Chapter 20
Pony's POV
Alex was crying on the edge of our bed. I went into the room and put my arms around her.
"Baby, what's wrong? Are you okay? What happened?" I asked her, I haven't seen her this upset in awhile. She looks up at me, her eyes bloodshot.
"Remember about three weeks ago, after we got back from Tommy's? And we came back here?" she asks stopping the flow of tears from her eyes. I think and remember how drunk we were, we came home, got into bed, then… Oh God.
"Yeah, you aren't..?"
"I'm late." She says starting to cry again. I hold her closer putting her head on my shoulder. A baby, wow. I was scared out of my mind, how were we going to take care of a baby. We sat there for while, me holding Alex, letting her shook my shirt with her tears.
We walk into the free clinic waiting for hours to be seen. When we finally get called the doctor makes us wait for another hour before coming to look at Alex
"It's her fault for getting knocked up .Now get out of here. I have more patients to see."
"You're going to leave me now." She says again holding me close like I'm going to disappear. I pull her away from my shirt, looking her in the eye.
"Alexandra, listen to me. I am never going to leave you. I'm not going to be some deadbeat dads who leave their kids. I would propose to you right now, get on my knee and have you marry me. I would quit school all together, get a good job, and move us out of here. I would make sure that our baby went to a good school, and I would hold you close every night, knowing that you were the mother of my child. I will be the best daddy ever. I love you, Alex, and this baby."
She starts to cry again, but this time, they are tears of joy. She squeezes my neck holding me as close as she could. I lay us down on the bed holding her close. I put one of my hands on her stomach, knowing that I would be a good dad.
"Ponyboy, I have something to tell you." Alex says for inside our room. I was talking to Wyatt about why he can't have any beer .I go into our room and sit down on the bed next to Alex. I give her my devil smile and pin her on the bed. She laughs pushing me off her.
"What do you need to tell me?" I ask her lying beside her. She grabs my hands lacing our fingers together.
"I got my period today, so I'm not pregnant." She says lying through her teeth. I raise my eyebrows.
"You did?" I ask her.
"I did, so we don't have to worry about anything." She says with finality.
She gets up and leaves the room.
"What do you want for breakfast?" she asks from the kitchen. I sigh and let Alex lie. She'll come to terms with it on her own time.
Soda's POV
Bang
Me and Darry ran to Ponyboy while the other people in the bar fled not wanting to be involved if the cops came. I put Pony's head in my lap sobbing over the loss of my baby brother. Darry kneels by his side taking Pony's wrist in his hand. His eyes light up.
"Soda, help me get him up." He says taking one arm of Pony's.
"What?" I ask him confused. Pony was dead.
I looked at his head where he shot himself. It was bleeding a little, but wasn't gushing out blood. I put my fingers under his nose and fell the air coming out. I gasp then start to laugh. I grab Pony's other arm lifting him up with Darry. We walk out of the bar, Ponyboy in our arms. I hear the sirens coming and we walk faster. We get to the apartment walking Ponyboy up the stairs. Blade and Isaac are still sitting where they were when we left. Blade sees us and jumps up. He grabs Pony's legs and puts him on the long couch. Isaac gets up and moves to the floor. He was still hurt form the beating that he got.
Darry crouches down to Ponyboy's level. He runs he fingers lightly over the bleeding.
"What happened?" Blade asks getting a wet cloth. He gently puts it over the bleeding getting it to stop.
"He went to the bar and went on a shootout rampage. He shot himself, but I guess he missed. We got him back here." Darry says his voice cracking. Darry's cried more this week more than he has in a year.
"What? God, he finally broke. Even Ponyboy's got his braking point." Isaac says. That got me. I turned to him not wanting to hurt him even more.
"Look, that's none of your business, he's coming home, and he'll get better." I say. He nods and sits on the other side of my youngest brother. I look at Darry and nod towards Blade. He deserves to know. Darry looks at Blade.
"Um… Blade, before Ponyboy shot himself, he uh.. he said that Alex was pregnant." He says. Blade pales and looks sick. He runs to the bathroom and I hear retching sounds. I go in there and see him vomiting in the toilet. I hold him up as he starts to sob. He puts his head in his hands as he cries for his sister and her baby. He looks up at me.
"She was pregnant? No, no, how could she? Oh, God." He sobs uncontrollably. I put my hands on his shoulder and he keeps crying.
"It's okay. It'll be alright." I tell him.
"Did she know whose baby it was?" he asks looking up at me. "Please tell me it was Ponyboy's."
"It was. The baby was Ponyboy's." I say trying to make him feel better. He nods and closes his eyes.
"I didn't like them sharing a bed together, but at least he wouldn't have run out on her." He says almost to himself.
"Hey guys! Pony's waking up." Isaac shouts.
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