Slowly the doctor helped me out of the bed and into a wheelchair. It just felt so weird not being able to see where I was going. I must admit though, It was a little exciting being blind. I had wondered before what it was really like when I saw this old blind man outside of the DX one day. I knew I would be fine if it only lasted a couple of days, but what if I never got my sight back? What would I do then?
I said goodbye to the guys and felt myself rolling out of the room and down the hall. The Doc was talking to me but I wasn't really paying any attention to him. I was just listening to my surroundings and thinking. Soon I heard the 'Ding' of the elevator. We got in and started to move. I could tell we had gone up 2 floors when we got out because the elevator made a sound at every floor. Something that I noticed while going threw the hospital was there was also a distinct smell to the hospital. It smelled clean, too clean. The hall we were rolling threw was pretty quiet. I did here what sounded like a small kid crying though. I wondered what they were in here for.
Soon we stopped and the doc told me we had reached the CAT scan room.
Soon I was lying on a strange hard bed moving threw some kind of machine. The Doc had told me I wasn't aloud to move at all. And it was driving me crazy because I had an annoying itch on my nose. As soon as I was aloud to move again the first thing I did was scratch my nose.
Then I got to go back to my room.
"Hey Pony, Have fun?" I heard Soda joke
I just smiled and said "Oh yeah, it was great, not being able to move for what seemed like hours!"
I heard three laughs, most likely from Darry, Soda, and the Doc. I didn't hear Two-Bit, he must have gone home. Or more likely out to get drunk and pick up a girl or two.
"Well I'm going to go and look at the CAT scan pictures, Ponyboy try to get some sleep; you need your rest. I'll be back in a bit." Said the Doc. Then I heard him walk out of the room and close the door. Soda helped me out of the wheel chair and back into the small bed. I was pretty tired, and wanted to go to sleep. But still I was scared. I can't really explain why I was scared, but I was, just plan out scared.
"Hey Darry, what time is it?" I mumbled
"5:15, you up for some supper? Or do you just wanna sleep?" He replied
"I'm just gonna sleep for a little, just a little, but please don't leave."
"Don't worry kid, we aren't going anywhere."
And I drifted off into dreamland. But I wasn't having nice bright and beautiful dreams, at least not at first. I was having blind dreams, and I didn't even know that was possible. I couldn't see anything; everything was black, always black. And I heard voices, lots of voices, I couldn't figure out what they were saying though. It sounded like hundreds of people were stuck in some dark, cold room screaming. Screaming at me to do something, to help them, to get them out. But I couldn't because I couldn't see. I didn't know what to do. I just sat there and listened. Then the dream changed to the sound of a baby crying.
"Look Soda, this is your new little brother." Said a voice, the voice of my father.
"What's his name daddy?" Asked little Sodapop
"Ponyboy, Ponyboy Curtis."
"Can I hold him dad?" Asked a voice that kind of sounded like a younger Darry
"Ok Dar, just be very gentle with him."
"Ok dad."
Then the crying stopped. The baby was happy and felt safe.
"Dad, I can take care of him sometimes? I can watch him when you and ma go out ok?"
"Ok Darry, just remember he's your little brother, and it's your job to make sure he's ok and safe."
"Don't worry dad, I already love him, I will never let anything bad happen to him, I promise you."
Then once again the dream changed. This time I could see though. I was sitting at the top of the 'oh so familiar' hill. Johnny was sitting beside me again. We were looking out at the most beautiful sunset I'd ever seen. I looked at Johnny and said
"This is the last sunset I'll ever see isn't it?"
"No Pony it isn't. But it is the last one you'll see for a while. I don't know if you'll see another in your life, I don't know if you sight will come back. But I do know you will see another. And you will see another with me. But first you have to grow up and become and old man. You can be a famous author if you want to be. Then one night you'll come and be with me, and we'll watch every sunset together every night in heaven. I'll be waiting there for you. But I'll kick your ass if you come before your time, grow old Ponyboy, grow old happy."
Then I woke up.
