"Happy Birthday, Coke!" It was Darry and Steve.
"Yo Coke, close your eyes. We got a surprise." I closed my eyes and felt myself being picked up. The person started walking to what felt like Pony and Soda's room. I was then dropped on a bed. "Okay, you can open your eyes now."
I opened my eyes and I sat on the bed dumbstruck. I was astounded at what I was looking at. I was in a room I had never been in. I looked around. It was a room like the kind that a little girl would always want. There was a large window that had a perfect view of the West Side, where I could see the sunset. The curtains that covered the window were an elegant midnight blue. The walls were pale blue with little clouds on them, but the roof and the floor were midnight blue. The roof had gold stars painted on it. The only furniture there was my bed. The covering on it was also a pale blue with little purple flowers on it. There were also little shelves nailed to the wall that had a few stuffed animals on them. They had given me two great gifts with just one room. They had given me my childhood dream room, and they had made me a place to live, making me part of the Curtis family.
"Happy Birthday!" they all said together.
"Oh my God! Thank you so much. Um.how the hell did you do this so secretly?"
"Well I have a lot of friends who are hard-working people and they work real fast. Also we put a temporary wall so that you wouldn't see the room. We started it the day that Ponyboy went missing, but we had it planned looong before that," Darry explained.
"This must have cost a fortune. How did you manage?"
"We've got our ways," Soda said. "Besides the point is that you got a place to live for as long as you want to stay, and you don't have to be looking for a place to live everyday."
"Yeah, that's true. Um.how come you didn't put the carpet, floor, and curtains, the same color as the wall?"
"We didn't think you would want it like this forever. I mean you are seventeen now. This looks like a 10-year-old's room," Darry said.
"Yeah, I would have changed it. I guess you knew midnight blue was my favorite color, huh?"
"Yup. Well now, it's time for bed. You guys got work tomorrow, and I do too. Good Night, Coke, and Happy Birthday."
"`Night, Darry." Darry left without another word. "What you guys sleeping here or something?"
"We're goin', we're goin'. `Night, Coke."
"`Night Steve."
"Hey, do I get to sleep on the couch, then?"
"Yeah."
"Alright. First time in a long time." Steve left, and fell asleep instantly.
"So.I hope you liked your gift."
"I did. I think I'll keep the color for about one day, and then paint it midnight blue, with a few gold spots."
"I'd like to see that."
"Hey, um.I'm sorry to bring this up but, um.when did you propose to Sandy?"
"The night you went to the movies with Dally and `em."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"I dunno. Slipped my mind, I guess."
"Well, I don't want you to worry about her anymore. You'll find someone better. Someone who actually loves you, and will be willing to marry you no matter what."
"It would have been nice if she did love me back. I mean, it's a great thing to love somebody, but it would be even better to be loved back."
"I know what you mean."
"Coke, I really hate to say it, but well um.Dally would never love you back no matter how much you want him to. It's not that you're not likable, it's just that he would never love anyone in his life. In other words, he has no heart. Always keep that in mind. You're one of my best friends and I don't want you getting hurt because of love like I did. It's not worth loving someone who won't love you back."
"I know, and I don't want to love him, but my heart does and I can't change that feeling, and I hate it. The thing is my hate isn't taking power over love like it used to. Dally did that to me. I don't know how, but I know there has to be a way to get to him like he did to me, and I will try everything in my power to do so."
"I wish you good luck, then. I also better get to bed, or Darry will skin me."
"Good Night."
"Night." With that said he left.
I lay in my bed for what seemed hours. I was thinking about my talk with Soda. He was right, and I hated to admit it. Dally would never love anyone no matter what. Maybe it was my time to just give up.
"Yo Coke, close your eyes. We got a surprise." I closed my eyes and felt myself being picked up. The person started walking to what felt like Pony and Soda's room. I was then dropped on a bed. "Okay, you can open your eyes now."
I opened my eyes and I sat on the bed dumbstruck. I was astounded at what I was looking at. I was in a room I had never been in. I looked around. It was a room like the kind that a little girl would always want. There was a large window that had a perfect view of the West Side, where I could see the sunset. The curtains that covered the window were an elegant midnight blue. The walls were pale blue with little clouds on them, but the roof and the floor were midnight blue. The roof had gold stars painted on it. The only furniture there was my bed. The covering on it was also a pale blue with little purple flowers on it. There were also little shelves nailed to the wall that had a few stuffed animals on them. They had given me two great gifts with just one room. They had given me my childhood dream room, and they had made me a place to live, making me part of the Curtis family.
"Happy Birthday!" they all said together.
"Oh my God! Thank you so much. Um.how the hell did you do this so secretly?"
"Well I have a lot of friends who are hard-working people and they work real fast. Also we put a temporary wall so that you wouldn't see the room. We started it the day that Ponyboy went missing, but we had it planned looong before that," Darry explained.
"This must have cost a fortune. How did you manage?"
"We've got our ways," Soda said. "Besides the point is that you got a place to live for as long as you want to stay, and you don't have to be looking for a place to live everyday."
"Yeah, that's true. Um.how come you didn't put the carpet, floor, and curtains, the same color as the wall?"
"We didn't think you would want it like this forever. I mean you are seventeen now. This looks like a 10-year-old's room," Darry said.
"Yeah, I would have changed it. I guess you knew midnight blue was my favorite color, huh?"
"Yup. Well now, it's time for bed. You guys got work tomorrow, and I do too. Good Night, Coke, and Happy Birthday."
"`Night, Darry." Darry left without another word. "What you guys sleeping here or something?"
"We're goin', we're goin'. `Night, Coke."
"`Night Steve."
"Hey, do I get to sleep on the couch, then?"
"Yeah."
"Alright. First time in a long time." Steve left, and fell asleep instantly.
"So.I hope you liked your gift."
"I did. I think I'll keep the color for about one day, and then paint it midnight blue, with a few gold spots."
"I'd like to see that."
"Hey, um.I'm sorry to bring this up but, um.when did you propose to Sandy?"
"The night you went to the movies with Dally and `em."
"Why didn't you tell me?"
"I dunno. Slipped my mind, I guess."
"Well, I don't want you to worry about her anymore. You'll find someone better. Someone who actually loves you, and will be willing to marry you no matter what."
"It would have been nice if she did love me back. I mean, it's a great thing to love somebody, but it would be even better to be loved back."
"I know what you mean."
"Coke, I really hate to say it, but well um.Dally would never love you back no matter how much you want him to. It's not that you're not likable, it's just that he would never love anyone in his life. In other words, he has no heart. Always keep that in mind. You're one of my best friends and I don't want you getting hurt because of love like I did. It's not worth loving someone who won't love you back."
"I know, and I don't want to love him, but my heart does and I can't change that feeling, and I hate it. The thing is my hate isn't taking power over love like it used to. Dally did that to me. I don't know how, but I know there has to be a way to get to him like he did to me, and I will try everything in my power to do so."
"I wish you good luck, then. I also better get to bed, or Darry will skin me."
"Good Night."
"Night." With that said he left.
I lay in my bed for what seemed hours. I was thinking about my talk with Soda. He was right, and I hated to admit it. Dally would never love anyone no matter what. Maybe it was my time to just give up.
