A/N. Okay sorry I know that it has been a while. School somehow manages to
be busy. Well then again I have mostly honor classes too, so yeah. This is
the first time I have gotten to a computer over this thanksgiving break. I
was thinking about getting up at twelve thirty since I was awake, but then
I fell asleep before I could do anything. Then just this morning, my
brother woke me up at six to tell me that zooids was on, then my sister
cranked the music up down stairs waking me up. Now my mom is off to pick up
my dog from the Kennel. Anyways here we go.
Chapter 17
Party
**Mike's P.O.V.**
Working around the house, I rushed replacing the furniture and painting some off the room. Colonial sent me home two days ago and he was heading over here today. My girl Erin Mershemer was here with me helping. We had bee seeing each other since I had gotten out of the jail cell. She worked in the jail I was in and she was very found of me. Once I got out I asked her out, and ever since then we have been very close. She too, knew that I couldn't have done what I was accused off.
I looked into the living room where Darry and his brothers had come in. "Hello guys." I greeted them as I wiped my hands on a cloth. "What are you all doing here?"
"We heard noise and saw lights on over here so we thought that we would come over here and check things out. We thought that Dally and Emma was here or Johnny was back here. What are ya'll doing here?"
"Colonial sent me over here. Seem the troops are coming back here today, He sent me back early so I could work on the house. I know that Dally and Emma are on their way back with Johnny now. I just have a few more things to do to before he gets here. We are finishing the bedroom currently. Everything was a real mess, so we kind have wanted it to be a little better for Johnny. Place out old things that have good memories, then get ride of some of the bad."
"Do you want some help with anything." Ponyboy asked me.
"If you want to help me that would be great. Ohhh I want to guys to meet someone. Hey Erin come here for a second can you." I yelled down the hall as she came out. "This is Erin. My girlfriend. Erin this is the Curtis brothers. Darryl, Sodapop, and Ponyboy."
:It's very nice to meet you. Your names are very original. I like them." She said as Pony and Soda let out the breath that they were holding. "What's wrong."
"We thought that you are going to be like everyone else. They always say 'are you kidding me' or something like that." Soda said as they moved to help us finish painting the room we were on.
I had almost every room done. I really only had to do Johnny's room and Mine. I had replaced most of the furniture in the living room, when Colonial walked in. I immediately saluted.
"At ease Mike. You're off and I am going to change out of this uniform in a minute. Well I see you have done a lot of work in here. Now where is that boy you have been talking about? Oh there he is. My he doesn't look like either of you." Colonial said as he walked over to Pony. I noticed Darry hide a smirk, but that didn't stop Soda from bursting out with laughter. " What is so funny?"
"That isn't Johnny. That is a friend of the family. This here is Ponyboy Curtis, and over there are his older brothers Darryl and Sodapop. Well I have to be getting back to work. I still have a short time before Dally and Emma will have Johnny back here." I said as I headed to the kitchen. Erin had finished the bedroom and was now pulling in the furniture.
Colonial and the others then joined me in the kitchen, where I was working on Johnny's favorite meal. Well at least I hoped it was. When his mother was still alive she wrote me and said that he had this thing for Pork fried rice. A friend of mine was Chinese and he had taught me all the tricks on how to make it. I ordered pizza and wings too, so we would have something else to eat.
"Hey Darry, since you can drive, do you think that you can do me a favor?" I asked as Darry nodded his head yes. " Can you run to the market and get me some chips. I don't care what kind they are. If Johnny has a favorite other then those cheesies get them for me Then get what ever you guys will drink. Here is the money." I handed him a twenty as he asked Soda to come with him.
"Don't forget the Miller." Colonial yelled as Darry nodded his head.
(Hold on I have to go and help my mother put up the fake Christmas tree. Which may take a while. .. 2 hours.. I'm back, Yeah that took me a while. First she isn't happy with the furniture set up and then the damn tree wasn't straight. I'm not helping decorate it because she won't listen to me. About nine years ago I made a glass ornament and she wants to hang it, but it is too delicate to me to hang it so I can't watch it. Anyways, back to the story)
**Pony's P.O.V.**
I watched Darry as he drove off with Soda. I then headed back to the kitchen where Mike was preparing a veggie tray. "Hey Pony. I have one question. Why does Johnny limp on sometimes and look stiff legged. If you know what he did may I please know." He asked as I gulped.
"Well it's a long story. You see a few months after my mom and dad died in auto wreckage, a guy who had rings jumped him. Well then one night we went to the movies and Daly was with us. He tried to pick up this one broad and her friend. We got Dally to leave and the two broads had us sit with them. Two-Bit, one of friends showed up and we were walking home with Cherry and Marsha, the two broads. Their boy friends showed up and the girls went with them. That night we both went to the empty lot and we talked and fell asleep. I woke up late and went home. Darry slapped me I ran out and then we both ran away. We actually went to the park where the girl's boyfriends showed up and tried to jump the both of us. They tried to drown me and Johnny stabbed on of them. When I woke up we ran to get Dally. He sent us to Jay Mountain where we stayed for a week. Then when he took us to DQ. The church was on fire. We got back there, heard that kids were in there. Went in and saved some. I got out and the coat that Dally gave me saved me, but some of t he burning wood fell in the middle of Johnny's back. They got him and he wasn't too good. They said that if he lived through what he did. He was going to be paralyzed. He was so determined that he finally learned how to walk again. From there he just lips once and a while, especially if it is raining out, or it is really cold." I said with out stopping.
Mike sat there in awe at what I was telling him.
Chapter 17
Party
**Mike's P.O.V.**
Working around the house, I rushed replacing the furniture and painting some off the room. Colonial sent me home two days ago and he was heading over here today. My girl Erin Mershemer was here with me helping. We had bee seeing each other since I had gotten out of the jail cell. She worked in the jail I was in and she was very found of me. Once I got out I asked her out, and ever since then we have been very close. She too, knew that I couldn't have done what I was accused off.
I looked into the living room where Darry and his brothers had come in. "Hello guys." I greeted them as I wiped my hands on a cloth. "What are you all doing here?"
"We heard noise and saw lights on over here so we thought that we would come over here and check things out. We thought that Dally and Emma was here or Johnny was back here. What are ya'll doing here?"
"Colonial sent me over here. Seem the troops are coming back here today, He sent me back early so I could work on the house. I know that Dally and Emma are on their way back with Johnny now. I just have a few more things to do to before he gets here. We are finishing the bedroom currently. Everything was a real mess, so we kind have wanted it to be a little better for Johnny. Place out old things that have good memories, then get ride of some of the bad."
"Do you want some help with anything." Ponyboy asked me.
"If you want to help me that would be great. Ohhh I want to guys to meet someone. Hey Erin come here for a second can you." I yelled down the hall as she came out. "This is Erin. My girlfriend. Erin this is the Curtis brothers. Darryl, Sodapop, and Ponyboy."
:It's very nice to meet you. Your names are very original. I like them." She said as Pony and Soda let out the breath that they were holding. "What's wrong."
"We thought that you are going to be like everyone else. They always say 'are you kidding me' or something like that." Soda said as they moved to help us finish painting the room we were on.
I had almost every room done. I really only had to do Johnny's room and Mine. I had replaced most of the furniture in the living room, when Colonial walked in. I immediately saluted.
"At ease Mike. You're off and I am going to change out of this uniform in a minute. Well I see you have done a lot of work in here. Now where is that boy you have been talking about? Oh there he is. My he doesn't look like either of you." Colonial said as he walked over to Pony. I noticed Darry hide a smirk, but that didn't stop Soda from bursting out with laughter. " What is so funny?"
"That isn't Johnny. That is a friend of the family. This here is Ponyboy Curtis, and over there are his older brothers Darryl and Sodapop. Well I have to be getting back to work. I still have a short time before Dally and Emma will have Johnny back here." I said as I headed to the kitchen. Erin had finished the bedroom and was now pulling in the furniture.
Colonial and the others then joined me in the kitchen, where I was working on Johnny's favorite meal. Well at least I hoped it was. When his mother was still alive she wrote me and said that he had this thing for Pork fried rice. A friend of mine was Chinese and he had taught me all the tricks on how to make it. I ordered pizza and wings too, so we would have something else to eat.
"Hey Darry, since you can drive, do you think that you can do me a favor?" I asked as Darry nodded his head yes. " Can you run to the market and get me some chips. I don't care what kind they are. If Johnny has a favorite other then those cheesies get them for me Then get what ever you guys will drink. Here is the money." I handed him a twenty as he asked Soda to come with him.
"Don't forget the Miller." Colonial yelled as Darry nodded his head.
(Hold on I have to go and help my mother put up the fake Christmas tree. Which may take a while. .. 2 hours.. I'm back, Yeah that took me a while. First she isn't happy with the furniture set up and then the damn tree wasn't straight. I'm not helping decorate it because she won't listen to me. About nine years ago I made a glass ornament and she wants to hang it, but it is too delicate to me to hang it so I can't watch it. Anyways, back to the story)
**Pony's P.O.V.**
I watched Darry as he drove off with Soda. I then headed back to the kitchen where Mike was preparing a veggie tray. "Hey Pony. I have one question. Why does Johnny limp on sometimes and look stiff legged. If you know what he did may I please know." He asked as I gulped.
"Well it's a long story. You see a few months after my mom and dad died in auto wreckage, a guy who had rings jumped him. Well then one night we went to the movies and Daly was with us. He tried to pick up this one broad and her friend. We got Dally to leave and the two broads had us sit with them. Two-Bit, one of friends showed up and we were walking home with Cherry and Marsha, the two broads. Their boy friends showed up and the girls went with them. That night we both went to the empty lot and we talked and fell asleep. I woke up late and went home. Darry slapped me I ran out and then we both ran away. We actually went to the park where the girl's boyfriends showed up and tried to jump the both of us. They tried to drown me and Johnny stabbed on of them. When I woke up we ran to get Dally. He sent us to Jay Mountain where we stayed for a week. Then when he took us to DQ. The church was on fire. We got back there, heard that kids were in there. Went in and saved some. I got out and the coat that Dally gave me saved me, but some of t he burning wood fell in the middle of Johnny's back. They got him and he wasn't too good. They said that if he lived through what he did. He was going to be paralyzed. He was so determined that he finally learned how to walk again. From there he just lips once and a while, especially if it is raining out, or it is really cold." I said with out stopping.
Mike sat there in awe at what I was telling him.