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Hey guy's thanks so much for reviewing!
Goldengreaser: Thanks, The whole Shannon being Bob's sister was a last minute change I made. I was hoping no one thought it was stupid. Glad you like it.
Littlespongecake: I'm bringing Johnny in soon, don't worry. I'm trying to update as fast as possible. This is all pre-written in a notebook, so it's pretty easy to update fast. Thanks!
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BlacklightningDX: I take no offence by your pointing out I have a mistake. In fact, I appreciate it. "Do it for Johnny, man!" I still say you're a great writer...
TofuCerdan: No prob. Use the review space for whatever. Thanks for the constructive criticism. I did make more changes in the description of Darry. I'm sorry about that. I just wasn't thinking when I wrote it. Please tell me what you think about the changes and if there's anymore mistakes. By the way, I'm looking for a beta reader, if it wouldn't be too much trouble...Thanks for reviewing!
Pravda: I'm really sorry. I love Darry, too, and i just wasn't paying attention. I changed his description, if you'd like to look. If there's any more problems, please tell me. I did mainly take the descriptions from the book. No matter how hard I tried, it just always looked that way. You just can't top Hinton, I guess. Anyway, thanks a lot for reviewing. Hope the changes make it better.
Martie21: No problem. I understand. I have a tendency to write (and say) stuff like that all the time without thinking it through first. It usually get's me into trouble, too. Are there any more description besides Darry's that were messed up? I wanna change those too if there were. Thanks.
Thanks again to everyone who reviewed. Once again, please tell me if there are any mistakes in this fic. I really appreciate it. Here's the next chapter...
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Darry looked at me, but somehow managed to hide his surprise. "You're gonna clean that up, you know." I blinked. That wasn't exactly what I had been expecting to hear. I mean, what would you expect someone to say to you if they had just barley missed being hit in the head with a glass you had thrown? Two-Bit backed out of the room with Steve. I must have scared them with my angry outburst. Heck, I kind of scared myself. "Ponyboy..." Darry started to say something, but was interrupted by Soda slamming the front door–like he always did.
"I'm home!" He called from the living room. I heard the usual clatter as he slammed the door and kicked off his shoes. Sodapop came running into the kitchen, a big grin on his face. "Hey, what's goin' on?" He asked, looking confused. His eyes traveled from me to Darry to the shards of broken glass littering the floor and then back to me again."What happened?"
"Pony dropped a glass." Darry said simply. Soda grinned again.
"Well, if that's all..." Soda looked at Darry. "I got somethin' to tell ya, but not in front of the kid." I made a face.
"Shoot, Soda, I ain't no kid!" Sodapop just smiled and shrugged.
"Yeah, but you've got cleaning to do, little man–before Mom gets home." Darry said, smiling slyly at me. Big brothers.
"Yeah, yeah..." I grumbled, turning to get the broom that Mom always kept next to the fridge–just in case one of us boys made a mess or something. Soda bounced out of the kitchen and Darry turned to follow, but he stopped right before he left the kitchen and gave me one of those "we'll-talk-about-this-later" looks that I've gotten from Mom so many times. He left and I turned back to my cleaning.
"Hey, Pony?" I looked up from the book I was bending over to see Soda standing in the doorway. "Come on in. I just gotta read this book for English. I..." I trailed off and Soda cocked an eyebrow.
"What's up with this?" Sodapop handed me a piece of folded paper–Shannon's note. I shrugged. "This girl, she's a Soc, right?" I nodded, not knowing what else to say. "You goin'?"
It took me a second to realize that Soda was talking about the party. "I don't know. I guess I might." Soda gave me this real funny look. It was the same kinda look Steve had given me earlier, and Darry.
"Ponyboy, I don't really know if you should go..." He started. I was surprised. It wasn't like Soda to talk like that. I mean, usually he'd just say something like, "Have fun." or, "Good luck, kid." and wink at me. I didn't get it. Why wasn't anybody happy for me? Why did they have so much against Shannon, just because she was a Soc?
"Look, I'm going to the party, Soda. Why is everybody so against me going?" Soda just sighed, then smiled.
"Have fun." And he walked out of my room, leaving me very confused. Why shouldn't i go to the party? 'Shannon invited me, and everyone's just going to have to learn how to accept that.' I thought. I wish now that I had listened to them. I wish I could go back, and do it all over again–the right way.
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Hey guys, sorry the chapter's so short, but it's bedtime–again. Hopefully the next chapter will be up tomorrow. Please REVIEW! Thanks.
