The Kids On The East Side Of Town, Chapter 2, The Welcome Party

It was Tuesday 4th of March, it was 5 AM in the morning in Hackney, 1975 and the boys were planning something very special for Liam back at home, Liam was taking care of something and he had no idea on what was happening at his place, but the boys were putting up banners and multicolored balloons and they all had really stylish outfits on . They were all dressed up as cowboys, nobody really knows why .

” Come on, he’s gonna be back any minute now ”, Emmett warned .

” Ok ”, Johnny said .

” Do you think that he’ll like our costumes ?”, Dominick asked .

” Yes of course he will, he’ll appreciate our efforts in dressing up ”, Johnny replied .

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” I was just  going about my day when I arrived back home, I saw the reflection of the gang through the glass stained windows, so I went inside and I opened the door and I couldn’t believe my eyes. Liam opened the door and the boys were standing there with party poppers .

” Surprise ”, everybody screamed, as they all pulled the string from the party poppers and confetti flew out of them and made a massive mess on the floor .

” Woah, what is this ?”, Liam asked as he was surprised .

” We wanted to welcome you as a part of our gang, so we organized a party for you ”, Dominick explained .

” Oh, this is wicked, this is weird though ”, Liam said .

” Why is it weird ?”, Kevin asked .

” I mean, why are you all dressed like cowboys ?”, Liam asked, as he was confused .

” This is our signiture outfit ”, Emmett replied .

”Ok, it’s cool, I guess, ok so, what are we gonna do for this party then ?”, Liam asked .

” Oh um, I was thinking that we should have some party food and have a dance, if that’s ok with you ”, Johnny said .

” Yeah, I guess that could actually be good, I needed something like this for a while, you know, a little boogie woogie, like Brooklyn Nights, sort of like Breakin, like northern soul kind of shit ”, Liam said . ” Well, let’s get this party started ”.

” Yeah ”, Everyone shouted .

” Ok, what should we do first ?”, Liam asked .

” I think we should put on some tunes ”, Emmett answered .

” Do we have a juke box ?”, Dominick asked .

” Hah, Juke box, my ass ”, Kevin said .

” Um, we actually don’t have a juke box, but we have a radio, I got it in the charity shop, pretty cool, ay ?. ” This is what I call quality, my son ”, Emmett said .

” Yeah, it’s cool, but do you really go into charity shops ?”, Kevin asked .

” Yeah ok, I didn’t buy this in a charity shop, I found it on the street ”, Emmett replied .

” Right, so you just steal random shit off of the streets ?”, Liam asked .

” Yeah, the street is just like a valuable electric shop, except there’s concrete, but, it sells all sorts, for free as well ” Emmett replied .

” We have a charity shop a few miles out of Stamford Hill, why would you want to steal stuff off the streets ?”, Liam asked .

”Why would you wanna drive a hundred miles just to get to a shop, ain’t nobody got time for that ”, Johnny replied .

”I know, but it’s just wrong ”, Liam said .

” It’s a free country, it’s a free real estate, I think it’s fine, I think I can do it, I think it’s fine ”, Emmett said .

” Let me see this radio then, you’ve peaked my interest, give me that thing, give me that bloody radio ”, Kevin said, as he opened his hands wide and waited impatiently for Emmett to hand him the radio .

” Here you go, just don’t get finger prints on it, you gotta hold it like this, don’t hold it upside down, whatever you do, I’m trusting you, Kevin, don’t do it, don’t do that bloody thing ”, Emmett said, as he gave him the radio and carefully placed it in his hands .

” Aw yes, this radio works perfectly, it’s still warm ”, Kevin said, as he was slowly taking the piss .

” This is disturbingly accurate ”, Liam said, as he was trying to keep a straight face .

” This is good, you know ?, listen to it, the roar of the tunes, the nostalgia of the 60s, the roar of renaissance, the level of happiness ”, Kevin said, as he tried to get Liam to listen to it .

” The roar of deafness, the level of busting ear drums ”, Liam said .

” Oh, the irony ”, Johnny said .

” No, there’s no irony there ”, Liam said .

”  Oh come on, Liam, the radio is a radio, it’s not a wild boar, it’s not gonna shit on you ”, Kevin said, as he started laughing .

” Well yeah, but it’s probably been in some shit, considering you found it on the street ”, Jamie said .

” I don’t care if it’s not a wild boar, the radio is bad enough, I don’t know where you got that from, the irony isn’t there, it never existed ”, Liam said .

” Hah hah hah heh heh ”, Emmett said, as he suddenly broke out laughing .

”Look, look, radio, radioooooooooo ”, Kevin sang as he clapped, as he held the radio near Liam’s ear .

” Ahhhh, stop it, get it away from me, Emmett, can you please just get the party started, this guy is giving me the creeps ” Liam said, as he tried to put it all on Emmett .

” I don’t know what to do, don’t ask me ”, Emmett said, as he started to panic, as he got annoyed .

” Ok, I got a great tune for you ”, Kevin said, and he put a song on. The song played and everybody sat there, slowly getting fed up, but still enjoying it . Persian Market started playing and Kevin started singing gibberish, since those were the only lyrics to the song . Everybody sat there, wishing for it to just stop. Emmett tried to nip it in the bud and switched the radio off .

” Hey, what the hell, man, I was listening to that ”, Kevin said .

” Ok everybody, we’ve heard enough tunes for one day, do you know what, let’s play a game, we all love games, well some do, I’ve never played them because I thought that they were utter bullshit, but in some people’s lives, it’s a fun thing to do, so I’ve had a great idea in playing one ”, Emmett said .

” What game are we gonna play ?”, Liam asked .

” A roleplaying game, that’s what ”, Emmett replied .

” Oh nice, a roleplaying game, did you hear that, Johnny, Johnny ?, Johnny ”, Liam said, as he tried to grab his attention .

” Yeah, oh sorry, I got carried away with the radio again, look at me, just drifting along, drifting along with a tumbling tumbleweed. did you just say a roleplaying game ?, I love roleplaying games ”, Johnny said .

” Do you know what a roleplaying game is ?”, Liam asked .

” No not exactly, what is it ?”, Johnny asked .

” Oh forget this ”, Emmett said, as he knocked over the radio in anger .

” What the hell was that for ?”, Johnny shouted .

” How can you not know on what a roleplaying game is, you’ve been living under a rock, man ”, Emmett shouted .

” Well, I’m sorry, Hanz man, when you’ve been living on the streets your whole life, the last thing you’d wanna do is know what a roleplaying game is, it’s street rules, man ”, Johnny said .

” You know what, why don’t I just run you through it, saves half the faf ”, Liam said .

” What the bleeding heck, Liam ?”, Emmett whispered .

” What ?, I’m not gonna waste my time ”, Liam said, and he started to explain the concept of the game to Johnny .

” So you have to use the imagination for this one ”, Liam explained .

” My imagination ?”, Johnny said .

” Yes, that’s right, your imagination, the most creative quality of the human brain ”, Liam said. A few seconds later, everybody fell asleep from all the bore, the room was quiet, the only person who wasn’t asleep was Johnny, he wondered why everybody was asleep, but he had the best solution .

” Oh I get it now, it goes like this ”, Johnny turned around and noticed that everybody was asleep .

” Guys, stop being lazy sleeping gits, wake up, oh I know what will do the trick ”, he said and then he picks up the radio and turns it up on full volume . It wasn’t long before Liam woke up, he got scared, not to mention everyone else, they all got scared because they all heard Liam screaming and almost flying off of the sofa .

” Ahhh, Johnny, what the living heck ?”, Liam screamed, as he woke up and saw Johnny, standing there with a radio above his head, Johnny couldn’t stop laughing .

” Hah hah hah ”, Johnny laughed .

” Are you trying to deafen us or something ?”, Travis asked .

” Yes ”, Johnny replied. And everybody started laughing, they had a great night, no matter how frustrated and annoyed they were, they wanted to live in the moment .

Then suddenly, Emmett, Johnny, Travis, Dominick, Kevin, Jamie and Emmett’s enemy turns up outside their window, sparking some sort of danger across the side of town. His name was carter Hudson, he was one of the members of The Rejects gang and he was looking for trouble .

” Right, having fun, huh ?, well let’s see how much fun you are gonna have when you get through me first, you greasy, good for nothing, Eagles ”, Carter said, as he spoke under his breath, then he did a sinister laugh .

No good can come for The Eagles, no good at all, especially now that the Rejects know where they congregate .

What will happen next, will The Eagles play it safe, or will they get in trouble with The Rejects, only one way to find out, turn to the next post to figure out the aftermath .

End of chapter .