Tangled Up In Me

Chapter Eleven

Wonderful Morning

I woke up the next morning with a horrible pain in my stomach. I bit my lip as I tried to sit up. I feel back and curled up into a painful ball. I knew what was going on, but I hated it. I was having a cramp and it was almost that time of the month. I had no pain tolerance at all. Darry was already out of bed so, I was alone. I let out a small cry. I knew I had really bad cramps for my age. I finally couldn't take it.

"Darry!" I screamed, hoping he was home. I heard footsteps running to the door. Darry swung it opened and ran over to me. Ponyboy ands Sodapop were standing at the door way.

"Molly, are you okay?" He asked sitting on the bed. He put a hand on my forehead. I shook my head. "What's wrong?" He asked.

"Cramps…" I said slowly. Darry's face turned white. His eyes were getting bigger by the second. Sodapop almost passed out. Ponyboy looked calm.

"I… I'll be back in a few minutes. Ponyboy stay in here." Darry said, walking out of the room, dragging Sodapop with him. Ponyboy sat down and leaned against the headboard. He pulled me close to him and tried to be comforting. It kind of worked. A few minutes later Darry came back with a bag full of stuff. I looked in it and saw a lot of pads. I wanted to laugh, but I knew it would hurt. He held out a pill.

"Take this. The lady at the store said it really helps with… that thing you have…" He said. Ponyboy chuckled. I took the pill and tried to go back to sleep. I finally got back to sleep. I woke up like an hour later. My stomach was feeling so much better. I got and got dressed. When I went to the living room Darry and Ponyboy looked at me. Dally and Two-Bit were also there. "Molly, do you need to go back to bed? Are you still in pain?" Darry asked getting up and grabbing my arm. I shook my head.

"I'm feeling a lot better." I told him. He smiled and led me back to the couch with the others.

"Molly you should have seen ol Darry. When he went out to get your stuff I ran into him. He was so jumpy and scared. I almost busted a gut when I saw the look on the lady's face when he came to the counter with all that stuff. Then when he asked what the best thing to take for cramps was… Glory… I thought she was going to pass out or call the fuzz." Two-Bit said. Darry tackled Two-Bit and put him in a choke hold.

"Holler uncle." Darry told him. Two-Bit choked 'uncle' out and Darry let him go and fell to the floor with Two-Bit. Two-Bit rolled over so that he could see the T.V.

"I'm thinking of got to the jail house to see ol Tim. Curly's in the reformatory so I don't guess he's had any visitors for a while." Two-Bit said, rolling onto his back to look at everyone.

"What about Angela?" Darry asked, putting his feet on the coffee table as he rolled onto his back as well.

"Oh, she hates Tim. He made her get married to this grease that he thought got her pregnant. She isn't, but Tim won't let her out of it." Dally explained. Ponyboy cringed at the name Angela. Dally looked at him and grinned.

"I heard about how Angel put the moves on Pony after she broke up with what's-his-face." Two-Bit said. I didn't know who they were talking about. I knew Tim and Curly but that's it. I guess lots of things go down here. Johnny walked in and sat down beside Ponyboy. He didn't say anything, but I guessed that was normal.

"Oye Tipos." He said. He was speaking Spanish. Know one seemed to know what he said, but Darry.

"Oye Johnny. ¿Por qué dice usted el español?" Darry said. I crossed my arm and watched them.

"Como mi anciano no puede entenderlo." Johnny said back.

"Darry. Translate." Dally said, getting hacked off.

"Well the first thing he said was 'hey guys.' Then I said 'hey Johnny. Why are you speaking Spanish?' Then he said 'because my old man can't understand it.'" Darry told us. "Können Sie, German sprechen? I just asked if he could speak German." Darry told us. I could speak German I picked that up from my dad.

"Ja." Johnny answered. (Translation: Yes)

"Kann irgendjemand anderer?" Darry asked. (Translation: Can anyone else?)

"Ich kann." I said, happy that I could speak it. (Translation: I can.)

"Es ist gut. Jetzt können wir über jeden sonst sprechen." Darry said, grinning up to me. (Translation: That's good. Now we can talk about everyone else.)

"Es ist nicht sehr nett." Johnny said, looking at everyone. (Translation: That's not very nice.)

"Stop it!" Dally yelled.

"Was ist falsch, Dally?" I asked. (Translation: What's wrong, Dally?)

"I'm gonna to clobber you." Dally said, glaring at me and walking over to swat me on the head.

"Nicht sind Sie nicht. Sie stellen eine Hand auf ihr Dallas, und ich werde Sie Arm in drei Stücke ruinieren." Darry said, jumping up. (Translation: No you're not. You put a hand on her Dallas and I will bust you arm into three pieces. )

"Darry, he can understand you. You're still speaking German…" Two-Bit said. Darry repeated himself in English and Dally backed down. The rest of the night we all spoke English, until dinner. I was sitting between Dally and Two-Bit.

"Warum essen sie so schnell?" I asked, looking at Darry. (Translation: Why are they eating so fast?)

"Es ist, weil sie, tuff, Schmierer groß sind." Johnny explained. (Translation: It's because they're big, tuff, Greasers.)

"I'm going to kill the next person that starts to speak German…" Dally said, rubbing his temples. Later that night me and Darry went to bed.

"Well that was fun." Darry said, holding me close to him.

"Yep. I loved the look on Dally's face when he didn't know what we were saying and we said his name." I told him, yawning.

"Ich liebe Sie, Molly." He said, resting onto the pillow. (Translation: I love you, Molly.)

"Ich liebe Sie auch, Darry." (Translation: I love you too, Darry.)