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A Day at the Lake

By: paradisecitygirl

"C'mon, get in the truck!" Darry Curtis said exasperatedly, shoving his younger brother Sodapop into the passenger seat. Their friends Dallas Winston, Two-Bit Mathews, Steve Randle, Johnny Cade and their brother Ponyboy Curtis sat in the bed of the truck, laughing as Two-Bit shared a story of the "hot blonde" that had hit on him at the Dingo last night.

The friends were all going to the lake for a weekend, and Darry was already feeling anxious as to how many things could possibly go wrong. With Two-Bit around, anything could happen, and he wasn't really keen on the idea of finding out exactly what Two-Bit was capable of pulling off.

As they pulled out of town, everyone but Darry fell asleep, which made him feel more comfortable because there was no way that Two-Bit or Dally could cause trouble while they were asleep.

About two hours later, Darry pulled up at the lake and checked everyone into the small camper he had managed to book for the group. Everyone, now rejuvenated after their nap, were dashing around, totally hyper, looking for something to do. Darry sat inside the camper reading the newspaper and glaring out the window trying to see what Two-Bit was up to. He was slightly frightened after he realized that Two-Bit was nowhere in sight. He stepped out of the camper just in time to see a large, fancy boat pull up at the dock and Two-Bit grinning bigger than a Cheshire cat and waving frantically at them from the driver's seat.

"TWO-BIT!" Darry yelled, appalled. "Who's boat is this?" Two-Bit just smiled and motioned at the other empty seats inside the boat. "I WILL NOT RIDE WITH YOU ON A STOLEN BOAT!" Darry shouted as he seethed at his friend. "C'mon, it'll be fun!" Sodapop smiled, always the first one to go along with any of Two-Bit's crazy schemes. He ran to the dock and jumped into the passenger seat of the boat. Steve followed closely behind and Darry closed his eyes in disgust as he saw Ponyboy clamoring onto the boat. He'd thought Ponyboy had some common sense, but now it certainly wasn't showing. Dally, never one to back down from illegal activities, was next on board, and Johnny cautiously followed Dally in climbing into the boat. Darry sighed and began strutting back toward the camper. "C'MON DARRY!" Ponyboy wailed, pretending to cry. Darry reasoned with himself that he'd better come along to keep his brothers and friends from participating in anything else scummy. He walked toward the boat purposefully, but still uncertain of why exactly he was doing this.

He jumped into the boat and glared at Two-Bit. "Where did you get the boat?" he said in a menacing tone, and Two-Bit just smiled back at him hugely. It was so annoying, Darry could've jumped him right there. "I got it from a friend," he said, not elaborating. Darry knew he wouldn't get more information out of his buddy, so he just kept quiet and stared down at the waves rapidly passing below.

"A-Aren't you going a little too fast?" Johnny asked shakily, his teeth chattering with the speed of the boat. "Nope," Two-Bit announced gleefully, as if he'd just won some kind of award. He sped up even more, and Steve flew out the back of the boat. "STOP!" Darry commanded, and Two-Bit, still not noticing that Steve was gone, slammed on the brakes. Darry jumped off the boat and swam toward a nearly drowning Steve. "I don't know how to swim!" Steve wailed as Darry carried him back to the boat. By this time, Two-Bit had taken a dive off the back of the boat and was now triumphantly holding a moldy half-eaten banana. "Hey, I wonder where this came from," he said aloud, and took a bite of the banana. Darry rolled his eyes and sighed. This was going to be a long trip.

So, tell me what you think, and tell me if I should add more. I'm new; this is my first story. So please be nice if at all possible.

-paradisecitygirl