Ok guys.I have officially named pistachios my inspiration food. From now on
I will not write without pistachios. Ok bye bye.
Beverly-Reigh's POV
I woke up around 9:00 a.m. and it was a beautiful Friday morning. I am actually a good morning person and got ready in half an hour. I realized I had missed breakfast but I wasn't too hungry and I had 5 dollars in my purse so if I was hungry I could always get a small snack somewhere.
Anyway, I woke up and took a shower (by the way he had to reserve shower tokens if we wanted to take a shower! crazy!) and then got all ready for the day. Only after I had slipped my purse over my shoulder I realized Lynnie wasn't in the room. I had expected her to get breakfast but then I thought she would have come back up to the room. I rushed downstairs and luckily found her sitting at the table "reading" a book. She couldn't read but she like to pretend she could and would sit with a chapter book in her hands and every so often she would turn the page. The funny thing was.she could read a few words but by the time she finished the book she would tell you who was in the book or something like that. I don't know how she does it because I know she can't read.
Anyway, I gave her a kiss and went to the living room.or should I say dying room. All the plants in the window sills were dead and bare. It was my least favorite room of the house. Shannon was sitting on the beat up couch pulling stuffing out of the cushions and humming to herself.
"There you are sleepyhead! I didn't want to wake you up so I just waited." Shannon said happily.
"Oh you didn't have to you could have woken me up." I did feel kind of bad about that. I could just see her sitting on this old couch pulling out stuffing for the last hour and a half.
"Oh no problem. Really. I saved some bacon for you. Since you missed breakfast. Here I stuck it out while Ms. Treue was in the kitchen." She smiled mischievously and handed me the 4 pieces of bacon wrapped in paper towel. I thanked her and wolfed them down.I didn't realize I really was quite hungry.
After my short breakfast we headed for the den/office where Aunt Elaine stays almost all day.
"What if she won't let us go?" I asked nervously. I really couldn't see her letting us go hang out at a boy's house.
"Don't worry leave it to me.I'm an old time expert at this stuff." She smirked and knocked on the door.
"Come in!" said a tired and annoyed voice from behind the door. Shannon turned the doorknob and walked in.
"Ms. Treue, Beverly-Reigh and I are going to the library. I want to show her this really cool book. We will be gone for 2 hours and we promise to abide by the code of conduct and represent Heaven's House in a good way." She recited. I had a feeling she'd said this many times before. It sounded rehearsed.
"Fine fine good good." Aunt Elaine muttered shooing us out.
"See? No sweat!" Shannon said merrily. She linked her arm through mine and started skipping toward the door. I don't understand how one single person could be that cheery all day long. She must have a sad stage somewhere. Maybe if her favorite actor got a girlfriend or something. Hehe. I could just see her bawling her eyes out over so-and-so getting engaged to so-and-so. I didn't mean it in a nasty way. I just thought it was funny.
I didn't know the way to the Curtis's so Shannon was basically leading the way. We walked side-by-side but every once in a while she'd add in "Turn left" or "go straight" in mid-sentence. She was still talking a mile a minute. It was about 9:45 a.m. but the sun was shining and it was gorgeous out.
Finally, after about 10 minutes of walking we stopped in front of a small, old house. It wasn't horrible looking. But it's upkeep could use some help.
"For three guys living alone together they keep it pretty nice." Shannon stated.
"Alone? Where are their parents?" I asked. She hadn't said anything about them living there alone.
"Oh didn't I tell you? Their mom and dad died in a car crash just under a year ago. Just to let you know in case the subject comes up on accident. Yanno?" She informed me. I felt sorry for them. I knew what it felt like to lose your parents. And a brother. I guess I didn't feel like saying earlier but I used to have a twin brother. His name was Reese. He was my best friend, too. He died of pneumonia when we were five. I guess that's about the time I started knowing things. Like really knowing things.
Anyway, we went up the stairs to the porch and rang the doorbell. There was a lot of talking and music from inside even though it was morning. And when we rang the doorbell it kind of went silent and then there was a race to the door.
CURTIS HOME. No one's POV.
The whole gang had ended up crashing at the Curtis's all night. They were everywhere. Some on the floor and some on the couch. Ponyboy, Darry, and Sodapop got to sleep in their own beds in their own room of course but it was quite a mess when they woke up and walked into the living room that morning.
Normally they aren't early risers but today something was different and they were all awake and wound up. After breakfast, Soda and Steve starting playing a card game. It really didn't look like a game they were just putting cards down and picking others up and even grabbing cards out of each others hands. Two-Bit had put on some music and the whole house was shaking with activity. That's pretty impressive for a morning.
Then, out of all the commotion they could here a faint 'ding-dong'. They kind of looked at one another for a second before there was a mad break for the door. Two-Bit being the reckless, pushy person that he is, beat everyone to the door. And I mean BEAT everyone. He pushed everyone outta his way. Except Dally who sat unconcernedly on the couch.
Two-Bit swung open the door to find two beautiful blondes on the doorstep. Two-Bit looked to the sky and said "Thank you God for making my dreams come true! But I could have settled for one blonde but two is ok in my book!" All the guys groaned and sighed. Two-Bit just couldn't be normal for one second.
"Hey Beverly-Reigh! How's hell goin' for ya?" Sodapop asked.
"Not too bad. The devil's locked herself up in her office." She replied. She was obviously in a good mood.
"And is that Miss Shannon Papillon?" Soda added seeing the other blonde standing next to her.
(A/N BTW papillon means "butterfly" in French. I couldn't think of anything else.)
Back to Beverly's POV
Shannon's smile widened. She blushed and nodded shyly. That was amazing. Shannon was shy in front of them! My ears could have a rest!
"Well are you gonna keep them standing outside all day, Two-Bit, let them in!" Steve said playfully slapping Two-Bit in the back of the head. Two-Bit obeyed and opened the screen door for us.
The house was nice and cozy inside. It smelled good, too. Like someone had cooked something delicious.
"It smells like chocolate cake!" Shannon spoke up.
"That's because it is chocolate cake. The Curtis Specialty!" Ponyboy stated matter-of-factly. "Would you like some?"
"No thank you. But it smells delish!" Shannon responded politely. At least she wasn't talking their ears off. I noticed Johnny sitting on the couch next to that Dallas character. I was glad when Darry told us to have a seat and make ourselves at home. Partly because my feet hurt, and partly because Shannon had sat by Soda on the floor so the only seat left was smack dab between Johnny and Dallas.
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Hmm.sounds like fun people! Ok here is chapter 5 I know it is short but I have to go clean out my rabbitt's poop dish thing. Yucky yucky yucky! And then I will have to take a shower but I will prolly update frequently this weekend.but tomorrow I have to go to my friend's b-day party.fun fun. Ok Well ttyl and enjoy. Bye now.
~E~
Beverly-Reigh's POV
I woke up around 9:00 a.m. and it was a beautiful Friday morning. I am actually a good morning person and got ready in half an hour. I realized I had missed breakfast but I wasn't too hungry and I had 5 dollars in my purse so if I was hungry I could always get a small snack somewhere.
Anyway, I woke up and took a shower (by the way he had to reserve shower tokens if we wanted to take a shower! crazy!) and then got all ready for the day. Only after I had slipped my purse over my shoulder I realized Lynnie wasn't in the room. I had expected her to get breakfast but then I thought she would have come back up to the room. I rushed downstairs and luckily found her sitting at the table "reading" a book. She couldn't read but she like to pretend she could and would sit with a chapter book in her hands and every so often she would turn the page. The funny thing was.she could read a few words but by the time she finished the book she would tell you who was in the book or something like that. I don't know how she does it because I know she can't read.
Anyway, I gave her a kiss and went to the living room.or should I say dying room. All the plants in the window sills were dead and bare. It was my least favorite room of the house. Shannon was sitting on the beat up couch pulling stuffing out of the cushions and humming to herself.
"There you are sleepyhead! I didn't want to wake you up so I just waited." Shannon said happily.
"Oh you didn't have to you could have woken me up." I did feel kind of bad about that. I could just see her sitting on this old couch pulling out stuffing for the last hour and a half.
"Oh no problem. Really. I saved some bacon for you. Since you missed breakfast. Here I stuck it out while Ms. Treue was in the kitchen." She smiled mischievously and handed me the 4 pieces of bacon wrapped in paper towel. I thanked her and wolfed them down.I didn't realize I really was quite hungry.
After my short breakfast we headed for the den/office where Aunt Elaine stays almost all day.
"What if she won't let us go?" I asked nervously. I really couldn't see her letting us go hang out at a boy's house.
"Don't worry leave it to me.I'm an old time expert at this stuff." She smirked and knocked on the door.
"Come in!" said a tired and annoyed voice from behind the door. Shannon turned the doorknob and walked in.
"Ms. Treue, Beverly-Reigh and I are going to the library. I want to show her this really cool book. We will be gone for 2 hours and we promise to abide by the code of conduct and represent Heaven's House in a good way." She recited. I had a feeling she'd said this many times before. It sounded rehearsed.
"Fine fine good good." Aunt Elaine muttered shooing us out.
"See? No sweat!" Shannon said merrily. She linked her arm through mine and started skipping toward the door. I don't understand how one single person could be that cheery all day long. She must have a sad stage somewhere. Maybe if her favorite actor got a girlfriend or something. Hehe. I could just see her bawling her eyes out over so-and-so getting engaged to so-and-so. I didn't mean it in a nasty way. I just thought it was funny.
I didn't know the way to the Curtis's so Shannon was basically leading the way. We walked side-by-side but every once in a while she'd add in "Turn left" or "go straight" in mid-sentence. She was still talking a mile a minute. It was about 9:45 a.m. but the sun was shining and it was gorgeous out.
Finally, after about 10 minutes of walking we stopped in front of a small, old house. It wasn't horrible looking. But it's upkeep could use some help.
"For three guys living alone together they keep it pretty nice." Shannon stated.
"Alone? Where are their parents?" I asked. She hadn't said anything about them living there alone.
"Oh didn't I tell you? Their mom and dad died in a car crash just under a year ago. Just to let you know in case the subject comes up on accident. Yanno?" She informed me. I felt sorry for them. I knew what it felt like to lose your parents. And a brother. I guess I didn't feel like saying earlier but I used to have a twin brother. His name was Reese. He was my best friend, too. He died of pneumonia when we were five. I guess that's about the time I started knowing things. Like really knowing things.
Anyway, we went up the stairs to the porch and rang the doorbell. There was a lot of talking and music from inside even though it was morning. And when we rang the doorbell it kind of went silent and then there was a race to the door.
CURTIS HOME. No one's POV.
The whole gang had ended up crashing at the Curtis's all night. They were everywhere. Some on the floor and some on the couch. Ponyboy, Darry, and Sodapop got to sleep in their own beds in their own room of course but it was quite a mess when they woke up and walked into the living room that morning.
Normally they aren't early risers but today something was different and they were all awake and wound up. After breakfast, Soda and Steve starting playing a card game. It really didn't look like a game they were just putting cards down and picking others up and even grabbing cards out of each others hands. Two-Bit had put on some music and the whole house was shaking with activity. That's pretty impressive for a morning.
Then, out of all the commotion they could here a faint 'ding-dong'. They kind of looked at one another for a second before there was a mad break for the door. Two-Bit being the reckless, pushy person that he is, beat everyone to the door. And I mean BEAT everyone. He pushed everyone outta his way. Except Dally who sat unconcernedly on the couch.
Two-Bit swung open the door to find two beautiful blondes on the doorstep. Two-Bit looked to the sky and said "Thank you God for making my dreams come true! But I could have settled for one blonde but two is ok in my book!" All the guys groaned and sighed. Two-Bit just couldn't be normal for one second.
"Hey Beverly-Reigh! How's hell goin' for ya?" Sodapop asked.
"Not too bad. The devil's locked herself up in her office." She replied. She was obviously in a good mood.
"And is that Miss Shannon Papillon?" Soda added seeing the other blonde standing next to her.
(A/N BTW papillon means "butterfly" in French. I couldn't think of anything else.)
Back to Beverly's POV
Shannon's smile widened. She blushed and nodded shyly. That was amazing. Shannon was shy in front of them! My ears could have a rest!
"Well are you gonna keep them standing outside all day, Two-Bit, let them in!" Steve said playfully slapping Two-Bit in the back of the head. Two-Bit obeyed and opened the screen door for us.
The house was nice and cozy inside. It smelled good, too. Like someone had cooked something delicious.
"It smells like chocolate cake!" Shannon spoke up.
"That's because it is chocolate cake. The Curtis Specialty!" Ponyboy stated matter-of-factly. "Would you like some?"
"No thank you. But it smells delish!" Shannon responded politely. At least she wasn't talking their ears off. I noticed Johnny sitting on the couch next to that Dallas character. I was glad when Darry told us to have a seat and make ourselves at home. Partly because my feet hurt, and partly because Shannon had sat by Soda on the floor so the only seat left was smack dab between Johnny and Dallas.
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Hmm.sounds like fun people! Ok here is chapter 5 I know it is short but I have to go clean out my rabbitt's poop dish thing. Yucky yucky yucky! And then I will have to take a shower but I will prolly update frequently this weekend.but tomorrow I have to go to my friend's b-day party.fun fun. Ok Well ttyl and enjoy. Bye now.
~E~