Change can be good
Summary: Ponyboy goes off to college with a scholarship but what happens in College?
Disclaimer: I don't own the outsiders. I only own Malvina(Mally), Jason, Jamie, and Maddie. I also own Katie, Kayla, Sam, and Nancy.
Chapter 10:
Pony POV:
I knew that I'd have to tell the gang everything about Mally's disease eventually, I just didn't want it to be so soon. Thing is, seeing as Mally just screamed her heart out about 20 minutes ago, I knew they'd all be interested and that meant now was the time to tell.
"Ponyboy what happened in there?" Darry asked me.
I took in a deep breath, sat down with Mally in my lap, and explained everything to the gang. I told them about how the disease evolved, how I took her to the doctor and he gave us the pills, and how it's been going since.
"you shouldn't blame yourself, you know." Darry said when I finished.
"what do you mean?" I asked him.
"the way you told us everything, something in your voice just told me that you blamed yourself for the whole thing. And you shouldn't cause it's not your fault." He explained.
"how? How isn't it my fault? I had it after mom and dad died, and it's genetic, therefore she gets it from me, and therefore it's my fault. It's my fault Mally's going to have to go through her whole life with N.M.D, and mainly, it's my fault that she's going to have to take sleeping pills to keep herself from waking up in the middle of the night, screaming her head off." I explained my feelings, and tightened my hold of Mally as she started to stir.
"That doesn't immediately mean it's your fault, it just means that… she has a disease that you just happened to have when you were younger." Soda said, trying to make me feel better.
"look Pony, it doesn't even matter, she won't figure it out, and even if she does she won't care. She'll still love you like any daughter loves her father, and all that she'll truly remember is the nights when she wakes up screaming and you're there for her no matter what." Darry said.
"ya, like how you remember the things Darry did for you. Like that one time after that week in Windrixville you fainted, after the rumble. You remember how he stayed with you the whole time that you were sick." Johnny spoke up. I couldn't bare to look into the guys's eyes anymore so I looked down at my sleeping babygirl. It hurt me to know that when most kids are dreaming about things that they'd love to do, like go to Disneyland, or something, Mally's dreaming about someone or something hurting her. Everytime I think about it, my heart breaks in two.
"it just hurts seeing her squirming around in her sleep and stuff because of a nightmare, when she should be laying there dreaming about something like her up coming birthday, or going to Disneyland, or somethin." I told them.
We talked for a little more, and then Darry and Soda started to get beds ready for everyone. Darry and Kayla slept in their bed, Soda and Katie in theirs, Two-Bit and Sam were in the Dally, Sylvia and Mason got the guestroom, Steve and Evie got one blow up mattress, Johnny and Nancy got another, Jason and Maddie got the last and, after a lot of persuading, Mally and I got the pull out couch.
Mally started to stir in her sleep and as soon as I felt it I tightened my grip around her. It helped her calm down quite a bit, but I was still worried. It took me a little while, but I eventually fell asleep, holding Mally close to my chest.
Soda POV:
It was a little hard for me to fall asleep considering everything that I had just taken in, in the last few hours. First, Ponyboy has a daughter, and then she has a disease that causes her to have nightmares that are similar to the ones Pony used to have, and then third, Pony blames himself for it.
Darry POV:
At first I was a little disappointed that Pony had a baby and didn't tell me and Soda about it, but then that disappointment turned into sadness. Sadness for the fact that he felt he couldn't be straight with us. Finding out that Mally had N.M.D didn't help, and then finding out that Pony blamed himself for it all only made it all worse.
Pony POV:
The next morning I woke up to Mally jumping on my back and screaming…
"DADDY WAKE UP ITS TIME FOR BREAKFAST!"
"hmmm, alright I'm up, I'm up." I said as I turned around onto my back, causing Mally to fall off onto the bed beside me. as soon as she landed beside me I started to tickle her, it was our morning routine. I guess it was in the Curtis blood, cause when we were younger my parents would wake me , Darry, and Soda all by tickling us. And after they died Darry and Soda carried on the tradition by tickling me every morning. Mally was about the most ticklish person I had ever met, if you tried to whisper something in her ear, or tried to kiss her on her neck she's scream, and for a half hour after, she'd be ticklish everywhere.
"come on everyone, breakfast is on the table!" Kayla yelled, and everyone rushed into the kitchen. This household was exactly how I remembered it, except for a few new occupants.
The guys were all working that day, so I ended up taking Mason and Mally the park. As soon as we got there they both ran off to the monkey bars, and as I saw all the socs walking around horrible memories started to come back.
"Ponyboy Curtis?" we had been at the park for an hour and the kids were still on the monkey bars, when a voice asked that question from behind me. I slowly turned around to see her. The only girl that I ever really loved.
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