Who can mend my broken heart?
Just letting you know, this takes place before Dally died but AFTER Johnny did. And it's gunna take a little longer for Dally to die than it did in the book. Trust me I love Johnnycake to pieces but you know haveta to this. BTW its mostly gunna be Pony's POV unless I say otherwise… ON WITH THE STORY!
Chapter one
Facing denial is just as horrifying as standing in front of a big rig truck goin' 50 miles an hour. Weeks of having the false guilt of killing someone, and convincing myself that my best friend wasn't dead can really take a toll on you.
My classes weren't going as well as they should have been. Failing in English was hard on Darry, and when something was hard on Darry, we all suffered the consequences.
Almost every night, I got cussed out by Darry when he was angry. And I'm telling you, its no walk in the park when Darry is ranting. I had no idea he had such a colorful vocabulary until I got on his bad side.
Who cared if my grades were in the garbage. It wasn't like it bothered Soda. He dropped out and look at him now. Soda's doing just fine. I could get a job just like him and everything would be fine.
The walk to school seemed longer than it normally did. I quickened my pace, worrying that I may be going to slow. Who needs a tardy on top of my bad grades? Darry just didn't understand why I as getting such bad grades, I'm normally a strait A student. But since Johnny died, things have gotten harder.
Finally the school came into my sight. I ran up the steps and bounded into my English class. My teacher asked to talk to me after class and I groaned inwardly. Now I would have to let Darry know that I had to talk to the teacher.
" Not letting your grades slips now are we Pony?" The girl who sat next to me asked. I had never really noticed her before. She had long blond hair that had to go to her waste. She had dark make-up around her eyes but nothing too serious like the greaser girls wore. She had a large black T-shirt on and black pants. She creeped me out.
" What do you care?" I snapped. She didn't know what it was like to loose a best friend.
She stood up calmly and requested from the teacher if she could have a word with me outside. The teachers face fell, and he looked sorry for the girl, but he nodded his head and motioned to the door. She grabbed my arm and half dragged me out the door.
" What do you think your doing?" I half shouted and watched as her expression stayed the same.
" Why are you letting your grades slip Pony?" She asked calmly.
" That's none of your Goddamned biasness now is it? I screamed, I knew for sure all of the kids in class could hear me. I didn't care.
" I know your sad about Johnny and everything but that's no reason to let your grades slip." She raised her voice a little, but she was a quit person so it was just a regular tone of talking.
" You have no right to talk about Johnny like that!" I yelled at her and watched as her face fell. But after a few moments tears were running down her face and she looked angry.
" Your right Ponyboy. I don't have any right to talk to you about Johnny like that. I know how you feel, and I just didn't think it was right of you to let your grades drop." She said raising her voice a little more and it was beginning to sound irritated. I huffed slightly
" How could you know what it was like? Johnny was the best kid in the world! You have no idea what it's like to loose your best friend!" I shouted in her face but she looked like she was going to explode or something. Her chest was heaving because she was breathing deeply, and her pale cheeks had a little color in them.
" How dare you talk like you know Johnny!" she screamed and I was taken back. I knew for sure the class could hear this. " You think you have it hard? How dare you tell me that I don't know what its like to loose Johnny? HE WAS MY BROTHER AND MY BEST FRIEND! You think you know what it's like loosing the only person who ever cared for you!" She screamed at me, paused for a moment, and spit in my face. Her tears were falling heavily then…
YAY first chapter done! How'd you like it? Reviw please!