Sorrow
Chapter 3 ~ Discoveries
A/N: Thanks for reviewing people! I really appreciate it. Sorry for the short chapters I promise they'll get longer. I apologize if you find them out of character, I had to change them a little to fit my fic.
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Ponyboy walked lazily home from school under the shade of majestic oak trees which lined the sidewalks of Laura Avenue. They had brand new tiny leaves which had just unfurled from red buds bursting with summer newness. Warmth, sunlight and happiness was in the air in this brand new season! He took a deep breath in of the clean, fresh air and exhaled slowly through his nose. Since the beginning of this semester he had started walking to and from school along this pretty street with its quaint Victorian mansions with Gingerbread trim and three car garages. This was the American dream!
But when he turned off Laura Avenue with its bright pink magnolia blossoms in the early spring, oak leaves in the summer, acorns in the autumn and fresh white snow in the winter and onto Carmichael Boulevard and crossed Industrial Parkway and the railway tracks he awoke into harsh reality. Small, shabby dwellings with drab, peeling paint and unclipped, wild juniper bushes in the front of them greeted him and gave him a dismal welcoming back to his own neighbourhood. Why couldn't he and Darry and Sodapop live on Laura Avenue in a grand old house? Why did they have to settle for the tiny bungalow? Life was unfair he would just have to face it.
He walked slowly up their driveway with its cracking ashphalt and dusty gardens and set his bags down on the kitchen table after unlocking the door and letting himself in. Inside the house, it was more tastefully decorated and more friendly and inviting. His small family had done the best they could with their budget to make the house pretty.
Just then he realized it was very quiet and dark inside. Where was Sodapop? Shouldn't he be home by now? It wasn't his day to stay light at the gas station for the evening shift. Usually Sodapop brought an aura of happiness and light-heartedness into the house with him and played bright, cheerful music on their second-hand record player. But Soda was definitely not here right now.
Pony's eyes flicked through the kitchen to see if there was some sign Soda had left. His eyes locked onto the note and the table and he grabbed hastily and read it quickly. Pony's jaw dropped in horror. Could it be true? The note said that Sodapop had run away to get Sandy back!
A while back Soda had been moping because Sandy had broken up with him. But after a couple of days he had appeared to get over and become his same happy self again. But if what this note said was true then he was just hiding his true feelings inside. He had gone to get Sandy! Ponybody couldn't believe that Soda had them so fooled. They must not have been very observant...
He had to find Darry. Darry would surely know what to do! They would hop in the car and drive all the way after Sodapop if they had to go to Canada! But deep down in Pony's heart he knew it would not be that simple.
Chapter 3 ~ Discoveries
A/N: Thanks for reviewing people! I really appreciate it. Sorry for the short chapters I promise they'll get longer. I apologize if you find them out of character, I had to change them a little to fit my fic.
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Ponyboy walked lazily home from school under the shade of majestic oak trees which lined the sidewalks of Laura Avenue. They had brand new tiny leaves which had just unfurled from red buds bursting with summer newness. Warmth, sunlight and happiness was in the air in this brand new season! He took a deep breath in of the clean, fresh air and exhaled slowly through his nose. Since the beginning of this semester he had started walking to and from school along this pretty street with its quaint Victorian mansions with Gingerbread trim and three car garages. This was the American dream!
But when he turned off Laura Avenue with its bright pink magnolia blossoms in the early spring, oak leaves in the summer, acorns in the autumn and fresh white snow in the winter and onto Carmichael Boulevard and crossed Industrial Parkway and the railway tracks he awoke into harsh reality. Small, shabby dwellings with drab, peeling paint and unclipped, wild juniper bushes in the front of them greeted him and gave him a dismal welcoming back to his own neighbourhood. Why couldn't he and Darry and Sodapop live on Laura Avenue in a grand old house? Why did they have to settle for the tiny bungalow? Life was unfair he would just have to face it.
He walked slowly up their driveway with its cracking ashphalt and dusty gardens and set his bags down on the kitchen table after unlocking the door and letting himself in. Inside the house, it was more tastefully decorated and more friendly and inviting. His small family had done the best they could with their budget to make the house pretty.
Just then he realized it was very quiet and dark inside. Where was Sodapop? Shouldn't he be home by now? It wasn't his day to stay light at the gas station for the evening shift. Usually Sodapop brought an aura of happiness and light-heartedness into the house with him and played bright, cheerful music on their second-hand record player. But Soda was definitely not here right now.
Pony's eyes flicked through the kitchen to see if there was some sign Soda had left. His eyes locked onto the note and the table and he grabbed hastily and read it quickly. Pony's jaw dropped in horror. Could it be true? The note said that Sodapop had run away to get Sandy back!
A while back Soda had been moping because Sandy had broken up with him. But after a couple of days he had appeared to get over and become his same happy self again. But if what this note said was true then he was just hiding his true feelings inside. He had gone to get Sandy! Ponybody couldn't believe that Soda had them so fooled. They must not have been very observant...
He had to find Darry. Darry would surely know what to do! They would hop in the car and drive all the way after Sodapop if they had to go to Canada! But deep down in Pony's heart he knew it would not be that simple.
