Carlie POV
The lady pulled me up to a tall boy with blond hair and green, grey eyes, and she asked,
"Are you Ponyboy Curtis?"
He nodded and she gave him my bag and pushed me closer to him. She didn't say anything else, she just walked away, probably to find they guy she was talking to before.
He muttered something under his breath that I couldn't hear and then he held his hand out for me.
I took it and he led me to a small truck. There was another person there in the drivers seat.
I waited outside, I wasn't sure if I was allowed to come in, at home I wasn't allowed most places and I was shy.
He glanced over at me.
"come on, get in"
I climbed in, I had to sit next to him, because it was a small car.
"what's your name cutie?"Asked the guy in the front seat.
He was also blond and he looked older than my other cousin. He was very handsome.
I was shy so I didn't answer at first.
He glanced at me and smiled.
"my name is sodapop, but you can call me Soda. Now that you know my name tell me yours"
I took a deep breath and answered.
"c-ca-carlie"
He smiled and said "that's a pretty name"
I wasn't used to these kind of compliments so I shifted in my seat.
The guy that was sitting next to me asked ,
"how old are you anyways?"
"I'm s-seven, I'm a-almost eight"
He nodded and said. "oh I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Ponyboy, but you can call me Pony"
My stomach rumbled and I blushed. Soda laughed.
"we'll be home soon, why don't you rest your head for a bit?"
He didn't have to tell me twice, it was a long train ride.
I rested my head on the seat and closed my eyes, and I soon fell asleep.
Ponyboy POV
I saw this lady come up to me with this tiny looking little blond girl.
"Are you Pony boy Curtis?"
I nodded and she handed me the kid's bag and she pushed the little kid towards me and left.
I mumbled "what a witch" we had all agreed we wouldn't curse while the kid was around, it wasn't a good influence for her. I held out my hand to her and she took it.
I glanced her over. She had really long blond hair, when was the last time she got it cut? She also had the brightest blue eyes I have ever seen. She really was a pretty girl, but she looked like she was beat up a lot, she had a shy, scared look to her eyes.
I hopped into our truck. Soda was driving.
I noticed the girl was standing outside the car not really sure if she was supposed to go in.
I leaned out the car and told her "come on, get in"
She got in and scooted next to me.
Soda seemed to take a liking to her right away when he asked,
"what's your name cutie?"
She looked shy and didn't answer him at first.
He smiled at her and told her,
"my name is sodapop but you can call me Soda. Now that you know my name tell me yours"
She answered him back this time.
"c-ca-carlie" that was a cute name.
He smiled and said "that's a pretty name"
I was curious about something.
"how old are you anyways?"
she looked at me and said "I'm s-seven but I'm a-almost eight"
I nodded. I could see that she wasn't used to talking to people. What kind of a life did she have?
I just realized something. "oh I forgot to introduce myself, I'm Ponyboy, but you can call me Pony"
Her stomach rumbled and she blushed. Soda laughed.
"we'll be home soon, why don't you rest your head for a bit?"
She looked exhausted so she put her head on the seat and fell asleep quickly. I lifted her head and put it on my lap, and I stroked her hair while she slept.
Soda smiled. "she's a real cutie aint she?"
I nodded. "hey Soda, do you know anything about this girl?"
"no I don't, and is it me or does she seem scared of us?"
It kinda did seem like that.
"come to think about it, she does"
Wait until she meets Darry… I glanced at what she was wearing. A big sweatshirt and long jeans.
"she must be very hot in those clothes, it's august"
She snuggled closer to me when I said this. I put my arm around her and held her close.
We drove for another 10 minutes, until we pulled up to the house.
I picked her up and carried her to me and Soda's room, and laid her there on the bed.
I closed the door and wandered off to the kitchen to make dinner.