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Thanks so mucho for the reviews. And I realize I'm making out Tim Shepherd as a 'bad guy' but I have a reason!
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~Autumn
"What the hell did you think you were doing?" Tim jerked me about, hs hand was squeezing my arm too tightly.
It's Ponyboy's.." I said swallowing, "It's his birthday."
"I don't give a damn." Shepherds eyes were fathomless and his nose had stopped bleeding.
Suddenly he was all over me, pushing me down in the grass.
His hands help me tightly, painfully. I hauled away from him, "Tim get the hell offa me!"
Then he slapped me so hard I saw stars. That's when it hit me- Tim Shepherd was drunk. And powered drunk to.like nothing I'd ever seen before. Dangerous drunk.
I fought the urge to panic. His muscles showed through his black shirt. They were muscles gained from fighting.
What a fool I am, I thought. A damn fool to try and run and hide and escape. Don't you realize by now, Dr. Brawning, you can't run from you problems. Not ever.
"Not here." I choked, but Tim's hands were under my shirt and he was on top of me, pinning me underneath his weight.
The smell of sweat and grease and blood nearly made me gag. Water seeped into the back of my shirt from the wet grass, senselessly I hoped I wouldn't get grass stains. Those thing were hard to get out. Then, with a heave of my knee (in just the right place) I made Shepherd scream and jump off me, writhing in pain.
There was my chance and I shot up and started to run away, but Tim caught my shirt and heaved me to the ground once again.
Man, did he recover quick. Just my luck.
I shouted, "Help me! Darry, Pony! Anyon-
But I was cut off by a large land over my mouth. I bit it.
A howl of pain split the silence like a knife. Bit, like I said before, Tim sure does recover quick.
Before I could try again to escape Tim Shepheard had ripped my shirt open which was still wet from the grass.
His hard eyes feasted hungrily on my chest, covered now only with my bra.
His quick breaths made steam in the cool night air.
Sodapop was definitely not an expected savior of mine. But I don't question people who rescue me. It's just one of those unspoken rules.
In any case, Tim went sprawling, his face red where Soda had socked him.
"Curtis!" He roared, rage flashing in his drunken glazed eyes. But like I said, Tim was drunk and his swing at Soda was wild. Which was why Soda went down..and hard.
"Sodapop!" I cried, "oh Gods!"
But unlike Tim, Soda wasn't drunk and he had a quickness unheard of. With a sharp jab to the eyes Tim down on top of Soda and they rolled violently together.
Soda pinned Tim down, setting his weight down on his opponent. I watched Tim's calculating eyes and decided I didn't need someone to protect me.
I stepped up beside Soda and placed my foot lightly, dangerously, on the place 'where the sun don't shine. Tim stiffened.
"I wouldn't move if I was you." I threatened, twitching my sneaker the slightest bit.
"Our deal is over." Tim panted, angrily.
"So be it." I stepped down hard on Target and left him writhing in pain on the sidewalk.
Soda threw me his jacket and with my help to his feet. It was then I remembered my ripped shirt. A blush crept up my pale cheeks as hot as the summer sun.
"You gonna ask me nuthin'?" I looked up at Sodapop.
The greaser shook his head, "You don't owe me non. You saved Ponyboy for us."
I studied my shoes carefully, "He saved himself."
"Never could take a compliment." Soda replied distantly.
But there was disappointment in his golden face.
"You won't tell?" I blurted, stopping mid-pace.
"Nothin to tell." Soda said, glacing back at me curiously.
"I ain't well, kid." A feeling of oldness crept into my voice despite my attempt to keep my tone light. "Tim, he knew weeks ago. But peope, the press can't know about my secret. It would ruin my status as a doctor. All my hard work.." I hugged my stomach tightly against the feeling of loss.
"So Tim blackmailed you." Soda stared up at the night sky, anywhere but my eyes.
"He didn't want me. Just.my body." I sank to the sidewalk in horrific realization.
"He wanted the pride. The world Tim lives in is a death trap. No honor, no fame, not nothing. Not for anybody. Shepherd was looking for a way out." Soda talked like he understood it all. And I didn't doubt him, not for a second.
"The night of my crash. I didn't take my meds." I explained, "I black out at the wheel."
Soda nodded like he had already gessed.
"You won't tell?" I asked hesitantly aware that I had already asked before.
"No." Then Soda walked into his house while I got into my car.
The friendly lights still shone brightly through the steamy windows.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Autumn cont..~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Ponyboy!" I hollered loudly, "I know your home! Just open the god damn do-
Suddenly the door swung open wide. Darry stood regally in the doorway.
"door." I finished, blushing until I was sure my face was hot enough to fry eggs on.
Darry hadn't said a word.
"Sorry." I stared at my shoes. Darry looked pretty mad, but that didn't matter, right? Today was a new day and I was going somewhere else. No, it didn't matter at all.
"Will you give this to Soda?" I handed his the jacket I'd borrowed from his brother last night, "thanks."
Darry nodded slightly and disappeared. I wondered distantly if he'd become mute overnight.
~Pony
"Get lost." I told doctor Brawning from the hall.
"Pony.I wanted to." She looked down at me with amer eyes.
"He loved you." Pony turned his back sadly, "I loved you. And you abandoned us both."
The doctor had her hands over her mouth and she breathed in sharply.
I looked scathingly at her once last time-long enough to see her shocked face- and then slammed the door.
I turned the corner and sank down to the carpet, my back against the white wall, and buried my face in my arms.
Shouting form my brother vaguely reached my ears. I had never heard them fight for passionately before. Usually it was only Darry and I who yelled.
"What the hell is this about?!" Darry asked, clearly gesturing to something I couldn't see.
"Calm down Dar. We didn't do nothing like that .Nothing." Soda's voice was gently and calming.
But Darry didn't want to be calmed, "My ass, you didn't. Why does she ave your jacket then?" Darry came out into the hall and spotted me.
"I-I can't tell you." Soda said quietly, "I promised I wouldn't."
Darry just shook his head at Soda's words, apparently in disbelief. He was Jelouse, I realized. Darry thought Soda had well..*had* Doctor Brawning.
Sure, it wasn't impossible. Sodapop would be appealing to any woman.at any age and Autumn was young and pretty.
But that wasn't the only thing I realized.
Darry still loved Dr. Autumn Brawning, with all his heart and soul.
What had I done? Turned her away, that's what.
Quick as lightening I fled the room, chasing Dr. B.
Thanks so mucho for the reviews. And I realize I'm making out Tim Shepherd as a 'bad guy' but I have a reason!
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~Autumn
"What the hell did you think you were doing?" Tim jerked me about, hs hand was squeezing my arm too tightly.
It's Ponyboy's.." I said swallowing, "It's his birthday."
"I don't give a damn." Shepherds eyes were fathomless and his nose had stopped bleeding.
Suddenly he was all over me, pushing me down in the grass.
His hands help me tightly, painfully. I hauled away from him, "Tim get the hell offa me!"
Then he slapped me so hard I saw stars. That's when it hit me- Tim Shepherd was drunk. And powered drunk to.like nothing I'd ever seen before. Dangerous drunk.
I fought the urge to panic. His muscles showed through his black shirt. They were muscles gained from fighting.
What a fool I am, I thought. A damn fool to try and run and hide and escape. Don't you realize by now, Dr. Brawning, you can't run from you problems. Not ever.
"Not here." I choked, but Tim's hands were under my shirt and he was on top of me, pinning me underneath his weight.
The smell of sweat and grease and blood nearly made me gag. Water seeped into the back of my shirt from the wet grass, senselessly I hoped I wouldn't get grass stains. Those thing were hard to get out. Then, with a heave of my knee (in just the right place) I made Shepherd scream and jump off me, writhing in pain.
There was my chance and I shot up and started to run away, but Tim caught my shirt and heaved me to the ground once again.
Man, did he recover quick. Just my luck.
I shouted, "Help me! Darry, Pony! Anyon-
But I was cut off by a large land over my mouth. I bit it.
A howl of pain split the silence like a knife. Bit, like I said before, Tim sure does recover quick.
Before I could try again to escape Tim Shepheard had ripped my shirt open which was still wet from the grass.
His hard eyes feasted hungrily on my chest, covered now only with my bra.
His quick breaths made steam in the cool night air.
Sodapop was definitely not an expected savior of mine. But I don't question people who rescue me. It's just one of those unspoken rules.
In any case, Tim went sprawling, his face red where Soda had socked him.
"Curtis!" He roared, rage flashing in his drunken glazed eyes. But like I said, Tim was drunk and his swing at Soda was wild. Which was why Soda went down..and hard.
"Sodapop!" I cried, "oh Gods!"
But unlike Tim, Soda wasn't drunk and he had a quickness unheard of. With a sharp jab to the eyes Tim down on top of Soda and they rolled violently together.
Soda pinned Tim down, setting his weight down on his opponent. I watched Tim's calculating eyes and decided I didn't need someone to protect me.
I stepped up beside Soda and placed my foot lightly, dangerously, on the place 'where the sun don't shine. Tim stiffened.
"I wouldn't move if I was you." I threatened, twitching my sneaker the slightest bit.
"Our deal is over." Tim panted, angrily.
"So be it." I stepped down hard on Target and left him writhing in pain on the sidewalk.
Soda threw me his jacket and with my help to his feet. It was then I remembered my ripped shirt. A blush crept up my pale cheeks as hot as the summer sun.
"You gonna ask me nuthin'?" I looked up at Sodapop.
The greaser shook his head, "You don't owe me non. You saved Ponyboy for us."
I studied my shoes carefully, "He saved himself."
"Never could take a compliment." Soda replied distantly.
But there was disappointment in his golden face.
"You won't tell?" I blurted, stopping mid-pace.
"Nothin to tell." Soda said, glacing back at me curiously.
"I ain't well, kid." A feeling of oldness crept into my voice despite my attempt to keep my tone light. "Tim, he knew weeks ago. But peope, the press can't know about my secret. It would ruin my status as a doctor. All my hard work.." I hugged my stomach tightly against the feeling of loss.
"So Tim blackmailed you." Soda stared up at the night sky, anywhere but my eyes.
"He didn't want me. Just.my body." I sank to the sidewalk in horrific realization.
"He wanted the pride. The world Tim lives in is a death trap. No honor, no fame, not nothing. Not for anybody. Shepherd was looking for a way out." Soda talked like he understood it all. And I didn't doubt him, not for a second.
"The night of my crash. I didn't take my meds." I explained, "I black out at the wheel."
Soda nodded like he had already gessed.
"You won't tell?" I asked hesitantly aware that I had already asked before.
"No." Then Soda walked into his house while I got into my car.
The friendly lights still shone brightly through the steamy windows.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Autumn cont..~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Ponyboy!" I hollered loudly, "I know your home! Just open the god damn do-
Suddenly the door swung open wide. Darry stood regally in the doorway.
"door." I finished, blushing until I was sure my face was hot enough to fry eggs on.
Darry hadn't said a word.
"Sorry." I stared at my shoes. Darry looked pretty mad, but that didn't matter, right? Today was a new day and I was going somewhere else. No, it didn't matter at all.
"Will you give this to Soda?" I handed his the jacket I'd borrowed from his brother last night, "thanks."
Darry nodded slightly and disappeared. I wondered distantly if he'd become mute overnight.
~Pony
"Get lost." I told doctor Brawning from the hall.
"Pony.I wanted to." She looked down at me with amer eyes.
"He loved you." Pony turned his back sadly, "I loved you. And you abandoned us both."
The doctor had her hands over her mouth and she breathed in sharply.
I looked scathingly at her once last time-long enough to see her shocked face- and then slammed the door.
I turned the corner and sank down to the carpet, my back against the white wall, and buried my face in my arms.
Shouting form my brother vaguely reached my ears. I had never heard them fight for passionately before. Usually it was only Darry and I who yelled.
"What the hell is this about?!" Darry asked, clearly gesturing to something I couldn't see.
"Calm down Dar. We didn't do nothing like that .Nothing." Soda's voice was gently and calming.
But Darry didn't want to be calmed, "My ass, you didn't. Why does she ave your jacket then?" Darry came out into the hall and spotted me.
"I-I can't tell you." Soda said quietly, "I promised I wouldn't."
Darry just shook his head at Soda's words, apparently in disbelief. He was Jelouse, I realized. Darry thought Soda had well..*had* Doctor Brawning.
Sure, it wasn't impossible. Sodapop would be appealing to any woman.at any age and Autumn was young and pretty.
But that wasn't the only thing I realized.
Darry still loved Dr. Autumn Brawning, with all his heart and soul.
What had I done? Turned her away, that's what.
Quick as lightening I fled the room, chasing Dr. B.