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Chapter 7

I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I remember was a flash.

"Wow, what was that!" I shouted in alarm. I looked at Sandy and Darry and noticed they were both cracking up. "Ok what's so funny?" I asked.

"I took a picture of you and Ponyboy sleeping," Sandy said.

"Why?"

"You guys looked so cute!" she said sarcastically. Her and Darry started laughing.

"Yeah, ha, ha so funny," I said in a joking way. Pony must have gotten woke up.

"Hey sweetie " Sandy said gently, "Did we wake you up, I'm sorry."

"Don't worry about it, how about you both come sleep with us and we call it even," Pony answered. They both crawled in bed with us and we all fell asleep. It was a nice feeling to lay there with all of them.

That night Darry sent Sandy and I home to get some rest and food. He stayed with Ponyboy though to make sure he didn't lonely.

As soon as we got home me and her went straight for the bed. I was lying there with her head on my shoulder.

"You know," I said to her, "if it wasn't for you he might not be alive, you are truly amazing." She smiled, rolled around on top of me, and started kissing me.

"I love you," she whispered, "and you are my husband now."

"I know."

"So make love to me."

(A few weeks later, Ponyboy is home from the hospital, Soda and Sandy have made love, and Ponyboy and Sandy are both going to school, but since Sandy hasn't been in a year and Pony was moved up a grade, they are in the same grade.)

I was in the living room vacuuming up the crumbs I had got everywhere when I was eating potato chips and pickles during Mickey Mouse. Potato chips, pickles, and chocolate milk... what a great combination.

I heard people come in. Ponyboy and Sandy walked in the living room.

"Where were you, school ended two hours ago," I said. I sounded a lot like Darry and it was kinda creepy.

"Ummm, we had to make a stop at the doctors office," Sandy informed me. She was laughing and there was something different about her.

"Well are you ok?" I asked.

"Tell him, tell him," Ponyboy urged her.

"Tell me what."

"Soda," she said smiling, "we're gonna have a baby." I ran to her, picked her up, and swung her around.

"Oh Sandy," I said happily, "this is great."

"Yeah," she said in agreement, "and this time it's your baby instead of Buck Merril's." Suddenly my mood changed.

"Buck Merril was the one who raped you," I said stunned.

"Soda," she said desperately, "I wasn't supposed to tell anyone, please don't make a big deal about this."

"Yeah you're right," I reassured her, "besides this is a happy time." I kissed her forehead reassuringly.

That night I had a nightmare for the first time in years. I saw Buck Merril raping Sandy and then I saw him hit our car laughing with an evil look on his face. I woke up in a cold sweat.

"What happened?" Ponyboy asked, "you were screaming in your sleep."

"I had a nightmare about Buck Merril raping Sandy and about him nearly killing you in the accident, so tomorrow I'm gonna beat the tar out of him."

"You promised Sandy you wouldn't make a big deal about it to her."

"I won't make a big deal about it to her."

"But... she might find out."

"If you ask me you're the one who doesn't want me to fight him, what's up?"

Tears started spilling out of his eyes. "Right before Johnny died," he said trying to hold back the tears, "he said fighting was useless and he's right. If you fight Buck all it's going to do is make him want to do it more, besides you could get hurt... Johnny also told me to stay gold, or stay a kid basically, and that's your best quality and children don't fight so please... please don't fight Buck." I gave him a bear hug.

"I don't worry, I won't fight him." I put my arm around him until he fell asleep. I didn't go to sleep right away though. I just laid in bed thanking God Sandy was back, Ponyboy was ok, I had faith, and most of all that I knew to Stay Gold.

The End