(A/N: Welcome back)
Disclaimer: ForgottenSoul77 looked at her watch and sighed. She still had an eternity before she owned the Outsiders. So no…she doesn't own it, S.E Hinton does.
Homecoming – Chapter 2
It was later that evening when Pony had gone to walk Johnny home and Soda and Katie were looking out at the dusty roads of Tulsa, sitting on their porch.
Soda just couldn't get what Katie said out of his head. "I wish I were like you…."
The blonde turned to the black haired girl who was staring emotionless at the roads.
"You look different because our grandmother was dark skinned." He said softly.
Katie nodded. "Yup." she said.
"And you get your black hair from dad."
Again Katie nodded.
"And you act like me and Ponyboy…yet have your own personality as well." said Soda as he pieced together the puzzle. "So basically, you're a mix of all of us."
Katie's head shot up. "What about mom?"
Soda pondered over this a moment. "Your eyes." He said. "You and me get our eyes from mom."
Katie nodded, smiling. "Exactly."
Soda was then confused once more. "Wait a minute. How come I have blonde hair and Pony has brown hair and so does Darry and you have black hair?"
Katie sighed. "I get black hair from dad. You get blonde hair from mom, and Pony and Dar get brown hair from blonde and black mixing together. The hair colors even out and get a lighter shade."
Soda nodded. "That makes sense."
Katie grinned. "I always make sense."
Soda then launched himself on top of her, tickling her. "You are NOT always right!"
Katie giggled and soon those giggles turned into laughs which turned into tears rolling down her cheeks.
"S-Soda!" she shouted wiping tears from laughter away.
The blonde stopped, grinning at her. "Yes?" he asked innocently as he shimmied off of her.
Katie just rolled her eyes, smiling. She then looked at her watch to see it was at least 9. "Pony should be home soon." said the black haired twin, standing up and stretching. Soda nodded and stood up as well. He yawned before going into the house and curling up on the couch. "I'll wait for him." He said. "You go on to bed."
Katie shook her head. "No, you're more tired than I am. Why don't you go on asleep, and I'll make sure Pony gets to bed."
Soda
gave her a pout but was soon on his way to bed. "Night, Katie."
He called over his shoulder.
"Night, Sodapop." said Katie
smiling, as she sat in Darry's armchair.
(……….…………….……..11 o' clock PM...….…..….…..)
Ponyboy stumbled into the doorway of his house and almost fell on top of the small female greaser who was lying on Darry's chair. Katie's feet hung over one arm of the chair while her head rested on the other. She yawned and looked up, startled.
"Where'ya been, Ponyboy?" she asked, rubbing sleep from her eyes.
Pony looked at her. "Katie?" he asked.
Katie cocked an eyebrow. "Um...yeah. That'd be me."
Ponyboy shook his head, trying to clear his thoughts. "Me and Johnny went to this party. But then these greasers ended up getting us smashed, and then we went out to terrorize peoples lawns by tearing up their grass with the car, and then we threw eggs at some lady walking her dog, and then Tom, that's one of the guys that got us smashed, he ended up robbing this store and getting us all free ice-cream. And then we went around the park dancing and doing acrobatics, and then…."
Katie listened, amazed, as Pony told of his Misfit Adventures.
"And then Daily, he's Tom's brother, he showed us all the best Greaser hangouts and we started smoking' with these other guys who got us smashed again, and then…." He looked around, in a dazed, confused sort of way. "And then I guess I ended up here."
Katie's eyes widened. "Okay….mental note, don't let you get drunk again." She got up and led Pony to his room. "Get some PJs on and then go to bed." said Katie, like she was talking to a very small child.
Pony wobbled around his room and started taking off his shirt and then his pants….
"Whoa, Pony! Wait until I at least close the door, jeez!" Katie quickly shut the door and went to her room. Soda was sound asleep.
She smiled and went to the dresser where she found PJs from the night before. She quickly slipped them on and tiptoed to the bed. Katie carefully crawled in beside her brother and wrapped the covers around herself. Soda turned around to face her and with his eyes still closed he muttered. "I was still awake you know."
Katie's tan cheeks flushed. "Soda!" she hissed.
Soda chuckled softly. "Don' worry. I didn' look." He smiled through the darkness before turning his back to her and falling into a deep slumber.
Katie chuckled, and curled up to his warmth. Her eyelids drooped and before she knew it she was out.
