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Chapter 22: Reunion
A young man around his twenties was just getting out of the airport. He looked around and recognized his hometown. Ponyboy Curtis had just come back to Tulsa. It had been years since he came back.
As he was waiting outside of the airport, an old car came rolling to a stop in front of him. The window rolled down to show Sodapop Curtis' smiling face.
"Hey Soda!" greeted Ponyboy.
"Hey! Long time, no see."
Ponyboy got into the car and put his bag into the back. Soda and he were talking the entire way to the Curtis house. Ponyboy had written a book about an event that happened a while after Louis had left.
The car rolled up to the house, and the two youngest Curtis brothers stepped out of the car. Ponyboy stood next to the car while Soda ran up and knocked on the door. Signaling that they were ready to go.
A muscular man opened the door and smiled. There were two more men behind him. They were Darry, Two-Bit and Steve. They all walked down the steps and greeted Ponyboy. Now it was the hard part. Revisiting two old friends.
They all piled into the car and drove to the gravesite. As they got out of the car, they walked up to two tombstones. One read:
R.I.P.
Johnny Cade
The other tombstone read:
R.I.P.
Dallas Winston
They all just stood there looking at the tombstone. A couple of tears appeared in Soda and Pony's eyes. Two-Bit and Steve were on the verge and Darry held his back.
Suddenly, Ponyboy sense someone walking behind him. He turned around, and saw someone unfamiliar. He stared at him as the person walked towards them. Soda noticed Ponyboy looking and looked also. From then on it was a domino effect with Two-Bit looking last.
"Can we help you?" asked Ponyboy.
"Y'all don't remember me. Do you?"
Everyone looked at him. He did look sorta familiar, but he couldn't nail it. Suddenly, Soda yelled out,
"Louis!"
Everyone looked at Soda, and then looked at the man. He was smiling.
"It is you. Louis!" said Two-Bit.
"Yup."
Louis walked up. He looked better than he had looked when he was a teenager. His hair was cut neatly and he had on a blue jeans outfit.
Louis stood in front of the tombstones.
"I guess you read Pony's book," said Darry looking at Louis. He nodded.
"Yeah. It's kind of sad. I was real close to both of them."
Everyone knew what he meant. Dally did protect him and Johnny was his best friend. They stood there for a while, looking over Johnny and Dally's grave.
As they were walking back to their cars, Steve asked,
"So Louis. How have you been?"
"Well. My grandmother took care of me real well. She died three years ago. Which is one of the reasons I came back to here. You guys were the closest thing I had to family."
Everyone smiled. That was the truth. They continued to walk to the car. Louis frequently came to Tulsa to visit the gang. He still wished his bodyguard and best friend could be there with him. But the two were always looking over him.
Whoo! That's it. For real this time. This was one popular story. Louis was more popular than Trix and Danny! For to all my reviewers. Y'all made this fic real good. It was the longest I had ever written. 22 Chapters! But I hit one of my goals. I wanted at least one of my stories to have over 50 reviews. And I achieved it. Gracias! And sorry for the delays. My dad was getting the computer and stuff fixed and threw me off! Well, now for the next comings. The next one will be my second song fic. Some of the chapters are to the reviewers of my Trix and Danny fics, so you might wanna see it. Also I'll be crossing borders and doing a fic based on the game "Super Smash Bros." But I won't leave y'all like that. I'll be posting two at a time. (I won't try to delay y'all again.) After the Song Fic, you will see a fic starring Trix. This time, we will see his side of the fic, Different Outsiders, Same Methods. Be on the look out for that. Also, the That Was Then, This Is Now fic is coming. Man, I've got a lot of stuff. One thing also, I've written my own stories and I found out about the I'm wondering if I should put them on there. Y'all let me know. I'm nervous about putting my creations on the web. Well, catch y'all later!
Getting Into Their Heads II-UP NEXT!
Another side, Another Story-RIGHT AFTERWARDS!
Smashing Squads-UP NEXT!
A Best Friend's Bond-IN PROGRESS