I wasn't sleeping and neither was Johnny I think. I tried to keep myself stay awake by drinking lots of Pepsi.
"Ponyboy are you done here?" whispered a voice coming from the stairs.
"Yeah Johnny I'm in here," I whispered back.
"Um I would prefer the name Angela," she said. She sat right next to me and made me face her.
"Angela? What do you want?" I asked annoyed.
"We need to talk about Cherry, she isn't who she says she is and you have to believe me," Angela said.
"Why would I wanna believe anything you say?" I asked.
"Oh Ponyboy just listen to what I have to say, I know that I haven't been nice to you but that was the old me ok? When I visited Cherry in the hospital she told me stuff that are really bad. I am only going to tell you this because I still love you but you gotta believe me," Angela said. I rolled my eyes I would listen but I wouldn't trust any word of it.
"Sure say what you need to tell me," I said.
"Everything that she told you was a lie ok she lied when she said that Bob was the baby's father. She doesn't want anyone to really know the real father and she doesn't really love Justine. I am here to help you before she tries to hurt her," she said with sad eyes.
"Sure ok," I said and rolled my eyes.
"Listen she will never love the child because she doesn't love the man that is the real father! She will try to kill her I'm warning you," she said holding on to me.
"Angela I don't trust any word that is coming out of your mouth," I said.
"Well would you believe me if I don't you that the father is Dally!" she shouted again. I put my hand to her mouth making her be quiet.
"Why would the father me Dally?" I asked. I thought about it, Dally and Cherry liked each other but Cherry never really wanted to fall in love with him and why am I believing this lie!
"I think you can answer that yourself. She will try to hurt her you gotta believe me I love you and I only want you to be safe," she said.
"And also she knew that you would fall in her trap by making up that whole Bob story ok I know what really happened," she said. I almost believed her but then I knew something that she didn't know.
"When did she hook up with Dally again?" I asked.
"When you were in that church place," she said.
"Really then how do you explain that he was with me and Johnny the whole time!" I shouted softly now getting mad.
"He wasn't with you boys the whole time," she said.
"Well-"
"Ponyboy if you where smart then you would leave Cherry and leave her child," she said putting her hand on my check. She pulled me close to her and we kissed for a few seconds until I broke away.
"Stop I will never love you so get the hell away from me!" I shouted angrily. She looked way mad and left the house slamming the door shut. I looked out the window to see if she was gone but of course I couldn't see since she was wearing black. I sighed and walked away to the couch again but at least the freak is out of the house. I slammed myself against the couch and started to fall asleep again. Angela snuck back in the house since I didn't lock it and went upstairs to jam Cherrys bedroom door and jam Johnnys door so they couldn't get out when she set fire to the house. She hated the house, Cherry, me loving Cherry, Justine, and me. I of course didn't know this at the time.
Ponyboys dream
"Daddy help!" shouted a scared little baby voice. I opened my eyes and saw that the whole house was on fire! I looked over to my right and saw Justine being strangled by Angela. I looked to my left and saw Cherry choking on the flames. I panicked, who would I save at a time like this? Without thinking more I ran and helped Cherry out of the burning house leaving Justine to suffer from Angela and the fire.
End of dream
That dream was scary and it felt so real and it's almost like I could feel the fire in here…
"Oh my god!" I shouted loudly. I got up and looked at the flames coming from upstairs, it would be minutes until the house burned down. I ran up the stairs looking at the bedroom on my left and the bedroom on my right. I could only save one person!
""Ponyboy help!" shouted Johnny.
"Oh Jesus some save me!" shouted Cherry. I began to choke on the flames and without thinking about it for one more second I ran to help…
And that's it! Sorry I took so long it was just a very hard week for me and I am sorry about this chapter being short. Here is a question, who do you think Ponyboy saved from the fire?