Chapter 11 - High and Mighty
** Ponyboy's P.O.V.**
I saw Soda slowly put a pill in his mouth a swallow. He was taking drugs again. What is happening to him. Soda would never do drugs, he doesn't need to. He gets high on life. He saw him. I gulped. I didn't move. He looked at me for a couple of minutes. Then he walked over to me, pulled me in the room and shut the door.
" What did you see Pony?" He said calmly. Not with any anger, almost no tone. I gulped harder.
" I..I saw you take a pill" I stuttered. Soda looked at me for a couple of seconds,and thn burst out laughing. " What the hell is going on.." I thought. It took awhile for Soda to get back his breath.
" You know Ponyboy, you have a funny name!! Ponyboy. Heck we could have just called you Horseboy" Soda said,and then with another burst out laughing. He was high or stoned, or whatever you want to call it. Sometimes it is the same thing. I was angry with that, Dad gave me that name, and I liked it. I knew he didn't mean it though, it was the drugs. I tried to calm down Soda. I tried to sit him down on the bed but he pushed me away. I started to get tears in my eyes.
" Soda....Why are you doing this?" I whispered. Soda jumping up and down on the bed like a 4 year old.
" This...feeling..is...wonderful..Horseboy" He said while still jumping up and down. He stopped himself after he called me Horseboy, cause that sent him laughing again.
" Stop Soda!! Your high!! Just stop!!" I yelled. Soda didn't hear me. He was on his way out the door. " If Darry saw him like this......" I thought. I followed him. Just then Two-Bit and Steve walked in. I didn't know what to do. They will flip if they saw Soda like this.
" Hey Pony,what's up?" Two-Bit asked me. Just then we heard a loud crash in the kitchen. We all ran in there. There was glass spilled on the ground and Soda laughing his head off. He went to pick it up.
" Hey Stevie!!" Soda yelled cheerfully.
" Soda? Are you ok?" Steve asked.
" Yeah I'm dandy" Soda said, then added " Randy" and started to laugh again. Steve didn't look any longer and had me hauled by my shirt and out the kitchen.
" WHO THE FUCK GAVE SODA DRUGS!!!??" Steve yelled.
" He had them since last night!! He must have had an extra one!! I don't know what to do, and when I saw him it was too late!!" I yelled back. Steve looked at me in disgust and then walked into the kitchen again. I leaned against the wall,and slid down.After a couple of minutes Steve had Soda by the wrist and was hauling him over down on the sofa. He sat him down, struggling.
" Soda, sit down..you need to calm down." Steve said. Soda was wild. And just our luck Darry walked in with some bag of groceries. Everyone stopped in place.
" Hey it's Darry the abuser" Soda said, and then laughed his head off falling off the sofa. Darry dropped the bags. He looked at Steve and Two- Bit. They said without sound. Drugs. Darry put on his I'm-gonna-kill-look. " This is gonna be a night" I thought.
** Ponyboy's P.O.V.**
I saw Soda slowly put a pill in his mouth a swallow. He was taking drugs again. What is happening to him. Soda would never do drugs, he doesn't need to. He gets high on life. He saw him. I gulped. I didn't move. He looked at me for a couple of minutes. Then he walked over to me, pulled me in the room and shut the door.
" What did you see Pony?" He said calmly. Not with any anger, almost no tone. I gulped harder.
" I..I saw you take a pill" I stuttered. Soda looked at me for a couple of seconds,and thn burst out laughing. " What the hell is going on.." I thought. It took awhile for Soda to get back his breath.
" You know Ponyboy, you have a funny name!! Ponyboy. Heck we could have just called you Horseboy" Soda said,and then with another burst out laughing. He was high or stoned, or whatever you want to call it. Sometimes it is the same thing. I was angry with that, Dad gave me that name, and I liked it. I knew he didn't mean it though, it was the drugs. I tried to calm down Soda. I tried to sit him down on the bed but he pushed me away. I started to get tears in my eyes.
" Soda....Why are you doing this?" I whispered. Soda jumping up and down on the bed like a 4 year old.
" This...feeling..is...wonderful..Horseboy" He said while still jumping up and down. He stopped himself after he called me Horseboy, cause that sent him laughing again.
" Stop Soda!! Your high!! Just stop!!" I yelled. Soda didn't hear me. He was on his way out the door. " If Darry saw him like this......" I thought. I followed him. Just then Two-Bit and Steve walked in. I didn't know what to do. They will flip if they saw Soda like this.
" Hey Pony,what's up?" Two-Bit asked me. Just then we heard a loud crash in the kitchen. We all ran in there. There was glass spilled on the ground and Soda laughing his head off. He went to pick it up.
" Hey Stevie!!" Soda yelled cheerfully.
" Soda? Are you ok?" Steve asked.
" Yeah I'm dandy" Soda said, then added " Randy" and started to laugh again. Steve didn't look any longer and had me hauled by my shirt and out the kitchen.
" WHO THE FUCK GAVE SODA DRUGS!!!??" Steve yelled.
" He had them since last night!! He must have had an extra one!! I don't know what to do, and when I saw him it was too late!!" I yelled back. Steve looked at me in disgust and then walked into the kitchen again. I leaned against the wall,and slid down.After a couple of minutes Steve had Soda by the wrist and was hauling him over down on the sofa. He sat him down, struggling.
" Soda, sit down..you need to calm down." Steve said. Soda was wild. And just our luck Darry walked in with some bag of groceries. Everyone stopped in place.
" Hey it's Darry the abuser" Soda said, and then laughed his head off falling off the sofa. Darry dropped the bags. He looked at Steve and Two- Bit. They said without sound. Drugs. Darry put on his I'm-gonna-kill-look. " This is gonna be a night" I thought.