Disclaimer: I own Sasta and S.E. Hinton owns everyone you already know and love.
P.S.-Yes Toob and Twobit are the same person. Ya know Twob. Just cut the it. :) Glad you like keep reviewing, flames will be used for my campfire.
Johnny's POV
She just sat there looking at me. She wasn't hurt and she wasn't sad nor was she angry. Just confused.
"I've changed?" She asked me.
"Yeah. You have," I told her angrily.
"But, what do you mean? I'm still Sasta Cade aren't I?"
"Yeah but I mean attitude and personality wise you changed," I said looking her dead in the eyes.
"Johnny Cade I have not changed," she huffed.
"Yes you have. Do you remember what you were wearing last time I saw you?" I challenged her.
"Yes I do. A polka-dotted sundress. Johnny I was seven!"She said getting angry.
"So. You looked like a nice person, not like a slut," I said not realizing what I told her till it was already out.
She gasped. "Well Johnathan Cade, if thats the way you feel about me, I'm going..um...uh..."
"Where are you going?" I asked her not even caring about what I called her.
"You changed too! Since when do you talk this much?"
"When I'm angry with you now where are you going? Back to California? Good Riddance." I half-yelled, half-talked to her.
She didn't even blink. "I can't go back," she whispered.
"Why? Did you run away?"I asked her starting to calm down.
"No. I just don't have anything to go back to," she told me quietly.
I moved closer till I was sitting next to her and holding her as she cried. She told me that the real reason she came to Tulsa was because she had to. Her parents were murdered in a robbery.
"Well, where were you?" I asked.
"At a friend's house. I was watching a movie with him and-"
"Him?"
"I can't have any guy friends? Besides, he has a girlfriend. I'm not interested in him. He's my science partner and we hang out sometimes ok?" She was starting to get angry.
Then she started to tell me how if she would have been home her parents would still be alive. Even though that's probably not true I let her keep crying. Next she told me how it was either her in Tulsa with me and my parents or off to Delaware with some creepy single middle aged man she swore was perverted. She happily picked me. Even though she knew that my parents were even more famous for giving out beatings then hers were. And hers were pretty darn famous for it.
I looked at her and said, "You can't go to my house. You know that Sassygirl." And I hugged her tight.
"You mean you don't wanted me," she choked out. She still had tears running down her face and she was hicupping somethin' awful.
"Not that I don't want you, my parents, they won't want you. You know that."
"I don't care. I just wanna be with you Johnny," she whispered snuggling herself even deeper into my arms.
The two of us sat there like that for a while. I was dumbfounded taking in all that information and she was crying letting out all that information. She finally fell asleep from the crying but I still held onto my cousin tight.
"Darry?"
"Yes Johnny?"
"What in the heck," I started," am I supposed to do. I can't let her go to my house and get beat. But there's no where else she can go because social services will be checking up on her."
"Well Johnny. Think about how often you yourself go home."
"Yeah but-"
"She can stay here!" Sodapop said smiling.
"Huh?" Darry and I both asked.
"Well, can't she Dar, stay with us I mean."
"Well, she could but-"
"She can go to the Cade house when the social services come. They'd be too afraid of getting locked up because of Johnny too say she was never there. You know she'd tell on them."
"Well, I guess. Johnny what do you think?" Darry asked me.
"I like it," Sasta whispered from my arms.
"Me too," I said stroking her hair so she'd fall back asleep.
But instead she sat up. Forget it Johnny i'm not going back to sleep. She looked at Twobit and then back at me. She got up and went off to Pony and Soda's room in search of Ponyboy and Dallas.
Sasta's POV
Steve and Dally were playing poker on the floor and Ponyboy was on the bed sketching them. I sat down and helped Dal bluff his way to $10 which he split with me. Dallas and Steve went to get a beer and I sat on the bed next to Ponyboy.
"Can I see it?" I asked wanting to see what he drew.
"Huh?" He said, his mind was somewhere else....
"The picture you drew, can I see it?"I didn't wait for an answer and slowly slipped the drawing pad from his arms looking at his face for disapproval, but he was off in his own world again.
"Glory I wonder what that kid's thinkin' about," I said aloud shaking my head.
I looked at the picture and saw the most beautiful picture I'd even seen. It wasn't of Dallas and Steve as I expected but of Johnny. Johnny with his eyes gleaming, laughing, and having fun, while throwing a football.
"Hey! That's mine what are you doing? I didn't say you could see that!"Ponyboy said finally snapping out of his dream world.
He turned away from me to put the book under his pillow.
"I'm sorry. That's a really nice picture. But, the scar, his scar isn't there."
"Yeah well maybe you wouldn't like to have to think about your best friend with a scar running from his temple to his cheek because someone beat him up!" He was very angry that I took his drawing.
"I'm I'm really sorry Ponyboy. I just- Oh forget it I'm just sorry I took it without waiting for a reply."and I hugged him to show him that I meant it.
"It's ok Sas," he told me.
Then I got up to go to the living room.
Twobit's POV
Four days after the incident with Darry's bedroom and it was Friday. And Sas was still ignoring me. I think she just didn't want to get teased by the guys. But after that very long hour of crying she did to Johnny I personally wouldn't have worried.
"Hey guys," I said as I walked in, "And Sas."
"Hey," she mumbled.
She was sitting in Dally's arms and I got hot looking at that.
"But glory can you turn red Twobit," Dal said staring at my face.
"Yeah, I'm feeling kinda sick," I lied easily.
"Yeah, lovesick you mean," Sas mumbled.
All the guys laughed and I could feel myself getting even redder. Sas wriggled out of Dallas' arms, walked over to me, turned me around, and pushed me out the door.
"Let's take a walk," she whispered.
I looked at her as we were walking. Long sleeved shirt. Hair pulled back, but still covering her neck. Long skirt that swished the ground as we walked. We got to the park and we sat on the swings.
"How've you been?" She asked me.
"Fine, how about you?"
"I'm ok," she said looking into my eyes.
"Twobit?"
"Yes Sas?"
"You wanna start over? It's just I get so nervous sometimes. I try to be loud and noticed but I'm not that kind of person. So I think we should start all the way over so you can know the real me."
I stood up and looked at her. She looked worried. I started to walk away and then turned to look at her. She was about to cry I could tell. Then I walked back to her.
"Hey there. My name is Keith Matthews. But all my friends call my Twobit. Say, I saw you around and I was just wondering who you were," I said smiling to myself.
"Um, hi. Do you know a Johnny Cade? Cause he knows a Twobit and I figure there can't be too many of them in Tulsa," she said giggling
"Yes, Johnny's a good buddy of mine."
"Oh, well I'm Sasta but most people call me Sas," she said extending her hand, "I'm Johnny's cousin from California. I came to live with him."
We shook hands and I offered to take her to the Curtis house where Johnny should be.
"Hey everybody! This is Sasta, Johnny's cousin from California," I told everyone as I walked in.
"Twobit, really man, you gotta stop drinking so much, it's effected you," Dallas said looking at me weird.
I covered Sas' ears with my hands and said, "Yeah but were starting all the way over man, she says she was acting. She wants us to know the real her."
"Right. Yeah. Ok that'll work," everyone said.
I uncovered her ears and she walked over to Johnny.
"Hello favorite cousin of mine," she said giving him a small hug.
"Hey. Long time no see," he said to her.
Johnny introduced everyone to her and she simply said "Hi" or "Hey".
She was quieter than Johnny is for the rest of the day.
"There's the Sassy I know and love," he said smiling at her.
"Mmm," she mumbled back.
"Hm, I don't think I like this Sas very much," I whispered to Pony. Because the truth is, I liked her better when she was acting. I had a feeling she wouldn't ever just come and kiss me and that if I wanted to I'd have to make sure I had a very proper first date. And sad enough, I hated that.
P.S.-Yes Toob and Twobit are the same person. Ya know Twob. Just cut the it. :) Glad you like keep reviewing, flames will be used for my campfire.
Johnny's POV
She just sat there looking at me. She wasn't hurt and she wasn't sad nor was she angry. Just confused.
"I've changed?" She asked me.
"Yeah. You have," I told her angrily.
"But, what do you mean? I'm still Sasta Cade aren't I?"
"Yeah but I mean attitude and personality wise you changed," I said looking her dead in the eyes.
"Johnny Cade I have not changed," she huffed.
"Yes you have. Do you remember what you were wearing last time I saw you?" I challenged her.
"Yes I do. A polka-dotted sundress. Johnny I was seven!"She said getting angry.
"So. You looked like a nice person, not like a slut," I said not realizing what I told her till it was already out.
She gasped. "Well Johnathan Cade, if thats the way you feel about me, I'm going..um...uh..."
"Where are you going?" I asked her not even caring about what I called her.
"You changed too! Since when do you talk this much?"
"When I'm angry with you now where are you going? Back to California? Good Riddance." I half-yelled, half-talked to her.
She didn't even blink. "I can't go back," she whispered.
"Why? Did you run away?"I asked her starting to calm down.
"No. I just don't have anything to go back to," she told me quietly.
I moved closer till I was sitting next to her and holding her as she cried. She told me that the real reason she came to Tulsa was because she had to. Her parents were murdered in a robbery.
"Well, where were you?" I asked.
"At a friend's house. I was watching a movie with him and-"
"Him?"
"I can't have any guy friends? Besides, he has a girlfriend. I'm not interested in him. He's my science partner and we hang out sometimes ok?" She was starting to get angry.
Then she started to tell me how if she would have been home her parents would still be alive. Even though that's probably not true I let her keep crying. Next she told me how it was either her in Tulsa with me and my parents or off to Delaware with some creepy single middle aged man she swore was perverted. She happily picked me. Even though she knew that my parents were even more famous for giving out beatings then hers were. And hers were pretty darn famous for it.
I looked at her and said, "You can't go to my house. You know that Sassygirl." And I hugged her tight.
"You mean you don't wanted me," she choked out. She still had tears running down her face and she was hicupping somethin' awful.
"Not that I don't want you, my parents, they won't want you. You know that."
"I don't care. I just wanna be with you Johnny," she whispered snuggling herself even deeper into my arms.
The two of us sat there like that for a while. I was dumbfounded taking in all that information and she was crying letting out all that information. She finally fell asleep from the crying but I still held onto my cousin tight.
"Darry?"
"Yes Johnny?"
"What in the heck," I started," am I supposed to do. I can't let her go to my house and get beat. But there's no where else she can go because social services will be checking up on her."
"Well Johnny. Think about how often you yourself go home."
"Yeah but-"
"She can stay here!" Sodapop said smiling.
"Huh?" Darry and I both asked.
"Well, can't she Dar, stay with us I mean."
"Well, she could but-"
"She can go to the Cade house when the social services come. They'd be too afraid of getting locked up because of Johnny too say she was never there. You know she'd tell on them."
"Well, I guess. Johnny what do you think?" Darry asked me.
"I like it," Sasta whispered from my arms.
"Me too," I said stroking her hair so she'd fall back asleep.
But instead she sat up. Forget it Johnny i'm not going back to sleep. She looked at Twobit and then back at me. She got up and went off to Pony and Soda's room in search of Ponyboy and Dallas.
Sasta's POV
Steve and Dally were playing poker on the floor and Ponyboy was on the bed sketching them. I sat down and helped Dal bluff his way to $10 which he split with me. Dallas and Steve went to get a beer and I sat on the bed next to Ponyboy.
"Can I see it?" I asked wanting to see what he drew.
"Huh?" He said, his mind was somewhere else....
"The picture you drew, can I see it?"I didn't wait for an answer and slowly slipped the drawing pad from his arms looking at his face for disapproval, but he was off in his own world again.
"Glory I wonder what that kid's thinkin' about," I said aloud shaking my head.
I looked at the picture and saw the most beautiful picture I'd even seen. It wasn't of Dallas and Steve as I expected but of Johnny. Johnny with his eyes gleaming, laughing, and having fun, while throwing a football.
"Hey! That's mine what are you doing? I didn't say you could see that!"Ponyboy said finally snapping out of his dream world.
He turned away from me to put the book under his pillow.
"I'm sorry. That's a really nice picture. But, the scar, his scar isn't there."
"Yeah well maybe you wouldn't like to have to think about your best friend with a scar running from his temple to his cheek because someone beat him up!" He was very angry that I took his drawing.
"I'm I'm really sorry Ponyboy. I just- Oh forget it I'm just sorry I took it without waiting for a reply."and I hugged him to show him that I meant it.
"It's ok Sas," he told me.
Then I got up to go to the living room.
Twobit's POV
Four days after the incident with Darry's bedroom and it was Friday. And Sas was still ignoring me. I think she just didn't want to get teased by the guys. But after that very long hour of crying she did to Johnny I personally wouldn't have worried.
"Hey guys," I said as I walked in, "And Sas."
"Hey," she mumbled.
She was sitting in Dally's arms and I got hot looking at that.
"But glory can you turn red Twobit," Dal said staring at my face.
"Yeah, I'm feeling kinda sick," I lied easily.
"Yeah, lovesick you mean," Sas mumbled.
All the guys laughed and I could feel myself getting even redder. Sas wriggled out of Dallas' arms, walked over to me, turned me around, and pushed me out the door.
"Let's take a walk," she whispered.
I looked at her as we were walking. Long sleeved shirt. Hair pulled back, but still covering her neck. Long skirt that swished the ground as we walked. We got to the park and we sat on the swings.
"How've you been?" She asked me.
"Fine, how about you?"
"I'm ok," she said looking into my eyes.
"Twobit?"
"Yes Sas?"
"You wanna start over? It's just I get so nervous sometimes. I try to be loud and noticed but I'm not that kind of person. So I think we should start all the way over so you can know the real me."
I stood up and looked at her. She looked worried. I started to walk away and then turned to look at her. She was about to cry I could tell. Then I walked back to her.
"Hey there. My name is Keith Matthews. But all my friends call my Twobit. Say, I saw you around and I was just wondering who you were," I said smiling to myself.
"Um, hi. Do you know a Johnny Cade? Cause he knows a Twobit and I figure there can't be too many of them in Tulsa," she said giggling
"Yes, Johnny's a good buddy of mine."
"Oh, well I'm Sasta but most people call me Sas," she said extending her hand, "I'm Johnny's cousin from California. I came to live with him."
We shook hands and I offered to take her to the Curtis house where Johnny should be.
"Hey everybody! This is Sasta, Johnny's cousin from California," I told everyone as I walked in.
"Twobit, really man, you gotta stop drinking so much, it's effected you," Dallas said looking at me weird.
I covered Sas' ears with my hands and said, "Yeah but were starting all the way over man, she says she was acting. She wants us to know the real her."
"Right. Yeah. Ok that'll work," everyone said.
I uncovered her ears and she walked over to Johnny.
"Hello favorite cousin of mine," she said giving him a small hug.
"Hey. Long time no see," he said to her.
Johnny introduced everyone to her and she simply said "Hi" or "Hey".
She was quieter than Johnny is for the rest of the day.
"There's the Sassy I know and love," he said smiling at her.
"Mmm," she mumbled back.
"Hm, I don't think I like this Sas very much," I whispered to Pony. Because the truth is, I liked her better when she was acting. I had a feeling she wouldn't ever just come and kiss me and that if I wanted to I'd have to make sure I had a very proper first date. And sad enough, I hated that.