Darry stood in the kitchen the next morning, flipping pancakes. He felt
kind of bad. Maybe he'd been to hard on Sodapop. He thought that maybe he
should've tuned it down a bit but his anger was always getting the best of
him.
"It's time to get up!" He called from the kitchen. "C'mon guys, I'm making pancakes." Soda slouched out a few minutes later and flopped down in one of the chairs, hoping that Darry would just leave him alone and not say anything. He really was tired and he didn't want to deal with it.
"Where's Ponyboy?" Darry asked.
"He's using the shower first." Soda mumbled. "You sleep ok last night?" Darry asked. Soda shook his head. "No thanks to you either." He glared at Darry and then looked away out the window. "Soda, I'm sorry I was so harsh. I shouldn't have yelled like that."
Soda looked up at Darry quickly. "Does that mean I can go see her today?" Soda asked hopefully. "Please say yes!" He thought silently. Darry shook his head. "No, Sodapop. It means I'm sorry I yelled.
"No you aint." Soda grimaced.
"I am sorry," Darry said. "We've got something else to talk about though Soda, and when I tell you this you are not allowed to have a fit but you're forbidden to see her again. Is that understood?"
Soda jumped up, his heart and mind racing. Darry had to be kidding! "You can't forbid me to see her!" Soda said in shock.
"Yes I can." Darry said. "I just did. I'm not kidding, little buddy. Twenty- eight is just to old."
"Fuck you!" Soda jumped up and stalked off to his room. "Sodapop Curtis, watch your mouth and don't you say that to me!" Darry yelled after him and Soda's door slammed.
Darry sighed and put the pancakes on a plate. He had been ready for a reaction like that. It's exactly what he'd expected and he felt bad but twenty-eight was too old. It would be irresponsible of him to allow Soda to date someone that much older than him. Darry didn't even date girls that age.
"Why can't Sodapop find someone his own age?" Darry thought out loud. "Why does he have to go and find some older chick?" Sandy had been right around his age. Just because she left didn't mean he had to get interested in a different age group of girls.
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Sodapop kicked his wall angrily. He looked over at the window and considered throwing the lamp through it but he figured he was in enough trouble already and he'd have to contain his anger somehow. How could Darry do this to him? Why couldn't he just be happy for him. Wasn't it Darry himself that had said Soda needed to move on. Well he was moving on. What's the big deal anyways. She was only about thirty years old…
Soda groaned and plopped down on his bed, punching one of the pillows. He laid his head down, cursing softly so Darry couldn't hear him. It wasn't fair. Soda was finally happy and felt good and he'd finally semi gotten over Sandy and now Darry wanted to take it all away! Soda punched the pillow again. He was so mad.
"I aint gonna listen anyways." Soda said to himself silently. "I'll see Samantha regardless of his stupid new rule. What's he gonna do about it? He doesn't have to know. I dated her for two weeks without him knowing. Didn't I?"
Ideas and schemes were already rushing through Soda's head. Ideas of how to get out of the house and when. There was no way he wasn't gonna see Samantha again. Darry was just gonna have to back of… or Soda was just gonna have to be super quiet about it.
"What's wrong?" Pony asked walking in their room, showered and dressed. He was pretty sure he already knew the basics of what was wrong but he figured he'd ask anyways. "Oh, nothing." Soda mumbled. "My day's starting off bad." "It's about Samantha, aint it?" Pony asked. Soda nodded. "Darry just forbade me to ever see her again." Soda sighed. "Oh." Pony said. "I'm sorry." "Don't worry about it." Soda said. "I'll figure out something."
"Without him knowing?" Pony asked smiling. "You're horrible at lying about stuff."
"I am not." Soda said. "Yeah, you are." Ponyboy said. "You might be able to pull it off with my help though." Pony smirked. "Yeah maybe." Soda said thoughtfully. "What time does Darry get home tomorrow night?"
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"It's time to get up!" He called from the kitchen. "C'mon guys, I'm making pancakes." Soda slouched out a few minutes later and flopped down in one of the chairs, hoping that Darry would just leave him alone and not say anything. He really was tired and he didn't want to deal with it.
"Where's Ponyboy?" Darry asked.
"He's using the shower first." Soda mumbled. "You sleep ok last night?" Darry asked. Soda shook his head. "No thanks to you either." He glared at Darry and then looked away out the window. "Soda, I'm sorry I was so harsh. I shouldn't have yelled like that."
Soda looked up at Darry quickly. "Does that mean I can go see her today?" Soda asked hopefully. "Please say yes!" He thought silently. Darry shook his head. "No, Sodapop. It means I'm sorry I yelled.
"No you aint." Soda grimaced.
"I am sorry," Darry said. "We've got something else to talk about though Soda, and when I tell you this you are not allowed to have a fit but you're forbidden to see her again. Is that understood?"
Soda jumped up, his heart and mind racing. Darry had to be kidding! "You can't forbid me to see her!" Soda said in shock.
"Yes I can." Darry said. "I just did. I'm not kidding, little buddy. Twenty- eight is just to old."
"Fuck you!" Soda jumped up and stalked off to his room. "Sodapop Curtis, watch your mouth and don't you say that to me!" Darry yelled after him and Soda's door slammed.
Darry sighed and put the pancakes on a plate. He had been ready for a reaction like that. It's exactly what he'd expected and he felt bad but twenty-eight was too old. It would be irresponsible of him to allow Soda to date someone that much older than him. Darry didn't even date girls that age.
"Why can't Sodapop find someone his own age?" Darry thought out loud. "Why does he have to go and find some older chick?" Sandy had been right around his age. Just because she left didn't mean he had to get interested in a different age group of girls.
****
Sodapop kicked his wall angrily. He looked over at the window and considered throwing the lamp through it but he figured he was in enough trouble already and he'd have to contain his anger somehow. How could Darry do this to him? Why couldn't he just be happy for him. Wasn't it Darry himself that had said Soda needed to move on. Well he was moving on. What's the big deal anyways. She was only about thirty years old…
Soda groaned and plopped down on his bed, punching one of the pillows. He laid his head down, cursing softly so Darry couldn't hear him. It wasn't fair. Soda was finally happy and felt good and he'd finally semi gotten over Sandy and now Darry wanted to take it all away! Soda punched the pillow again. He was so mad.
"I aint gonna listen anyways." Soda said to himself silently. "I'll see Samantha regardless of his stupid new rule. What's he gonna do about it? He doesn't have to know. I dated her for two weeks without him knowing. Didn't I?"
Ideas and schemes were already rushing through Soda's head. Ideas of how to get out of the house and when. There was no way he wasn't gonna see Samantha again. Darry was just gonna have to back of… or Soda was just gonna have to be super quiet about it.
"What's wrong?" Pony asked walking in their room, showered and dressed. He was pretty sure he already knew the basics of what was wrong but he figured he'd ask anyways. "Oh, nothing." Soda mumbled. "My day's starting off bad." "It's about Samantha, aint it?" Pony asked. Soda nodded. "Darry just forbade me to ever see her again." Soda sighed. "Oh." Pony said. "I'm sorry." "Don't worry about it." Soda said. "I'll figure out something."
"Without him knowing?" Pony asked smiling. "You're horrible at lying about stuff."
"I am not." Soda said. "Yeah, you are." Ponyboy said. "You might be able to pull it off with my help though." Pony smirked. "Yeah maybe." Soda said thoughtfully. "What time does Darry get home tomorrow night?"
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