Disclaimer: I DO NOT own the outsiders nor any of S.E. Hintons original characters. I am SO SO sorry for the late update!
-Two-Bit POV-
Darry had called me and let me know what had happened. I quietly walked into Pony's hospital room and saw he was awake.
"I have arrived! Please, try to keep applause to a minimum." I said, figuring since Pony was awake I could be as loud as I pleased, which is good because being quiet is not one of my best quality's.
"Hey Two-bit." Soda said. Pony smiled at me.
"How you feelin' kid?" I asked although from the looks of him I already knew the answer.
"Not the best. I'm kinda sore." He responded. Well I'd be darned if that wasn't the understatement of the centenary.
"How 'bout you Darry?" I asked. Gee, his face was all bruised and everything.
"Fine." He said flatly. I walked over to Pony and saw him drawing. I recognized it as Soda's horse Mickey Mouse, surrounded by doodles of Mickey Mouse the cartoon character.
"Nice drawing Pone." I said, the kid was talented I'd give him that. I had never been real good at drawing or anythin' like that. "Hey Soda, Darry why don't y'all go get some sleep. I can hang out with the kid." I walked toward Darry and Soda.
"I dunno." Soda said. Geez, I could entertain the kid for a day. Besides they had to go to work and it wouldn't help if they were falling asleep on their feet.
"C'mon y'all can't go to work half asleep." I lowered my voice. "And being broke with hospital bills ain't gonna help Pony none. You can go home, get some sleep then go to work." I really wouldn't mind watching Ponyboy and it was the least I could do, considering all they do for the gang. After a great amount of convincing they finally agreed to go home get some sleep, come back, then go to work. The hard part was getting Darry to borrow my car. I understand why he wouldn't want to drive and all but he was the most careful driver I know, besides it's not like I was gonna be using it in the hospital.
"Bye Pony, we'll be back soon. And Two-bit, try not to destroy the whole bloody hospital." Darry said as they were about to leave.
"Glory Darry, you'd think I was gonna start a food fight in the cafeteria right off the bat." I responded.
"Nope, I know you would." He said sarcastically as he walked out the door.
I turned and faced Pony "Welcome to operation best time ever, commander in chief being yours truly." I said smiling and hoped this hospital didn't have rules against paper airplanes.
-Soda's POV-
I walked into my room, I had convinced Darry to go to sleep- no easy feat let me tell you. I reached into the closet and pushed away everything on top of a small box in the back of my closet. I counted the money I had been saving since I was five, all the birthday money, all the extra hours that I didn't tell Darry about. I had only taken money from this box once in my life- to help pay for bills right after Mom and Dad had died. I counted 847 dollars and 32 cents. Woah. That was more money than I could have dreamed I'd saved. The truck had been wrecked and between hospital bills we wouldn't have money for a new one, our insurance only would go so far. I went to bed, knowing Darry would have my head if I didn't get some sleep.
I woke up much earlier than usual, earlier than Darry even, and for a moment forgot what had happened. I got up and went to wake up Darry. I knocked before walking into his room, and threw a pillow at him.
"Get out of bed, purple eggs for breakfast!" I yelled in his direction. I grabbed the box from my room, I set it on the table and got out the food colouring and eggs. As I was finishing up breakfast Darry walked in.
"Well G'Morning sleepy head." I said smiling.
"How on God's green earth are you so happy?" Darry asked sitting down at the table.
"Look in that box." I said handing him a plate of eggs. He did as told.
"W-what where did you get this money?" Darry asked dumbfounded.
"Eleven years of saving, use it to help get a new truck, or pay the hospital bills." I said.
"Soda, this is yours, you saved for so long and..." He tried to protest.
"Darry, what the heck do you think I would have used it for? It's not like I'm goin' to college anytime soon. I've been saving until I felt like it was time to spend it and now is that time." I argued.
"Are you sure?" He asked unconvinced.
"Yes. Now eat your eggs, you know how hard it is to get that shade of purple?" I told him, it was really strange telling Darry what to do. I was glad to give my money, we needed it. I sat down and ate my breakfast quickly so we could go visit Pony.
Again so so soooo sorry for the really late update! Thanks for reading! Please review! Let me know if you have any ideas to add to this story or any new story's I should write! Y'all are the best! Sorry this chapter is kinda rough but I wanted to get something up, again REALLY sorry for the late update!