Dallas' POV
Its been a week since I brought Zoe home from New York. She's been having quite a few nightmares, but she refuses to talk about them. I understand, she probably doesn't entirely trust me. I get that, I mean, I did leave her in New York, knowing what our dad was like. I feel awful about it and I wish I had brought her with me, but she was only a little girl. She needed to eat and she didn't need to live out on the streets like me. Gladly my old gang took care of her, kept her from starving and staying out on the streets. She also doesn't have a police record, which is really good. Either she's done stuff without getting caught, someone went to jail for her or she hasn't committed a crime. Lets just hope its the last one.
Anyway, besides that things have been going pretty good. Zoe lives at the Curtis house and sometimes I stay, but not all the time. Zoe doesn't completely trust the guys and Alison, but I know she will eventually. I had a hard time trusting the guys when I first met them and it was only about 3 or 4 weeks ago I told them about my past completely. I haven't found out exactly if dad only beat Zoe, I mean she's girl and though she's only 11, things could still happen. But I really don't like to think about what might have happened, I'm just glad she's back in my life. She seems pretty happy and she trusts me somewhat. She's also still mad at me too, which she has the right to be mad at me for however long she wants.
I was standing at the conner of Pickett and Sutton, waiting for Pony and Johnny. We were gonna go to the drive in and watch whatever was playing. Zoe was with Alison, they decided to spend a little time together. Anyway, as I waited I lit a cigarette and soon say them coming.
~time skip, I'm sure we all know what happened here~
Ponyboy's POV ~2 am, just getting home~
"Where the heck have you been? Do you know what time it is?" He was madder than I'd seen him in a long time. I shook my head wordlessly.
"Well, it's two in the morning, kiddo. Another hour and I would have had the police out after you. Where were you, Ponyboy?"- his voice was rising- "Where in the almighty universe were you?" It sounded dumb, even to me, when I stammered, "I... I went to sleep in the lot..."
"You what?" He was shouting, and Sodapop sat up and rubbed his eyes. "Hey, Ponyboy," he said sleepily, "where ya been?" "I didn't mean to." I pleaded with Darry. "I was talking to Johnny and we both dropped off..." "I reckon it never occurred to you that your brothers might be worrying their heads off and afraid to call the police because something like that could get you two thrown in a boys' home so quick it'd make your head spin. And you were asleep in the lot? Ponyboy, what on earth is the matter with you? Can't you use your head? You haven't even got a coat on."
All the yelling stopped when there was a knock on the door and Zoe walked into the room. We must have woken her up, but who was knocking at the door at 2am? Usually no one knocks, if anyone came over this late it would have been one of the gang. But they know to just walk right in, the door is never locked. Darry looks at Soda and I then goes over to the door. He opened it and there stood something I never expected to see again...
Alright well thats the end of this chapter just kidding, I couldn't leave you hanging like this and besides,
this chapter is too short and you've all been waiting too long for this chapter. Anyway, lets continue on.
Oh and thanks for all the reads and hearts 3
Still Ponyboy's POV
I couldn't believe it, both my parents were standing on the porch. Alive. I thought they were dead, how were they still alive? They got into a car accident, this didn't make any sense. No one said anything for awhile and Zoe went back to her room since she didn't really know what was going on. Finally Darry spoke up, he had calmed down from our fight. "Mom?... Dad?..." He asked, looking at them. "Hey boys." Dad said. "I can't believe you're actually here and alive." Darry said in shock. Soda didn't say anything or move, he was in so much shock aand so was I.
"I know its hard to believe, but here we are." Mom said and looks at us. "You boys sure have grown." she said and smiles. "Is it seriously you? I mean, y'all are suppose to be dead, ya died in a car crash." Soda said, walking over to the door. "But we didn't. We just had to go away for awhile, but lets not talk about that right now." Dad said. I walked over to them and hugged mom, I thought I'd never be able to do that again. "I missed ya so much." I said, tears threatening to fall.
I couldn't help the tears, I just never imagined that either of my parents would come back or were even still alive. I just really hoped I wasn't dreaming, but it felt all too real. I felt my mom hug back and kiss my head. "We missed ya too baby, we missed all 3 of our boys." Mom said. Her voice was so soft and gentle, I thought the only time I'd hear it again was in my dreams. I was so wrong, but I still felt like I was dreaming.
Soon Soda, Darry and Dad joined in on the hug. "We should head inside, its getting a bit cold out here." Mom said, probably worried we'd get sick or something. We all headed inside and since it was past 2am we decided to go to bed. The master bedroom was never touched after mom and dad died, so all their things were still there. I walked to mine and Soda's room then changed out of my clothes. I wonder what would have happened if mom and dad hadn't shown up, what would have happened tonight?
I laid in bed and soon Soda changed and laid next to me. He lazily threw an arm around me and quickly fell asleep. But I couldn't sleep, I was just in too much shock that my parents were actually alive. It didn't feel like a dream, but I thought it was. Sometimes dreams can feel real, but this one just seems too real. I really hope that I don't wake up at the lot or at home and this was all just a dream. I really want my parents back into my life and it seems like they are.
This time, I hope they actually stay. But I can't help, but wonder why they actually left in the first place. Why did they have to go? Did someone make them or did they just need some time away? I really wanted to know, I'm just curious. I also wondered if that meant Darry would stop working so hard and maybe go to college. I guess I'll just have to see what the future has in store for my family.
Darry's POV
I walked to my room and closed the door behind me. I was still in a bit of shock from what happened tonight. 1 minute I'm angry and worried about Pony since he fell asleep in the lot then my parents show up at the front door. I mean, it just couldn't be possible, we buried them 6 ft. under ground. They're suppose to be dead, I mean, don't get me wrong. I'm glad they're alive, just confused and shocked.
It just feels like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. With mom and dad around it meant, no state and I don't have to pay bills. I don't have to work so hard, I could quite my second job if I wanted to. I'm not responsible for Pony or Soda anymore, I can go back to being their big brother again and not their guardian. I missed just being their big brother and protecting them.
Sure, I still did that as a guardian, but there was a lot more stress. I had to make sure they didn't get into any police trouble, Pony stayed in school and Soda had to work to help pay bills too. Now Soda doesn't have to work if he doesn't want to, he could use the money for himself too. He did have that girl, Sandy, she was real nice. Sandy was a very lucky girl, Soda is an amazing guy and they seem so happy together.
Slowly, I fell asleep thinking about how I might be able to actually go to college. Now that I don't have to take care of my little brothers anymore I could save up for college, actually get a better job. I wouldn't have to stay in the roofing company, but I don't know whats going on yet. I still have to talk with my parents to see what exactly happened and why they left.
Sodapop's POV
After Pony got in bed, I changed out of my clothes and laid beside him. I could tell he was lost in thought so I didn't bother saying anything to him. I lazily wrapped an arm around him and slowly fell asleep. I just couldn't believe this was actually real, mom and dad were still alive. They weren't in some casket buried 6ft under ground. Both of them were breathing and still looked pretty much the same.
I still found it a little odd they were still alive. I mean, I thought the car crash killed them, we all thought that. Oh man, wait until the gang hears about this. The guys all thought of our parents as better parents then their own. Mom and dad thought of the guys as their own kids. Just wait until they meet the 2 newest members of our gang. Well I really don't know if Zoe is apart of it, but she is Dally's sister and she moved in. So I'm just gonna guess she's in.
I wonder how Zoe will act to meeting more people, I know she doesn't trust people easily. I've noticed that she hasn't trusted us entirely, but thats ok. Dally had trust issues at first too. I just hope Zoe or Pony doesn't have a nightmare. Sometimes Zoe wakes us up by screaming, Pony does sometimes too. Darry told me that once Dally wasn't with Zoe and she ended laying in bed with him. I wonder if maybe she trusts Darry more then the rest of us.
Maybe its because Darry's stronger and bigger, I don't know what it is. I just think its sweet, Darry can be a bit of a giant teddy bear at times. I just feel bad for Zoe, from what Dally told us, it sounds like life sucked for her. But at least she had friends by her side to protect her. She's kinda quiet too and I think it might be just because she doesn't completely trust us yet.
Alison is also an amazing addition to the gang. She told us a bit about her past life. California sounds like an amazing place, maybe I'll take Sandy there one day. Alison and I are pretty close, we talk a lot too. I'm glad Dally actually loves someone and lately he's been less cold. His whole tough guy act seems to be melting away. Maybe Alison is melting that cold heart and making it warm again.
Wow, I really got off topic. Anyway back to talking about my parents. I wondered what will happen now that they're back. Darry won't have to work so hard, the state won't be breathing down our necks, I won't have to work. I don't have to help pay bills and Darry doesn't have to work so hard. He could go back to being a kid again, actually acting like he's 20 years old. He doesn't have to work like an old man.
I just want things to go back to the way they were before, when mom and dad were around. Mom kept Dally out of trouble, Dad played football with us, Darry didn't have to grow up so fast. I didn't have to get between Pony and Darry's fights all the time, things were amazing before mom and dad left. But things have changed since they left and things will change again now that they're back. I just hope they change for the good and not for the bad.
Too many bad things have happened and so many people have been worried about different things. Mostly I worried about losing another one of my family members, the whole gang is my family. They're my friends, best friends and more importantly, my family. We've all taken care of each other and made sure we were all okay. The guys were also given a place to stay if needed, the door was never locked. I wonder how mom and dad would think about that.
Hopefully they would understand our reasoning behind it. I would just hate to see Steve sleeping out in the streets or an alley because his dad kicked him out of the house again. I hate seeing Johnny in pain because his 'parents' beat him. Two-bit never really got kicked out, sometimes he just got drunk and didn't want to be around his mom and sister like that. Sometimes Dally needed a place to crash, but now he doesn't have to crash on the couch. He could move in with Zoe if he wanted to too, but he chooses not to. I kinda understand though.