"Mickey Mouse?" I sputtered, "Do you say Mickey Mouse? Soda's horse?"
Ponyboy had told me about the horse Soda 'had' when he was younger.
"I think so. I've only seen the horse once, but the horse looks exactly as Soda described him to me," Sandy replied.
"Did I miss something?" Angela asked.
Sandy and I then started telling Angela about Soda's horse, at least as much as we knew. He was a dark gold colored buckskin horse, who was on the ornery side, but Soda loved him, but one day was sold.
"That's so…weird…how your uncle managed to get you the same horse that Soda was so crazy about when he was younger," Angela said.
"I know…" Sandy said," Do you think it's a sign? As crazy as that may sound…"
"I do," I said honestly, "Things don't happen like that by mistake."
"Okay, good," Sandy said.
None of us needed to say anything. We got our coats, it had become cool now that it was later in the day, and started walking to the Curtis house. This time Angela and I didn't have to drag Sandy with us, she came on her own.
"Okay, no are you ready?" I asked before I knocked on the door.
"Yes, Ash, I am," She replied and smiled nervously.
I knocked on the door and…we heard a fight going on inside over who was to answer the door. Angela, Sandy, and I all looked at each other strangely, yet amused. Boys can be so juvenile sometimes.
Finally someone opened the door. It was Dally.
"We don't want any!" Dally shouted at us and slammed the door on our faces.
I knocked on the door again, this time Steve answered it.
"Sorry about that. We were…um…never mind…come in," Steve said letting us in.
"Is Soda here?" Sandy asked.
"Yeah, he's in the shower…Sandy?" Steve asked, surprised to see her. "I thought you were in Florida!"
"I was, but I'm not anymore," Sandy said and smiled.
"Soda! Sandy's here!" Steve then called towards the bathroom.
Soda stuck his head out the door, glaring at Steve, "You're not very funny Steve. Just because I thought I had seen her today doesn't mean you can make fun of…me…" Soda's sentence trailed off when his eyes had drifted from Steve to Sandy. His eyes grew wide and then slammed the bathroom door. About ten seconds later he came out, wearing only jeans.
"Sandy…" Soda said, his eyes were still wide, "What are you doing here?"
"Ash made me come!" Sandy said pointing an accusing finger at me. I had sat down on the couch with my brother watching Mickey Mouse, to cartoon character not the horse, on TV.
"I did not!" I scowled, glaring at Sandy.
"Well, actually, Ash brought me home from Florida. Let's just say she knocked some sense into me," Sandy said, looking into Soda's eyes, more seriously now.
Ponyboy had come into the room from his and Soda's room. He gasped when he saw Sandy.
"Oh, Soda, I'm sorry, I made a mistake," Sandy said and told Soda basically what she had told me in Florida, that she was afraid of the ending up hurting each other and she thought it'd be better off sooner than later, "Are you listening to me?!"
I looked up and saw that Soda had a goofy grin on his face. I stifled a giggle.
"Yes, Sandy, I am," Soda nodded, grinning
"Well then act like it!" She said, obviously amused.
Soda didn't exactly reply. Instead he pulled her towards him and kissed her.
Just then Ponyboy came up to me, grabbed my arm and nodded towards the door, keeping silent because he hadn't wanted to interrupt anything.
"I think so. I've only seen the horse once, but the horse looks exactly as Soda described him to me," Sandy replied.
"Did I miss something?" Angela asked.
Sandy and I then started telling Angela about Soda's horse, at least as much as we knew. He was a dark gold colored buckskin horse, who was on the ornery side, but Soda loved him, but one day was sold.
"That's so…weird…how your uncle managed to get you the same horse that Soda was so crazy about when he was younger," Angela said.
"I know…" Sandy said," Do you think it's a sign? As crazy as that may sound…"
"I do," I said honestly, "Things don't happen like that by mistake."
"Okay, good," Sandy said.
None of us needed to say anything. We got our coats, it had become cool now that it was later in the day, and started walking to the Curtis house. This time Angela and I didn't have to drag Sandy with us, she came on her own.
"Okay, no are you ready?" I asked before I knocked on the door.
"Yes, Ash, I am," She replied and smiled nervously.
I knocked on the door and…we heard a fight going on inside over who was to answer the door. Angela, Sandy, and I all looked at each other strangely, yet amused. Boys can be so juvenile sometimes.
Finally someone opened the door. It was Dally.
"We don't want any!" Dally shouted at us and slammed the door on our faces.
I knocked on the door again, this time Steve answered it.
"Sorry about that. We were…um…never mind…come in," Steve said letting us in.
"Is Soda here?" Sandy asked.
"Yeah, he's in the shower…Sandy?" Steve asked, surprised to see her. "I thought you were in Florida!"
"I was, but I'm not anymore," Sandy said and smiled.
"Soda! Sandy's here!" Steve then called towards the bathroom.
Soda stuck his head out the door, glaring at Steve, "You're not very funny Steve. Just because I thought I had seen her today doesn't mean you can make fun of…me…" Soda's sentence trailed off when his eyes had drifted from Steve to Sandy. His eyes grew wide and then slammed the bathroom door. About ten seconds later he came out, wearing only jeans.
"Sandy…" Soda said, his eyes were still wide, "What are you doing here?"
"Ash made me come!" Sandy said pointing an accusing finger at me. I had sat down on the couch with my brother watching Mickey Mouse, to cartoon character not the horse, on TV.
"I did not!" I scowled, glaring at Sandy.
"Well, actually, Ash brought me home from Florida. Let's just say she knocked some sense into me," Sandy said, looking into Soda's eyes, more seriously now.
Ponyboy had come into the room from his and Soda's room. He gasped when he saw Sandy.
"Oh, Soda, I'm sorry, I made a mistake," Sandy said and told Soda basically what she had told me in Florida, that she was afraid of the ending up hurting each other and she thought it'd be better off sooner than later, "Are you listening to me?!"
I looked up and saw that Soda had a goofy grin on his face. I stifled a giggle.
"Yes, Sandy, I am," Soda nodded, grinning
"Well then act like it!" She said, obviously amused.
Soda didn't exactly reply. Instead he pulled her towards him and kissed her.
Just then Ponyboy came up to me, grabbed my arm and nodded towards the door, keeping silent because he hadn't wanted to interrupt anything.