~Chapter 8~ Hiya! Here's Chapter 8! Once again I don't own anyone. You know who I own and again thanks to Sabrina for this idea!!
(****Riley's POV****)
I watched Soda run off and realized that I should go after him. I couldn't believe that Sandy was doing this to him. Why would anyone want to do something like that to Sodapop Curtis? "Soda!" I yelled after him, but he didn't stop. He ran off like the place was on fire.
Everybody was staring at Sandy now. Sandy had gone right back to making out with the guy she was with. I glanced at everybody and they didn't move. They couldn't believe what Sandy was doing either. I ran off after Soda. I had to catch up with him.
"Soda!" I kept yelling his name over and over.
"Riley!" Steve put his arm in front of me. "Where's the fire?" I rolled my eyes, I didn't have time for this.
"Steve, move, I have to find Sodapop. He took off." Carmen and Steve exchanged glances with each other. Hmm..I wondered, what are they doing here anyway, they said they were going to get popcorn. Finally, Steve moved his arm from in front of me and I started walking. I had to find Soda.
I walked around for a while longer before I decided to give up. I was standing outside of the Dingo now. Infact I had wondered out into the middle of the street. "I guess I should go back in," I said to myself and then I heard a soft sobbing coming from an alley.
Slowly I walked down the alley to see what it was. "Soda?" I said quietly, still hearing the soft sobbing. There was no answer, just some more sobs. I wondered farther back in to the alley way and sitting there, huddled against the corner was a sobbing, shaking, Sodapop Curtis.
"Soda!" I exclaimed and kneeled down beside him. He was crying. He wasn't supposed to cry. No greasers were supposed to cry. I wondered how I could comfort him. What was I supposed to do? I didn't know. So for the time being I just sat down beside him and talked to him in a low, soothing voice. "Soda, it's going to be ok."
He looked at me and shook his head. "No, it's not." I tried to smile at him, but couldn't.
"I promise, it'll be ok."
"No, it won't. Sandy, I, I thought she loved me. And then…" I cut him off and wiped a tear off his cheek with my hand.
"Shh. You could do better then Sandy. If she cheats on you, she's not worth it Soda. She doesn't deserve you."
"But I love her." He said quietly, in a voice that I didn't even recognize to be his. My heart sank. He thinks he loves her. He couldn't possibly love her, especially if she cheated on him.
"Soda," I said in a soothing voice. "I am so sorry this happened. I mean if I were with you I wouldn't cheat on you. Nobody should cheat on you, especially somebody who you think loves you." I put my arm around his shoulder in a friendly like manner. He was still crying. I couldn't stand to see him cry.
"Please stop crying," I said almost getting ready to cry myself. I hated to see people cry. Especially someone that I cared about.
"I'm sorry, but Sandy…" I cut him off again.
"Soda, I'm sorry." He stood up and I stood up after him.
"I'm going home. I can't stand this." He was still crying. I couldn't just let him go home by himself.
"I'll walk you home," I said and smiled a little. He just nodded his head and didn't say anything. That wasn't like him to be quiet.
The whole way to his house all he did was bawl like a baby. It made me so sad to see him like that. "Umm, here," I said quietly and opened my purse up. I gave him a handkerchief.
"Thanks," he mumbled. "Sandy.." He said quietly under his breath.
"Well, I guess, bye." I said once we were at Soda's house. "Are you going to be ok?"
He didn't say anything, but he just walked in his house. So, I walked off toward the Dingo. It seemed like a long way to the Dingo, eventhough I knew it wasn't very long.
Instead of sneaking back in I paid the guy who took the money and walked in. I was going to go find Sandy. I had to find Sandy. She needed someone to tell her off. "Hey Ri!" I looked over to where I had been sitting before I left to find Soda; Two-Bit, Johnny, Ponyboy,Dally, Steve, and Carmen were still there. So, I thought to myself, I guess Carm and Steve finally decided to come back.
I didn't say anything to them, but walked directly over to Sandy and the guy that she was with. I glanced at Carmen and she was looking my way along with the guys. I guess they would back me up if the guy started in on me. "Sandy." I tapped her on the back eventhough she was in the middle of making out with the guy.
She turned toward me. "Oh, hey! Riley! I didn't know you were here." I wasn't smiling. "Whats wrong? You look pissed."
"Sandy!" I shouted. "I am pissed!" She just blinked.
"Why?"
"You are so stupid! How could you do this to Soda!? And with him!" I glanced at the guy she had picked to cheat on Soda with. He was tall and had dark hair with an ugly face. " How could you hurt Soda like this?" I was getting upset.
"I, I didn't mean too. I didn't know he would be here. So why don't you just back off?"
"Sandy, are you that stupid? It doesn't matter that you didn't know he would be here or not! You would still be cheating on him whether he saw you or not!You just lost a great guy because of your stupidity." I picked up a cup of coke that was sitting on the ground and dumped it plain over Sandy's head. Then I walked off, leaving Sandy and her guy sitting there with their mouths open.
"Come on, guys. I'm leaving and if you don't want to walk home I suggest you get in my car." I was talking to everyone who had bummed a ride with me. They all got up and followed me out to the car.
"Riley. I can't believe you did that back there." Two-Bit was implying that he didn't think a Soc could do something like that.
"Just shut the hell up and go to hell." I was beyond mad.
"Sorry," Two-Bit mumbled. After I dropped all the greasers off at the Curtis's house it was just me and Carmen so I could talk to her about Soda.
"Carm, what am I gonna do?"
"Do? About what?" She acted oblivious
"Soda." I said.
"Nothing, it's not your place to get into this little Sandy-Soda argument."
I couldn't believe what she was saying. "Carmen! I made it my business and I can't stand to see Soda hurting like this. It's tearing me apart."
"You really care about him don't you?" She wondered.
"No, that's just why I'm worried about him. Yes, I care about him!" I yawned. "Can I stay at your place tonight? I don't feel like going home and getting chewed out by my dad or mom."
"Sure, my parents won't mind." I liked Carmen's parents a lot. They were always so nice to me and they let Carmen do anything she wanted to.
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