Trial and Error
Chapter 2
Soda POV
I had a good time with Sandie that night. We went out to dinner, then the movies. When I got home pony was already asleep. I felt bad for him, poor kid was having nightmares and there really wasn't anything we could do about it.
When I got into bed I noticed he was shivering and threw another blanket over him. I laid awake for a while thinking about Sandie. I really love her... I really do...
I fell asleep easily thinking about her, but was woken up when I heard pony scream next to me. He jerked up and looked around the room. Darry was in the room in no time and flipped the lights on. I put an arm around pony "Calm down buddy, It's alright..." Darry sat down on the edge of the bed. "Man, pony, You're shakin like a leaf." I told him.
He looked pale. " I-I can't help it.." he studdered. I rubbed his back "I know..it's ok buddy...Just calm down." Darry spoke up "What was it about?" Pony just shook his head "I don't know."
Darry sighed "Come on into the living room, I'll get ya a drink then you should try to get back to sleep." he got up, and pony followed. I sat in the room by myself trying to figure out something I could do for him.
Soon he came back in though, and just laid down. I turned the light out and went to sleep with him. I felt him still shaking next to me and wrapped my arm around him. He seemed to relax a little bit. I wish mom and dad were here.
Pony POV
I didn't get to sleep at all after I had the nightmare. I felt soda put his arm around me. He fell asleep pretty quickly. I always feel bad about waking them up like that. I prefer waking up and not screaming. Then I can just get up and sit in the living room without bothering them.
I miss mom and dad. The teachers at school talk to me like I'm dying. They look at me with pity and I hate it. I wish they'd just forget it ever happened.
Kids at school like to ask me about it. They want to know if I seen the wreck...or If I got to see them in the morgue. That's what hurt the most. Them asking about my parents directly like that.
I blew up at some kid who wanting to know if they were disfigured. I got sent to the principal's office. He just told me not to let it happen again and made me go talk to the school councilor.
I wondered if they treated everyone like this when something bad happened.
The next morning darry had to shake me awake. I was so tired... He felt my forehead for a fever, and looked at me with the same pity I get from the teachers. I hated it. He sighed "Stay home today, and sleep, you're getting a fever."
I wasn't really up to arguing so I laid down and went back to sleep. I heard him talking to soda about talking to a doctor about my nightmares. I thought that was the most ridiculous thing I'd ever heard of, but soda agreed so darry said something about calling him today.
I could faintly hear everyone rustling around in the living room getting ready for work, and school for twobit. I soon fell asleep. I slept all day. I didn't wake up until I heard Johnny talking to me "Hey Pony? How ya feeling?" I set up tiredly "Hey Johnny Cakes...I'm fine, did you go to school?" He shook his head "I went out with dally." I nodded. Him and dally did that sometimes.
I got out of bed, then me and him walked to the dx. Soda got us a couple cokes, and felt my forehead again, asking me how I was feeling. I told him I was fine. He still looked at me worriedly.
I wish everyone would just back off. I'm fine, I just didn't get a whole lot of sleep last night. Steve glared at me like I shouldn't have even come here to worry soda.
After a while soda and steve walked with johnny and me back to our house. Darry was there making dinner and for once everyone gathered around the table and ate. Darry kept looking at me worriedly. After dinner I went to my room and did my homework which Twobit so graciously brought to me.
It was 8:30 by the time I was finished so I just got ready for bed. Around 9 or 9:30 soda came in. "Hey pony?"
"Yea?" I answered. "Are you alright?" he asked. I sighed "Yea soda, I'm fine...can you guys stop asking?" Soda laid down on the bed "We're just worried about ya." I rolled over to face him "Don't be. I just didn't get a whole lot of sleep ya know?" He nodded "Alright pony, I'll let ya go back to sleep."
We both laid back down and went to sleep.