When It Use To Be Simple
Disclaimer: All of the 'Outsiders' characters belong to S.E. Hinton. Jaedyn belongs to me.
Chapter 3:
Two-Bit
I moaned as the sunlight hit my freshly opened eyes. 'What time is it?' I wondered as I listened for any sign that someone else was up, and hopefully making breakfast. 'Maybe I'm the first one up!'
"Wouldn't that be crazy!" I laughed out loud.
"Wouldn't what be crazy, Two-Bit?" I jumped five feet and looked over to see Darry grinnin' at me.
"Uh.nothin'." I blushed sheepishly. Then I regained my composure, "I didn't think anyone else was up."
"I wasn't 'til just a moment ago. I guess we all fell asleep here." Darry laughed as he looked around the living room. I followed his example.
Let's see: me, Darry, Johnny, Ponyboy, Dally, and Steve. 1,2,3,4,5,6. Where's seven? Who's seven? Then it hit me.
"Soda!" I exclaimed, out loud again.
"What?!" Darry asked with a confused look on his face.
"I was tryin' to figure out who was missin'." I explained.
Darry nodded and looked at Steve's watch.
"What time is it?" I asked.
""1:45 p.m." he answered, "Sunday. Soda should be home by now." He looked worried as he stood up. I followed suit.
"He probably crashed in his room. There's no room for him in here with us." I tried to sound convincing as we made out way to Soda's closed door.
We opened the door, and walked into the room. I was surprised to see Soda on the floor.
I gave a hearty laugh, "He was awake enough to walk to his bedroom, but to tired to crawl into bed!" I said between fits of laughed, as I wope laughter tears from my eyes.
Then, I looked at Soda's bed and was startled to see red hair on the white pillow. And the hair had a head attached to it, too.
"Oh!" I shook my head at my stupidity, "Jaedyn!"
I looked over at Darry to find him staring at me with a bemused smirk on his face.
"Out loud again?" I asked. He nodded then peered closer at his brother. I did the same.
"Looks like maybe they met up with some socs." I noted as I saw bruises and stuff on both Soda and Jaedyn.
I took a closer look at Jaedyn and saw that he didn't have a shirt on, and his shoulder was wrapped in gauze.
"Look." I pointed it out to Darry, and we both noticed the blood was starting to soak through the white gauze.
"Think he got stabbed?" I asked Darry.
"Shot." Came Soda's groggy reply from the floor.
"What?!" Darry and I exclaimed together.
"By socs?" Darry asked.
Soda made a face, "No.. his da..yea.. he got shot."
"By who?" I asked confused.
"Nobody." Soda said quietly as he looked at the ground.
"Sodapop!" Darry yelled, "Who did this to you guys?!" His yelling obviously caught everyone else's attention, 'cause within seconds Dally, Steve, Johnny and Ponyboy were in the room and Jaedyn was staring at Soda.
"Who did what to who?" Steve inquired.
Please review so I know whether or not I should continue!!
Disclaimer: All of the 'Outsiders' characters belong to S.E. Hinton. Jaedyn belongs to me.
Chapter 3:
Two-Bit
I moaned as the sunlight hit my freshly opened eyes. 'What time is it?' I wondered as I listened for any sign that someone else was up, and hopefully making breakfast. 'Maybe I'm the first one up!'
"Wouldn't that be crazy!" I laughed out loud.
"Wouldn't what be crazy, Two-Bit?" I jumped five feet and looked over to see Darry grinnin' at me.
"Uh.nothin'." I blushed sheepishly. Then I regained my composure, "I didn't think anyone else was up."
"I wasn't 'til just a moment ago. I guess we all fell asleep here." Darry laughed as he looked around the living room. I followed his example.
Let's see: me, Darry, Johnny, Ponyboy, Dally, and Steve. 1,2,3,4,5,6. Where's seven? Who's seven? Then it hit me.
"Soda!" I exclaimed, out loud again.
"What?!" Darry asked with a confused look on his face.
"I was tryin' to figure out who was missin'." I explained.
Darry nodded and looked at Steve's watch.
"What time is it?" I asked.
""1:45 p.m." he answered, "Sunday. Soda should be home by now." He looked worried as he stood up. I followed suit.
"He probably crashed in his room. There's no room for him in here with us." I tried to sound convincing as we made out way to Soda's closed door.
We opened the door, and walked into the room. I was surprised to see Soda on the floor.
I gave a hearty laugh, "He was awake enough to walk to his bedroom, but to tired to crawl into bed!" I said between fits of laughed, as I wope laughter tears from my eyes.
Then, I looked at Soda's bed and was startled to see red hair on the white pillow. And the hair had a head attached to it, too.
"Oh!" I shook my head at my stupidity, "Jaedyn!"
I looked over at Darry to find him staring at me with a bemused smirk on his face.
"Out loud again?" I asked. He nodded then peered closer at his brother. I did the same.
"Looks like maybe they met up with some socs." I noted as I saw bruises and stuff on both Soda and Jaedyn.
I took a closer look at Jaedyn and saw that he didn't have a shirt on, and his shoulder was wrapped in gauze.
"Look." I pointed it out to Darry, and we both noticed the blood was starting to soak through the white gauze.
"Think he got stabbed?" I asked Darry.
"Shot." Came Soda's groggy reply from the floor.
"What?!" Darry and I exclaimed together.
"By socs?" Darry asked.
Soda made a face, "No.. his da..yea.. he got shot."
"By who?" I asked confused.
"Nobody." Soda said quietly as he looked at the ground.
"Sodapop!" Darry yelled, "Who did this to you guys?!" His yelling obviously caught everyone else's attention, 'cause within seconds Dally, Steve, Johnny and Ponyboy were in the room and Jaedyn was staring at Soda.
"Who did what to who?" Steve inquired.
Please review so I know whether or not I should continue!!