Soda entered his house to find Ponyboy and Darry fighting again. He just went into his room to wait for the fight to end. He figured that it would be ending in a few minutes like they usually did. Sodapop heard his brothers' voices rise and their tempers.
"You know I had a choice to put you in a boys' home!" roared Darry, "You're making me regret that I didn't!"
That stabbed Soda inside. He hated it when they fought. Especially when Darry said things he didn't mean like Pony going into a boys' home.
"Well, I wish you had!" Ponyboy yelled back, "At least I would be away from you!"
Soda then heard Darry punch the wall. He only did that when he was really mad. Soda ran downstairs just in time. Pony and Darry were glaring at each other looking like they wanted to kill each other.
"Hey what's going on here?" said Soda looking from one brother to the next.
No one answered him. They flew at each other. Sodapop stepped between the two brothers before they made contact. Only Pony had noticed his other brother standing in the way, he just stood behind him. By the time Darry had realized it his fist was already coming in contact with the side of Soda's face, who went crashing into the wall. He sat there dazed for a moment waiting for the stars to stop dancing in his eyes. When they came into focus he felt the side of his face where Darry had hit him. It was sore and blood ran from the corner of his mouth. Soda stared at his older brother who was staring straight back at him.
"Little buddy." Darry finally said taking a step forward, "I'm so-"
Soda got up and bolted out of the door and into the night. None he knew had hit him before.
"Soda!" cried Ponyboy as he ran after him with Darry behind him.
Hot tears streamed down Soda's face as he ran. He heard his brothers starting to come closer to him. He veered off into the park gaining only a little bit of distance. In the corner of his eye he saw a Soc's car staring to follow him as he sped through the park. Soda's legs started to hurt from running. It was getting harder for him to keep going. He ran up the steps of a vacant building and slipped between a board that was over a hole were a door should have been. Soda saw the Soc slowly drive away as he pulled the board back leaving him blind by the darkness of the building. He breathed a sigh of relief he definitely did not feel like getting into a fight. He pulled his jacket tighter around him, glad that he hadn't taken it off. He stumbled around the dark trying to find a corner to rest against. For some reason he always felt safer in a corner. There was and unoccupied one in the back of the building. Soda sank to the floor still panting from running. He wondered if he made a bad choice of running away, as he drifted off to sleep.
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"He's gone." cried Pony as he sat down on the couch, "I can't believe that he really left." tears rolled down his cheeks.
"It's all my fault." said Darry his voice wavering, "If anything happens to him I will never be able to forgive myself." Tears formed in Darry's eyes but he wiped them away.
I know that this is a short I just want to see if this chapter goes well. If it does I will post the others. Please R&R!!