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Chapter 21

Soda POV

A few hours had passed, and it was time for me to go to bed. I had gotten ready for bed, and right now I was in bed, waiting for sleep.

I wasn't tired, and I was by myself. For the past few days, the house was so different. No one was happy, not even Steve.

I sighed. I was laying on my back. Every time I looked sideways over the empty side of the bed, I was prepared to see someone there.

There was no one. I sighed again. The house was so different without my younger brother here. It had a different effect on everyone, and I thought that it had the strongest effect on me.

I wanted to fall asleep and just get the night over with. The problem was that I wasn't tired.

I turned so that I was laying on my side, and so that I couldn't see that the bed was empty besides me.

This was so hard. It felt like I was turning my back towards my younger brother, but I just had to tell myself that he wasn't even there.

I finally started to drift off to sleep.

At one point I regretted falling asleep.

When I closed my eyes, everything was pitch black.

A few minutes later, there was a bright light. The bright light slowly turned into my living room.

When everything finally came into focus, I noticed that I was in the living room, sitting on the couch.

I couldn't see anyone else in the living room or kitchen, and I knew that the gang wasn't here, and maybe Darry was asleep.

I was just sitting on the couch, by myself. I got up and went to the kitchen. The pictures of Ponyboy that were on the kitchen table were gone.

I went to look for them in the living room. They weren't there either.

I was on my way to Darry's room, when a noise scared me.

It was the doorbell...

I was confused. No one here used the doorbell. The door was always unlocked, and the gang knew that.

Could it be a stranger?

Or worse... Could it be someone from the state?

The gang would have just walked in. They didn't use our doorbell. Johnny never did either, but that was usually because he usually came with Dally, Ponyboy, or someone else from the gang.

I was debating if I should open the door or not, when the doorbell rang again.

I sighed as I made my way over to the door. If it was someone from the state, I would be nice, but I would let them know that I didn't feel comfortable with letting them in.

I put my hand on the doorknob, took a deep breathe, and opened the door.

I didn't feel like looking at the person, so I just looked at the floor.

Their voice startled me.

"Hey Soda."

I looked up at the mention of my name. My jaw dropped and I could feel my eyes grow wide.

The person at the door... was my younger brother.

It was Ponyboy.

I leaped forward and hugged him. I was sobbing now.

He was too.

I sobbed out, "I thought you were sick! I thought you died!"

He just said, "I'm here now Soda. I will always be here. I'm fine now. I will always be with you."

I was now hugging him with all of my might.

I couldn't stand to let him go again.

Now though, there was another bright light.

I started freaking out. What was happening?

Everything slowly started to disappear. I started screaming for it to go back to where it just was, but it never would.

The whole time this was happening, one thing was going through my head.

My younger brother's voice. "I will always be with you." Was this true?

All I could see was white, then it was pitch black again.

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