Chapter 5
"Well can I have the money?"
"No, but I'll take you to shop,"
"Darry…"
"My only offer,"
"Fine!" I threw up my hands in exasperation; Darry grabbed his keys and escorted me to the truck. When we got to the department store we spent a good 30 minutes trying to fine the women's section, and when we finally found it we kicked ourselves there was a big sign stating that it was the women's lingerie section.
"Oh my god which one do I pick?? There's A, B, C, and D!"
"Well do the D's look nicer?"
"I guess."
"Well maybe there better quality, try one,"
"Ok," I grabbed a D and proceeded to the change room, Darry was whistling and tapping his foot, to avoid being embarrassed.
"Uh, Dar it's too big,"
"Ok try another one,"
"Hand it to me!" Darry threw another D over the stall door,
"Still too big,"
"Maybe try a C?"
"Ok, pass it over,"
He threw another one when I heard a little girl,
"Mommy why is there a boy in the girls change room?"
"I don't know but they should get security up here!"
"Oh, young men have no place in a women's change room! Where is her mother?" A woman stormed past,
"Uh Star can we leave?"
"Yah, this bra business is tricky," I walked out and grabbed Darry's hand and proceeded to walk out the door with my head high, while other's heads turned in our direction as we walked past.
When we got home Darry started to get ready for work,
"Stay here, I'm going in for a least half a day of work," I looked at the clock 11:45
"Ok,"
"Pony should be home for lunch at 12 you go back to school with him you hear me?"
"Yah yah, hey Dar we got any medical tape?"
"Yah in the bathroom, see ya!"
"Bye!" Darry left, I walked over to the bathroom and started rummaging through the medicine cabinet, nothing. I spent the next 10 minutes looking for the tape.
"Haha, there you are little buddy," I said stroking it, I pulled it from under the sink and proceeded to take off my shirt, I started wrapping my chest in the tape when I heard Ponyboy enter the house,
"Hey Ponyboy!" I laughed as I raced out of the bathroom,
"What's that?" Ponyboy stared at me in shock,
"A…uh…a bra?"
"Oh," he blushed, "Why weren't you at school?"
"Chill out big brother, nothing to worry about,"
Ponyboy's POV
Hearing her call me big brother so randomly felt good, but me of course ruining this moment blurted out,
"If it's nothing to worry about tell me,"
"You'd get all fired up about it,"
"No I promise I won't."
"Promise?"
"Promise!"
"Ok well these girls at school were making fun of me for being a greaser and I wanted to go home and talk to Darry when the 3 boys TRIED to jump me, but were caught by Darry, Soda and Steve."
"Well that wasn't so bad," I said taking a bite out of an apple, "Want a PB&J?"
"Sure, I'm starving,"
"I suppose to go everywhere with you no matter what, for next time,"
"Ponyboy you're only a year older then me. If I can't fight em' what makes you think you can?"
"You're a girl that's the difference,"
"Ponyboy! I grew up in a house full of boys, and when I say full I mean full, I learned my fair share of tricks from Dal, when he was alive,"
"You couldn't beat me if you tried hard enough!"
"Yes I could!"
Starlet's POV
I jumped on Pony's back and knocked him over I strattled myself on him and hit him across the face,
"What did you say?"
"You couldn't beat me if you tried hard enough!" he said struggling to get up,
"Ha!" I laughed, he pushed up on my shoulders and rolled over so he was on top of me, I grabbed at his neck pulling him into an awkward position,
"Say Uncle!"
"Never!"
"Say it!"
"No!" I pushed down on him,
"Say it Ponyboy Curtis, and I promise I wont tell a soul you were beaten by a girl," I grinned, he grabbed my wrists and twisted, regaining power,
"Say it Starlet Curtis!" He said mimicking me,
"uncle…" I said boredly
"Ha!"
"No my stomach is hurting from my lack of food, so I gave up,"
"Yah yah excuses excuses," I walked over into the living room and turned on the T.V, mickey was on,
"Oi by the way there's this new kid in my class, I've made friends with him, he wants to meet the gang so he's going come round' after school, so you can meet him then ok?"
"Sure genius by you could always introduce me at school,"
"Yah I guess I could…" He stared stupidly at the ceiling before handing me my sandwich.
"Oooh Mickey's on!"
"Your gonna turn into Two-Bit someday,"
"Aww gees c'mon you know I won't turn into that lazy oof, not with Darry on my case all the time, hey! Johnny used to say that to me to,"
"Whatever," I looked at the clock again, 12:50
"We've got to go,"
"Aw fine," He grumbled and said something under his breath, something like,
"I didn't even get to see 5 minutes…" I got up and turned the T.V off
"Let's go!" We started walking down the sidewalk when I heard,
"Hey! Hey! Hey Ponyboy wait up it's me Toby!"
"Hey Toby,"
"Hey who's this hot chick? Your girlfriend?"
"No actually I'm his sister," I rolled my eyes.
