Soda saw that Darry was gaining on him and he ran faster down the silent
street. "Sodapop, stop!" Darry yelled again. Soda ignored his brothers call
and ran faster. He turned a corner and down an Alley way but Darry followed
him.
"Soda!" Darry yelled. "Soda, stop!"
Sodapop made his way over a fence onto the other side of the Ally but that wasn't about to stop Darry. He climbed over the fence himself with ease and looked around for Soda, who had disappeared. He couldn't see Sodapop anywhere. He looked around desperately but saw nobody.
Soda looked behind him again and saw that he had lost Darry. He stopped momentarily to catch his breath. He could see it in the cold night air. His chest hurt and his muscles ached but he continued to run. He wasn't paying attention to where he was going and ran right into someone. They both fell on the ground.
Soda moaned and looked up to see Ponyboy who was holding his side were he'd fallen. "Pony?" he asked. "What are you…?" He didn't get to finish though because someone was running up to them. It was Darry.
"Ponyboy?!" Darry said shocked. "What are you doing?"
"I heard you guys screaming." Pony said. "Then everything was quiet. I came out of my room and you guys were gone so I came outside to see were you went and I ran into Sodapop." Pony explained all in one breath.
Darry nodded while breathing hard and picked both his brothers up off the ground, keeping a firm hold of Soda's lower left arm.
Soda tried to pull away and twist out of Darry's grip but he was to strong. "Lemme go!" Soda yelled.
"No." Darry said. "You're coming home, now. Were did you think you were going anyways? It's the middle of the night. Pony, come on." Darry said motioning for him to follow. Ponyboy obeyed.
Soda tugged at his arm as Darry pulled him down the street but he couldn't get free to save his life. "Darry, let go of me. I aint gonna go anywhere."
"Oh, no." Darry said, sure that if he released him Sodapop would dash off in the other direction. "I'm not going to run all over the neighborhood after you again. What has gotten into you?"
"Owe." Soda moaned as Darry forced him foreword. "Gosh he doesn't have to pull that hard." Soda thought.
"You haven't ever disobeyed me before." Darry continued. "Not like that at least." Soda just sighed. He eventually gave up on trying to get away but Darry kept a firm hold of his arm anyways.
"What happened?" Ponyboy asked very interested because he really didn't have all the facts on what was going on. "Where were you going?"
"I don't know." Soda sighed. "I went out to see Samantha and Darry…" "I found out." Darry finished for him pulling on Soda's arm harder. Soda hoped Darry couldn't see the tears that were slowly falling down his cheeks. He sniffed and turned his face away. Darry didn't notice because he was to busy forcing Soda back to the house.
Ponyboy let out a loud yawn. "I'm sleepy." He said.
"So am I." Darry said giving an annoyed look to Soda.
"Hey if it bugs you so much why'd you come running after me?" Soda said. "Why didn't you just let me go.
"That's a stupid question." Darry said. "You must be overtired. You aint thinking straight."
Soda rolled his eyes.
"Sodapop, you'd better not pull something like this again." Darry said very sternly. "I cannot believe you would even think about taking the truck and going out in the middle of the night. There's only about a hundred things wrong with that. You had me worrying out of my mind, not knowing were you were at that hour. And just what were you doing with that girl, Samantha at this time of the night?" Darry asked suspiciously. Ponyboy flushed, as he realized where this conversation was heading.
"Darry, we didn't… I wasn't…" Soda said and Darry gave him a look that said 'you'd better tell me the truth.' But this time Soda really was telling the truth. "Honest, Darry." Soda pleaded.
"That'd better be true." Darry said.
"It is." Sodapop insisted.
"Fine." Darry said, semi excepting Soda's answer. "I imagine that wasn't the first time you've snuck out?" Darry asked. Soda stared in the other direction. "Huh?" Darry asked. Soda nodded ever so slightly.
"Yeah, well, you're in deep trouble, Sodapop Curtis."
"It aint all his doing." Ponyboy piped up because he was feeling a bit guilty and he wanted to try and help Soda out.
"Ponyboy!" Soda said trying to keep him quiet.
"Well it wasn't. I helped you do it a couple times too. Like that time when I said he was at the DX. That was my idea and I'm the one that lied about it. Not Soda."
"Pony!" Soda yelled. This would just get them both into more trouble.
"Well, it's true!" Ponyboy said.
Darry sighed. "I can't believe you guys."
"Why'd you tell him that?" Soda shrieked. "That's just gonna get me into more trouble. Not to mention you."
"You are in just about as much trouble as you could possibly get in." Darry said as they reached their house and he swung open the gate. The three of them went inside and Darry released Sodapop. Soda rubbed his arm. Darry had practically cut the circulation off.
"You're grounded, Sodapop. Understand? No going out, no TV, no football, nothing…" Darry said.
Soda's eyes widened. "But Darry!"
"Is that clear?" Darry asked strongly.
Soda sighed deeply but nodded his head. Not only could he not see Samantha but now he couldn't go anywhere or do anything.
"We are ALL going to have a talk later." Darry looked back and forth at both of his brothers. "All-right, get to bed. I'm exhausted. To tired to deal with you right now." He looked at Sodapop angrily and went to turn the kitchen light off.
Soda turned and went to his room, Ponyboy close behind. "I'm sorry." Pony mumbled. "I only wanted to help."
"It's ok." Soda said. "C'mon lets get some rest."
Soda laid his head down on his pillow and closed his tired eyes. Why did Darry have to be thirsty in the middle of the night? Why couldn't he get thirsty another night when Sodapop was home? Soda's head hurt and so did his arm. He wanted to see Samantha. "I should've just stayed out with her all night." He thought to himself. "How much madder can Darry get?" Now Pony was in trouble too and Soda was mad at himself for dragging his little brother into this mess.
"I'm gonna be grounded until I'm fifty." Soda thought to himself miserably. "I'll never get to see Samantha. I hate Darry! I hate him!" He didn't mean it though but right then that was kind of how he felt. "He ruins everything." Soda thought. "Why's he gotta be so protective? Why's he gotta care so much?"
"Soda?" Ponyboy whispered.
"What?" Soda said exasperated.
"Are you mad at me?"
"No." Soda said. "I'm mad at Darry and he's madder than ever at me. Just go to sleep, Pony. I'll talk to him and try and get you out of so much trouble for lying for me. I'm sorry I got you involved in all this."
"It's ok." Ponyboy said. "I wanted to help."
"Both of you, be quiet and go to sleep!" Darry yelled from down the hallway.
Soda sighed, reached over and ruffled Ponyboy's hair.
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"Soda!" Darry yelled. "Soda, stop!"
Sodapop made his way over a fence onto the other side of the Ally but that wasn't about to stop Darry. He climbed over the fence himself with ease and looked around for Soda, who had disappeared. He couldn't see Sodapop anywhere. He looked around desperately but saw nobody.
Soda looked behind him again and saw that he had lost Darry. He stopped momentarily to catch his breath. He could see it in the cold night air. His chest hurt and his muscles ached but he continued to run. He wasn't paying attention to where he was going and ran right into someone. They both fell on the ground.
Soda moaned and looked up to see Ponyboy who was holding his side were he'd fallen. "Pony?" he asked. "What are you…?" He didn't get to finish though because someone was running up to them. It was Darry.
"Ponyboy?!" Darry said shocked. "What are you doing?"
"I heard you guys screaming." Pony said. "Then everything was quiet. I came out of my room and you guys were gone so I came outside to see were you went and I ran into Sodapop." Pony explained all in one breath.
Darry nodded while breathing hard and picked both his brothers up off the ground, keeping a firm hold of Soda's lower left arm.
Soda tried to pull away and twist out of Darry's grip but he was to strong. "Lemme go!" Soda yelled.
"No." Darry said. "You're coming home, now. Were did you think you were going anyways? It's the middle of the night. Pony, come on." Darry said motioning for him to follow. Ponyboy obeyed.
Soda tugged at his arm as Darry pulled him down the street but he couldn't get free to save his life. "Darry, let go of me. I aint gonna go anywhere."
"Oh, no." Darry said, sure that if he released him Sodapop would dash off in the other direction. "I'm not going to run all over the neighborhood after you again. What has gotten into you?"
"Owe." Soda moaned as Darry forced him foreword. "Gosh he doesn't have to pull that hard." Soda thought.
"You haven't ever disobeyed me before." Darry continued. "Not like that at least." Soda just sighed. He eventually gave up on trying to get away but Darry kept a firm hold of his arm anyways.
"What happened?" Ponyboy asked very interested because he really didn't have all the facts on what was going on. "Where were you going?"
"I don't know." Soda sighed. "I went out to see Samantha and Darry…" "I found out." Darry finished for him pulling on Soda's arm harder. Soda hoped Darry couldn't see the tears that were slowly falling down his cheeks. He sniffed and turned his face away. Darry didn't notice because he was to busy forcing Soda back to the house.
Ponyboy let out a loud yawn. "I'm sleepy." He said.
"So am I." Darry said giving an annoyed look to Soda.
"Hey if it bugs you so much why'd you come running after me?" Soda said. "Why didn't you just let me go.
"That's a stupid question." Darry said. "You must be overtired. You aint thinking straight."
Soda rolled his eyes.
"Sodapop, you'd better not pull something like this again." Darry said very sternly. "I cannot believe you would even think about taking the truck and going out in the middle of the night. There's only about a hundred things wrong with that. You had me worrying out of my mind, not knowing were you were at that hour. And just what were you doing with that girl, Samantha at this time of the night?" Darry asked suspiciously. Ponyboy flushed, as he realized where this conversation was heading.
"Darry, we didn't… I wasn't…" Soda said and Darry gave him a look that said 'you'd better tell me the truth.' But this time Soda really was telling the truth. "Honest, Darry." Soda pleaded.
"That'd better be true." Darry said.
"It is." Sodapop insisted.
"Fine." Darry said, semi excepting Soda's answer. "I imagine that wasn't the first time you've snuck out?" Darry asked. Soda stared in the other direction. "Huh?" Darry asked. Soda nodded ever so slightly.
"Yeah, well, you're in deep trouble, Sodapop Curtis."
"It aint all his doing." Ponyboy piped up because he was feeling a bit guilty and he wanted to try and help Soda out.
"Ponyboy!" Soda said trying to keep him quiet.
"Well it wasn't. I helped you do it a couple times too. Like that time when I said he was at the DX. That was my idea and I'm the one that lied about it. Not Soda."
"Pony!" Soda yelled. This would just get them both into more trouble.
"Well, it's true!" Ponyboy said.
Darry sighed. "I can't believe you guys."
"Why'd you tell him that?" Soda shrieked. "That's just gonna get me into more trouble. Not to mention you."
"You are in just about as much trouble as you could possibly get in." Darry said as they reached their house and he swung open the gate. The three of them went inside and Darry released Sodapop. Soda rubbed his arm. Darry had practically cut the circulation off.
"You're grounded, Sodapop. Understand? No going out, no TV, no football, nothing…" Darry said.
Soda's eyes widened. "But Darry!"
"Is that clear?" Darry asked strongly.
Soda sighed deeply but nodded his head. Not only could he not see Samantha but now he couldn't go anywhere or do anything.
"We are ALL going to have a talk later." Darry looked back and forth at both of his brothers. "All-right, get to bed. I'm exhausted. To tired to deal with you right now." He looked at Sodapop angrily and went to turn the kitchen light off.
Soda turned and went to his room, Ponyboy close behind. "I'm sorry." Pony mumbled. "I only wanted to help."
"It's ok." Soda said. "C'mon lets get some rest."
Soda laid his head down on his pillow and closed his tired eyes. Why did Darry have to be thirsty in the middle of the night? Why couldn't he get thirsty another night when Sodapop was home? Soda's head hurt and so did his arm. He wanted to see Samantha. "I should've just stayed out with her all night." He thought to himself. "How much madder can Darry get?" Now Pony was in trouble too and Soda was mad at himself for dragging his little brother into this mess.
"I'm gonna be grounded until I'm fifty." Soda thought to himself miserably. "I'll never get to see Samantha. I hate Darry! I hate him!" He didn't mean it though but right then that was kind of how he felt. "He ruins everything." Soda thought. "Why's he gotta be so protective? Why's he gotta care so much?"
"Soda?" Ponyboy whispered.
"What?" Soda said exasperated.
"Are you mad at me?"
"No." Soda said. "I'm mad at Darry and he's madder than ever at me. Just go to sleep, Pony. I'll talk to him and try and get you out of so much trouble for lying for me. I'm sorry I got you involved in all this."
"It's ok." Ponyboy said. "I wanted to help."
"Both of you, be quiet and go to sleep!" Darry yelled from down the hallway.
Soda sighed, reached over and ruffled Ponyboy's hair.
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