"Oh, Athena! You're okay! I was so worried about you!"
I was immediately jolted out of my sleep into a huge bear hug from my sister Rosaline. Her raven black hair got stuck in my mouth.
"Aghh! You're choking me with that hair of yours!" I yelled.
"I was so worried! Pony told Darry and he's been here for hours waiting for you to wake up. Are you sure your okay?" Rosaline said in a rushed voice.
"She won't be if you don't stop nagging her." I heard Darry say from the corner.
As I looked around I could see Ponyboy on the rug, sleeping bag and all. He always looked so cute when he slept. Watching TV was Soda, who was completely tuned out of the whole conversation.
"I just want to get one thing straight," started Darry. "Who did this to you?"
"Well, they were driving in a blue Mercedes. And one of them looked familiar. I think it was one of the guys who jumped Johnny and Pony in the park that night." I replied.
This immediately grabbed Soda's attention.
"Him? He did this to you? Ohh, this is going to be real payback now. Nobody messes with Athena without hearing from me" said Soda.
Soda and Darry were like my big brothers. They always look out for me and make sure I'm being good. I don't know what I would do without them.
"Well, we can discuss this later. Roz is coming with Soda, and me okay? You can stay here with Pony. I think he's crashed for the night though." Spoke Darry.
"Be good, okay?" said Rosaline. "I'll be back around 1 or something"
"Adios" I muttered as they shut the door. They're always going to the movies and out together and they never include me. I always feel so inferior to them. Well, Roz does fancy Soda but he's always considered her as a sister, never potential girlfriend material.
I then watched Pony sleep. He looked so peaceful. I didn't want to wake him so I tiptoed to the kitchen and silently prepared myself a late dinner. I could soon hear the bacon sizzling in the frying pan and not a second later, Pony walked in, rubbing his eyes.
"Mmm, I smell bacon." He said. "Got enough for the both of us? I'm starving"
"Yeah, just hold on a second." I slapped some more pieces onto the pan and set the cooked ones on the table.
We then began to eat the bacon in silence. It's weird bacon; some days I like it chewy, other days crunchy. It depends on my mood. I think I was suffering from stupidity a the moment because I was thinking about bacon.
Ponyboy broke the silence.
"Athena, I just want to say that I'm really sorry about what happened today."
"But why are you apologizing to me? You never did anything wrong." I stated.
"Well, they were the same guys that jumped Johnny and me that day in the park, so I'm blaming myself. They've had a grudge against me since the day I met 'em."
"I still can't let you apologize to me. It's not your fault. Hmmm... then again, I could be all your fault." I teased.
"Haha, very funny." Pony replied with more cheer in his voice. Then he looked down at the last piece of bacon.
As he grabbed it, so did I. Our fingers touched. As I let go blushingly, he grabbed my hand and caressed my scabs. I looked into his face, and he did the same. Our lips were inching closer and closer to each other. I could see deep into his eyes now.
Bang! The door slammed open and we jumped back into our seats immediately.
"HEY! ANYBODY HOME?" yelled Two Bit through the door. Grudgingly, I walked to the door to greet our interrupter.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Yes, I can hear all of you readers yelling at me right now, "Why didn't they kiss?!?!" Don't worry, I'm just waiting for the right time. Maybe next chapter... Review please!!
I was immediately jolted out of my sleep into a huge bear hug from my sister Rosaline. Her raven black hair got stuck in my mouth.
"Aghh! You're choking me with that hair of yours!" I yelled.
"I was so worried! Pony told Darry and he's been here for hours waiting for you to wake up. Are you sure your okay?" Rosaline said in a rushed voice.
"She won't be if you don't stop nagging her." I heard Darry say from the corner.
As I looked around I could see Ponyboy on the rug, sleeping bag and all. He always looked so cute when he slept. Watching TV was Soda, who was completely tuned out of the whole conversation.
"I just want to get one thing straight," started Darry. "Who did this to you?"
"Well, they were driving in a blue Mercedes. And one of them looked familiar. I think it was one of the guys who jumped Johnny and Pony in the park that night." I replied.
This immediately grabbed Soda's attention.
"Him? He did this to you? Ohh, this is going to be real payback now. Nobody messes with Athena without hearing from me" said Soda.
Soda and Darry were like my big brothers. They always look out for me and make sure I'm being good. I don't know what I would do without them.
"Well, we can discuss this later. Roz is coming with Soda, and me okay? You can stay here with Pony. I think he's crashed for the night though." Spoke Darry.
"Be good, okay?" said Rosaline. "I'll be back around 1 or something"
"Adios" I muttered as they shut the door. They're always going to the movies and out together and they never include me. I always feel so inferior to them. Well, Roz does fancy Soda but he's always considered her as a sister, never potential girlfriend material.
I then watched Pony sleep. He looked so peaceful. I didn't want to wake him so I tiptoed to the kitchen and silently prepared myself a late dinner. I could soon hear the bacon sizzling in the frying pan and not a second later, Pony walked in, rubbing his eyes.
"Mmm, I smell bacon." He said. "Got enough for the both of us? I'm starving"
"Yeah, just hold on a second." I slapped some more pieces onto the pan and set the cooked ones on the table.
We then began to eat the bacon in silence. It's weird bacon; some days I like it chewy, other days crunchy. It depends on my mood. I think I was suffering from stupidity a the moment because I was thinking about bacon.
Ponyboy broke the silence.
"Athena, I just want to say that I'm really sorry about what happened today."
"But why are you apologizing to me? You never did anything wrong." I stated.
"Well, they were the same guys that jumped Johnny and me that day in the park, so I'm blaming myself. They've had a grudge against me since the day I met 'em."
"I still can't let you apologize to me. It's not your fault. Hmmm... then again, I could be all your fault." I teased.
"Haha, very funny." Pony replied with more cheer in his voice. Then he looked down at the last piece of bacon.
As he grabbed it, so did I. Our fingers touched. As I let go blushingly, he grabbed my hand and caressed my scabs. I looked into his face, and he did the same. Our lips were inching closer and closer to each other. I could see deep into his eyes now.
Bang! The door slammed open and we jumped back into our seats immediately.
"HEY! ANYBODY HOME?" yelled Two Bit through the door. Grudgingly, I walked to the door to greet our interrupter.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* Yes, I can hear all of you readers yelling at me right now, "Why didn't they kiss?!?!" Don't worry, I'm just waiting for the right time. Maybe next chapter... Review please!!