Ponyboy's Girl

"Andrew Roy Johnson, dad told you to take me to the school!" I ran out of the house when I heard my brother get the car started.

He smiled at me, and started pulling away, "Well daddy is at work, Bridget Rose Johnson!" He pulled out of the driveway, and took off.

I shifted my books in my other arm, and started down the sidewalk to my school, "Why are brothers so difficult," just then I heard a car honking. It was Kent, my other brother, the nice one.

"Hey sister, need a ride?" Kent pulled over to let me in his car.

I gratefully accepted the offer, "Please tell me Andrew really isn't related to us," I stared at Kent, "Out of the five of us, he's the only one who don't care about the rest of the family, besides Julia, like the rest of us do."

Sorry, I forgot to introduce myself, my name is Bridget Rose Johnson, and as you could tell at this point I am not an only child. I have four other siblings, two sisters, and my two brothers. Angel, who is 24, and Julia, who is 20, they both finished high school, and married there high school sweet hearts. We don't talk to Julia often though because she married a Soc' and she never even told them about her family, because we weren't good enough for her to mention, but Angel, she matches her name, and her husband is just as great as she is when it comes to family. They live a couple blocks from us, so I get to see them all the time along with my niece, and nephew. Nicki, who is six, and Adam, who is three, both of them have my sister's easy going personality which is good for my sister. Then there's my brothers, they're twins, identical in looks, but opposite in personality. Simply put, ones nice, the other is mean, so I think at least, they're a year older then I am, and I'm fifteen, you do the math, got it good. They are sixteen for those who hadn't figured that out. My parents work full time, so it's usually fend for yourself at our house, that's alright. We're lucky I guess, because we don't get hit on to bad, only person who hit me was Andrew, but when I told Kent, he beat Andrew so bad that Andrew don't even touch me no more.

I looked out the window as we drove pass the Curtis's house, and recognized Ponyboy, "Ponyboy? You need a ride?" I looked at my brother, "Pull over Kent," I noticed him, grinning, because he thinks I like that Curtis boy. So what if I do anyway.

Pony stared at me, then at my brother, "Yeah, okay," He jumped in beside me, saying my brothers car only had front seats, because that's the kind of truck he drove. A car is a car to me, even if it really is a truck like Kent likes to remind me all the time.

"So did you do your writing homework, Pony?" My brother and him have some of the same classes, lucky brother.

"Yeah, did you, Kent?" Pony looked right pass me, at my brother.

"Yeah, it was actually fun," Kent pulled into the parking lot at school.

"Hey, bunch of us are going to the movies tonight, you want to come?" He was looking at my brother, but didn't specify just my brother was invited.

"Sounds fun, can I come?" I looked at Pony, who now was looking at me.

Pony blushed a little, I never seen him blush before, but it was nice, "Dally, he may try to have his way with you, since he does with most girls that come to the movies."

"I don't mind, you can protect me, can't you?" I smiled at him, "I mean, you could sit between us, Dally and I, and Kent can sit on the other side of me," I looked at my brother, who was now looking at me as if I lost my mind.

Pony grinned, "Yeah, I guess that will work," he looked at my brother, "Steve, Jen, Toni, Johnny, and there baby are coming, along with Dally, Darry, Sodapop, including you guys," he was so cute.

I was wondering about Johnny, ever since he got married I hadn't seen him much at school, I know his wife got her GED, but what about Johnny, I looked at Pony, "So did Johnny drop out of school?"

"No, he wanted to but Toni talked him into getting his GED at least," Pony looked at the books in my arm, "Want help carrying those?"

Kent figured we had forgotten about him, so he just took off, "Bye love birds. Pony and Bridget sitting in a tree," he stopped to look at us, "K-i-s-s-i-ng…"

"Note to self, slip poison in his drink," I felt my cheeks blush, and noticed Pony's were gaining color themselves, "What we can't just walk with each other, without him thinking I like you," I hurried into the building.

Pony followed close by to me, "Yeah, we could be friends, not like you like me or something," he took my books from my arms, "Right?"

I looked at him trying to read his thoughts, "Well."

"Well, it's good to be friends," Pony smiled at me, and started mumbling to himself, but I heard him a little, "Or maybe more." He realized I had heard him, and he hurried off down the hall.

I went into my classroom, and sat down in the front as usual.

"Now everyone open your books to page 109," The teacher looked at the class, "And please pass your homework to the front."

I remembered Pony had my books, including my homework, "Mr. Dutcher, I left my books in my brother's car," I lied because I couldn't say that Pony ran off with them.

"Detention! Miss Johnson!" He gave the lecture to the class about what happens when your not responsible, and I was involuntarily the example person he chose to use that particular lecture. Lucky me.

Lunch Detention

I can't believe Pony didn't give me my books back. I was on my way to the detention room, and saw Pony crossing my path, I glared at him, "Thanks a lot, Pony."

He looked at me puzzled, "What did I do?"

"You took my books, and my homework, now I got detention, you should be in here to since you took my books," I went into the room without saying another word. I hope he doesn't take what I said personally.

Fifteen minutes later I heard a girls voice scream, "Fight!"

Then a teacher brought in two boys just seconds after, "Keith Mathews, and Ponyboy Curtis for you. They were fighting in the hall."

Mr. Gunther, who had been resting his eyes, holding a newspaper to hide the fact, pointed towards the desk, without saying a word.

I looked at Two-Bit, and Pony, who by the way both were grinning, as they came towards me, I looked at Pony, "What happened?"

Two-Bit sat beside me, "Pony said he needed to be in here with Bridget, which is you," he's smart isn't he, "Because you were in here, and it was his fault."

Pony sat in front of me, and rubbed his cheek, "Yeah, just hope word don't get back to Darry, or Soda."

I grinned, "So you picked a fight just to be with me," I looked at Two-Bit, "You don't mind being in detention?"

He laughed, "I learn enough as it is, I been here for five years, waiting for Pony to get out of school, then I will graduate, I estimate two more years."

Pony looked at me, "I left your books in my locker Bridget."

"That's a good place for them to be," I said sarcastically.

"I thought so," He teased.

"This is my first detention, so they won't call my parents," I remembered what Kent had told me when I told him I had detention.

"I'll get you at 5:00p.m., we could walk a little before the movie starts, because I need to talk to you," He looked at Two-Bit, who was already distracted by another guy who was playing chicken with himself, with a switchblade, seeing if he could hit between his fingers without cutting his fingers off. He looked at us after a while, "Look at that, I should try that sometime, looks fun." Just as he said that, the guy screamed, and his finger was bleeding, "Maybe not."

Mr. Gunther jumped up, to see who screamed, and he noticed the guys finger bleeding, "Go to the nurse, Tyler."

"That's his name," I was told his name when I got in here, but I forgotten it by now.

"You were wondering his name?" Pony looked at me a little annoyed, "Who cares."

"He told me his name when he asked if I wanted to go out with him tomorrow night," I looked at Pony, who was taken by surprised, and hurt by the information I shared with him.

"What did you say?" Pony looked at me hard, "You told him no, right?"

"Why would I?" I looked at Two-Bit, then back at Pony, "We're friends right, as you made clear this morning," I heard the bell ring to go to last fifth period, so I left without say another word to Pony. "See you later Two-Bit," I said as I left the room purposely not saying bye to Pony.

Later on that evening I sat in my room, still a little upset about Pony running off without saying what was his mind.

I laid on my back, glaring at an Elvis poster, pretending it could hear me, "You men are all pigs."

Kent peaked his head inside my bedroom door, "Hey sis, I am about ready to go to the Curtis's house, you coming?"

"I am not going any where near that Ponyboy," I looked at the back of my hand, "There are plenty of guy who would ask me out on a drop of a dime, why do I always have to wait for Pony to come around."

"Yeah, sure he is," Kent read my mind, and immediately shook his head, "Don't even think about it, I am not going to let my little sister come between brothers," he walked off. I looked at my clock; it read 4:55p.m.

Five minutes later, my mom peaked her head in my bedroom door, "You alright, Angel?"

I rolled my eyes, and smiled, "I'm Bridget, mom. I just might have ruined something special before it started."

She sat on the edge of bed, "What happened honey?"

"You wouldn't understand mom," I realized she wasn't at work as usual, "Why aren't you at work mom?"

"I had a doctors appointment today," She rubbed her stomach, "Guess what honey?"

I noticed her rubbing her stomach, "You're old though, you can't be pregnant," I jumped off my bed, "I need to go now mom," and hurried out of my room, straight out of the house. I saw Pony coming to my house as I was running down my porch, I stopped, "What are you doing here?"

"I thought we were going to walk before the movie tonight," He looked a little nervous.

"Why should I walk with you?" I started walking away from him.

"Because I need to talk with you," Pony hurried to catch up with me, "I do like you, more then a friend, and when I realized you heard what I said in the hallway, I panicked and ran away. I didn't think you felt the same for me, you probably don't."

I looked up at the sky, "It's getting dark."

"Well we could meet the others at the movie, your brother said you weren't coming, so I came here to see if you changed your mind," He looked at me, "Will you go with me to the movies, it could be as whatever you want it to be as, a date, or just as friends."

"Okay, let's go to the movies," I walked with Pony in silence, thinking about what he had told me about liking me.

Pony had been right about Dally.

Dally wrapped an arm around me as soon as him, and the other guys arrived, he grinned, "Hey there, why don't I know your face?"

"Because I'm not your reflection," I pulled out of his arm, "You can't touch me, so be nice and sit some where else."

Kent sat in front of me since Dally had already been seated beside me, he looked at me, "Y'all want to switch spots with me, and Two-Bit sis? You, and Pony."

Pony stood up, and looked at me, "Come on lets go get some popcorn, Bridget, then we'll sit by ourselves. Sitting in front of Dally, will do as just as good as sitting beside him," he wrapped an arm around my shoulder, and looked at his oldest brother, "We'll meet you at the house after the movie Darry, incase there isn't anymore seats when we return from the snack bar."

"Are you trying to be alone with my little sister, Pony?" My brother stared at Darry, "He better not have any fresh ideas about my little sister, or I will personally kill him."

"We're just getting popcorn," I stood to my own feet, and walked ahead of Pony into the snack bar.

Johnny, who wasn't sitting with us, was in line, he smiled at Pony, "Hey there Pony, how you doing?"

"Good," Pony looked around, "Why aren't you sitting with the guys, and us?"

Johnny laughed at his friend, "Because it's freezing, and Brent will get sick outside, if he's in this weather long enough," he smiled at me, "Hey there Bridget, so how you like my old house?"

"Just fine," I smiled. My family bought Johnny's old house about six months ago, when his family moved to Texas, away from Oklahoma.

"Hey, let's say you guys come in the car, with Toni, and I," Johnny grabbed some popcorn, and sodas.

"My brother wants me to sit with them, sorry," I looked at Pony, who was carrying drinks, and a thing of popcorn.

"Yeah, she's right Johnny, I wouldn't want Two-Bit thinking we eloped to Mexico," He grinned at his friend, "See you later Johnny Cade," he lead me back to where everyone else had been seated.

Kent, and Soda were sitting where Pony, and I had been sitting next to Dally, leaving the seats they had been sitting in before empty, he looked at me, "Two-Bit wouldn't move so Soda, and I are sitting next to Dally instead, sis."

Dally looked at me, "You could always sit on my lap."

I sat in front of my brother, and beside Two-Bit, as Pony sat beside me, "No, I wouldn't go near you with a ten foot pole," I turned, and looked at the movie screen.

Dally glared at me, "Sorry for living."

Kent, was talking to Soda during the movie, "Our old lady is having another baby, she found out today," he sounded happy about the disappointing news.

"Can you shut up about the new baby," I glared behind at my brother.

He just laughed, "You're jealous of the new baby."

I stared blankly at the screen, "I am not jealous of the baby," 'and so what if I am?'

"Don't you worry, I was jealous when Pony was born, because then I wasn't the baby no more," Soda shook his brother playfully, "Now he's grown up, he's a lot of fun."

Pony smiled, he loved his brother Soda, differently then he loved his other brother, "You still are like a baby, Darry does anything within reason that you ask, I would to," he settled his arm around my shoulders.

I turned to my brother, "I don't feel much like watching the next movie, I think I'll go for a walk."

Sods sat up, and stood next to me, "Yeah, I'll rather walk to, I'll go with you," he looked at me, "If that's alright with you?"

Darry shook his head, then looked at his brother, and me, "We'll see you guys at home after the next movie."

"I'm going to," Pony stood next to me, and wrapped his arm around me, "See it's alright now, Soda is coming so we could go back to the house, right Darry?"

He nodded.

When we got to the Curtis's house, Soda sat on the couch, and turned the television on.

Pony still had his arm around me, he looked at his brother, "Soda, Bridget, and I are going in the room, let us know when you hear the others coming," he lead me towards his room, then shut the door.

"Don't do anything stupid, Pony!" Soda called from the other room.

Pony didn't respond he just sat on his bed, "You want to sit with me?"

I smiled a little, as I sat beside him, then looked at my hands, "So, what do you…"

He wrapped his arms around me, and started kissing me, his lips were soft, but forceful at the same time, he opened his eyes into a kiss, which got me laughing, he looked at me, "What's so funny?"

"It was weird, watching you kiss me," I knew I was red.

"Why did you have your eyes open?" Pony wrapped his arm tighter around me without waiting for me to respond, and then kissed me some more. He started laying me back on the bed, "Your beautiful you know that?"

I opened my eyes, and realized him just staring at me, "Just a regular girl, Pony, nothing special."

He leaned down and kissed me, "Well I don't pick a fight just to be in detention for just any girl," he whispered so incase Soda could hear him.

I felt his hand under my blouse, resting on my lower stomach, "Pony, what are you doing?"

He leaned down to kiss, me, "Kissing you."

"Well why is your hand under my blouse?" I pulled out from the kiss, "Let's just kiss, alright?"

He nodded as he slid his hand back out from under my blouse, "Alright," he wrapped me in his arms, and kissed me more passionately.

I pulled away for a little bit again, "What do you think of me Ponyboy?"

"I like you," He leaned back in to kiss me, "I want you to be my girl."

"Well then where were we," I wrapped my arms around his neck, and pulled his face to mine.

We been kissing for what seemed like ever, and didn't know when the guys would be home.

"What the hell is going on here, Ponyboy Curtis!"

Pony jumped up, falling off his bed, "Darry, we were …"

I sat up, and straightened my blouse up, "We're just kissing, that all," I saw Kent standing beside Pony's brother, "That's all we were doing."

"You are turning yourself into a tramp, letting Pony get you on his bed, like he did," Kent glared at me.

I stood up, and walked to my brother, "I am not a tramp, that's Julia's, not me." I felt his hand burn the side of my face, as he slapped me.

"Bridget, I didn't mean to…" Kent stared at me, he looked at the others who were at the house, watching him, then at me, "I am sorry."

I pushed pass him, and hurried out of the Curtis's back door, and cried on the porch. I didn't really like the idea of running the streets at night alone, so I just sat there thinking about what my brother had said, and done.

Toni, who was married to Johnny, came out to the patio, "You know Kent didn't mean to do that," Who was she defending my brother?

I glared at her, "How would you know? You and Johnny are perfect, and the way Pony talked about you, and your dad, you never been hit."

"My dad didn't hit me, true," She looked up at the stars, "I have been hit before, by some of his ex-girlfriends in the past, and I had even been hit by my husband, in this house."

I shrugged my shoulder, "It hurts being hit by your own brother, I could take it from mom, or dad when I know I'm in trouble, but Kent is suppose to be my best friend," I started crying, "I rather have Andrew hit me instead of Kent, I already hate Andrew."

Toni wrapped her arms around my shoulder, "So tell me, what you think of our Ponyboy?"

I smiled just at the sound of his name, "He's great, and he didn't do anything more then kiss me, I wouldn't let him."

"Ma'ma!"

Toni laughed, "That would be me," she stood up, and looked at her son, who walked into the kitchen, "One and a half years old, Johnny and I been married for almost a year and nine months," she looked at me, "You okay out here?"

I smiled at her, "Yeah, thanks for talking, and listening," I looked up at the stars, after she went back inside.

"Do you forgive me," Kent stood at the screen door, "It won't happen again."

I smiled at my brother, "Yeah, I shouldn't had talked about Julia like that, I let you get by this time, but next time your be on my hate list with Andrew."

"Oh no," he teased, "I'm going to play poker, you coming in soon?"

I shook my head, "I am looking at the stars now."

"Well if you come across Paul Newman, tell him I said hello," He laughed at his own joke, as he went to another room.

"Can I sit with you?" Pony came from the side of the house, causing me to jump, "Sorry didn't mean to scare you Bridget."

"What are you doing sneaking up on me like that?"

He sat beside me, "Well I wanted to be with you."

"Why?"

He looked at me, "Because I like you, and I thought you were my girlfriend by the way you kissed me back."

I grinned, "So we're officially boyfriend, and girlfriend?"

He wrapped an arm around my waist, and smiled, "Is that alright with you?"

I pretended to think, "Well, Monday, Tuesday, and holidays are good for me," I leaned in and kissed him.

"Well we'll just have to make it work," he grinned, "Now wont we?" He leaned back in, and kissed me back.

I smiled when we pulled apart, "Why didn't you tell me you liked me before?"

"Just never thought you felt the same since I am in your brothers classes, I thought you didn't know me