"Morning." Soda said happily to Emily whom gave him a death glare. She had just gotten to actual sleep maybe fifteen minutes before soda decide to wake her up. It was a three day weekend and She has wanted to sleep in Thank you very much. After a good three months of school , she'd been wanting this three day weekend for some time.
"If Looks could kill. Come on honey. We have a lot of things to do today." Soda announced to her proudly.
"What you mean we…" Emily asked cocking an eyebrow at him.
"I'm wounded. You don't wanna spend time with your uncle at all." Soda said placing a hand over his chest and pretending to faint. It made Emily giggle slight and sit up more so.
"So what you have planned?" Emily asked standing up and stretching.
"Can't hear you I'm dead." Soda said his eyes shut.
"Okay Fine. That means I get your slice of cake if your dead." Emily said mockingly to soda.
"What?! No!" Soda exclaimed springing up suddenly. He rushed off after Emily and yanked her cake from her hands.
"Hey!" Emily said yanking it back. The duo yanked the piece back and forth until the cake was in Soda's hold and Emily slipped smacking her head on the floor.
"Fuck….." Emily mumbled softly getting a glare from her other Uncle Darry.
"Sorry." She said slowly sitting up and shaking her head some.
"Mhmm...Well I'm off to work then. I won't be home till five tonight and Ponyboy won't be back till seven." Darry reminded the duo before rushing outside to his truck.
"So uncle soda whatcha got planned?" Emily asked him cocking an eyebrow some.
"We dear one are going to have some good fun." Soda said grinning from ear to ear.
"Meaning?" Emily asked curiously.
"You'll see. You'll see. But first things first how you feel about racing." Soda asked her curiously.
"You're taking me to a drag race aren't you." Emily said pointedly giving him a look.
"Perhaps….But seriously. You ever been to one?" Soda asked her innocently Enough.
"No. Haven't been to one. I'll go and watch so long as I don't gotta get in the car." Emily told him sternly.
"You won't have to. You'll be by your favorite uncle cheering on his buddy with him." Soda said putting an arm around Emily's shoulders.
"Who says you're my favorite uncle." Emily said making soda gasp.
"Who lets you get away with more?" Soda asked seriously.
"You do." Emily said getting into the car with him. The drive lasted maybe an hour at best before they arrived at the track.
"Ah Emily!" Amanda shouted motioning the girl over to her. Soda followed suit sitting on Emily's opposite side.
"Oh who's this?" Amanda asked looking to soda.
"My uncle and don't think about it." Emily told her friend sternly.
"Oh come on. He's cute."
"I don't need an step aunt the same age as me thank you very much." Emily told Amanda who giggled.
"You know I'm right here you two."
"We know." Amanda and Emily said at the same time.
Emily looked over at a car and grimaced seeing it. "That's ugly." Emily said making soda look at her.
"Which one?"
"That brown green one. It looks like someone puke on a piece of paper and took it to a customs paint shop to get it done." Emily said making Amanda crack up laughing some for soda.
"Girly you are by far the most entertaining person I've met." Amanda said wiping away a few tears from her eyes.
"Oh your too kind." Emily said Bowing some.
The race soon began and Emily eyed Steve's car. It looked rather nice and soon enough the first set had been finished.
"Where's the…"
"Restrooms are that way." Soda said pointing to a building not too far from where they were.
"Thanks." Emily said rushing off.
She used the restroom and as she was getting out she got stopped by someone.
"Huh didn't know you go to races like this." James said in genial shock.
"My uncle took me." Emily said simply.
"Ah...look since the get together and all. My old man had cracked down on his boys for catcalling. Pretty hard." James said seeing Emily smile.
"Good. But it's pathetic it took me to be in a bad mood for you all to open your eyes and actually see what's going on around you." Emily said arms folded over.
"Yeah it is. Look have you given it thought to being friends?" James asked her curiosity.
"Yeah we can be friends. But I'm not hanging with you and your group of friends."
"They're not all bad."
"How many times have you gotten black out drunk at a party are almost OD on popping pills and how many of them were there beside you to make sure you were alright." Emily adked seeing James face fall.
"None."
"Then you need new friends." Emily told him simply.
"Fuck...that's. Why do you do this? Open people's eyes to the obvious that they ignore." James asked her running his fingers through his hair some.
"Can't he helped. Look if you wanna continue to watch the races, you can join us. I make no promises my uncle does give you Death glares though. " Emily said gently.
"Uh Yeah...yeah I'd like that." James said following closely behind Emily.
Emily took her original seat while James sat before her so he could chat with her some if He choose to,but with the death glares soda gave him. He opted not to.
The race was soon over and the winner was Steve Randle for once.
"Woot go Steve!" Soda shouted to his friend waving at him like some goofball.
Emily followed Soda down to the pit to greet his friend.
"Huh oh hey Emily. This one drag you here then?" Steve asked cocking an eyebrow some.
"You could say that." Emily said gently.
"Emily you wanna spend the night tomorrow!" Amanda shouted to her friend.
"I'll half to ask my godfather tonight if I can. I'll call you later about it!" Emily shouted back.
"You better Em!" Amanda shouted.
"Em….?" Soda asked.
"Oh come on it's not like you two don't have nicknames for each other." Emily pointed out to the duo.
"She's got you there Sodie pop." Steve said chuckling some.
"So what's with James?" Soda asked Emily as the duo headed back to the car. It was close to one at this point and both of them were ready to head home.
"He just wants to be friends". Emily said making soda look at her.
"Not that time of friends. Jesus. I wouldn't do that." Emily said smacking soda's shoulder some.
"Okay..I trust you. I don't trust him. " Soda said sternly.
"Yeah that was obvious at the track. You kept giving him death glares." Emily pointed out to her uncle.
"Okay so I was giving him death glares. He did ask you out under bad circumstances."
"I think he just needs friends who like him for him and don't try to get him to do drugs with them." Emily said softly.
"Someone like you?" Soda asked making her nod her head shyly.
"Okay but if things progress to more, I make no guarantees that he doesn't end up missing and in a garbage sack somewhere." Soda said sternly Enough.
"Mhmmm..so do you think pony will let me spend the night at Mandy's?" Emily asked seriously.
"He might. You'll have to ask him." Soda said softly.
"Yeah...Okay. I'll ask him later tonight." Emily said smiling some.
