Chapter 10
Soda's POV
I kept looking at Ponyboy and how much he has changed. He is almost as tall as Darry, has scars covering his face and neck, has Darry's muscle tone, and is way too skinny for his own good. Sure the muscles make him appear healthy, but I know better, he should gain some weight.
Darry has tears rolling down his cheeks as he smothers our youngest brother, but they aren't tears of sadness rather tears of happiness and shock. It's been two years since we have seen Ponyboy, and just suddenly finding him in New York of all places is clearly having too much of an effect on Darry.
Ponyboy is wide-eyed. He has a look of clear shock and panic in his eyes, Pony's face on the other hand is steady and calm. He barely hugs Darry back and is starting to breath funny. He pulls away from Darry and puts his head in his hands.
"Ponyboy? You okay?" I ask him as the two other guys who were in the hotel room with Ponyboy and the kid called Wyatt.
"Runner!" calls the kid with dark curls. Ponyboy looks up at the guy and walks toward him.
"How is he?" asks the other kid.
"I don't know. When we got here, they just took him from me. They haven't told me anything yet. I don't know what else these damn Assassins can throw at us." Pony says sinking down in the nearest chair to him. I go over to him and rub his shoulders. The one called Blade stars at me and pulls out a blade.
"Hey man what the hell…." Blade says
"Blade cool it." Pony says holding a hand up to stop his buddy. "This is Sodapop."
Blade puts back his knife and looks at me then at Ponyboy. "Sodapop? This is the infamous Sodapop Curtis? Your brother Sodapop?" he says dumbfounded.
"Yes, this is my brother Sodapop. That big guy over there is my oldest brother Darry." He says pointing at Darry. I looked at Ponyboy shocked. He has always talked about me and Darry with pride and admiration. He has never referred to Darry as 'that big guy over there.'
Darry walks over to us and sticks out his hand.
"Darrel Curtis."
Blade shakes Darry's hand. "Blade Montonille."
I look at Ponyboy and his friend. I sit next to him and look at him. He's shaking and is pale as a sheet.
"Ponyboy? Are you okay?" I ask him again.
"I just need to clear my head. Isaac, you mind coming with?" he asks the kid next to him.
"Yeah sure, Runner." They get up and turn to me.
"We need to talk Ponyboy." Darry says going to Ponyboy.
"We can talk later Darry." Pony says with such strength in his voice that I have never heard. "I'll be back later Darry. I promise I won't run off again." He says smirking. He gives us a nod and he and Isaac walk out of the hospital.
Ponyboy's POV
When me and Isaac get to the bus stop I finally break down. I don't cry but I just shake and rub my hands up and down my neck. I keep biting my nails and bounce on my heals. He sits next to me and rubs my back.
"Why do we always draw the short straw?" I say to myself. Then I realized that the last time that I said that is when the state was going to take me away from Darry and Soda. I shake my head and look up. I take as deep of breath as I could and stopped shaking.
"You alright now?" Isaac asks me.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine." I tell him. We just sit there for awhile smoking and thinking. This cigarette wasn't doing much for me so I tossed it to the curb. I look around and see a man standing at the corner. I know who the guy is. I've smoked pot before, after I got shot I toke a few puffs every once in awhile to take care of the pain when the pain pills didn't work. They made me relax and calm me down more than a cigarette ever could.
I get up off the bench and ignore Isaac when he asks what the hell I'm doing. I go over to him and pull out the a ten dollar bill from my pocket. He looks at me and smirks.
"What the hell do you want kid?" he asks.
"Give me as much as ten dollars can get me." I say ignoring his first comment. He raises his eyebrows and pulls out a baggie with a grass looking substance in it. I give him the ten and he nods.
"Nice doing business with you." He says. I nod and walk over back to Isaac. He scowls and rolls his eyes at me.
"Really? You really think that pot is going to make you feel better?" he says walking down the street.
"For the moment, yes I do. It's just one little hit, Eyes. It's no big deal." I tell him going up the stairs to Benny's apartment. The guys are no longer there. I figure that they went to the bar to get some drinks.
"What ever man. You do what you think you have to do, but I just don't want to see you crash and burn." He say sitting on the couch. I sit next to him, roll up the grass-like substance into a piece of paper, light up, and inhale slowly. As soon as the smoke travels down my throat I feel instant relief. The pot relaxes my muscles and a red haze comes over me.
"Don't worry, man. I'll be fine." I tell him taking another puff. I lean back on the couch and tilt my head back. I keep puffing on the joint until it runs out. I look at Isaac and he just as a look of pity on his face. I start to laugh and somehow end up on the floor. Isaac rushes over to me and flings me back onto the couch. He takes the bag away from me and puts it somewhere where I can't see.
The red haze takes over my mind and I start to fade into a pure white room. I stand up in the room and see a beautiful girl. She's wearing a white silk dress flowing down to the white floor. She has tan skin, dark curly hair, deep blue-gray eyes, and a angel face.
"Alex." I say running up to her. She smiles at me and runs to me. Alex jumps on me and wraps her legs around my waist. I hold her close stroking her soft hair. She is crying, but she's laughing at the same time.
"I gottca you baby, I got you." I tell her tears rolling down my face. She unwraps her legs from my hips and looks at me. She smiles at me and buries her face in my neck. She looks up at me and smiles.
"I love you Ponyboy Michel Curtis." She says to me.
"I love you Alexandria Maria Montonille." I tell her leaning down to kiss her. When our lips are about ready to meet Alex starts to fade.
"Ponyboy help me!" she screams trying to hold onto me.
"Alex! Wait hold on." I tell her. As I try to hold onto her she keeps becoming more and more transparent.
"Ponyboy please save me!" Alex cries as she disappears. A golden mist takes place of where Alex was and floats there for a few moments. I sink to my knees and sob. I let the tears flow freely not caring who should see me. I sit there for God knows how long sobbing and gasping for breath. Then the golden mist floats together and forms into the shape of a teenage guy. He has dark skin with a scar on his face. His arms are no longer burnt and his hair has the grease in it that he wanted the day me and Two-Bit came to see him at the hospital. The gown is gone now replaced by white silk shirt and pants. He's smiling at me holding his arms wide open.
"Johnny!" I say going over to him hugging him and messing up his hair. He laughs and hugs me back.
"Hey Pony." He says patting me on the back. He pulls away and frowns.
"What's happened to you man?" he asks me.
"What do you mean?" I ask him. Johnny fades and then I see Dallas Winston.
"Dally?" I gap at him. He smirks and then laughs at me.
"No, I'm you." He says. Then the white blond hair changes to my reddish brown hair. The eyes change form blue to green, and I realize that I'm looking at myself.
"No, no. This wasn't suppose to happen." I say backing away from myself. I start to run away and no matter how hard I run I keep seeing my Dallas clone.
"Get away!" I scream.
"Ponyboy wake up!"
I feel a sharp blow to my cheek and I fall of the couch again. I open my eyes and see Blade Darry Soda and Isaac standing over me. I sit up and rub my temples. I look at my hands and see that I'm not Dallas, I'm still Ponyboy. Sodapop bends down to me.
"You okay Pony?" he asks me helping me get back on the couch.
"Yeah, yeah I'm fine."
Please Review! Was it to weird or to dramatic? Tell me what you think! I need some input!
