Ok once again Leah is the only thing that belongs to me
Sodapop's POV
I rolled over in the bed that I was sharing with Ponyboy,and found myself
on the floor.
"Ouch!" I yelped.
This caused Ponyboy to wake up too, and he sat up in bed and
shushed me.
"Hey Soda try to be a little more quiet will ya"
Quiet? Why should I be quiet in our house? I wondered. Then it hit
me.
"Oh yeah that sick girl you guys found last night," I muttered.
Ponyboy leaned over me and grinned,"Yup that's the one",he said. Then
he grinned even wider,
"Gee Sodapop you sure do look comfortable down there."
I was about to make some remark in reply,but something about
the way he was grinning made me laugh.Quietly of course.
We walked out of the bedroom and into the kitchen. I wasn't surprised
at all to see the rest of the gang there. They're always sleeping over
and we're all really close,like brothers.
"Hey look it's the Royal-highnesses themselves."
I knew automatically that that came from Two-Bit. He's always making
smart remarks like that.
I just nodded and Pony said "Hi."
Then I walked over to Steve ,my best friend, and gave him a punch on
the arm. It's kinda the way we say hello. I'm not really sure why, but
it works.
"Hey Soda," Steve said to me (see it works).
Two-Bit took a drag on the cigerette he was smoking.
"So I hear that Pony, Dally, and Johnycakes found a sick chick in the
lot last night,"he said.
"Yeah," Johny told him softly.
"What's her name anyway?" Steve asked.
"Leah"Ponyboy answered.
"Yeah and for some reason the kid wanted to know all our names before
she went to sleep," Dally grumbled.
"Why the hell did she want y'all's names?" Steve asked. Dally shrugged
and took a drag of Two-Bit's ciggerette.
" I think she said something about wanting to know the names of the
good looking guys in front of her."
He grinned and looked over at Johny.
"Johny blushed when she said that, didn't ya Johnycakes?" Johny just
blushed again and looked down at the floor.
"Awww lay off will ya Dally," he said.
" I gotta go to work now but the rest of you watch Leah,ok" Darry said.
"Yes sir!" Two-Bit saluted.
Darry rolled his eyes and went out the door.
"So how old do you guys think she is?" Steve asked me.
"Hmmmmm I dunno maybe around fifteen or sixteen,"I told him.
"Maybe we should go see if she's awake" suggested Ponyboy.
"Good idea,"I told him ruffling his hair.
Then we all set off for Darry's bedroom. We crept in quietly and I
was surprised to see Leah wide awake, staring at us all curiously.
"I was wondering when you guys were gonna come in and say hi"
Then she spotted Two-Bit and Steve.
"Now what are you guy's names?"she asked them.
"I am Two-Bit," he declared dramatically.
"Steve" he mumbled.
She nodded and coughed a little. Her face didn't look as flushed as
last night, but she was still pretty pale.
" Hey Leah are you still sick? I mean do you know what your temperature
is" Ponyboy asked her.
"Yeah I just took it a minute ago, it's 100" She grinned a tiny bit
and looked over at Dally.
"See I told you that knowing you all's names would make me better,"
she told him.
Dally just grunted and looked down at the bed.
" Hey Leah how old're you anyway?" Two-Bit asked her.
She looked at all of us carefully for a moment. Then she said,
"How old would you like me to be?"
"Glory, are you always this crazy, or just when you are sick?" Dally
asked her.
She looked over at himand slightly raised one eyebrow. A trick used
muchly by Two-Bit.
" I, she said pausing for effect, am always this crazy," she declared.
Dally rolled his eyes, and Pony and Johny grinned, I looked over at
Steve and grinned myself. He grinned back a little and shook his head.
" Ohhhhh I see, insane but in a good way," Two-Bit told her.
"Yup, exactly,"
"Really, Leah how old are you," Johny asked her.
She looked over at him and blushed. Or maybe it was all in my imagination
and she was just flushed.
" I just turned sixteen last week," she told him.
" Cool, I turned sixteen about four months ago," Johny told her.
Then we all told her the rest of our ages. She just nodded and occasionally
murmered"cool". I could tell she was getting pretty tired and was about
to fall asleep. I motioned to the other guys and they left the room.
"See you later Leah," I told her.
"Ok thanks, bye Soda" her head hit the pillow and I could she was aleep.
We got back into the kitchen and it was silent for a moment. Then Two-Bit
spoke up.
"Well, well, well, she is quite the character isn't she,"
Steve looked over at Johny and grinned.
"I think Johny likes her" ,he said.
" Awww so what if I do? I'm sixteen years old you know, and I am allowed
to like girls.", this sudden outburst came from Johny.
We all stared at him, a little shocked. Johny wasn't known to have
sudden outbursts like that. He quickly realized what he'd said and blushed
a deep shade of red.
"It's okay Johny, it's kind of ummmm cute," I told him trying to be
helpful.
"Awww Johnycakes has a crush on the new girl," Two-bit said in a singsong
voice.
"Well she isn't really bad looking," Steve mused.
"Hey watch out, that's Johny's girl," Dally told him.
Ponyboy just looked over at Johny and smiled. Johny looked at Ponyboy
and smiled back. It's weird but they can do that. Communicate without words,
I mean. I don't think I'll ever get how they do that.
" Sooo are we gonna tell Leah you like her?" Two-bit asked.
" Nahhhhhhh let Johny tell her on his own, but maybe he should do it
when she's better," Dally said.
"Thanks Dally," Johny said quietly.
I decided to break the silence and tension by suugesting a new activity.
"Who's up for a few games of cards?" I said.
I was answered by a chorus of voices going," Meeeeeee"
I went over to the drawe and found a couple packs of cards. Then we
all went into the living room and started to play.
A/N ok that's chapter three. I think Leah will be better in chapter
four. Hmmmmm I sense some future romance between Leah and Johny. Well if
you want to know, you'll just have to read more. Thanks for the reviews
and please r/r more!