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Chapter Two: Little Miss Gladys Marie Parker
"Yo Sodapop! Some girl is here to see ya!" Two bit's voice yelled from the living room. Sodapop groaned and shifted in his bed, not wanting to get up. It was already past twelve in the afternoon, but he had to get up sometime before his two brothers came dragging him out of bed.
"SODA!" Pony yelled this time and Soda grunted. He sat up and glanced at his arm, seeing the cut he had made last week on it. He shuddered and pulled on a flannel shirt with some clean jeans before walking on out to see who his guest was.
"Hi. Can I help you...?" he asked raising an eyebrow surprised. His depression in his voice didn't show as much but he, along with everyone, could still hear it.
"Hey Sodapop." she said nervously twirling her red hair between her thin fingers and smiled nervously up at him. Soda looked closely at the girl. Her features looked so distinct. The red hair, green eyes and the thin figure. She could pass for Jesse's sister.
"I-I was wondering if you've seen my s-sister around. She took off from home and never c-came back. She said she went to Tulsa or something like that..." her voice trailed off and she bit her bottom lip, which was dry and needing of chapstick.
"Your sister? Who is she? And really, who are you?" Two bit asked, before Soda could say a word out of his mouth. Everyone was now staring at the small redhead, who looked down at the ground.
"I'm Gladys Marie Parker, Jesse's little sister."
Silence fell across the room. Soda's breathing became heavy and his words tied up in his mouth. He almost choked and the look on Gladys's face turned to confusion.
"Do you know where my sister is?" she asked, now pleading, sensing something was going on. Ponyboy sighed seeming to sense no one could speak for her.
"Gladys, you're sister...Jesse...died two years ago. She was murdered, shot...I'm really sorry." he muttered the last party sympathetically and looked down, not wanting to see the expression on her face.
Gladys stiffened and tears swelled up in her eyes.
"No! She can't be dead! She's my only family!" she said and started crying, suddenly latching herself onto Ponyboy, who blinked in surprise but wrapped his arms hesitantly around the young girl. Ponyboy tried to calm the young girl down but it was no use.
"N-No," she kept mumbling over and over again and Pony only patted her back which made the crying only a bit worse but eventually settled her down.
"I got no where to stay," she mumbled moving her red hair aside and looking up at Pony into his green eyes. Ponyboy frowned and looked at Soda, who nodded thinking to read his mind.
"You can stay with us for a while, if you'd like." Gladys smiled a bit.
"I dont want to be imposin'." she said and chuckled slightly. Pony smiled.
"You aint, trust me." he said and took her hand and led her inside to give her a tour of the house. Soda smiled a bit before it disappeared. He thought the girl was alright.
Her sister...
Jesse had never told him that she had a sister.
And he had known her practically all his life!
He sighed and walked back to his room, shutting the door behind him and laid back on the bed, falling asleep to a nightmare.
