Romeo and Romeo
Chapter Two
I sat with my head tipped up and an ice pack over my nose for a few minutes before the nurse told me to call my parents.
"I can't." I told her. Really I felt bad for her; she was new and had just started a week earlier so I didn't expect her to know about my current situation.
"And why is that?" She asked.
"They're dead." I answered.
The tone of her voice changed real quick.
"Oh… Well is there anyone you can call?"
"Yeah, you could go find Steve Randle and tell him to call my older brother at work." I told her.
She nodded and walked out of the room quickly.
I sighed and leaned against the wall.
This was gonna hurt for a few days and I knew Darry was gonna fix it himself when he got home.
Darry fixed Tim's nose every time he broke it, three times to be exact.
I watched him do it before and I always knew I never wanted that to happen to me.
Darry would put his hands on both sides of Tim's nose and just push it back so that it was strait.
Of course, Tim didn't even wince when it happened, but when I heard the crack of his bone moving I knew that must have hurt worse then having it broken.
Finally, Steve and the nurse found their way back.
Steve picked up the phone and quickly dialed the number.
"DX Station. Sodapop speaking." I barley heard from the other end.
"Hey Soda, you gotta take your lunch right now." Steve said, smiling at me from across the room.
"Why? Its ten a.m. There's no way…"
"Your little brother got beat up by a girl." Steve told him.
"Did not!" I said loudly so that Sodapop would hear me.
"I'll be there in a minute." Sodapop said quickly.
Before he hung up I heard the jingling of car keys so I knew he was bringing the car he was working on or something.
"I'm gonna hang around here with Pony till his brother turns up." Steve told the nurse.
She nodded and went back to her paper work. Maybe she was righting out an application for a real job.
"How ya doin?" He asked sitting beside me.
"Well… My friend got jumped by a Soc, a girl Soc that wishes him dead, in the hall way. Then some guy flung me into a brick wall. You shoved your books into my stomach. Now my brother is coming to pick me up in someone else's car, committing grand theft auto, because a girl broke my nose. It's been a pretty bad start in the tenth grade." I explained.
"Oh well, you'll get over it." Steve said, patting me on the shoulder.
A few minutes later Sodapop walked in and stunned the young nurse.
"W-What do you need?" She asked, standing up to see him fully.
"I'm here to pick up Ponyboy." He answered, looking over to me smiling.
I only saw him from the corner of my eye.
"I'll need you to come over here and sign some papers, Darrel right?" She said, motioning to the seat in front of her.
"No I'm Sodapop Curtis, Ponyboy's other brother. There's no way to get in touch with Darrel while he's at work. They should have me on the papers." Sodapop told her.
"Oh yes here it is. But, the school would rather Darrel. Are you sure there's no way to find Darrel?" She asked, reading through the papers.
"Well that's really too bad… Man it's really hot in here." Sodapop said as he stripped from his DX over shirt, leaving him in only a tin tank top.
I thought the lady was gonna pass out.
"But, really I can't do anything about it, Darry's probably across town." Sodapop told her, pushing his shoulders back to show off his chest.
I heard Steve chuckle beside me.
"Well… I guess… Just this once…" She stuttered, not exactly looking at his face anymore.
"Thanks a lot." Sodapop said, signing me out. He looked back at her and smile. "You must be new. I haven't ever seen you."
She nodded and blushed a darker color. "I just started. I'm in school to be an RN."
"Wow that sounds great. I'm just a gas station worker for now." Soda told her.
I head started to hurt and I was about to get up and kick his butt.
"Well you're still young." She said, putting the papers away.
"You have no idea."
Steve snorted trying to hold back a laugh at the dumb nurse.
Sodapop bent down and wrote our address on some paper.
"Uhm… Sodapop… I'd love to go home." I told him, getting really impatient.
"Well come on." He said, helping me up.
"You may go to class now, Randle." The nurse told Steve.
"Sure." Steve answered, following us out.
He followed us to the parking lot and into the blue mustang Sodapop drove to the school.
"Not going back to class?" I asked, getting in the back so that I could lay down.
"Naw…" Steve answered, slipping in the car. "Man, this is awesome."
"Yeah. I need to get it back. Steve, could you stay with Ponyboy till Darry gets home?" Sodapop asked as he started the car.
"Sure thing." Steve answered.
"You're not even gonna notice me. You're gonna toss Aspirin at me and mess up the house." I complained.
"Can it." Steve said, slugging me in the leg.
"Forget it. Johnny or Dally might be around. If not I'll go get Tim or Curly." Sodapop said.
It wasn't a long ride to the house, but just long enough for me to fall asleep. I felt myself being lifted up by some strong arms.
They weren't like Darry's cause I really didn't feel safe.
They were strong, but shaky.
I looked up to Dally with a cigarette hanging out of his mouth.
"Gees, the kid's heavy." He complained.
"Don't drop me…" I told him.
"I should." He said, grinning.
When he got inside he almost dropped me on the couch and went to sit down in Darry's oversized chair.
"I'll see you tonight Ponyboy." Sodapop said before he left.
"Hey Dal, how long have you been here." Steve asked, sitting on the arm of the couch, putting his but right in my face.
It was so gross… Ewww…Steve butt…
"Not too long. Johnny's asleep in Ponyboy's room. He looks like he had a hard morning."
"You have no idea. This morning that red headed chick, she jumped him in the hallway." Steve and Dally started laughing and I was getting really angry.
She wished him dead, that's not funny and even Steve knew that.
I didn't want to tough his butt with my hand as he moved around laughing, so I grabbed my leg and pulled it over my head. It was an exercise we did before a track met. With my leg over my head I kicked him in the back so hard he fell on the floor.
Dally almost fell on the floor himself, he was laughing so hard.
After that I took like sixty Aspirins and went to sleep.