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Gwen, and the plot.
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*Two months later*
* Darry's POV*
Right now its been two months since Leah had Gwen, but
I have a feeling that things will still be just as exiting as when Leah
was pregnant. Maybe even more so now that the baby is here. I wonder when
we're going to have to go through all of that again. Hopefully, not for
a long time. I even gave Pony a lecture. He just sort of mumbled a lot
and his ears turned red. He's a smart kid though. Not to say that Leah
and Johnny aren't. Things happen. I felt something shift in my arms and
looked down. Gwen had just woken up and she was getting fussy.
" Ok, now what's wrong?" I asked.
Yeah, as if a two month old could really answer me.
" Diaper?"
I checked. Yup, that was it.
"Where's the stuff?"
I have no idea why I kept asking all of these questions. I was the
only one home right now. Leah and Johnny probably would have been watching
Gwen, being her parents and all, but they went to the school to see if
Johnny could start the same correspondance program that Leah's in. They
asked if I would watch Gwen for about an hour, and I agreed. I finally
found the diaper bag and laid Gwen down on the floor to change her. She
was wearing a lime green sleeper. The kind with about five million buttons.
Ok, I exaggerated. It's only about three million.
" You know, you were born on this floor,"I told her.
Gwen just looked at me curiously and gurgled. I powdered her and rediapered
her, and then managed to get her back in her sleep. I picked her
up, and then I heard Johnny and Leah.
* Johnny's POV*
I went over to Darry and held Gwen. She cooed and waved her tiny
fist.
" Hey there little one," I said.
It's so strange. She looks so much like me. It's kind of frightening.
I mean, she looks like Leah too of course, but you can instantly tell that
she is my daughter. She has my hair. Except her's is pretty short. And
my eyes. She has almost the exact same eyes as I do. Even the colors are
the same. Gwen's eyes turned from blue to brown when she was about a month
old.
" She's going to be a heartbreaker one day," Darry told me.
" Hopefully, it won't be when she's twelve," Leah said.
" Come on guys, she just learned to sit up, and you're already dicussing
her dating life?" I joked.
Leah came over to us and gently tickled Gwen on the belly.
"Silly baby silly girl," she said in a sing song voice.
Gwen giggled a little.
" Are you guys ready to go home?" I asked.
" Yup, thanks a lot Darry," Leah said.
" No problem, she's a good baby," he said.
" Yeah man, thanks," I said and went out the door.
A/N. This is in chapter 27, but it is a part that only has Jane
and Pony in it.
* Jane's POV*
" So what are we going to do?" I asked Ponyboy.
" Do about what?" he asked.
" About our english project," I said.
Pony sighed with relief.
" I thought it was something serious," he said.
" What!"
"Pony, this is very serious, I only have a 87 in english right now,
and this is a major project."
He laughed.
" Ok, ok, don't worry we'll get it done."
" When is it due?" he asked.
" In two days," I told him.
He gulped.
" Two days?"
" Yes."
" That is so unfair!"
" This was assigned to us yesterday!" he cried.
" I know, I hate it when this sort of thing happens," I said.
" So what exactly did we have to do on this?"
" We were supposed to do a project with poetry, I answered
" Hmmm ok, so we write the poem and then we write a paper explaining
all of the imagery and such."
" Right, very good Ponyboy,"I said in a fake sappy voice.
He swatted at me, and then ended up kissing me.
That night we decided to work on the project.
"Good for you guys," Darry said.
Luckily, we didn't tell him when it's due.
After a lot of talking and writing we finally came up with this poem.
" There is a silence.
In the forest full of life.
Creatures dance among the living
The dead sing a song of want.
Dew drops on the leaves fall.
Into the soft brown dirt.
The newborn fawn walks for the first time.
All of this magic occurs,
while the rest of the world sleeps."
" This is pretty good," Pony said.
"Yeah, I think we did a good job, now we have to explain it,"I grumbled.
" Hey, we're both smart, I'm sure we'll be fine," Pony said.
" Always the optimist aren't you?"
" Well, not always, but I do try."
I growled a little at him, and then he put his arm around me.
" I'm sorry, let's work on the project so we can go to sleep," he said.
I smiled a little.
" Good, because I'm tired," I said.
Pony yawned.
" Yeah so am I."
We worked on the project for about twenty minutes. Then I laid my head
against Pony's shoulder and closed my eyes.
" Hey wake up Jane," he said softly.
" No, we're almost done and it's not due tomorrow anyway,"
" Good point," he said.
Pony leaned back on the couch and closed his eyes and I leaned against
him. I could feel his chest rise and fall, and the pounding of his heart.
" Night Pony,"I said.
" Mmmm, night," he said.
The next morning when I woke up I was still leaning against Pony,
but we were turned a little and he had his arm around me. He opened his
eyes and looked at me.
"Morning sleepyhead,"I said.
"Good morning yourself, how'd you sleep?"
"Great,"
He closed his eyes a little.
" I'm glad,"
" So now that we're awake do you want to finish the project?" I asked.
He opened one eye.
" You just had to ask didn't you?"
" Yup"
"Ohhh why not," he said.
We finished the project about fifteen minutes later, and then fell
back asleep.
Ok, that was 27. Please R/R!!
Fyremoon.