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~Chapter 19~

What were you doing

~Ash P.O.V~

I couldn't believe he was carrying me to the house. Two-Bit was never gunna let this one go, and I let Soda know that. "You know that Two-Bit is never gunna let us live this one down." I told him with a small smile on my face. In any other situation, I would be overjoyed that Sodapop was carrying me, but not when I'm seriously injured. He just grinned at me, "How bout we just sneak around the back and then I'll put you down when we get inside. Okay?" he asked. I sighed, "Fine, I guess that'll work." Soda just chuckled.

"I don't know why it bothers you so much to be carried, I would love it if someone was carrying me around. Except if that someone was Two-Bit." He said thoughtfully with a grin on his handsome face. Oh why does he have to always have that cute smile on his face? It makes me melt inside. I chuckled, then tried to answer his question. "Well, I guess that I'm just so used to caring for someone else, and it just feels different when someone is caring bout me." I said quietly, my voice still raspy. I was looking down at Soda's shirt, but I could tell that he was looking at me. He was looking at me with pity.

"Well, your just gunna have to get used to it then, because now you have someone that cares about you a lot."

Did he really mean it? I looked up at him with hopefull eyes, and he just smiled at me, and he was blushing a little. I took a chance and laid my head into his shoulder. I was blushing too, but I pretended not to notice because my eyes were closed.(well, one was closed, the other was swollen shut…) Soda was really warm, the exact opposite of me, I was always cold. When my head was on his shoulder, I could feel his heart beating a thousand times a minute. It made me feel so safe, like nothing bad could happen to me. (don't own that) but of course that wasn't true, something bad happened to me almost everyday. I heard him sigh, not a bad sigh, but a relived sigh. I smiled into his shoulder, and suddenly we heard someone yelling. Soda froze and I jumped outa his arms and we hid behind the nearest bush. Soda looked at me, "Did you hear that?" I nodded, and just then, Bob's blue mustang turned the corner on the street.

"Yo Greasers! Any of you bums seen my hot cousin? Some said that she was at the hospital, but she wasn't there… I know you know where she is."

Bob. Oh he is so going to get it. He's the one who gave Tom the idea to use a baseball bat. I glared at him, and then I felt Soda get stiff beside me. "Look." He said, not looking at me. I looked across the road, and standing there was Two-Bit, Steve, Ponyboy, and Johnny. "Oh God." I whispered under my breath. "I'm sorry Sodapop, this is my fault." I said, and started to get up, but Soda grabbed my arm gently. He shook his head, "It wasn't your fault, but I gotta get over there. You have to stay here." He demanded, "If he sees you it will just make things worse." I sighed, "Alright, but what about Sammy? He's hiding behind Steve. They'll see him eventually." I said in a worried tone. Soda frowned.

"Oh yeah, well when I get over there, I'll somehow tell him to go hide in the darkness. Then they wont see him." Soda explained to me, I nodded. As he started to get up, I stopped him. "Wait, Soda!" I tried to say, but almost ended up coughing. He turned around, and looked at me. "Just be careful, okay?" I said, worried that he would get hurt. Soda smiled at me, "Always." Then he turned and ran across the street. I let out a breath, and my stomach hurt again, but I ignored it. I peered over the bush to see what was going on. I realized that Bob was drunk.

"Well if it isn't lover boy himself." Bob smirked, and beer dripped from his chin. Gross, I thought. Two-Bit and the rest of the guys all looked at Sodapop as he calmly walked across the street. He just glared at them, "Why do you want to know where Ashley is?" he asked, now standing by Steve. Bob took a drink from his beer, and started talking. "I was just wondering where her and Sammy boy were caus you see, her parents missed her. They asked me to go find them." Complete lie, I hope Soda realized that. I tried to get a better look at how many Socs there was in his car, and I almost fell into the bush. Some leaves crunched, I cursed myself. Bob didn't seem to notice, but Soda and the guys did. They looked at the bush I was hiding behind, then looked at Soda and he nodded ever so slightly.

"So are you gunna tell me where she is or am I gunna have to make you?" Bob threatened. Like you could even beat them up Bob, I thought, snickering in my mind. Steve smirked, "Like we would tell you even if we did know." I looked behind him and saw that Sammy was gone. Wow, I didn't even see Soda talk to him. Cool. Bo glared at him, "You don't know where she is?" Dur Bob.

"Duh, he just said that." Two-Bit said, standing in front of Johnnycakes. He looked petrified, his face was pale, he was shaking, and he was barley breathing. I hated Bob for beating that poor kid up. Bob glared at him, then looked at Johnny. "Well if it isn't the Greaser we beat up a few weeks ago!" Your dead Bob. Two-Bit looked even angrier then I felt. Steve and Soda noticed too. "Calm down Two-Bit." I heard Soda whisper. "Chill, we'll get them." He better calm down or blood will be all over the street. Two-Bit's body calmed a little, but he was still mad.

"We don't know where your hot cousin is, so get lost." Two-Bit said. Oh, Burn Bob. He'll be so pissed off. I hate it when im right. I could see his facial expression change into mad. "Shut the hell up! Shes mine and she would never go out with you!" he yelled, he almost fell over from yelling so much and from being drunk. I would rather go to the pits of hell then go out with Bob. Yuckie. Now it was Soda's turn to get mad. "She hates your guts and you know it, plus your cousins and that would just be nasty." I chuckled very quietly. I loved how Sodapop got all mad caus Bob said I was his. It was cute, maybe he really does like me.

Bob started walking towards Soda, but nearly fell if his friend wouldn't have caught him. Randy I think his name was, he wasn't so bad, his parents were rich so they basically made him hang out with Bob and the Socs. Otherwise he would probably be like me, rich relatives but you're a Greaser. So I guess he just got in a bad crowd. Two-Bit and Steve started laughing, and Randy looked embarrassed. "Lets just get outa here Bob, they aint worth it." Randy said, helping him into the mustang. I let out a breath as they drove away around the corner.

"You can come out Ash." I heard Soda calmly say, smiling at me as I got up and walked towards him. Two-Bit looked between us, "You know what this means?" he asked all of us. We all looked at him confused. "What?" Steve asked. Two-Bit grinned like crazy, what was so funny about this situation? "It means that Sodapop and Ashley were together before this happened." I should've known he would've said that. I sighed, and Soda just rolled his eyes. Two-Bit was not gunna stop there though. "So what were you guys doing?"

Oh Two-Bit.