A/N: ok, this chapter is where the, actually I don't want to give it away.
But anyway things will happen so here we go.
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"Jake?" I called out, as I approached his room. No answer. "Jake?" I
called again. There was still no answer. I slowly walked into his room.
He was sitting on the floor playing with some of his toys.
"Hey" I called out. He didn't answer. Somehow I could tell he was mad, but I didn't know why. I remembered the gummy worm. I went into my room and kneeled on the ground next to my suitcase. I opened it and took out the bag of gummy worms. I walked into Jake's room with the bag in my hand; little did I know that was a mistake.
His face lit up when he turned to look at me and noticed the bag of gummies in my hand. I could have smacked myself in the head. Why the hell did I bring the whole bag along? Now he won't shut up until I give him the whole thing!
"What's that?" he asked pointing at the bag.
I tried to look surprised. "Oh, this?" I asked. "It's just a bag of gummies. He had a hungry look on his face. "Did you want one? I asked sheepishly. His look seemed to answer my question. "I will give you one if you come out to the living room and meet our neighbors."
He had a sort of a frown on his face. He wanted the gummies, but didn't really want to meet the Curtis'. I shook the bag slowly in my hand, showing him what he would be missing out on.
He shrugged, "Ok!" He got up from where he was sitting and walked over to me. I took his hand and led him to the living room.
Rain and Darry were having some conversation that Pony, Soda, and I couldn't have really understood. It was about The University of Tulsa or something. Hmmm, I wondered if Darry was in collage. He looked all enough to be. I shrugged my thoughts away.
"Everybody, this is Jake Theriault." I announced. Darry, Soda and Pony looked towards us.
"Why hello" Soda said, grinning a crazy grin. "I am Sodapop Curtis. And these are my brothers Darrel and Ponyboy." Jake smiled when he heard Pony's name. He always liked horses, especially ponies. Soda put his hand out so Jake could shake it. He was acting all shy so I pushed him forward a little bit towards Soda.
"Go ahead." I said, smiling. Jake took Soda's hand. Soda faked a faint.
"Why you have such strong hands for a 4 year old." He got up from the floor. Jake laughed a little but, but shyly.
"I'm 5!" he yelled. "I've been five for a whole month!"
Soda looked confused. "Oh, I'm sorry! You're right, my mistake, for a five year old." He corrected himself. Jake giggled a little bit. He was lighting up. Jake wasn't shy most of the time, just around strangers. But now that he had met Soda, Pony and Darry he was acting like his usual self. Just a little crabby but we figured that was normal.
Now that we were done with the introductions, we headed over to the Curtis', which was right next door. Their house is almost as big as ours. I thought to myself. It just looked older. It was a bluish house with a red door. Just like ours, except we have a pink door.
When we walked in, Darry politely asked us to take our shoes off. So we did. I noticed that both the tv and the radio were on. It was kinda hard to notice. The radio was on so loud, I thought I would pass out from the noise. I still had a slight headache. I looked around. They had a yellowish brown couch placed in front of the tv. There was a picture on the wall, of a man and a woman. They looked around 40 or so. Maybe they are Pony, Soda and Darry's parents, I thought. Come to think of it, we really hadn't asked if us coming over for dinner or not was ok with their parents or not. I decided not to say anything. I'm sure Summer had asked.
"Make yourself at home." Darry said, but we couldn't really, I mean we had just met them, how could we just make ourselves at home, when this was our first time at their house? Despite Darry's words, we just stood near the door for a while until Soda stared at us with a weird look.
"Geez, what's the deal? Sit down!" he said pointing at the couch.
I sat on the couch next to Ponyboy who was sitting next to Soda. Jake sat on my lap, and Rain was sat down in the arm chair next to the door. We just sat there for a while and watched tv, while Darry fixed dinner. After around half an hour of silence, someone finally said something.
"So., nice house." Rain said, trying to be polite.
"Thanks." was all Pony and Soda said. There was the awkward silence again. Man, I wish someone would say something.
"What grade are you in?" Soda asked me.
"I'll be a sophomore this year." I answered shyly.
"Really? I thought you were only 14!" Pony asked surprised.
"Yup. I skipped 7th grade."
"Really?" he asked again. "I skipped 4th."
"Cool" I replied. He nodded. We were quite once again. Darry stepped out of the kitchen.
"Ok, dinner's all ready." He announced.
We all walked over to the table. I sat next to Pony. I think Soda did it purposely, cuz when I was about to grab the chair next to the one that he was sitting on, he got up and let Pony have the spot. I just shrugged and sat down. Soda looked at me and winked. I smiled, to be polite, it was kinda weird, like he was trying to fix up me and Pony. I wasn't even thinking about boys for now. I had decided just to focus on settling in and the up coming school year at Tulsa High. Besides, I still wasn't over me and Kevin breaking up, it would be a long time before I wanted to go out with anyone again.
Dinner was quite, until I had to open my trap and break the silence.
"So your parents don't care that we're here?" I asked. You had to see the look Rain gave me right then. It was look that basically said 'You idiot! How stupid can you be? You should have never gone there.' I looked around. Both Soda and Pony had a hurt look on their faces. Darry's face was as cold as a statue.
"What's the big deal?" I asked curiously.
"Um, our parents died in an auto wreck almost 2 years ago."
I was horrified! Why didn't I keep my big mouth shut? I could have really slapped myself when I realized that we had something in common. I just had to say more, why the fuck didn't I just shut up!?
"Weird! Our parents died in an auto wreck too!"
Total silence. I felt myself redden. Nobody was ready to joke around or even talk about it. Stupid, stupid, stupid! God! I'm just a blabber mouth! I looked over at Jake. He was frowning. Rain put an arm around him.
"Sorry" I said silently.
No body said anything back. I just went on eating. Well, pushed my chicken back and forth in my plate with my fork is more like it. The rest of dinner was silent. Dead silent.
I finished my chicken and me and Rain washed the dishes as a thank you to the boys for the treat. I hoped Rain wouldn't say anything about what happened during dinner. When the boys were in the kitchen, playing, and laughing with Jake, Rain opened her mouth.
"You're such a blabber mouth! Can't you ever keep your trap shut!?"
"Sorry" I mumbled, close to tears. I was already embarrassed; she didn't have to yell at me about it too!
"I mean, don't you think I asked? I did!" I shrugged. "And why do you think I didn't ask in front of everyone? I sensed something, so I asked personally to Darry! Just." she stopped for a second, hesitating what she was about to say next. I hope she hadn't said it.
"Just keep your fuckin' trap shut!" I couldn't take it anymore! Rain's yelling was doing no good. Its not like I meant to ask what I asked, I was just curious and it was so quite, I was just trying to make conversation.
"You shut the fuck up!" I yelled, loud enough for the boys to stop doing whatever it was they were doing and stare at me and Rain.
"Shut up" she said quietly, but in a harsh voice.
"I will, in fact I will never talk again." With that I walked towards the door, mumbled an apology to the boys and left. Just walking down the street, crying. I didn't care if my mascara was running. I was mad! Why did she have to yell at me about every little thing? I kept on walking until a hand on my shoulder stopped me.
"Wait!" I recognized the voice. It was Pony's.
I turned around. He chuckled.
"What's so funny?" I snapped.
"Your eyes."
"And what about them?" I demanded.
"They're black!"
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Ok, so that's it. Sorry it's kinda shorter than usual but I'm really tired and I still have a lot of homework. I hope you guys liked it; I'm trying to bring Summer and Pony closer. They will get closer once school starts but not enough for Pony to ask her out yet. I know Rain was over mad about a little thing, but I just want to clear it up that it was only because she's under a lot of stress and stuff and since I'm kinda making her like my sister, my sister snappes at me about every little thing, so. I will update as soon as I can but probably not until like thursday or something, wait is thursday thanks giving? I'm confused, anyway I'll update as soon as I can. Please review! And oh, yea.
Dally's Chick: thanx for the review. It's a good idea to have both Pony and Curly go after Summer, I will think about a way to include it in the story. I dunno yet, but maybe I'll have Summer have a little crush on Soda and have curly and Pony go after her. I'm not sure, I'll think of something, thanx for the idea. I'll probably go for it. I think I'm going to have Rain date Darry. They just seem like a good couple. Thanx again, keep on reviewing.
"Hey" I called out. He didn't answer. Somehow I could tell he was mad, but I didn't know why. I remembered the gummy worm. I went into my room and kneeled on the ground next to my suitcase. I opened it and took out the bag of gummy worms. I walked into Jake's room with the bag in my hand; little did I know that was a mistake.
His face lit up when he turned to look at me and noticed the bag of gummies in my hand. I could have smacked myself in the head. Why the hell did I bring the whole bag along? Now he won't shut up until I give him the whole thing!
"What's that?" he asked pointing at the bag.
I tried to look surprised. "Oh, this?" I asked. "It's just a bag of gummies. He had a hungry look on his face. "Did you want one? I asked sheepishly. His look seemed to answer my question. "I will give you one if you come out to the living room and meet our neighbors."
He had a sort of a frown on his face. He wanted the gummies, but didn't really want to meet the Curtis'. I shook the bag slowly in my hand, showing him what he would be missing out on.
He shrugged, "Ok!" He got up from where he was sitting and walked over to me. I took his hand and led him to the living room.
Rain and Darry were having some conversation that Pony, Soda, and I couldn't have really understood. It was about The University of Tulsa or something. Hmmm, I wondered if Darry was in collage. He looked all enough to be. I shrugged my thoughts away.
"Everybody, this is Jake Theriault." I announced. Darry, Soda and Pony looked towards us.
"Why hello" Soda said, grinning a crazy grin. "I am Sodapop Curtis. And these are my brothers Darrel and Ponyboy." Jake smiled when he heard Pony's name. He always liked horses, especially ponies. Soda put his hand out so Jake could shake it. He was acting all shy so I pushed him forward a little bit towards Soda.
"Go ahead." I said, smiling. Jake took Soda's hand. Soda faked a faint.
"Why you have such strong hands for a 4 year old." He got up from the floor. Jake laughed a little but, but shyly.
"I'm 5!" he yelled. "I've been five for a whole month!"
Soda looked confused. "Oh, I'm sorry! You're right, my mistake, for a five year old." He corrected himself. Jake giggled a little bit. He was lighting up. Jake wasn't shy most of the time, just around strangers. But now that he had met Soda, Pony and Darry he was acting like his usual self. Just a little crabby but we figured that was normal.
Now that we were done with the introductions, we headed over to the Curtis', which was right next door. Their house is almost as big as ours. I thought to myself. It just looked older. It was a bluish house with a red door. Just like ours, except we have a pink door.
When we walked in, Darry politely asked us to take our shoes off. So we did. I noticed that both the tv and the radio were on. It was kinda hard to notice. The radio was on so loud, I thought I would pass out from the noise. I still had a slight headache. I looked around. They had a yellowish brown couch placed in front of the tv. There was a picture on the wall, of a man and a woman. They looked around 40 or so. Maybe they are Pony, Soda and Darry's parents, I thought. Come to think of it, we really hadn't asked if us coming over for dinner or not was ok with their parents or not. I decided not to say anything. I'm sure Summer had asked.
"Make yourself at home." Darry said, but we couldn't really, I mean we had just met them, how could we just make ourselves at home, when this was our first time at their house? Despite Darry's words, we just stood near the door for a while until Soda stared at us with a weird look.
"Geez, what's the deal? Sit down!" he said pointing at the couch.
I sat on the couch next to Ponyboy who was sitting next to Soda. Jake sat on my lap, and Rain was sat down in the arm chair next to the door. We just sat there for a while and watched tv, while Darry fixed dinner. After around half an hour of silence, someone finally said something.
"So., nice house." Rain said, trying to be polite.
"Thanks." was all Pony and Soda said. There was the awkward silence again. Man, I wish someone would say something.
"What grade are you in?" Soda asked me.
"I'll be a sophomore this year." I answered shyly.
"Really? I thought you were only 14!" Pony asked surprised.
"Yup. I skipped 7th grade."
"Really?" he asked again. "I skipped 4th."
"Cool" I replied. He nodded. We were quite once again. Darry stepped out of the kitchen.
"Ok, dinner's all ready." He announced.
We all walked over to the table. I sat next to Pony. I think Soda did it purposely, cuz when I was about to grab the chair next to the one that he was sitting on, he got up and let Pony have the spot. I just shrugged and sat down. Soda looked at me and winked. I smiled, to be polite, it was kinda weird, like he was trying to fix up me and Pony. I wasn't even thinking about boys for now. I had decided just to focus on settling in and the up coming school year at Tulsa High. Besides, I still wasn't over me and Kevin breaking up, it would be a long time before I wanted to go out with anyone again.
Dinner was quite, until I had to open my trap and break the silence.
"So your parents don't care that we're here?" I asked. You had to see the look Rain gave me right then. It was look that basically said 'You idiot! How stupid can you be? You should have never gone there.' I looked around. Both Soda and Pony had a hurt look on their faces. Darry's face was as cold as a statue.
"What's the big deal?" I asked curiously.
"Um, our parents died in an auto wreck almost 2 years ago."
I was horrified! Why didn't I keep my big mouth shut? I could have really slapped myself when I realized that we had something in common. I just had to say more, why the fuck didn't I just shut up!?
"Weird! Our parents died in an auto wreck too!"
Total silence. I felt myself redden. Nobody was ready to joke around or even talk about it. Stupid, stupid, stupid! God! I'm just a blabber mouth! I looked over at Jake. He was frowning. Rain put an arm around him.
"Sorry" I said silently.
No body said anything back. I just went on eating. Well, pushed my chicken back and forth in my plate with my fork is more like it. The rest of dinner was silent. Dead silent.
I finished my chicken and me and Rain washed the dishes as a thank you to the boys for the treat. I hoped Rain wouldn't say anything about what happened during dinner. When the boys were in the kitchen, playing, and laughing with Jake, Rain opened her mouth.
"You're such a blabber mouth! Can't you ever keep your trap shut!?"
"Sorry" I mumbled, close to tears. I was already embarrassed; she didn't have to yell at me about it too!
"I mean, don't you think I asked? I did!" I shrugged. "And why do you think I didn't ask in front of everyone? I sensed something, so I asked personally to Darry! Just." she stopped for a second, hesitating what she was about to say next. I hope she hadn't said it.
"Just keep your fuckin' trap shut!" I couldn't take it anymore! Rain's yelling was doing no good. Its not like I meant to ask what I asked, I was just curious and it was so quite, I was just trying to make conversation.
"You shut the fuck up!" I yelled, loud enough for the boys to stop doing whatever it was they were doing and stare at me and Rain.
"Shut up" she said quietly, but in a harsh voice.
"I will, in fact I will never talk again." With that I walked towards the door, mumbled an apology to the boys and left. Just walking down the street, crying. I didn't care if my mascara was running. I was mad! Why did she have to yell at me about every little thing? I kept on walking until a hand on my shoulder stopped me.
"Wait!" I recognized the voice. It was Pony's.
I turned around. He chuckled.
"What's so funny?" I snapped.
"Your eyes."
"And what about them?" I demanded.
"They're black!"
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Ok, so that's it. Sorry it's kinda shorter than usual but I'm really tired and I still have a lot of homework. I hope you guys liked it; I'm trying to bring Summer and Pony closer. They will get closer once school starts but not enough for Pony to ask her out yet. I know Rain was over mad about a little thing, but I just want to clear it up that it was only because she's under a lot of stress and stuff and since I'm kinda making her like my sister, my sister snappes at me about every little thing, so. I will update as soon as I can but probably not until like thursday or something, wait is thursday thanks giving? I'm confused, anyway I'll update as soon as I can. Please review! And oh, yea.
Dally's Chick: thanx for the review. It's a good idea to have both Pony and Curly go after Summer, I will think about a way to include it in the story. I dunno yet, but maybe I'll have Summer have a little crush on Soda and have curly and Pony go after her. I'm not sure, I'll think of something, thanx for the idea. I'll probably go for it. I think I'm going to have Rain date Darry. They just seem like a good couple. Thanx again, keep on reviewing.