Disclaimer: Ok I have decided to stop my old story and start a new one I assure this one is better than my old one. I don't own anything in this story except Candybar, some of the extra characters I put in here, and some of the plot line. If anyone wants me to add a character just message me, and Dally and Johnny will not die but since this takes place after the book. They have not died. Ok on with the story.
Chapter one: Better Never Than Now
The day that changed my life forever was the day my brother was sent to Vietnam. My name is Candice Marie Curtis aka Candy or Candybar, I am Sodapop's identical twin sister and this is my story. Since the letter came we were all upset. Sodapop has stopped making his nonedible, very colorful, foods Darry has started crying more often when he sees either me or Sodapop and Pony has ,well, started hanging out with the Shepards more. The letter came in the mail exactly five weeks after Sodapop and I turned eighteen.
Flashback
We were all sitting around the table, we had just finished breakfast. It was a very normal day; no one was home except the four of us. We were reviewing some of Ponyboy's math homework. The mail came soon after we started. I went outside, got the mail, and went inside. The first was a postcard from our Aunt Susan, the rest were bills until I got to the bottom, two very fancy letters with a military seals on them. For Sodapop and I. I knew that letter was coming I didn't know when though.
Until today. I gave Darry all the mail except our letters. "What do you got there Candy?" That sentence pulled me from my thoughts. Everyone was staring at me at that point. "Military letters." I said. They stood up as fast as they could. I could tell Soda and Pony was going to start crying. I gave Soda his letter and then opened mine. He took hs letter from my hand. He read it fast, he started crying. He ran outside as fast as we could. We chased him all the way to Buck's. We tackled him, he was still crying. We all were at that point. None of us had cried since the day Johnny almost died.
Vietnam one of the most awful places to go at a time like this. The war was changing everything in our lives. Hell even when Dallas told us how bad New York was. He says that Vietnam will be life changing. "Even worse than New York" as he puts it.
I am even scared that someone will die and soon. Im even scared that even Steve, Dally, or my favorite brother Sodapop will be dead in front of us. In a coffin. Dead.
(A/N: Well what do you think? Please R&R. And I will catch you on the flip side ;) hahaha! Press the review button *now known as Mr. Button* he feels sad)