Summary: Akasha is feared by most students and bullied by others, what will
happen when Ponyboy begins to talk to her.
A/N: Hope you all enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer: Own no one xept Akasha and Zara and people you don't recognise!!
Chapter six
"Are you ready, Akasha?"
"I was supposed to do something else?" Zara walked in and wow! She looked real beautiful with make up on and she had on a nice dress and she looked stunning!
"You are supposed to change to impress Pony! Well it's too late now!" It was 6.55pm and the guys were supposed to be here soon.
"Oops! He should love me just the way I am anyway! I don't need to make myself up to look pretty, it just comes naturally" Zara smacked me around my head. I laughed but felt real dressed down compared to Zara; maybe I should have worn something different. Oh well too late now I thought as the doorbell rang.
"Well show time!" I said as we answered the door. Soda whistled again,
"I'm with the prettiest lady here"
"Thanks" I said sarcastically as I closed the door. Uncle Greg was working late so I locked the door and slipped the key into my pocket.
"Don't worry, I think you look better" Pony commented smiling at me. I knew Zara was prettier than I was and I just wished I had borrowed one of her dresses so Pony would be proud to show me off. I smiled slightly and followed Zara and Soda to the car.
"We are just going to the movies tonight, ladies. It's the drive in so we can also have some fun!" Soda joked as he started up the car. Pony and I were sitting in the back so I knew we were going to have to watch them make out. This wasn't a great idea, I started to think. I felt threatened by Zara and I just wished that Pony and I could go someplace else to be alone.
"Here we are! Get ready for the movie" I smiled as Soda looked back at us two. We couldn't even hear the movie because Zara and Soda were talking and laughing. I was bummed; this was the worst date ever. I sat in the back, slouching and angry.
"Are you ok?" Pony asked, placing his arm around my waist.
"Just peachy" I replied leaning into him so my back was to his chest.
"I know this sucks. I would suggest we left but you know how dangerous it is out there" I nodded. We couldn't go walking around there by ourselves. "Do you want to risk it anyway?" He asked. I shook my head. The last attack was far to close to want to risk it.
"I just want to go home" I mumbled. Zara and Soda had pretty much killed the movie idea. I was hoping that we could go back to the Curtis's because that would be more fun than this.
"I'm still here" That was true, maybe we could have some fun of our own.
"Watch this" I knew Zara got scared real easy so this was going to be fun! Ha, I bet you were thinking of a different kind of fun when I said that weren't you? Sick perverts! I leant in real close to Zara's ear and then yelled BOO! Zara screamed and I cracked up. Pony also laughed. Zara whirled around and tried to hit me, but I just sat back real far.
"You little worm!"
"Not nice to call people names!"
"You're not a person" Zara joked. I would have been hurt if I hadn't known she was joking.
"Keep your girl under check!" Soda said to Pony, grinning.
"Nobody can keep me under check!"
"She's right there! Her father used to always complain about her being to reckless" I sobered up real quick.
"Don't talk about him, please"
"Akasha, it's been a year" Zara said softly.
"Well wait until Uncle Greg dies and see how long it takes for you to get over it" I replied angrily, getting out of the car. I walked away, I was shit scared that I would get jumped again but I was so angry and upset and confused. It had been a year ago today. Tears started to fall down my cheeks. I should be over it by now, but I never really thought about it so I still hadn't really faced it. Sure I realised that I was living with Zara and Uncle Greg but it still felt like a vacation like any day I would go back to New Zealand and they would be there with open arms.
"Akasha!" It was Pony. I pretended not to hear him. Pony had no idea what happened and I didn't fancy telling him. "Please stop!" I kept on walking. Pony soon caught up with me though; well what do you expect he's on the track team!
"Akasha. Zara's sorry she said what she did"
"I don't care"
"Let's go to the park"
"Whatever" I replied. I was cold and I was angry and I was upset. We sat down on a seat and he wrapped his arms around me.
"Do you want to tell me what happened?" I started to shake my head, but then I stopped. I liked Pony, I really liked him and maybe if I told somebody then it wouldn't hurt so much. Zara and Uncle Greg knew what happened but they never asked me about it. Slowly I told Pony the whole story. How I had run away and came back to see them like that. By the end I was in tears.
I was sobbing and I couldn't stop, it hurt so much. They were never coming back! I would never see their faces again or be embraced by them. I was so loud when I sobbed but I didn't care, I was too upset to care. Pony just held me and I thought I could hear him trying to calm me down but I wasn't going to.
"Oh Akasha!" It was Zara and Soda. Zara tore me away from Pony and hugged me. I cried into my hands and rested my head on her shoulder. "I'm so sorry, Akasha. I shouldn't have said anything" You're right, you shouldn't have I thought bitterly but kept it inside.
About half an hour later I finally calmed down so I was just crying a little.
"Come on, I think we should go home" Pony said, placing a comforting arm around my shoulders. I nodded and we walked back to Soda's car, which was parked at the park car park. We all climbed into the car and Soda drove us back to his and Pony's house. Pony led me straight to the bedroom. All I wanted to do was lie down and sleep, forget the hurt I was feeling.
"I want to sleep here tonight" I mumbled as I took off my shoes and climbed into the bed. Pony climbed in next to me and I loved having him so close to me.
"I'm sorry for my performance"
"It's ok. I did the same thing when our parents died" I nodded and just loved lying there.
"Pony, I really like you" I mumbled, already falling asleep.
"I really like you to, Akasha" Those were the last words I heard before I fell into a deep sleep.
"Akasha, Akasha" I groaned as somebody was shaking me. I opened my eyes and saw the sun had come up.
"Ponyboy? Oh no! Where's Zara? Is she angry?"
"Don't worry she didn't seem to mind. Soda went over to your guy's place. Are you ok?" I nodded. I wanted to sleep for longer though. I moved in closer to Pony and closed my eyes, I loved being here with him. I just really hoped he still wasn't getting the money from Nicole.
"You look worried. What's wrong?"
"Nothing. It's the sun you know, it worries me" I joked. Pony smiled and kissed me. Nobody could kiss like that if it didn't mean anything.
"Do you want some breakfast?"
"I'm not feeling very hungry"
"Ok then, let's just lie here for a while then" I smiled, I liked that idea. It was good until Two-Bit came bursting in and jumping on the bed.
"Two-Bit! Get out!" I yelled at him. Two-Bit just laughed,
"Akasha and Ponyboy in a tree F-U-C-"
"Two-Bit get out of there!" I heard Darry yell from the lounge.
"Aw! I will leave you two love birds alone then!" I laughed as he shut the door,
"What a song! Turning an innocent little kids rhyme into a dirty one!"
"He's the master at doing that!"
"Oh man, I'm awake now! I think I might go back home" I got out if bed and put my shoes back on.
"I'll walk you back, Soda will probably be finished there anyway"
"Ok let's go!" We walked out into the lounge and instantly Two-Bit started in on his rhyme again.
"I am going to skin you alive if you finish that song!" I informed him. Two- Bit mock pouted but I just ignored him and left the room.
"Are you alright today?" Pony asked, taking my hand.
"I suppose so. It's just that I haven't ever really dealt with it" He nodded and I held back the tears. No more crying, they were gone and yes it definitely hurt but I had a year to get over it.
"Zara? Soda?" I walked over to Zara's room to find that they were both crashed out in her room. "Should we leave them?"
"Yeah. They both work a lot and I think they need a sleep in" I nodded and closed the door to her room.
"Well Uncle Greg will be at work I bet. Want to see my room?"
"Sure" Pony smiled and followed me to my room. I was a clean freak so my room was always tidy. My desk was clear of rubbish and my bed was perfectly made.
"Wow, you have a tidy room"
"Yeah I know. I also have a comfy bed," I said, flopping down onto it and looking at him. Pony sat down and then out of the blue he just started tickling me!
"Stop it!" I laughed. He wouldn't stop though. Finally I was somehow able to get him on his back (I bet he let me) and before I knew what I was doing I leaned down and kissed him. We rolled over and things started to get more heated.
"Akasha! Pony! If we knew you were going to do that then we would have never left you alone" Pony quickly removed his hand from my top and we both turned red as beetroots.
"Well...we..um..." I didn't know what to say.
"Come on, let's go" Zara pulled me up from the bed, she looked disappointed with me. Was I not allowed to have any fun? It's not like we were doing anything real bad anyway.
"Where are we going?"
"Somewhere public!" Zara replied. Wow, she was overprotective of me! I never knew, mind you I had never had a boyfriend for her to show me this side of her.
"Zara they were just having a little fun" Soda said softly.
"Try telling me that when she's pregnant?"
"What? Just because we were doing a bit more than kissing doesn't mean we were going to sleep together!"
"Oh it leads to that, believe me!"
"So where are we going?"
"I don't know yet" Zara replied, but she just kept on walking, out of the house and down our street. We all followed of course.
"Let's go back to our house" Soda suggested. Zara nodded but quickly shot a glare at Pony and I,
"But you two aren't allowed in the same room without at least one other person in it with you"
"Kinky" I replied joking. Zara didn't seem to get the joke though and just glared at me. Soda and Pony laughed though, which made me, feel better.
"Hey you bum!" Soda said as soon as we got inside. Two-Bit was sitting on the floor, looking at the ceiling and there was another boy stretched out on the couch.
"Move ya feet, Steve!" Soda said, pushing Steve's feet off the couch so he and Zara could sit down. I stood in the doorway, awkwardly.
"Who are the broads?" Steve asked. He scared me to; he seemed as hard as the other two but look at how Two-Bit turned out.
"Oh right! Steve this is Zara my girlfriend-" Zara blushed at the comment "And that over there is Akasha, Pony's girlfriend"
"Pony has a girlfriend. Congratulations" I could have been wrong but it seemed as if Steve was more getting at Pony then congratulating him. Pony just looked away. I grabbed his hand and squeezed it, I liked Ponyboy and any girl would if they got to know him. Steve was just being an asshole.
"Why are ya'll standing in the doorway? The ground is big enough for all three of us!" Two-Bit said from the ground. I glanced at Pony who shrugged, so we both sat down on the ground, but I leaned into him so he could support my back. Zara glanced at us but said nothing.
"What are ya bums up to today?" Steve asked, flipping a coin. Why was he flipping a coin? Strange boy.
"Nobody knows. We could just sit and watch movies on the box" Soda suggested
"That sounds like fun!" I added from the ground.
"Sure, let's start now" With that Two-Bit turned on the television and our day of fun only just begun.
A/N: Well thanks to all my reviewers which comes to a grand total of NONE! If anybody is reading this please notify me, it would be much appreciated thank you!
A/N: Hope you all enjoy this chapter!
Disclaimer: Own no one xept Akasha and Zara and people you don't recognise!!
Chapter six
"Are you ready, Akasha?"
"I was supposed to do something else?" Zara walked in and wow! She looked real beautiful with make up on and she had on a nice dress and she looked stunning!
"You are supposed to change to impress Pony! Well it's too late now!" It was 6.55pm and the guys were supposed to be here soon.
"Oops! He should love me just the way I am anyway! I don't need to make myself up to look pretty, it just comes naturally" Zara smacked me around my head. I laughed but felt real dressed down compared to Zara; maybe I should have worn something different. Oh well too late now I thought as the doorbell rang.
"Well show time!" I said as we answered the door. Soda whistled again,
"I'm with the prettiest lady here"
"Thanks" I said sarcastically as I closed the door. Uncle Greg was working late so I locked the door and slipped the key into my pocket.
"Don't worry, I think you look better" Pony commented smiling at me. I knew Zara was prettier than I was and I just wished I had borrowed one of her dresses so Pony would be proud to show me off. I smiled slightly and followed Zara and Soda to the car.
"We are just going to the movies tonight, ladies. It's the drive in so we can also have some fun!" Soda joked as he started up the car. Pony and I were sitting in the back so I knew we were going to have to watch them make out. This wasn't a great idea, I started to think. I felt threatened by Zara and I just wished that Pony and I could go someplace else to be alone.
"Here we are! Get ready for the movie" I smiled as Soda looked back at us two. We couldn't even hear the movie because Zara and Soda were talking and laughing. I was bummed; this was the worst date ever. I sat in the back, slouching and angry.
"Are you ok?" Pony asked, placing his arm around my waist.
"Just peachy" I replied leaning into him so my back was to his chest.
"I know this sucks. I would suggest we left but you know how dangerous it is out there" I nodded. We couldn't go walking around there by ourselves. "Do you want to risk it anyway?" He asked. I shook my head. The last attack was far to close to want to risk it.
"I just want to go home" I mumbled. Zara and Soda had pretty much killed the movie idea. I was hoping that we could go back to the Curtis's because that would be more fun than this.
"I'm still here" That was true, maybe we could have some fun of our own.
"Watch this" I knew Zara got scared real easy so this was going to be fun! Ha, I bet you were thinking of a different kind of fun when I said that weren't you? Sick perverts! I leant in real close to Zara's ear and then yelled BOO! Zara screamed and I cracked up. Pony also laughed. Zara whirled around and tried to hit me, but I just sat back real far.
"You little worm!"
"Not nice to call people names!"
"You're not a person" Zara joked. I would have been hurt if I hadn't known she was joking.
"Keep your girl under check!" Soda said to Pony, grinning.
"Nobody can keep me under check!"
"She's right there! Her father used to always complain about her being to reckless" I sobered up real quick.
"Don't talk about him, please"
"Akasha, it's been a year" Zara said softly.
"Well wait until Uncle Greg dies and see how long it takes for you to get over it" I replied angrily, getting out of the car. I walked away, I was shit scared that I would get jumped again but I was so angry and upset and confused. It had been a year ago today. Tears started to fall down my cheeks. I should be over it by now, but I never really thought about it so I still hadn't really faced it. Sure I realised that I was living with Zara and Uncle Greg but it still felt like a vacation like any day I would go back to New Zealand and they would be there with open arms.
"Akasha!" It was Pony. I pretended not to hear him. Pony had no idea what happened and I didn't fancy telling him. "Please stop!" I kept on walking. Pony soon caught up with me though; well what do you expect he's on the track team!
"Akasha. Zara's sorry she said what she did"
"I don't care"
"Let's go to the park"
"Whatever" I replied. I was cold and I was angry and I was upset. We sat down on a seat and he wrapped his arms around me.
"Do you want to tell me what happened?" I started to shake my head, but then I stopped. I liked Pony, I really liked him and maybe if I told somebody then it wouldn't hurt so much. Zara and Uncle Greg knew what happened but they never asked me about it. Slowly I told Pony the whole story. How I had run away and came back to see them like that. By the end I was in tears.
I was sobbing and I couldn't stop, it hurt so much. They were never coming back! I would never see their faces again or be embraced by them. I was so loud when I sobbed but I didn't care, I was too upset to care. Pony just held me and I thought I could hear him trying to calm me down but I wasn't going to.
"Oh Akasha!" It was Zara and Soda. Zara tore me away from Pony and hugged me. I cried into my hands and rested my head on her shoulder. "I'm so sorry, Akasha. I shouldn't have said anything" You're right, you shouldn't have I thought bitterly but kept it inside.
About half an hour later I finally calmed down so I was just crying a little.
"Come on, I think we should go home" Pony said, placing a comforting arm around my shoulders. I nodded and we walked back to Soda's car, which was parked at the park car park. We all climbed into the car and Soda drove us back to his and Pony's house. Pony led me straight to the bedroom. All I wanted to do was lie down and sleep, forget the hurt I was feeling.
"I want to sleep here tonight" I mumbled as I took off my shoes and climbed into the bed. Pony climbed in next to me and I loved having him so close to me.
"I'm sorry for my performance"
"It's ok. I did the same thing when our parents died" I nodded and just loved lying there.
"Pony, I really like you" I mumbled, already falling asleep.
"I really like you to, Akasha" Those were the last words I heard before I fell into a deep sleep.
"Akasha, Akasha" I groaned as somebody was shaking me. I opened my eyes and saw the sun had come up.
"Ponyboy? Oh no! Where's Zara? Is she angry?"
"Don't worry she didn't seem to mind. Soda went over to your guy's place. Are you ok?" I nodded. I wanted to sleep for longer though. I moved in closer to Pony and closed my eyes, I loved being here with him. I just really hoped he still wasn't getting the money from Nicole.
"You look worried. What's wrong?"
"Nothing. It's the sun you know, it worries me" I joked. Pony smiled and kissed me. Nobody could kiss like that if it didn't mean anything.
"Do you want some breakfast?"
"I'm not feeling very hungry"
"Ok then, let's just lie here for a while then" I smiled, I liked that idea. It was good until Two-Bit came bursting in and jumping on the bed.
"Two-Bit! Get out!" I yelled at him. Two-Bit just laughed,
"Akasha and Ponyboy in a tree F-U-C-"
"Two-Bit get out of there!" I heard Darry yell from the lounge.
"Aw! I will leave you two love birds alone then!" I laughed as he shut the door,
"What a song! Turning an innocent little kids rhyme into a dirty one!"
"He's the master at doing that!"
"Oh man, I'm awake now! I think I might go back home" I got out if bed and put my shoes back on.
"I'll walk you back, Soda will probably be finished there anyway"
"Ok let's go!" We walked out into the lounge and instantly Two-Bit started in on his rhyme again.
"I am going to skin you alive if you finish that song!" I informed him. Two- Bit mock pouted but I just ignored him and left the room.
"Are you alright today?" Pony asked, taking my hand.
"I suppose so. It's just that I haven't ever really dealt with it" He nodded and I held back the tears. No more crying, they were gone and yes it definitely hurt but I had a year to get over it.
"Zara? Soda?" I walked over to Zara's room to find that they were both crashed out in her room. "Should we leave them?"
"Yeah. They both work a lot and I think they need a sleep in" I nodded and closed the door to her room.
"Well Uncle Greg will be at work I bet. Want to see my room?"
"Sure" Pony smiled and followed me to my room. I was a clean freak so my room was always tidy. My desk was clear of rubbish and my bed was perfectly made.
"Wow, you have a tidy room"
"Yeah I know. I also have a comfy bed," I said, flopping down onto it and looking at him. Pony sat down and then out of the blue he just started tickling me!
"Stop it!" I laughed. He wouldn't stop though. Finally I was somehow able to get him on his back (I bet he let me) and before I knew what I was doing I leaned down and kissed him. We rolled over and things started to get more heated.
"Akasha! Pony! If we knew you were going to do that then we would have never left you alone" Pony quickly removed his hand from my top and we both turned red as beetroots.
"Well...we..um..." I didn't know what to say.
"Come on, let's go" Zara pulled me up from the bed, she looked disappointed with me. Was I not allowed to have any fun? It's not like we were doing anything real bad anyway.
"Where are we going?"
"Somewhere public!" Zara replied. Wow, she was overprotective of me! I never knew, mind you I had never had a boyfriend for her to show me this side of her.
"Zara they were just having a little fun" Soda said softly.
"Try telling me that when she's pregnant?"
"What? Just because we were doing a bit more than kissing doesn't mean we were going to sleep together!"
"Oh it leads to that, believe me!"
"So where are we going?"
"I don't know yet" Zara replied, but she just kept on walking, out of the house and down our street. We all followed of course.
"Let's go back to our house" Soda suggested. Zara nodded but quickly shot a glare at Pony and I,
"But you two aren't allowed in the same room without at least one other person in it with you"
"Kinky" I replied joking. Zara didn't seem to get the joke though and just glared at me. Soda and Pony laughed though, which made me, feel better.
"Hey you bum!" Soda said as soon as we got inside. Two-Bit was sitting on the floor, looking at the ceiling and there was another boy stretched out on the couch.
"Move ya feet, Steve!" Soda said, pushing Steve's feet off the couch so he and Zara could sit down. I stood in the doorway, awkwardly.
"Who are the broads?" Steve asked. He scared me to; he seemed as hard as the other two but look at how Two-Bit turned out.
"Oh right! Steve this is Zara my girlfriend-" Zara blushed at the comment "And that over there is Akasha, Pony's girlfriend"
"Pony has a girlfriend. Congratulations" I could have been wrong but it seemed as if Steve was more getting at Pony then congratulating him. Pony just looked away. I grabbed his hand and squeezed it, I liked Ponyboy and any girl would if they got to know him. Steve was just being an asshole.
"Why are ya'll standing in the doorway? The ground is big enough for all three of us!" Two-Bit said from the ground. I glanced at Pony who shrugged, so we both sat down on the ground, but I leaned into him so he could support my back. Zara glanced at us but said nothing.
"What are ya bums up to today?" Steve asked, flipping a coin. Why was he flipping a coin? Strange boy.
"Nobody knows. We could just sit and watch movies on the box" Soda suggested
"That sounds like fun!" I added from the ground.
"Sure, let's start now" With that Two-Bit turned on the television and our day of fun only just begun.
A/N: Well thanks to all my reviewers which comes to a grand total of NONE! If anybody is reading this please notify me, it would be much appreciated thank you!