Chapter 53
I do not own any of the characters besides Candy
Summer had officially started and I was a stay at home wife and mommy. Which I wasn't complaining of course. But all my friends which weren't that many now. As soon as I found out I was pregnant apparently that makes me a bad influence and a lot people stopped hanging around. Oh well that is there loss. The only two true friends I had was Angela and Two.
Little man was 3 weeks old today. Just seemed like yesterday I was in labor. Hell it seems like yesterday I was peeing on a stick in the bathroom. Dally had gone back to work today. The owner of the DX actually gave him 3 week of paid leave off when little man was born. Which we are both very grateful for. I had just put him down for a nap when I heard a knock on the door. It was only Pony and I who was home so I didn't know who it could be. I walked out of my room as soon as Pony did and we just looked at each other like who could that be. We both walked into the living room and I opened the front door but still leaving the screen door shut. There was two police officers there.
"Hello?" I said
"Hell miss we are looking for a Pony Boy Curtis" my heart just sank.
Pony Boy walked around me and said "That's me"
"I hate to do this to you kid but we have a warrant for your arrest" the officer said.
"What!" I said
"On what grounds?" I questioned him
"The murder of the Soc" he said
"But they already went in and gave statements and stuff and waiting on a court date" I said
"I know Mrs. But the family of the kid that was murdered wanted to press charges against them. I really hate to do it but we have to the judge signed off on the warrant and I already have his buddy Johnny Cade in the car" he said
I looked out past them and I could see Johnny sitting in the back of the cop car.
"I am not going to handcuff him he had to come down to the jail though. He will get booked in and he can get out if he gets bonded out" he said
"How much is that going to cost?" I asked
"Probably around 500 for both of them" he said
"What if we cant pay it?" I asked
"Then they would have to sit there until their court date and that could be any where from 6 to 8 weeks" he said
"Candy it will be ok just please go find Darry and Soda" Pony said walking by me outside to the officers.
I was literally shocked.
"Please Candy just go" Pony said as he was walking away with them
"They are going to be at the Tulse Juvenile Detention center its on 6th and Mason street" the officer yelled back at me.
I stood there frozen as they put Pony in the back of the car with Johnny and drove away. I had to snap out of it. And get Darry. I knew Darry was on a job site and couldn't be reached so I had to go to Soda. But I have the baby.
"Angela" I yelled
I picked up the phone and called her.
"Hey" she answered
"Hey you busy" I asked
"Nah why" she asked
"Can you get your brothers car I got to go to the DX its an emergency" I said
"Yeah why"
"Pony and Johnny just got arrested" I said
"What?"
"I am on my way" she slammed down the phone.
By the time I packed a diaper bag and got little man into his car seat and went out on the front porch I could see Curly's car fly into the drive way. Angela was sitting in the passenger seat and Curly was actually driving. I strapped little man in and jumped in my self and we were on our way.
"Hey you cant speed like that Curly remember baby in the car" Angela yelled at Curly
"Oh yeah sorry Candy" he said looking in to the rearview mirror at me.
We got to the DX in record time. Soda, Steve and Dally were all standing outside smoking on one of their many smoke breaks. And really shocked to see us fly into the parking lot. I jumped out grabbing little man out of his car seat and we all ran up to them.
"What's wrong doll?" Dally asked
"Pony…Johnny…arrested..police came to the house" I said trying to catch my breath.
"Calm down Candy" Soda said taking the baby from me.
"Ok breath and say it again" Dally said
"The cops came to the house with a arrest warrant for Pony and Johnny. They arrested them for murdering that Soc" I finally spit it out.
"What!" Dally said
"Your shitting me" Steve said.
"No they took them to the juvenile center down town going to take abut 500 dollars to get them both out." I said
Everyone was in shock for about 30 seconds.
"Ok I am going to go get Darry. Steve drive me. Dally can you go back to the house with them. Call everyone get them over to the house. And no one leave until we come back with Darry" Soda said.
"What about the shop?" Steve asked
"I am closing the bitch for the day" as he handed the baby back to me and shut the garage door.
As we all left to go do what Soda said. Curly, Angela, Dally and I went back to the house. Dally called Tim and every underground greaser he knew and everyone was showing up with in 10 minutes. There was about 50 of them in our front yard alone. We were all waiting on Darry to get there. When I finally saw his truck drive up into the front yard. Literally. Darry came into the house yelling.
"Ok let me get this straight Candy where are you?"
"Here" I said sitting behind him on the couch with Dally
"Why did they have the warrant again?" he asked
"Said the family of the soc is pressing charged against them and the judge signed the warrant so they had to take them" I said
"But they can get out right?" he asked
"Only if they get bonded out going to be around 500 for both of them" I said
"Alright everyone start emptying out their fucking pockets" Darry yelled and pulled his hat off and sat on the kitchen table.
"I have about 8- left from what you gave me Candy" Darry said
"Dally and I have 50" I added it
Everyone was walking by throwing everything they had into the hat. Mostly change but a lot of bills too.
Darry turned to me
"Count it please"
I got up and went to the kitchen table and dumped it all over and began counting it all. No one said a word until I was don't.
I looked up at Darry.
"312" I said
"Fuck" He said throwing a punch into the wall.
"Here" as we all heard a small voice from behind the crown that was surrounding the kitchen table. It was Cherry Valance.
"Here is 200" she said giving it to Darry
"Go get them out" she added
"Why you doing this" Darry asked
"Pony and Johnny are good kids they don't deserve it. The Soc are very bad people even their rich parents. They don't know how to except their kids were actually in the wrong. They think they are all just perfect. And everyone else is dirt to them" she said
Darry couldn't help but to hug her.
"Come Soda" as Darry grabbed all the money off the table and yelled "Thank you Cherry" and ran out the door with Soda.
"Thank you Cherry you didn't have to do that" I said
"But I wanted to" she said
I just had to hug her too.
"Thank you for understanding the greaser world. No one ever does unless you are one" I said into her eat.
She just hugged me back. And we stayed that way for a few good minutes.
"I guess I better go" she said
"Don't you want to wait for them I know Pony would like to thank you in person" I said
"I don't know if Pony and Johnny would want to see me" she sighed
'Your wrong he knows who you are and I am sure he would love to thank you in person especially for everything you have done for them" I said
"Ok I will stay" she said smiling
