Chapter 12
About ten minutes after they left, Pony, Soda, their friends Dally, and Patty came. Patty was latched on to Dally's arm. I don't think she let go of it that night.
"How are you liking Castle Rock?" I asked to anyone who would answer.
"I like it ok,' Soda said. He plopped down on the couch next to me.
"UNCLE SODAPOP!" May and Thomas said unison. Both of them latched on to one of his legs. Sodapop began to play with them, while Patricia and Dallas were doing some 'playing' of their own. Pony was trying to explain anything and everything about Greasers, and Socs, when Jeremy came home with a few of his friends. Oh yeah, 'Jeremy's smart, he wouldn't do that'. Ace, Eyeball, and Buck were with him. Where was Chris? I told him to come over, why wasn't he here? I now had to entertain a handful of people while worrying about him.
*************At the tree house, no one's point of view*************
Chris and Gordie, the only ones present in the tree house were playing a game of Bullshit.
"Hey man, what time is it?" Chris asked Gordie keeping his eyes on his cards.
"Ten till seven," Gordie said looking at his watch.
"Shit, I told Jess that I would be at her house, I was supposed to be there like twenty minutes ago."
"What's with you and her? Every time I see you, she's there. You're always together!" he exploded. "Do you love her or something?"
Chris grinned. He knew he did. "Yeah man, I do," he put his cards down and offered Gordie if he wanted to come. He said he wanted to stay a little longer. So Chris ran all the way to Jessica's house. Man was he crazy! Her house was two miles away!
He reached her house in 15 minutes. Wow, could he run. He rang the doorbell, and heard a lot of noise coming from inside. The door opened, and Jessi stood in front of him.
"Why are you out of breath? And all sweaty . . .?" she asked taking his arm.
"I . . . ran . . .here" he said in between breaths.
"Ran here? From where?"
"The . . . tree house."
"Your crazy! That's two miles!" She walked him into the kitchen to get a drink; the only room in the house with no one in it. She left the twins with Sodapop, she trusted them with him, and after all he was their uncle. Chris pulled out a chair and sat down, Jessi went to the refrigerator to get him a drink. She pulled out a coke and handed it to him.
"My poor baby," she said with a smirk. She pulled out a chair so that it faced him, sat down, and took his right foot and put it on her lap. She started to pull the laces of his shoes, and then took of his shoe and began to massage his foot.
"This is the life," he said grinning.
"Shut up, it's only this one time." She said. "So, why were you late?"
"I was playing cards with Gordie in the tree house."
"I haven't seen much of Gordie lately. Every since he and Michelle broke up, I've been seeing less and less of him. Not to mention Vern and Teddy."
"Yeah, Gordie and I have kind of drifted apart from them."
It was near 7:30 and time for the twins to go too sleep. Jessi pushed Chris's feet off her lap.
"Hey!" he whined.
"I gotta put the twins to sleep. I'll be right back"
************************* Back to Jessi's point of view*************************
I walked into the family room where the twins and Soda were playing, Pony was caught up in a book. "May, Thomas, time for bed" I said walking through trying to find Jeremy. He was in the back yard with his friends. "Hey Jeremy, where are the twins sleeping?" I asked him.
"With Kathy and Darry in your room," he said matter-of-factly.
" But I thought they were sleeping in the guest room . . ." geez was I lost in all this.
"No, that's where Ponyboy and Sodapop are sleeping."
"Weren't they going to stay in your room . . .?"
"Got no room."
"Ok, if the twins Darry and Kathy are sleeping in my room, Pony and Soda are in the guest room, then where am I sleeping?"
"Sofa City baby," he said taking a drag off his cigarette. I walked off.
"Great this is just great!" I said waving my hands in the air and talking to no one in particular. I walked into the living room and the twins were gone. Sodapop walked in.
"Soda! Where are the twins!" I grabbed him arm.
"Relax, I put them to bed for you. Pony's in with them. Trish and Dallas already left, but that Chris guy is still here."
"Good, good Sodapop," I hugged him from relief. "What've you got planned for the rest of the night." I asked him.
"Watch television I guess," he replied.
"Well you know where it is. " I said and walked back into the kitchen where Chris was, sat down and began to massage his other foot. "You know what?" I asked him.
"What?"
"Tomorrow, we should all get together and do something. Like play softball or something."
"We?"
"Me and the girls, and you and the guys. It'll be like old times."
"Lets do that."
"It's a date then."
A/N: I know that was a short chapter, but hey! I'm at a writer's block. So I'm not exactly sure where I'm taking this story. But I do have another idea for a fanfic; I've started writing it too. Ok it's a SBM fic, but it takes place in 2003 as appose to the 60's. So I could post that. Tell me if I should.
About ten minutes after they left, Pony, Soda, their friends Dally, and Patty came. Patty was latched on to Dally's arm. I don't think she let go of it that night.
"How are you liking Castle Rock?" I asked to anyone who would answer.
"I like it ok,' Soda said. He plopped down on the couch next to me.
"UNCLE SODAPOP!" May and Thomas said unison. Both of them latched on to one of his legs. Sodapop began to play with them, while Patricia and Dallas were doing some 'playing' of their own. Pony was trying to explain anything and everything about Greasers, and Socs, when Jeremy came home with a few of his friends. Oh yeah, 'Jeremy's smart, he wouldn't do that'. Ace, Eyeball, and Buck were with him. Where was Chris? I told him to come over, why wasn't he here? I now had to entertain a handful of people while worrying about him.
*************At the tree house, no one's point of view*************
Chris and Gordie, the only ones present in the tree house were playing a game of Bullshit.
"Hey man, what time is it?" Chris asked Gordie keeping his eyes on his cards.
"Ten till seven," Gordie said looking at his watch.
"Shit, I told Jess that I would be at her house, I was supposed to be there like twenty minutes ago."
"What's with you and her? Every time I see you, she's there. You're always together!" he exploded. "Do you love her or something?"
Chris grinned. He knew he did. "Yeah man, I do," he put his cards down and offered Gordie if he wanted to come. He said he wanted to stay a little longer. So Chris ran all the way to Jessica's house. Man was he crazy! Her house was two miles away!
He reached her house in 15 minutes. Wow, could he run. He rang the doorbell, and heard a lot of noise coming from inside. The door opened, and Jessi stood in front of him.
"Why are you out of breath? And all sweaty . . .?" she asked taking his arm.
"I . . . ran . . .here" he said in between breaths.
"Ran here? From where?"
"The . . . tree house."
"Your crazy! That's two miles!" She walked him into the kitchen to get a drink; the only room in the house with no one in it. She left the twins with Sodapop, she trusted them with him, and after all he was their uncle. Chris pulled out a chair and sat down, Jessi went to the refrigerator to get him a drink. She pulled out a coke and handed it to him.
"My poor baby," she said with a smirk. She pulled out a chair so that it faced him, sat down, and took his right foot and put it on her lap. She started to pull the laces of his shoes, and then took of his shoe and began to massage his foot.
"This is the life," he said grinning.
"Shut up, it's only this one time." She said. "So, why were you late?"
"I was playing cards with Gordie in the tree house."
"I haven't seen much of Gordie lately. Every since he and Michelle broke up, I've been seeing less and less of him. Not to mention Vern and Teddy."
"Yeah, Gordie and I have kind of drifted apart from them."
It was near 7:30 and time for the twins to go too sleep. Jessi pushed Chris's feet off her lap.
"Hey!" he whined.
"I gotta put the twins to sleep. I'll be right back"
************************* Back to Jessi's point of view*************************
I walked into the family room where the twins and Soda were playing, Pony was caught up in a book. "May, Thomas, time for bed" I said walking through trying to find Jeremy. He was in the back yard with his friends. "Hey Jeremy, where are the twins sleeping?" I asked him.
"With Kathy and Darry in your room," he said matter-of-factly.
" But I thought they were sleeping in the guest room . . ." geez was I lost in all this.
"No, that's where Ponyboy and Sodapop are sleeping."
"Weren't they going to stay in your room . . .?"
"Got no room."
"Ok, if the twins Darry and Kathy are sleeping in my room, Pony and Soda are in the guest room, then where am I sleeping?"
"Sofa City baby," he said taking a drag off his cigarette. I walked off.
"Great this is just great!" I said waving my hands in the air and talking to no one in particular. I walked into the living room and the twins were gone. Sodapop walked in.
"Soda! Where are the twins!" I grabbed him arm.
"Relax, I put them to bed for you. Pony's in with them. Trish and Dallas already left, but that Chris guy is still here."
"Good, good Sodapop," I hugged him from relief. "What've you got planned for the rest of the night." I asked him.
"Watch television I guess," he replied.
"Well you know where it is. " I said and walked back into the kitchen where Chris was, sat down and began to massage his other foot. "You know what?" I asked him.
"What?"
"Tomorrow, we should all get together and do something. Like play softball or something."
"We?"
"Me and the girls, and you and the guys. It'll be like old times."
"Lets do that."
"It's a date then."
A/N: I know that was a short chapter, but hey! I'm at a writer's block. So I'm not exactly sure where I'm taking this story. But I do have another idea for a fanfic; I've started writing it too. Ok it's a SBM fic, but it takes place in 2003 as appose to the 60's. So I could post that. Tell me if I should.
