Failed
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A/N Thanks for reading
Darry's POV
I stared at the back of my little brother's head.
" Pony, please turn around," I whispered
He didn't say anything
" Ok, we're gonna leave now.." Soda said
" Hannah, I want Hannah," Pony mumbled
I know it shouldn't have hurt that Pony wanted her more than he wanted us, but it did
" Ok," I said and then we left his bed.
" Hey, do any of you guys know where that Hannah girl is,?" I asked the gang.
Dally pointed a small door that I had never noticed before.
" She's there, behind it," he said
" Why do you wanna know?" Steve asked
" Pony wants to talk to her," Soda said
I went over to the door and tapped on it.
" Yeah?" a girl's voice asked
" It's Darry, Pony's older brother, if you're Hannah then Pony wants to talk to you," I said
There was a pause and then she said,
" Alright, I'll be there in a minute,"
I stepped away from the door and went back to Pony's bed, where the rest of the gang now was.
" And then Mickey Mouse stole my beer and I started chasing him" Two Bit was saying.
" Two Bit, you haven't been umm experimenting have you?" I asked
He grinned his usual grin.
" Naww, just a dream I had last night," he said
" I thought all your dreams involved blondes," Pony said softly.
We all looked at him.
" Yeah, they do most of the time,"
" I'm not surprised," Johnny said
This time we all looked at him.
Before anyone could say anything else the door on the side opened and a girl stepped out. She looked very thin, with shoulder length black hair and expressive brown eyes. She wore jeans and a t shirt that said, " I'm not smiling, it's a facial twitch,"
" Hannah?" I asked
" The one and only," she said
Her voice sounded tired, like Pony's did sometimes.
" Can I come in?" she asked
" Sure, yeah, sorry," I said
She stepped further into the room and then went to Pony's bed and sat down.
" Hey Colt," she greeted.
Pony's eyes met hers.
" Hey Han," he said
"Watcha up to?" she asked
" Nothing, same as always," he said and sighed
She nodded
" So who are your friends?" she asked, looking around at all of us.
" Well I think you met my brother Darry, and you've met Dally, that's my other brother Sodapop and that's Johnny, Steve, and Two Bit."
" Alright," she said
" How old are you?" Two Bit asked her
" I'm fifteen , not a bad age to be," she said
" So, are you and Pony friends?" Johnny asked
" No, we hate each other's guts," she said jokingly.
There was more silence.
" Hannah, you look too thin," Pony scolded her.
That was Pony for you, he could be minutes away from death and he'd still be concerned for other people.
" Don't worry Colt, they're not gonna move me in with the Foodies," she said
" Foodies?" Steve asked
" Yeah, the anorexic and bulimic girls," she said
" I saw one of them," Soda said
" What'd she look like?" Hannah asked
" Blonde hair, but it was really thin, she looked like a living skeleton," he said
" That's Anna, I don't think she realizes how thin she is," she said
She frowned and looked all around the room and then at Pony.
" Hey Colt, I'm gonna go take a nap, I'm really tired," she said
" Ok, come back whenever," he said
" Thanks..ummmm Pony, you're a good friend," she said
I could see now that her eyes were watering. What was going on?
" You are too," Pony told her
She left the room.
" So, is she like your girlfriend?" Two Bit asked Pony
The tips of his ears turned red.
" No, just a really good friend,"
30 minutes later
We all had been talking to Pony for about half an hour and he seemed like he was doing really well. Then out of the blue he started frowning.
" What's wrong?" Johnny asked him
"Something's not right," Pony said softly
"What do you mean?" I asked
" I don't know,"
" Is it you?" Soda asked
" No," Pony said
" Ok," Dally said
Suddenly Pony's eyes widened.
" Someone go check on Hannah," he said
" I thought she was sleeping," Steve said
" Please, just do it," Pony pleaded
I could tell that he was starting to get upset so I went over to the door and lightly tapped on it. No one answered so I knocked on it, then harder.
" I'll be right back," I muttered and left the room.
" Where're ya going?" I could hear Soda ask
I walked down the hall a little and then came face to face with a doctor.
" Can I help you?" he asked
" Yeah, the girl who's in the room next to my brother, she's a friend of his and she's not responding when I knock on that door that connects their rooms," I said
His eyebrows furrowed together.
" Hannah Frank," he muttered
" Alright, thank you for telling me," he said
" No problem," I told him and went back to Pony's room.
" Darry.." Sods started to say
I shook my head briefly to indicate that he shouldn't ask.
" Where's Hannah?" Pony asked me
" I guess she just a deep sleeper," I said
He started shaking his head back and forth,
" No, she's not, not at all," he said
" Calm down Pony," Soda said
" I'm sure everything's fine," I said
" Yeah, uhhh maybe she didn't want to get out of bed or something," Two Bit said
" No, that's not like her," Pony said in a quiet voice.
" Lets just wait and see what's happening," Johnny said
We didn't have to wait long. About twenty seconds after he'd said that a doctor appeared in the doorway.
" Is this the room of Ponyboy Curtis?" he asked
" I'm Pony, where's Hannah?" he asked
" I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this, but Ms. Frank has passed away," he said
" Passed away? What do you mean? Is she dead?" Pony demanded.
The doctor sighed,
" Yes, she's dead," he said
His voice seemed to have no emotion. How long had he been working here that he was immune to all of this?
" We just saw her," I said
" I'm very sorry," the doctor said
He didn't sound sorry.
" How?" Pony asked
" I don't think."
" I don't give a damn what you think, tell me!" Pony yelled
I was so surprised that I didn't tell Pony not to yell
" She hung herself," the doctor said and left.
" Are you gonna be alright?" Johnny asked
" I can't believe it, she was like my soul mate," Pony said
" I know, but you two seemed like really good friends, I think she would've wanted you to move on," I said
" How would you know?" he asked
" I don't, that's why I said I think," I said
" I should've known," Pony said sadly
"How could you've known, don't blame yourself," I told him
" Darry's right," Johnny said
" There was something in her eyes," Pony said softly
" Her eyes?" Dally asked
"Yeah, I saw something, but I didn't say anything, and now she's gone," he said
" It's not your fault, I think she had her mind made up," Soda said to him.
Pony didn't say a word. Then he started gasping and wheezing.
" Pony, take it easy," Dally said
Pony closed his eyes, but continued to gasp and wheeze.
" No, no, no," he kept muttering.
" Maybe we should get a doctor in here," Steve said
He looked sort of concerned. If Steve was looking concerned about Pony, then this wasn't good.
" I will," Dally said and got up.
He came back with the doctor a minute later.
The doctor looked at Pony and muttered,
" Panic attack,"
Then before any of us could say anything he injected something into Pony's arm.
Pony's eyes opened for a moment, then closed.
Four days later
It's been four days since Hannah died and Pony's not any better. In fact he's worse, a lot worse. I think he was finally started to recover a little from his suicide attempts, then Hannah hung herself, and he's been so withdrawn. I blame it for the most part on his doctors, they keep injecting him with one thing or another. Its no wonder he won't respond to us, he's so doped up.
" Mr. Curtis, may I speak to you?" a doctor asked me
" Yes, I said.
We were out in the hallway.
" I think it would be best for your brother if he were moved to a mental clinic," he said
" Mental clinic? What do you mean?" I asked him
" Ponyboy is rapidly reaching what we call a catonic state, there's really not much more we can do for him here in the hospital, there's a very nice place about twenty miles from here"
I cut him off
" Are you saying my brother won't recover from this?" I asked in a choked voice.
" It doesn't seem like it, and if you want him to have a chance for recovery then you will allow him to be moved to the clinic," he said and walked off
I stepped into the room. I was sure my anger was written all over my face.
" What did he want?" Soda asked
He reached over to brush Pony's hair back. Pony didn't look at him, didn't flinch, nothing. All he did was stare straight ahead and yell Hannah's name every once in a while.
" He said Pony was becoming catonic and we should move him to a mental clinic," I said
" Mental clinic?" Soda whispered.
I couldn't do anything but nod.
" Are you?" Steve asked
" I hate to, but the doctor said his best chance for recovery was there," I said numbly
" Why not here, in a hospital where he can get medical attention?" Johnny asked
I didn't know what to say.
" If it'll be good for Pony" Two Bit said and looked at my little brother.
" Damnit! Those bastards! It's their own damn fault he's like this, they keep injecting shit into his arm," Dally said angrily.
I didn't know what to say to that either. We all had wanted Pony to recover , to be the kid he used to be. Now, I think there's about as much of a chance of that as Dally becoming a Soc. And for some reason, I hate myself for it, because I feel like I've failed my little brother.
AN wow, that was long..ok please r/r.
Fyre.
Yes, I know that was bad.
