I woke up. I was suffering from the shivers. Darry was asleep in an
armchair he pulled from the living room. Ponyboy was next to me, asleep but
awakened by my jolt.
"Soda? Are you ok?" he said turning to me.
"Yeah.. I think so."
Just then, Two-bit came rushing in," Rise 'n shine!"
I tried to remember what I did and then I rubbed my stomach from the hunger and felt a sharp pain. And then I looked at my abs. They were red and it hurt.
Darry opened his eyes, I knew he wasn't asleep," Sodapop Patrick Curtis! What did you do?"
"I-I-I don't remember," I said. I was sorta under a trance last night.
"c'mon! lets go get her!" Steve came rushing in.
I slowly got up and ready as fast as I can, but my stomach ached so I took about an hour.
I tried to run there but it just made Steve get his car. On our way there, we met Tim.
"where's Shawnna or what's her name.
"Dunno.she broke down 'cause her brother was killed today last year in a fight," Darry answered for me.
"well...ok," he said," we found out the nasty little creeps are rich people from new York. Her and the leader used to date, but she broke up with him a long time ago. I got his name, its David."
"Did they go back to their neighborhood?" I asked.
"yeah.this morning. At least that's what they told me."
"ok...see you around." I said as I was the car began to move.
When we got there, she was oddly high," SODA!" she said as she gave me a bear hug.
"OW!" I yelped with pain, my stomach was still hurting.
"a-are you ok?" she asked, pushing me away.
"yeah," I said, biting my lip.
"ok...bye Alex! See you next year!" she said as we left.
"I cant wait until tomorrow!" she said, getting into the back of the car.
"are you ok? Did she give you grass or something?" I asked.
"no! she gave me chocolate cake this morning which tasted weird but I ate it anyway. I think it might have had a little bit of booze."
"Glory! When we get home, I want you to go to sleep," Darry said.
"why?" she asked.
"because I said so," he said.
"and so she can get her hangover over with," he whispered to me.
So when we got home, she went to sleep. "hey Soda! You never told us what you did at homecoming!" Ponyboy said.
"I'll tell you!" Two-bit said.
"you were drunk!" I objected.
"no! I was bluffin'. I may have gone down a year but I aint stupid. Him and his date, so to speak, were messin' around, if you know what I mean."
"what? That's a lie!" I said.
And then, Trishan screamed. Darry and the others were running up to my room. Once we entered, she was sitting up, shaking. She was holding the bed cover away from her like she was ready to get up.
"what happened?" Ponyboy asked.
"h-h-he came back...this time..with a heater." She said, pointing at the window.
"everyone, sleep in my room tonight or tomorrow, we wont be sleeping tonight; its Christmas for heaven's sake!" Darry said.
And so, we kept an eye out for David. Christmas eve passed, with eggnog and mistletoe. Christmas day passed with a few lousy presents but filled with great thought.
December 26 came and I had to work.
"Do you have to?" Trishan asked.
"yeah.cant afford to miss anymore.." I said.
"Can I come?" she asked.
"yeah...but first ask Darry."
'he had probably give up.' I thought.
"please Darry?" Trishan asked, giving him the puppy face.
"yeah...ok...but be careful." He said.
"we will!" I said as we ran outside.
once we got there, there was a customer waiting so I was late. I jumped out from the car leaving Trishan to park it.
"Can I help you?" I asked
"yeah..die," he said, his voice seemed vaguely familiar, and then he reached into his back pocket and pulled out a heater.
'David!' I thought.
"if I cant have her, neither can you," he said, lifting it up to my ribcage.
"Soda? Are you ok?" he said turning to me.
"Yeah.. I think so."
Just then, Two-bit came rushing in," Rise 'n shine!"
I tried to remember what I did and then I rubbed my stomach from the hunger and felt a sharp pain. And then I looked at my abs. They were red and it hurt.
Darry opened his eyes, I knew he wasn't asleep," Sodapop Patrick Curtis! What did you do?"
"I-I-I don't remember," I said. I was sorta under a trance last night.
"c'mon! lets go get her!" Steve came rushing in.
I slowly got up and ready as fast as I can, but my stomach ached so I took about an hour.
I tried to run there but it just made Steve get his car. On our way there, we met Tim.
"where's Shawnna or what's her name.
"Dunno.she broke down 'cause her brother was killed today last year in a fight," Darry answered for me.
"well...ok," he said," we found out the nasty little creeps are rich people from new York. Her and the leader used to date, but she broke up with him a long time ago. I got his name, its David."
"Did they go back to their neighborhood?" I asked.
"yeah.this morning. At least that's what they told me."
"ok...see you around." I said as I was the car began to move.
When we got there, she was oddly high," SODA!" she said as she gave me a bear hug.
"OW!" I yelped with pain, my stomach was still hurting.
"a-are you ok?" she asked, pushing me away.
"yeah," I said, biting my lip.
"ok...bye Alex! See you next year!" she said as we left.
"I cant wait until tomorrow!" she said, getting into the back of the car.
"are you ok? Did she give you grass or something?" I asked.
"no! she gave me chocolate cake this morning which tasted weird but I ate it anyway. I think it might have had a little bit of booze."
"Glory! When we get home, I want you to go to sleep," Darry said.
"why?" she asked.
"because I said so," he said.
"and so she can get her hangover over with," he whispered to me.
So when we got home, she went to sleep. "hey Soda! You never told us what you did at homecoming!" Ponyboy said.
"I'll tell you!" Two-bit said.
"you were drunk!" I objected.
"no! I was bluffin'. I may have gone down a year but I aint stupid. Him and his date, so to speak, were messin' around, if you know what I mean."
"what? That's a lie!" I said.
And then, Trishan screamed. Darry and the others were running up to my room. Once we entered, she was sitting up, shaking. She was holding the bed cover away from her like she was ready to get up.
"what happened?" Ponyboy asked.
"h-h-he came back...this time..with a heater." She said, pointing at the window.
"everyone, sleep in my room tonight or tomorrow, we wont be sleeping tonight; its Christmas for heaven's sake!" Darry said.
And so, we kept an eye out for David. Christmas eve passed, with eggnog and mistletoe. Christmas day passed with a few lousy presents but filled with great thought.
December 26 came and I had to work.
"Do you have to?" Trishan asked.
"yeah.cant afford to miss anymore.." I said.
"Can I come?" she asked.
"yeah...but first ask Darry."
'he had probably give up.' I thought.
"please Darry?" Trishan asked, giving him the puppy face.
"yeah...ok...but be careful." He said.
"we will!" I said as we ran outside.
once we got there, there was a customer waiting so I was late. I jumped out from the car leaving Trishan to park it.
"Can I help you?" I asked
"yeah..die," he said, his voice seemed vaguely familiar, and then he reached into his back pocket and pulled out a heater.
'David!' I thought.
"if I cant have her, neither can you," he said, lifting it up to my ribcage.
