Chapter 21

Next thing on the list for the wedding planning was getting a hall. I had never been to a wedding before, so I didn't really get what the point of having a reception in a hall. If it were me, I'd be having it in the summer outside. But it was Darry and Laura's wedding, not mine. Which is good, cause I had nothing to do with most of the palnning.

Anyway, there actually was a hall near the resturants in town. You could rent it out for things like receptions and birthdays. So we (or should I say Darry and Laura) were able to get the hall for April 10, 2-7 pm. Cool, I didn't really care where the reception was, as long as we got to have the ceremony.

Next up, who was gonna be what in the wedding. Darry wanted me and Soda to be the best men. We both said yes. Normally we don't like standing 'round in monkey suits, but we'd do anything for Darry. Laura had some friend of her's that she worked with to be the bride's maid and Matty the maide of honor. Matty didn't understand why.

"Why did she pick me?" She asked me one day while we were just hanin' out at the lot. "Aren't you guys close now that you two are living together?" I answered with another question. "Yeah, but still, why? I'm no one special." She muttered.

"Don't say that, you sure's hell are special." I told her. Matty usually doesn't talk bad 'bout herself, but when she does I hate it. "You only think that cause your in love with me, Pony. If you ever fell out of love you'd see I'm just another good-for-nothing grease girl."

"Please, stop talking like that. First of all, I'll never stop loving you, Matty. If we ain't together for the rest of our lives, there will still always be a part of me that cares about you. You're my first love, and nothing and nobody can change that. Eever. And right now you need to snap out of it and see that you are worth something. You're going to school, you're getting good grades, you can go to college and get a job. Hell, maybe one day you and I will get married and start a family. So I don't wanna hear any of that 'worthless' stuff outta you, cause you ain't."

When I finished, all she could was hug me for a long time. I kissed her cheek just to show my love for her. "I'm sorry for being so bent right now, Ponyboy. My dad always use to chop me after my ma died. After hearing the shit he use to say to me so much, I started to believe it. I don't anymore since I've met you, but there are some days when I let it get to me." Matty explained once she stopped hugging me.

"It's 's always gonna be someone in your life that's gonna try 'nd put you down. You just gotta learn to tell 'em to beat it." I told her. "Yeah I know, I know." She said then rested her head on my shoulder.

"Hey Pony?" She asked me after a bit. "Yeah?"

"Did ya really mean it when you said you'd marry me?" She asked. I thought real hard before answering that.

"Well not right now. We're too young. But in a few years, yeah," I finally came up with. I hope that was good enough. "Yeah you're right." She said, grabbing my hand and interlocking it with hers.

"Matty, what do you wanna be when you grow up?" I asked Matty. "Huh?" She looked confused. "Stupid question, I know. But I'm just thinking 'bout it. We can anything we want if we set our mind to it, ya know?" I explained. "It ain't a stupid question." Matty informed me. She then thought about it for a bit.

"I don't really know. Like you said, there's so many things we can be if we try. I guess I wanna be someone who helps kids. You know ones like me. Kids who don't got parents or they do but they don't treat 'em right." She finally came up with. "That's good." I told her. "I just don't want any other kids having to go through what I had to." Matty added. "Maybe you can help them get nice homes with people like Laura." I came up with. "Yeah maybe I can. What about you, Pony? What do you wanna be?"

"I've always liked writing, so maybe I'll become an author. It's not as special as what you're gonna do though." I told her. "Yeah it is, you're gonna be a good writer. You have a lotta life experince, you need that when you're a writer. You can write books that can touch and help people. So we'll both be helping people, just in different ways." Matty said. "Good point." I repiled.

"I wish it wasn't cloudy today. Then we could watch the sunset." Matty said out of nowhere after some time had passed. "Yeah, we haven't watched one in a while." I added on. "Hey can you tell me 'bout the time you and Johnny were up in Windrixville and watched that sunrise?" She asked me.

"How come?"

"I dunno. Just feel like hearing it." She answered. So I retold her 'bout it. She heared it a couple of times, and she always got real quiet when she heard it again. Like she always did when I told her a story. Like she was listening real hard to what I was saying, taking every word in and trying to remember it all. And whenever I finished she'd be quiet for a little bit.

"You really have a gift for telling stories. You're gonna be a good writer someday." She finally said to me. "Thanks." I said. She then pulled me down kissed me real hard for a real long time. I pulled her closer to me, returning the kiss. We kissed for a while. It was cold out, but we soon became warm. Man, I really loved this girl.

Quick A/N: Oh my goodness gracious I do not like this chapter. I wrote in like 30 minutes, the shortest time it's taken me to write a chapter. Usually I have an idea of what I'm gonna write, but I didn't this time. I just wrote the first thing that came into my head and ended up with this. I'm on a little bit of a writer's block. The wedding won't until be until Chapter 25, and I got ideas for the chapters after that, but no ideas fot Chapters 22-24. I'm gonna have start brainstorming I guess. I might even have to move the wedding up to Chapter 24, which I don't wanna do for whatever reason but if I have to I will. Well sorry for my rambling, it's just as bad as this chapter. I'm gonna go watch The Outsiders, I watch it about once a week. I'm a loser!

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