I absolutely adore the stories I've read about Pony being a baby so I decided to try my hand at my own baby-Pony story and I'm determined to fill it with fluffy goodness with the gang and Pony. In this story Pony is 1 year old and the guys are the ages they are in the book. Enjoy!
Chapter 1: Adjusting
Darry's POV
At exactly 7:00 AM my alarm went off telling me to get up and face another day without my parents around. They've only been dead for 3 and a half months and I miss them so much but some of the sting was taken away by my 2 most important people: Sodapop and Ponyboy. I had gotten full custody of my brothers after our parents' death and while the sudden weight of this huge responsibility was hard it was worth it to know that my little brother's wouldn't be taken away from their home, from me, and from the gang: our family. I'd gladly work myself to death if it meant coming home to my little brother Soda and our precious little baby Pony every day.
I decided to take a shower before starting on breakfast and I linger under the water and relax for a few minutes before I hear the sounds of Ponyboy waking up.
When I enter the room he's sitting up in his crib and once he sees me he lifts his arms in an "Up" gesture and I gladly pick him up and hold him close.
"Hey buddy, did you sleep good?" Pony just silently looks back at me with those big green eyes and snuggles into my arms since he's still sleepy.
Even before the death of our parents Pony had always been quiet but he did talk around the gang, rarely around strangers though. I place him in his high chair and start on breakfast after filling his bottle with apple juice- that kid absolutely loves apple juice.
Once I finished breakfast I went to get Soda up so that he wouldn't be late for his first day of work at the DX. He'd dropped out of school a couple of weeks after our parents' funeral so that he could help me out with the bills and I was really grateful for the help even though I wish he hadn't had to drop out at all. He was taking Pony to work with him for the morning and the guys would go pick him up at lunch and bring him back here to watch him for the rest of the afternoon.
I shook Soda's shoulder, "C'mon Pepsi time to get up. Don't wanna be late for your first day of work, do ya?"
He groaned sleepily and pushed himself off the bed, "Mornin' Dar. Is breakfast ready?"
"Yup! C'mon little buddy, up you get!" He gave me a playful grin and bounced into the living room and upon seeing Ponyboy he scooped him up in his arms cuddling and kissing our baby brother making him giggle in delight.
"Morning baby!"
"Hi 'Oda!" Soda was always real good at making Pony laugh; he loved that little boy so much and had no problem cuddling him all day long. It made me happy that Soda was still his happy self even after our parents' death and I knew that it was mostly because of Ponyboy.
After breakfast was done I made Soda take Pony to get both of them dressed. When I finished putting my work stuff on I came out to find both of my little brother's ready to go Soda in his DX shirt and jeans and Pony in jeans and a Superman shirt. But of course neither of them had shoes on!
"Um, Soda?"
"Yeah Dar?"
"You think you're forgetting anything?"
"Uh... no? Why?"
"Well just cuz I figure you'll be mighty uncomfortable all day walking around with no shoes but it's your call buddy!"
Soda looked down to find that he really wasn't wearing shoes and his cheeks turned red before he rushed back into the bedroom to grab his and Pony's shoes. I couldn't hold in my laughter and I heard Pony giggle from the couch where Soda had placed him. Well there's never a dull day in the Curtis house, that's for sure.
I let Soda and Pony off at the DX and they both wave bye to me as they get out. "Have a good day guys! See ya when I get home!"
Soda's POV
Steve was already there when Pony and I walked into the station and I placed Pony on the counter next to the register as he came up to greet us. "Hey buddy!" "Hey Steve! Pony, say 'hi' to Steve."
Pony yawned and looked up at Steve with a small smile on his face, "Hi..." Steve grinned and ruffled Pony's hair, "Mornin' Munchkin."
I was working the register and also the pump so I got to flirt with a lot of cute girls and on top of my looks and charm having the most adorable little brother in the world with me just made the girls go nuts.
This one really cute blonde broad brought her car in for Steve to fix and while she was waiting she and I started flirting and the second she laid eyes on Pony she went nuts, "Awww, what a cute little boy! Is he your son?" "Nope, he's my baby brother; his name's Ponyboy. Say hi to the nice lady Pony."
Pony currently had his head tucked into my neck and was clinging tightly to me; he was super shy and didn't like to talk much around strangers. He peeked up at the girl I was talking to for a second before he ducked back into my neck.
"Sorry, he's real shy and doesn't like to talk much around strangers."
The girl smiled and nodded in understanding and I saw Steve waving her over signalling that he was done with the car, "No problem, I've gotta get going now anyway. I hope I see ya around sometime!" I waved at her as she drove off and turned back to the pump as another customer rolled in.
The rest of the morning continued pretty relaxed and I really like working here, I mean what guy wouldn't like spending all day flirting with girls and spending time with their best friend while surrounded by cars?!
Pony stayed quiet most of the time and I wasn't really worried about him because I knew he wouldn't misbehave. I checked the clock and it was nearly 12:00 so I was expecting the guys to come pick up Pony soon to take him back to the house.
Thanks for reading! I'm hoping to have this done by the time school starts and it'll most likely be over 6 chapters because I want to have a lot of fluffy moments between Pony and the guys. Please review to let me know how you guys like this! ^^