~ Where the road ends~
Summary: Ponyboy falls into depression after the death of Dally and Johnny, and nobody knows how to help him. That is, of course, until a certain brother lends a hand and shows Ponyboy something he hasn't seen in a while: Hope. Is it as easy as it seems? Can hope still be inspired even when the road ends?
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The music blares from across the street. The sound of rock and roll echoed throughout the neighborhood, causing angry neighbors to stick their heads out their window and shout unintelligent things. Yet the house containing four teenage boys continued, until the neighbors finally realized the noise wouldn't stop, even thought it was 2 ' o'clock in the morning. Nobody wanted to get into any sort of mess at this hour.
Sodapop and Ponyboy sat awake in the bed they shared, resting their head against the headboard. Sodapop glanced down to the floor and noticed the ground was vibrating. He sighed and put his arms around his head, while his younger brother Ponyboy at least tried to get some shut eye.
"Dammit, of all the houses in this god damn crappy neighborhood, those damn kids had to pick the house right across the street from us! " Sodapop suddenly yelled.
Ponyboy sighed. No use in making the world a more complicated place than it already was.
"Just try to go back to bed, Pony. One of these days me and Darry'll go down their and bust their door. For now, just get some rest." Highly unlikely.
"No more…"
He succumbed into darkness.
"Hell, if only I had the head to sleep through this." Soda grumbled. He sank back down into sleeping position and stared at the ceiling until the music finally shut off for the night.
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Blue skies. That's what Ponyboy had dreamed of. Blue skies, with no loud noise blaring, only peaceful skies with rolling green hills, and laughter. Lots of laughter. No hatred boiling the dream to a nightmare. Suddenly his eyes snapped open, his oldest brother Darry leaning above him, his large muscles flexing as they always did.
"Time to wake up, sleepyhead. You got school don't forget. "
Ponyboy shook his head, which was by the way beginning to feel real light. A headache was coming. He groaned and got out of bed sleepily, took a quick shower and put on some fresh clothes. Wait, where were his shoes? He searched the small house, and found nothing. Was Soda wearing them? Then he looked down at his feet, and realized he was already wearing them. He had been making these mistakes a lot lately.
He was walking to school, with some of Darry's old work boots, and as he predicted, got a headache. The headache lasted up until lunch period, and by that time his head was buzzing with pretend bees.
"Everything okay, Pony?" Two-bit asked.
"I ain't feelin too good. Headache." He responded.
Two-bit and Steve lit up a cigarette. They offered Pony pone, but he just shook his head. They made their way over to the DX gas station where Sodapop worked full time. However, Soda wasn't wearing Ponyboy's shoes like he thought he was. Where is my mind nowadays? He wondered. Up in the skies….blue skies…..
"Ponyboy!"
His head hit the cement as he passed out.