I sat on the couch pouting staring at the tv. I couldn't go to the movies with Pony, Johnny, and Dally on account of me failing a Math quiz. I just wasn't good at math when it did not involve a calculator, even if I did learn it before. I wasn't good at it the first time when I did have a calculator, so imagine now without a calculator. I was truly hopeless and now I was stuck 'studying' instead of seeing the movie.
Darry, who was the only one home now besides me, called out, "That doesn't sound like studying math problems!" He obviously heard the tv despite my efforts at keeping it too low for him to hear.
"I am Darry, cool it," I said back.
"Then turn off the tv! You can't be studying that hard if you're watching The Price is Right," Darry told me.
"Come on Dar! It's Friday night! I can study Sunday!" I whined.
"You should have thought of that before you failed that test. Now shut the TV and open that textbook before I do it for you," he threatened me.
I groaned before turning off the TV. I curled up on the side and lazily flipped through the pages. "Better?" I called.
"Yea," he said peeking through. I rolled my eyes before closing the book softly so Darry wouldn't hear it and placed it lightly on the floor. I then closed my eyes and dosed off.
At what seemed liked seconds later, someone was lightly shaking me. "Kitty wake up. Go to your room and you can go back to sleep there," Darry's voice said.
"Leave me alone, I'll study tomorrow," I groaned still mostly asleep before I snuggled farther into the couch.
"Kitty, come on," Darry begged, there was something weird in his voice.
"Aw just leave her. She ain't hurting no one sleeping there," Soda said. I felt a thump next to me and I knew Soda had gotten on the couch next to me, probably lying down considering I felt his thigh next to me.
I dozed off again only to awaken to shouting. I squeezed my eyes shut, trying to block the sound out.
"Quiet down! You're going to wake Kittycat!" Soda tried, but they ignored him.
Realizing I wasn't going back to sleep I sat up rubbing my eyes right when Darry yelled at Soda. Suddenly realizing what was happening I was immediately awake. I winced slightly when I saw Ponyboy get hit. I was not prepared for what happened next.
Ponyboy came charging at me. He grabbed my wrist and yanked me forward off the couch. "Come on Kitty. Darry obviously doesn't want us here," He told me yanking me out.
"What are you talking about?" I asked, "Are you temporarily insane or something?"
"Shut up and just come. I'm your older brother so you have to listen to me!" Pony said to me.
"Ponyboy-" Darry said.
"No leave us alone!" he said and ran out of the house, dragging me behind him.
"Um, bye guys?" I said confused, "See you later!" This was not in the books and I didn't know how to deal with this.
It wasn't until we hit the lot that he let go of my wrist. I massaged it as he woke up Johnny telling him that we were running away. I didn't freak out like I probably should of considering I knew where this was going.
I was surprised at how fast Johnny got up with Pony and we were running again. It was several blocks before we stopped. Me and Johnny were heaving while Ponyboy just bawled. I stayed quiet as Johnny and Pony shared there conversation.
I was jolted into awareness when Johnny asked, "And why is Kitty here?"
"Gee thanks Johnny. I feel wanted," I said sarcastically.
"That's not what I meant," Johnny said quickly, not wanting to make me mad.
"It's ok Johnny. To be honest I don't even know what's going on. I woke up after I fell asleep on the couch and then Ponyboy's dragging me out of the house." I said as we began walking.
"Sorry about that Kitty. I don't know why I brought you with me. I know Darry would never hurt you," Pony apologized.
"Shoot, he would never purposely hurt you either," I told him.
"Then what do you call what happened tonight?" He asked me. I stayed silent as we reached the park, and I mostly zoned out. I was still tired. It always took me forever to fully wake up after I wake up. It's a trait I unfortunately brought over with me when I got here since before, Kitty was always the first one up before I got here. Fortunately, they blamed it on me getting older.
"Kitty, pay attention!" Pony said. I jumped a little but looked and saw some Socs coming our way. I cursed under my breath at my stupidity. How could I forget about the Socs? "Where'd you get that mouth Kitty?" Pony asked me quietly, still trying to look intimidating. I just rolled my eyes. I stood up taller though, trying to look more presentable, and maybe hide some of the scaredness that I had.
"Hey, whatta ya know," One of the Socs said unsteadily, "here's the greasers that picked up our girls. Hey, greasers." I bit my lip as he turned to me. "And who's this?"
"My baby sister," Ponyboy answered coolly. I knew what he was trying to do. He was trying to play me off as a little girl in hopes that they'll leave me alone.
"Sister?" another Soc said, "She's cute," he said looking me over before adding, "for greaser trash of course."
I was about to answer but Johnny, who knew I was going to say something I was going to regret, said, "You're out of your territory, you'd better watch it."
The guy cursed us out and I bit my lip from nervousness and so I didn't say something I'll regret. "Nup, pal, yer the ones who'd better watch it. Next time you want a broad, pick up yer own kind—dirt." The other guy said.
I was going to say something but Ponyboy pinched me to stop me. He did it discretely so no one but me would notice.
"Do you know what a greaser is? White trash with long hair." the guy added.
"Do you know what a soc is?" Pony asked, "White trash with mustangs and madras." And he spit at them. I couldn't help but think about how much of a hypocrite he was. He just stopped me from saying something and he goes ahead and spits at them.
One of the guys shook his head and smiled. "You could use a bath, greaser. And a good working over. And we've got all night to do it. Give the kid a bath, David."
What happened next happened very quickly. While the David guy took Pony, someone grabbed me tightly.
"Now we don't want to hurt you greaser, our beef ain't with you, so be a good little greaser girl and you won't get hurt," he told me.
I saw Ponyboy getting drowned. "No! Let me go! They're going to kill my brother!" I struggled.
"He should learn not to pick up other guys chicks," The guy said. I kicked backwards, getting him right where it hurts. He dropped me immediately. I fell forward on my hands and knees and scraped my palms on the concrete.
I got up again immediately and ran towards the guy holding Pony under. I grabbed his arm and tried yanking him away. "Get away from him! You're gonna kill him!" I exclaimed.
"Get away from the big boys, greaser," He told me before shoving me back. I flew backwards and lost my balance, causing me to fall down. My head cracked against the pavement. I was dazed for a second but I sat up. It didn't last long though because someone plowed right into me, their foot hitting me in the stomach. I fell down again as the guy tripped over me. I groaned but got up again.
"You ok Kitty?" Johnny asked shakily as he pulled Pony out of the fountain.
"Yeah. A little sore but I'm fine. How's Pony?" I asked walking towards him.
"He's fine, I think," he told me, as I sat by him and Pony. Suddenly he made a squeaking noise.
"Whats-" I began, turning my head towards where he was looking.
I didn't get far though since Johnny quickly told me, "Don't look. I think I killed him."
I squeaked in surprise but before I could do anything else Pony woke up coughing. I sat next to him and slapped on his back a few times. When he was done I heard his teeth chattering. I saw him look at Johnny and Johnny telling him what happened.
"You really killed him huh Johnny," he asked white faced.
"Yea. I had to. They were drowning you, Pony. They might have killed you. And they had a blade… they were going to beat me up…" Johnny answered.
"Like-like they did before?" Pony asked.
"Yeah," Johnny answered quietly, "And they pushed Kitty down too."
Pony turned around surprised as if he forgot I was there. "Are you ok Kitty? They didn't hurt you badly, right?"
I shook my head, and said, "No, the guy just pushed me and then someone ran into me."
"They ran when I stabbed him. They all ran…," He explained still shocked.
I listened quietly while Ponyboy had his freak out . All too soon though, we were on our way to Bucks.
Sorry again for the long wait but I lost my interest in the outsiders for a while. Luckily it's back in full swing so I will be updating soon considering I have some of it written out already and I know what's going to happen and all.
