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"Darry" I yelled into my house. I just got home from school. I noticed Darry's truck was at home. "Yea in the kitchen" he called back. I dropped my book bag down by the door. "Hey Darry" I said as I sat down at the kitchen table.
"Hey Pony. How was school?" he asked as he sat down next to me. "Hmm not bad, some socs gave me hard time today," I said casually. "What did the want?" he asked. Ever since Johnny and Dally died, Darry had been a lot more protective over me. I looked at Darry and sighed, "They were saying how…." My voice faltered and I realized that I could not tell Darry the truth. How could I tell my big brother that the socs thought that he was an unfit guardian, and how they are going to try to remove me from my home?
"Pony what did the say" he was going to find out one ways or another. "They said how they were going to call social services and have me removed from our house because they feel you are an unfit guardian" I said in a weak voice. I heard Darry stand up. I thought he was going to tell me to go pack. "Oh Pony" he pulled me into a hug. I felt all of my worries disappear. As I hugged him, back. "Baby you aren't going anywhere," he said as he stroked my hair. Later that night was doing some algebra. I was sitting there for a couple hours.
I looked over at the Stovetop clock: 7:30pm. I looked down at my math homework that had 15 problems that were unfinished. "Pony what are you doing my twin sister Riley walked into the kitchen. "I'm have a hard time with my math. I said sheepishly. 'awe kid I'll help you" with in 20 minutes my math homework was done and completed.
"Pony come on man" Two-Bit yelled. We were walking home from school. I was kind of in a daze. You see my guidance counselor wanted my to go into the 11th grade two years early. When I arrived home Darry was already home. Me and Riley walked into our house. She went straight into the kitchen and statted on her homwork. 'ok Pony you can do this' I thought.
"Hey Darry can I talk to you, I said, "Yea what's wrong little buddy" I took a deep breath. "Umm my guidance counselor wants me to go into the 11th grade two years earlier. Darry stopped what he was doing and looked at me. "Pony, I can't let" I felt a weight had been lifted off my shoulders. "Ok dar" I said and went into kitchen to start on my homework. Darry followed me.
"Do you wanna know why" he asked. "Not in a million years" I chuckled softly. "Why not," he asked. "Because I will need the 10th grade information to pass the 11th grade. I said. If you want to know the truth, the 11th grade scared me. That's the year that the socs get rough. I heard that two years ago some greaser was killed by some soc.
"Darry what time is soda goin to be home" "uhh I would say around eight" good that meant I had three or four hours of peace and quiet for my homework. When soda comes home, you cannot get anything done. I had finished my homework early.
"Hey, how are my favorite brothers doing" My twin sister Riley came over to Darry and I. I am 30 minutes older than Riley is. "What are you boys working on" she asked. "studying/bills" Darry and I said at the same time. Riley came over to me and she sat down, together we studied for our history test.