Dally's POV:
Sky and I started walking back to her house in complete silence. I hate that I am this soft around her but its only because she's like my little sister, actually she is like everyone's little sister in the gang. I am extremely proud of myself right now even though I didn't get the full explanation out of Sky for what's been happening to her, I did get some of it. She let slip the fact that someone is hurting her and that she is scared to tell Darry, Pony, and Soda because she thinks that they will be taken away from her if they found out the truth. After Sky and Pony leave for school and Soda leaves for work I will tell Darry what Sky told me.
Sky and I walked through the door and Sky was bombarded with questions from her brothers.
"Sky where were you!?" Darry asked obviously angry or maybe it was Soda I don't know
"Guys all of you calm your tits. Sky was out on a walk with me, she woke up early this morning and I was awake on the couch and she told me that she was going for a walk so I went with. She's fine okay." I told them
Pony looked at Sky and asked "Sky is that really what happened?"
"Yes that's what happened. I woke up around 4 from a nightmare and wasn't able to fall back asleep so I got ready and went on a walk and Dally came with me." Sky responded
"Sky if you had a nightmare why didn't you wake Soda or I up?" Pony asked her
"I've been so much of a burden to you guys lately with the coming home late, the many nightmares, and the freak out I had yesterday. I just didn't want to bother you guys again and thought I would give you guys a break from it so I went for a walk instead." Sky stated looking down at her feet
A burden? I've known Sky since she was born and she has never once thought of herself as a burden to her brothers. Boy, someone is really messing with Sky's head to make her think this way.
Darry walked over to Sky and put his fingers under her chin forcing her to look at him. "Sky, I never want to hear you say that ever again. Do you understand?" he said
Sky just nodded. "I don't know what crazy thoughts have been put into that pretty little head of yours but you are in no way a burden to us you never have been and never will be. You are the best thing that has ever happened to us. We love you so much Sky." Darry said and pulled Sky to him and hugged her tight Pony and Soda joined in too
"I love you guys too." Sky whispered
"Now about the whole walk thing since Dally was with you we won't skin you this time Sky." Soda said with a chuckle
Soon everyone was laughing.
"Okay Pony, Sky you guys better get going or you'll be late for school." Darry said
Pony and Sky grabbed their bags and ran out the door racing each other to school. Soda and Darry laughed at their antics while I just shook my head. Shortly after that Soda left for the DX even though it was his day off since it was Friday, saying something about needing to talk to Steve about something. Darry and I both said bye and that we'll see him later, while Darry will I will probably be long gone before Sky and Pony even get home from school.
"Hey Darry, I need to tell you something." I said
"Sure Dal, what's up?" Darry said and sat in his recliner while I sat on the couch
"While you know how Sky's been changing recently. And how she's been coming home with bruises and how yesterday she came home looking like she had been run over by a car?" I said
"Yea, but what are you getting at here Dally?" Darry asked me sounding confused
"Well this morning when Sky and I were out walking I asked her what has been happening to her. She started giving me some bull shit answer but then she let something slip though I don't think she meant to, she said that someone has been hurting her for weeks now. And when I asked her why she wouldn't tell you guys or at least one of the gang, she said that she was scared because if she told you guys that you would do something bad and get taken away from her and she said if she told one of the gang that they would eventually tell you guys and the same thing would happen." I said
Darry's face changed from confused to pure anger in less than a second.
"Wait so someone has been hurting her and she won't tell us because she's afraid that she will lose us? I just don't understand, she's knows that she can tell us anything and she knows that we would never do anything that would end with us losing each other no matter how angry we were. Wait did you say someone has been hurting her for weeks!?" Darry yelled
"Yes, that's what she let slip. Now I know your going to tell Soda and Pony about this but you can't let Sky hear you or even think that you guys know something. If you do she will completely shut down and that will only cause her to get hurt even more." I said
"Okay fine I don't want to do anything that will end up with Sky just getting hurt even more. But, what are we supposed to do then? Just sit around and wait till one day we find her dead on the street? No, I won't let that happen. We've already lost our parents, I am NOT going to lose Sky too." Darry stated
"Darry don't worry none of us will let that happen. I'm going to tell the rest of the gang to start keeping tabs on Sky, not exactly following her around but looking around to see who she runs into or who's around or following her. Whoever is hurting her has to be someone she knows and must be following her, so we will find out who it is and put a stop to it. I promise you that Darry." I said
Darry just nodded his head in agreement with what I said. We were both silent after that so I decided to leave and give Darry time to soak it all in, while I went to tell the gang what they were going to do because they don't have a choice, their going to do it.
Soda's POV:
I'm on my way to the DX to ask Steve if him and Sky were wrestling the other day to confirm her bull shit story about how she got the bruises on her arms. I look up and see Steve coming out of the garage cigarette in hand.
"Hey Steve!" I holler out
He turns around and smiles "Hey Soda! Where ya been?"
"Its my day off you doofus remember?" I said with a chuckle
"Oh yea! Well if it's your day off then what are you doing here?" he asked
"I'm here because I need to ask you about something Sky said." I told him
"Oh god what did she say about me now?" he asked with a chuckle
"She has all these bruises covering both her arms and she told Darry, Pony, and I that she got them from wrestling with you earlier this week. Did you guys ever wrestle at anytime this week?" I asked him
"No Soda we didn't and even if we did she wouldn't have ended up with that many bruises. Do you think she's hiding something?" he asked
"Oh I know she's hiding something and if it was about something else then I wouldn't care. But Steve, for the past few weeks she has been coming home with bruise after bruise on her body and she won't tell us how she got them. And then yesterday we let her walk home from school by herself since Pony had track practice and she didn't get home till way after Darry, Pony, and I had been home. Also she not only came home covered head to toe in bruises but her jeans were ripped so much that they looked like they were put through a wood chipper and I know for sure that they weren't like that when she left for school yesterday morning. Then when she wouldn't give us an explanation and stormed past us and into our room Pony and I came in and saw a huge gash straight across her stomach that couldn't have happened more than a few hours ago. She lied and lied to us about it and eventually passed out. When she regained consciousness she screamed and ran out of the room, we found her hiding under the kitchen table and when Darry reached out to comfort her she jumped back put her hands in front of her and started screaming 'stop stop!' and 'I said no!' over and over again. I have no idea what's wrong with her and I just wish that she would tell us." I ranted
"Wow Soda I didn't realize it was that bad, she's so good at hiding her emotions and she must put a lot of makeup on to cover all those bruises because I've never seen them. I'll start keeping a close eye on her and see if I can figure anything out and I'll let you know if I do. I promise Soda whoever is doing this to Sky we will find out and smash their heads in good, okay?" Steve said
I just nodded. "Thanks for the talk Steve, but I really gotta get home Sky and Pony should be home from school soon and I want to see if she comes home with any new bruises. If she does I think I'm going to lose it!" I said and started walking back home
I faintly heard Steve shout 'bye' to me. I mean it though if Sky comes home with any more bruises on her body I am going to lose it. I don't think I can take much more of seeing my baby sister getting hurt day in and day out.
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