Disclaimer- I do not own The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton Does, even though I wish I did because I love them so stinking much...!!!!!!!!
Chapter 1
Ponyboy's POV
I woke up because of the sun shining through my open window. I could smell something delicious coming from the kitchen. I walked out there to see what it was. Mom was making French toast, and was that chocolate cake I smelled? Mom only made chocolate cake on special occasions. I went and asked her,
"Are you making...chocolate cake?" Raising an eyebrow just like Two-Bit. I had finally mastered it.
"Why, yes. I'm making French toast because it's Darry's favorite. He's leaving for college today remember?" She said trying to raise her eyebrow but failed miserably.
Oh yeah, today was the big day. I walked past Soda's room and seen that he was still sleeping. I went to Darry's room and he was sitting on his bed packing a suitcase. Man was I going to miss him.
"Hey kid, what's up?" He asked.
"Hey you know I'm not a kid no more. I turned fourteen a month ago. Remember?" I said, kind of irritated.
"Oh sorry kiddo, I mean,...Ponyboy." He smiled, and I smiled back at him. "You know, I'm gonna miss you when I'm gone. And Soda, too. And Mom and Dad. And Johnny and Two-Bit, and I'm gonna miss the whole gang. But don't worry I'll be back on the holidays and maybe sometimes weekends." He said, trying to reassure the sad look on my face. He was only going to Oklahoma State, but it was a good 2 ½ hours from Tulsa.
"Yeah, I'll miss ya too. I'll admit it, Darry. You're pretty cool." I said. And with that, I got up to go to the bathroom. To my disappointment, Dad was in there taking a shower. Dang it I had to wait. So I decided to go wake up Soda. I ran into his room and jumped on the bed. He sat up immediately.
"Pony! What in the world?"
"Oh, hey Soda. Fancy meetin' you here huh?" I said, again cocking an eyebrow just like Two-Bit.
"Yeah, hey what times Darry leavin'?" He asked, kind of seriously.
"Uh, around 3 or 4 why?"
"Just wanted to know." He got up with a blank expression on his face. I could tell something was wrong.
Soda's POVI walked out of my room and headed towards the bathroom. I could smell Mom making French toast and chocolate cake. I knew it was for Darry. I had been silently counting down the days in my head. I really didn't want Darry to leave. He is the big brother. How am I supposed to measure up to tall, muscular, good at sports Darry? Would Pony look up to me still? I like being the middle child and I like Darry being there.
"Hey mom." I said walking into the kitchen, not realizing I was still in my underwear and shirt.
"Hey, Soda, sweetie. Hey where's your clothes?" She asked, kind of laughing.
"Oh, yeah sorry." I said kind of embarrassed and walked back to my room to put on some pants and change my shirt. I came back out and plopped on the couch to watch TV. Darry came out. I jumped up and gave him a hug.
"I'm gonna miss you Dar." I said in a little sad tone.
"Yeah I'm going to miss you too, little buddy, but I promise to call as often as I can and I'll come back to visit. Promise." He said softly. I could tell he was excited to go, but was really sincere about going to miss us.
Darry's POVI stood there and hugged my kid brother. I was sure going to miss him and Pony. I wonder what they were going to do while I was gone. I was only going for 2 years, but that is a long time. Soda will be 18 and ½ and Pony will be 16!! They will be all grown up when I come back! I had definitely had some second thoughts, but this is something I wanted to do for sure.
"Hey Wanna go play a last game of football with the gang after breakfast?" Soda asked, grinning at me. Oh man, that grin. Nobody could reject it. Oh how I was going to miss it.
"Tuff enough. Let's go get Ponyboy." I said.
We walked into his room and he was reading a book, not surprising. That kid was addicted to books. I gave Soda a look and he knew exactly what to do. I grabbed Pony, threw him on the bed, and held him down. Soda began to tickle him. Ponyboy started laughing and screaming.
"AHH! What do you guys want? Come ON! Stop it!" He shouted, and Soda stopped. Then we all headed towards the kitchen.
Pony's POVWe all sat at the table, my ribs still a little sore. Soda had 3 pieces of French Toast and at least a quarter of cake. Dad had another quarter and same as Darry. That meant me and Mom had to share the last quarter. After we were done, Soda asked,
"Hey mom, can me Darry and Pony go to the lot and play a last game of football with the gang?" He asked. Mom always gave in to Soda.
"Aw, sure why not. But Darry, don' play too hard, you've got a long way to drive. And make sure your back by 2:30 because Darry can leave by 3." She said. I really was going to miss Darry. I loved him as a brother and I looked up to him. Plus, he saves me if I get in trouble, which can be embarrassing but sometimes I'm just relieved.
Soda's POVAh, yes football. The most manliest sport. Too bad I wasn't that good at it. Oh well, maybe that means Darry can be on my team.
Darry's POVOk one last shot to show how good I am at football in front of the guys. Then it hit me, this is gonna be the last time I saw the guys for a while. They were just as family to me as my own parents. And yeah, how was I going to get to school without a car? I didn't worry about it and yelled out,
"Who wants to play some football?" I yelled at Soda and Pony yelled enthusiastically and did some kind of somersault and back flip off the porch. We walked around and got Two-Bit, Steve, and Johnny and Dally. I would say it was pretty even teams; Dally, Two-Bit, Johnny and Pony, and then Me, Soda and Steve (Soda and Steve had to be on the same team). And we started to play. Of course, my team was winning, after all I had a scholarship to college for football. Then, my mom pulled up in the car, my dad in the truck.
"Hey Dar, it's time to go." Dad said.
"Alright guys, I got to go," I said, hoping for some kind of good bye.
And I then noticed how much the guys really loved me. They all came up to me and hugged me and there was a chorus of "we're gonna miss you and have fun's". Then I was standing there hugging Soda and Pony. They hadn't let go yet.
"Hey little buddies, I'm gonna miss ya. I promise to call and come visit. Its only 2 ½ hours away. Stay in school and out of trouble ya hear?" I said with a little authority in my voice.
"Yeah, alright" Soda said
"Ok Dar" Pony said.
"Oh yeah, Darrel, I forgot to tell you, I'm letting you have the truck. I was thinking about getting a new car anyways and I knew you needed a car, so you can have mine" Dad said. That was music to my ears. I hopped in the truck as he hopped out and gave me a squeeze.
"Make me proud son." He said closing the door. Mom came up then.
"Hey, honey. You're gonna have fun, but don't forget about us. And don't forget to brush your teeth, wash your clothes, bathe, change your underwear..." She nagged.
"I won't mom. Love ya." I said.
"Love you too, Darrel." she said kissing my cheek. And with that, I drove away, heading for the interstate.
Chapter 2 Pony's POVDarry's been gone for a week now. I kind of miss him. And the house has been quieter, too. I'm kind of glad Darry went and not Soda, though. I love Dar, but I am much closer to Soda. He can relate to everything I say and understands me, no matter how weird the situation is. I got in and out of the shower and went into the living room. I saw Soda sitting on the couch watching television.
Soda's POVI was sitting on the couch, looking like I was watching TV. I actually had no idea what was going on, since Two-Bit switched it to Mickey Mouse. I was really waiting for Darry to walk in the door or the phone to ring. It's a Saturday and I was hoping he hadn't forgotten us already. Then the phone rang. I jumped up so fast that I made Two-Bit jump. I ran to the phone and answered it, kind of knowing it was Darry.
"Hello" I said, coolly.
"Oh hey, Soda, sweetie" a girl voice? Why was a girl calling my house? Oh, I recognized the voice. It was Sandy.
"Oh hey Sandy What's up?" I said, half disappointed, half excited.
"Umm, look Soda, we need to talk." uh oh, not the famous 'we need to talk'.
"I've been thinking, and I don't think we should go out anymore." She said, so easily like telling me the sky was blue.
"Yeah, ok, I understand." I said, trying to disguise my voice so she couldn't see it was breaking. Tears started to swell in my eyes.
"It's not you, really. It's me."
"Alright, I gotcha."
"Ok, bye." She totally just broke my heart, and didn't even care. I then hung up the phone and walked out the door, with no jacket, or even shoes. I needed some time to cool. I wish I could talk to Dar about this. Maybe Dally will know something. He's probably at Buck's place. I walked all the way down there and knocked on the door. Dally answered the door and looked at me.
"Hey Soda, what do you need?"
"I just needed to talk to" I said, but didn't finish because I saw Sandy sitting on the couch making out with some other guy. Wow, she had gotten over me pretty quick. I ran in there and went up to Sandy.
"Is this why? This is why you broke up with me!" I was getting really mad. "I can see now that you're right It's not me, and its not you either! It's him!" I pointed to the guy on the couch with her. I didn't even know the guy and I was starting to hate him. I was beginning to yell. "Oh well, I don't need you anyways. I could find much better" I said, well yelled, rather. I tried to hold back my tears because I didn't want to look stupid. This has been the worst day ever. I hadn't ever that many problems besides school, and this was so bad and I didn't even know how to handle it. Sandy just sat there, with her mouth way open, looking for something to say. She was dressed awful nice for this guy. Well kind of. Her skirt was too short and shirt way too tight. I then noticed Dally had been watching the whole thing and I was quickly embarrassed. I walked out the door as fast as I could without running.
"Soda, I didn't" Dally started to say.
"Whatever" I said very hotly and ran outside. He came out after me.
"What do you want, Dallas Winston?" I said wiping my tears.
"Hey kid, don't talk to me like that. You know this isn't my fault, I saw Sandy with that kid and asked her about it. She said that you already dumped her. I thought something was going on here" He explained to me. I was still all confused.
"Well, I didn't She called me today and broke up with me, so I figured I'd come over here and talk to you since you have some experience, you know with Sylvia. I couldn't talk to Darry. God, I miss him so much." Darry being gone didn't make matters much better. I was starting to calm down.
"Ah well, let's get you home now. It's okay, she aint worth it. Your so good lookin. She's not even that pretty!" He said with a laugh.
"Um, Dal, can I seriously tell you something?" he nodded and lit a cigarette. He handed me one and I lit it up too. I only smoked when I was a wreck like I am now. "Well, Dal, I really wanted to marry her. I know I'm young, but it's still legal and I'm almost 17 now. I love her so much, more than any other pretty girl I've ever met. I'd give anything up for her." and with that I started to bawl again. "I don't understand, everything was fine until,"
"It's alright Soda. And besides, getting married? Having a family? Jeez kid, you could never have any fun. " He said trying to cheer me up, but failing. "Alright, let's go home."
Chapter 3 Pony's POVIt was late when Dally and Soda came in. Darry and Soda were both gone, so I sat all alone on the couch and read a book. He came in looking sad and his eyes were red, and I could tell he had been crying, I had never seen Soda cry before. I jumped up real quick.
"Soda, what's wrong? What happened?" I asked.
"Nothing, Sandy was two-timing me, I saw her." he said slowly.
"I'm so sorry, Soda. I know you loved her and all. Well you're to good for her anyways."
"I'm okay now, Thanks Dal. Hey Pony, where's mom and dad?" he asked.
"Oh, um" I totally forgot for a second. "Out somewhere, be home late."
"Alright, its late, I'm going to bed." he said and walked into his room.
"Pony, I think I'm gonna stay at Buck's tonight. See ya." He waved a hand and left. I had to go talk to Soda. He looked so sad, I just couldn't help it.
"Hey, Soda" I said opening the door. Soda was sitting crying into a pillow.
Soda's POVI had been crying into the pillow so Pony wouldn't hear, but here he is now, so whatever. I didn't want him to see me crying. I was usually a happy person anyways. Also, I didn't feel as big as Darry felt to me. I wonder what Pony thought.
"Sure you're okay?" Pony asked me.
"Yeah, I'll be fine"
"You don't seem fine, can I lay with you?"
"Sure" I said. We talked about Sandy some more and I cried a little, but then I was all cried out. We both fell asleep. I woke up to a pounding on the front door, wondering who it could be. It was a strange man that I didn't know. I forgot I was in my underwear and a shirt still. I do that a lot. Oh well, if they wanted to knock on my door at 8 in the morning (On a Saturday) that is what they're gonna get.
"Hello, who are you?" I didn't mean to sound so rude, but I just woke up.
"Sorry to bother you, but are you a Sodapop Patrick Curtis or a Ponyboy Michael Curtis?" he asked, probably thinking that that wasn't really my name.
"Yeah, I'm Soda, and what do you want?" accidentally being rude again. "I'm here to inform your parents are in the hospital, after a car crash. Drunk driver hit em. So sorry. Your dad is in critical condition and your mom is improving." I wanted to punch this guy in the face. He didn't even know me and he was ruining my life. And he didn't sound sorry at all.
"okay, thanks" was all I managed to say. My knees were wobbly.
"Do you" I cut him off by shutting the door. I couldn't take anymore. I watched his car pull out of the driveway. I went down the hallway and saw my parents' bed empty. He wasn't lying like I wish he was. I woke up Ponyboy.
"Pony, wake up. We're going to the hospital." he got up with no question and we walked to Steve's house to go borrow his car, since Darry had the truck and the car just got ruined in the crash. This was all more than I could handle.
So??? What do you think? It's my first fic, so yeah review! tell me what you think!