hosun after that night, though Sunny did the moment he left Bam's party.

I recognize the pink case quickly. "That's my—," He holds it up to my face and it unlocks quickly. I see him open my text. "From Cade," he says with a smile. "Where are you? We can't find you. I ran into Johnny at Dan's house, and he's undercover. Please call me back." Undercover? Like a cop? His face turns to stone, which tells me that he didn't know that. He stands up, cool but pissed, and makes a call on his phone. "We have a problem. Johnny's a nark."

I gasped and stepped back gingerly pulling my knife from my side. Johnny was the renowned alley bully king, he got whatever he wanted, when he wanted it, mostly with force or coercion, he also had crew members who do dirty work for him. He had been arrested a couple of times, but since he escaped from juvie last year, police had been on his tail, but this juvenile was a hard target, and recently he had gone dark, hiding here in the dark alley of the Narrows. I'm sure Johnny would recognize me, but I was wearing my hoodie, and besides he didn't seem ready to let me leave here in one piece, I mean that literally, because it's what he does to people, break 'em and take their stuff.

A shuddering Georgie eventually came up and spilled everything to my mother, blubbering, "God, you were lucky you weren't there. That boy was terrifying!" She swiveled to me. "You know him. He's the guy who tried to take a loan from you last year. That knife was almost as long as a sword, and he stabbed Zoe just like that! I hope she doesn't die. It was supposed to be a party. I really, really hope it doesn't turn into a funeral." Johnny didn't get to repeat his year after flunking the SAT. His parents made him work in an electronics factory. As the inky shadows of despair were catching up to him, he found out Zoe had repeated the year and scored enough to get into Harland.

"Fine by me. Neve needed a bigger play area anyway. I've already had someone knock down the walls and convert your room." It wasn't up for discussion. Instead, he was simply informing me. If this had happened back then, I would have been heartbroken. But now, I only replied, "Whatever." After I cut off contact completely, my family never looked for me again. It was as though I was nothing more than a cheap old coat they'd thrown away. I started working like crazy at a fast-food joint in the neighborhood, just to numb myself. In my spare time, I signed up for a blog under a fake name and wrote random musings no one would ever read.

“He’s giving me false hopes—good afternoon!” I was in the middle of acting out when someone passed by, gave me a weird look, and just kept walking. “Bitch,” I mumbled, heading to the elevator—only to bump into a wall. Wait. Not a wall. “Took you long enough. Didn’t I say I hate waiting?” Johnny stood in front of me, hands on his hips, looking at me like he wanted to gut me open. He was still wearing the stained clothes. I’d pity him for not having time to change, but—hell nah.

They looked at Johnny, their classmate who was the most braggart in their entire class, who suddenly appeared in front of them. “But we were the first to come here,” Clayton answered. “What if you were the first? Don't you know that this is the Campus Queen's table?” He and Don looked at each other. “Are you leaving or not?” Jhonny impatiently asked them again. “But there are still many vacancies out there–” Johnny reached for her collar. “Are you opposing me now?!” “Jhonny, let go of him! We will just move to another table,” Don retorted.

“Then am I not evil?” Maisie rested her chin on his shoulder, looked up at him, and chuckled knowing that he was coaxing her. “Then how much do you think I’ve learned from you?” Nolan kissed her and rubbed her cheek with his palm. “You’ve given him a taste of his own medicine. You’ve done well.” After that, Johnny was sent to the hospital. He got what he deserved as he became extremely disgusted by anything that was related to sex—he could not even have a hard-on ever since.

I watched them beating my sister and my father raping her," he cleared his throat. "Anyway, long story short, they called the cops, telling them I raped and killed my sister. I don't know how I got out, but I ran away. Johnny helped me clear my name. I don't know how he managed to do it, but he did. He protected and sheltered me, and because of that, I owe him my life. He helped me become the man I am today. Johnny is not a bad person, and he does not treat people's lives like they are not valuable. Aosta is the best place for you. Johnny's house is safe and hidden. Only a few people know where it is. He's only trying to help."

The Beard's are the town bullies and have been getting into trouble ever since they could stand up, while Sammy and her friends are all polite and grew up with a humble upbringing. One time when Johnny was a Senior at Rigley High, he had stolen the Principals pickup truck, then went and picked his little brother Sully up from baseball practice while they both proceeded to go out for a joyride around town with a 12 pack in hand, all while causing mayhem across the community! Another time they had stolen a couple goats from the Bennett's property, painted them red, and then tied them up in front of Bennett's Grocery for no reason other than they thought it would be a hoot.