Let's Have Faith
Author's Note: The story is my own, but the characters are all S.E. Hinton's. No change to the story just a sequel. Sandy's back, but why did she leave and why are things suddenly taking a rotten turn. A love and angst story about faith, trust, and the power caring for one another can give. Rated PG13 for language and some sex related info.
Chapter 1 About 2 months after the book
((Soda's POV))
I was sitting in the kitchen with Ponyboy when the phone gave a shrill ring. We both raced to answer it, but Ponyboy got there first. He ran track at school and when that kid was racing he could kick butt!
"Hello...Hey Soda it's for you," he said kinda disappointed. I felt really sorry for him. Ever since Johnny died he really didn't have that many friends period.
Two-Bit's dad had come back and Two-Bit was spending all his spear time with him, Steve and Pony didn't exactly mix, and his friends from school were just that "school friends". Luckily the call was a work call. A car had broken down right outside of town and I was supposed to go fix it. Little did I know then that that car was destiny.
Of all that places a car could have broken down I'm glad it was where it was. It was along side a lake. The sun was setting and it shone red glitter onto the top of the water. The woman who the car belonged to was sitting by the lake gazing at the water. I walked over to where she was sitting. "Excuse me Mrs. ..." "Yes," she said without even turning around. "Your car is ready."
She slowly stood up, turned around, and started to say something but stopped. She just stood there with a pained expression on her face. The woman was Sandy. Despite the fact that she left I was still in love with her. I guess I always would be. I looked at her and except for two changes she was the same. The first thing I noticed was that her eyes which used to sparkle and glow with laughter were now sad, scared, and full of bitterness. I also realized, horrified, that she was pregnant. So that was her reason for leaving. She wanted to be with someone else. I tried so hard to get mad at her, but I couldn't. I could be upset, aggravated, or even frustrated, but I could never get mad at Sandy. "Soda..." she said kind of questioningly," can I talk to you?"
We sat sown and looked out over the lake for a long time. She finally broke the silence. "Look...I know you think that I'm probably some kind of whore or something and that I was a bitch to leave you without any explanation... but I couldn't tell you or else I would have." Tears started to pour out of her eyes. Just like Pony I can't stand it when girls cry and when Sandy cried it tore my heart to pieces. I brought her close and rocked her gently. "Don't worry everything's gonna be fine." "No," she said miserably," it won't be." "What happened?" I asked. "I was raped." "In Florida?" I asked still kinda confused. "No, no here, right before I left. That's how I got pregnant. I left because my parents made it quite clear that they were not going to take care of a high school dropout or a baby." "You dropped out, why?" "I had to. I couldn't just walk around a big, fat, pregnant lady."
I felt awful. Sandy didn't deserve to have to quit school. She was smart and worked really hard. "Anyway," she continued," I moved to Florida to be with my grandma who said she would help me out. I couldn't answer your letters because the guy who did this said if I told anyone he would make me sorry, so I told my parents the baby was yours, and my mother told my grandma to let me have nothing to do with you. I wanted so badly to answer your letters. The truth is I cried myself to sleep every night. Things got better though, until last month when my grandma passed away. I couldn't afford to pay the rent on her house, so I came down here looking for a cheap apartment."
I just sat there for a minute, all of this time I thought she left because of me and she didn't. I hated that this happened to her. I felt like I should have guessed something like this happened, found out what it was, and took care of her. "How are you going to handle a job and a baby?" I asked. Suddenly she started to cry harder than I had ever seen her cry before. "I don't know," she sobbed," I don't know where to go, what to do, sometimes I think it would be easier just to kill myself, so I wouldn't have to deal with all of this." I felt a piercing pain in my heart. To watch Sandy cry was like having someone stab me in my soul and having the pain rush deep into my core. I pulled her into my arms and just let her cry. "Don't worry," I told her," I won't let anything happen to you. I'll always take care of you, I promise." She looked up at me and realized I was crying too. "What is it?" she asked. "I don't know. It's just I really care about you, and I don't want you to be hurt. It's like if you're hurt I'm hurt. If you're sad I'm sad. You dig?" she stopped crying and in that instant her china blue eyes laughed again. "You know Soda," she said," you're the sweetest guy I've ever know."
I laughed and said," You know Sandy, I love you, I've loved you from the moment I saw you, and I'll love you forever."
"I love you too."
Okay that was my first chapter. What do you think? Please review. Thanx.
Author's Note: The story is my own, but the characters are all S.E. Hinton's. No change to the story just a sequel. Sandy's back, but why did she leave and why are things suddenly taking a rotten turn. A love and angst story about faith, trust, and the power caring for one another can give. Rated PG13 for language and some sex related info.
Chapter 1 About 2 months after the book
((Soda's POV))
I was sitting in the kitchen with Ponyboy when the phone gave a shrill ring. We both raced to answer it, but Ponyboy got there first. He ran track at school and when that kid was racing he could kick butt!
"Hello...Hey Soda it's for you," he said kinda disappointed. I felt really sorry for him. Ever since Johnny died he really didn't have that many friends period.
Two-Bit's dad had come back and Two-Bit was spending all his spear time with him, Steve and Pony didn't exactly mix, and his friends from school were just that "school friends". Luckily the call was a work call. A car had broken down right outside of town and I was supposed to go fix it. Little did I know then that that car was destiny.
Of all that places a car could have broken down I'm glad it was where it was. It was along side a lake. The sun was setting and it shone red glitter onto the top of the water. The woman who the car belonged to was sitting by the lake gazing at the water. I walked over to where she was sitting. "Excuse me Mrs. ..." "Yes," she said without even turning around. "Your car is ready."
She slowly stood up, turned around, and started to say something but stopped. She just stood there with a pained expression on her face. The woman was Sandy. Despite the fact that she left I was still in love with her. I guess I always would be. I looked at her and except for two changes she was the same. The first thing I noticed was that her eyes which used to sparkle and glow with laughter were now sad, scared, and full of bitterness. I also realized, horrified, that she was pregnant. So that was her reason for leaving. She wanted to be with someone else. I tried so hard to get mad at her, but I couldn't. I could be upset, aggravated, or even frustrated, but I could never get mad at Sandy. "Soda..." she said kind of questioningly," can I talk to you?"
We sat sown and looked out over the lake for a long time. She finally broke the silence. "Look...I know you think that I'm probably some kind of whore or something and that I was a bitch to leave you without any explanation... but I couldn't tell you or else I would have." Tears started to pour out of her eyes. Just like Pony I can't stand it when girls cry and when Sandy cried it tore my heart to pieces. I brought her close and rocked her gently. "Don't worry everything's gonna be fine." "No," she said miserably," it won't be." "What happened?" I asked. "I was raped." "In Florida?" I asked still kinda confused. "No, no here, right before I left. That's how I got pregnant. I left because my parents made it quite clear that they were not going to take care of a high school dropout or a baby." "You dropped out, why?" "I had to. I couldn't just walk around a big, fat, pregnant lady."
I felt awful. Sandy didn't deserve to have to quit school. She was smart and worked really hard. "Anyway," she continued," I moved to Florida to be with my grandma who said she would help me out. I couldn't answer your letters because the guy who did this said if I told anyone he would make me sorry, so I told my parents the baby was yours, and my mother told my grandma to let me have nothing to do with you. I wanted so badly to answer your letters. The truth is I cried myself to sleep every night. Things got better though, until last month when my grandma passed away. I couldn't afford to pay the rent on her house, so I came down here looking for a cheap apartment."
I just sat there for a minute, all of this time I thought she left because of me and she didn't. I hated that this happened to her. I felt like I should have guessed something like this happened, found out what it was, and took care of her. "How are you going to handle a job and a baby?" I asked. Suddenly she started to cry harder than I had ever seen her cry before. "I don't know," she sobbed," I don't know where to go, what to do, sometimes I think it would be easier just to kill myself, so I wouldn't have to deal with all of this." I felt a piercing pain in my heart. To watch Sandy cry was like having someone stab me in my soul and having the pain rush deep into my core. I pulled her into my arms and just let her cry. "Don't worry," I told her," I won't let anything happen to you. I'll always take care of you, I promise." She looked up at me and realized I was crying too. "What is it?" she asked. "I don't know. It's just I really care about you, and I don't want you to be hurt. It's like if you're hurt I'm hurt. If you're sad I'm sad. You dig?" she stopped crying and in that instant her china blue eyes laughed again. "You know Soda," she said," you're the sweetest guy I've ever know."
I laughed and said," You know Sandy, I love you, I've loved you from the moment I saw you, and I'll love you forever."
"I love you too."
Okay that was my first chapter. What do you think? Please review. Thanx.