Chapter 8 (thanks for the reviews! Keep sending
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Ok, S.E. Hinton's characters, only Kayla is mine right now.
"Ponyboy, did you finish your homework?" Darry's just going through the evening drill, making sure I've done everything I'm supposed to do so that I can be in bed by nine.
"Have I got anything better to do?"
"What's his bed-time anyway? Nine?" Two-bit's in the kitchen, trying to find the chocolate cake. There's no beer here anymore, because Darry's taking every precaution he possibly can to make sure I'm out of reach of anything he doesn't want me having, and so Two-bit's learned to find the cake, instead. "Nine 0'clock, man, that's a little harsh, Darry. Even for you."
That's how it's gonna be for a while, though. A long while. Until Darry trusts me again.
The door-bell lets out a loud BUZZ! "Ponyboy, get the door." I've found ways of disobeying Darry all week and tonight's not going to be any different. "I'm only allowed to open the door, though. Once it's open, I can't even say hi, and that's just not polite, ya know? I think you should go ahead and do it." Darry gives me one of his you're-pushing-it looks, but before he has time to say anything Soda comes flying down the hall. "Wasn't anyone gonna answer the door?"
We both just look at him. "Fine, I'll do it." BUZZ!!!! "I'm coming I'm Coming, just hold on!" He opens the door quickly and says, "Yeah?" but then he pauses, continuing to stare out the door.
"Sodapop? Hi! God, it's good to see you again!"
Silence.
"It's me, Soda! Don't you remember?" I get up to see who's there, that voice sounds so familiar.
Because it is familiar. It's Sandy. She looks tired and worn, but that's not like her at all. I always remembered her pretty, delicate, and overly- make-upped. She used to have a smile like her sister's, gentle and priceless. But then, she didn't used to have that baby in her arms.
Darry notices her about the same time I do, and he's not happy about it. "What the hell are you doin' here?"
"I came to see Sodapop, Darry, not you."
"You've gotta lot of nerve showing up with that baby."
"Yeah, well, I don't have anywhere else to put her so you're just going to have to deal with it."
Sodapop informs her that it's funny she should be here for him because he was just thinking about leaving because of her.
Two-bit picks now to give up on his search, (there's only so many places to look for cake in our house.) He comes into the living room at full speed, than stops. "Sandy? You here 'cause of Pony's being involved with Kayla, or are you here to try to get us to adopt that baby? Because if you want us to adopt the baby, we can't. See, we're all real good-looking and if we're gonna adopt a baby, it has to be good-looking too, so as to keep up the tradition going. Sorry."
I'm trying real hard not to smile at his comment, but the look on Sandy's face makes it just that much harder to. I can tell Darry's trying not to laugh, too. Sodapop's not laughing, though. And Two-bit's just standing there, innocently.
"Ponyboy was with my sister? I didn't know, she never said anything. I thought she was with Gary, or at least that's who she introduced me to just a few minutes ago."
Finally, Sodapop says something. The very first thing he's said to Sandy since she got here. He just said, "Yeh, he was with her. She's the one who got him started on Marijuana. That sister of yours is just like you. She knows how to use someone, too."
"Ponyboy, did you finish your homework?" Darry's just going through the evening drill, making sure I've done everything I'm supposed to do so that I can be in bed by nine.
"Have I got anything better to do?"
"What's his bed-time anyway? Nine?" Two-bit's in the kitchen, trying to find the chocolate cake. There's no beer here anymore, because Darry's taking every precaution he possibly can to make sure I'm out of reach of anything he doesn't want me having, and so Two-bit's learned to find the cake, instead. "Nine 0'clock, man, that's a little harsh, Darry. Even for you."
That's how it's gonna be for a while, though. A long while. Until Darry trusts me again.
The door-bell lets out a loud BUZZ! "Ponyboy, get the door." I've found ways of disobeying Darry all week and tonight's not going to be any different. "I'm only allowed to open the door, though. Once it's open, I can't even say hi, and that's just not polite, ya know? I think you should go ahead and do it." Darry gives me one of his you're-pushing-it looks, but before he has time to say anything Soda comes flying down the hall. "Wasn't anyone gonna answer the door?"
We both just look at him. "Fine, I'll do it." BUZZ!!!! "I'm coming I'm Coming, just hold on!" He opens the door quickly and says, "Yeah?" but then he pauses, continuing to stare out the door.
"Sodapop? Hi! God, it's good to see you again!"
Silence.
"It's me, Soda! Don't you remember?" I get up to see who's there, that voice sounds so familiar.
Because it is familiar. It's Sandy. She looks tired and worn, but that's not like her at all. I always remembered her pretty, delicate, and overly- make-upped. She used to have a smile like her sister's, gentle and priceless. But then, she didn't used to have that baby in her arms.
Darry notices her about the same time I do, and he's not happy about it. "What the hell are you doin' here?"
"I came to see Sodapop, Darry, not you."
"You've gotta lot of nerve showing up with that baby."
"Yeah, well, I don't have anywhere else to put her so you're just going to have to deal with it."
Sodapop informs her that it's funny she should be here for him because he was just thinking about leaving because of her.
Two-bit picks now to give up on his search, (there's only so many places to look for cake in our house.) He comes into the living room at full speed, than stops. "Sandy? You here 'cause of Pony's being involved with Kayla, or are you here to try to get us to adopt that baby? Because if you want us to adopt the baby, we can't. See, we're all real good-looking and if we're gonna adopt a baby, it has to be good-looking too, so as to keep up the tradition going. Sorry."
I'm trying real hard not to smile at his comment, but the look on Sandy's face makes it just that much harder to. I can tell Darry's trying not to laugh, too. Sodapop's not laughing, though. And Two-bit's just standing there, innocently.
"Ponyboy was with my sister? I didn't know, she never said anything. I thought she was with Gary, or at least that's who she introduced me to just a few minutes ago."
Finally, Sodapop says something. The very first thing he's said to Sandy since she got here. He just said, "Yeh, he was with her. She's the one who got him started on Marijuana. That sister of yours is just like you. She knows how to use someone, too."