Pony was walking out of his room, me and Soda were sitting on his bed, when, suddenly, he picked up the lamp on his dresser and hurled it at the wall.
"Pony!" I said, confused at the outburst.
"Damn it you guys! You never came to see me! I was alone in that Hell-hole, and you left me there to rot! You never cared about me, did you! I had to suffer through it all alone! You didn't come get me. You didn't come see me or write, or even pick up the god-damn phone when I called! You didn't care! All this time I thought you were my brothers. I thought you loved me. Well, it's obvious that you don't!"
I was shocked. Did he really believe it? It seemed that he did.
"Pony, it wasn't like that. . ." I started.
"Oh, what do you know! You're just doing this out of pity. Admit it! You wanted to go to college, not baby sit and take care of your two younger brothers! You just pitied us, didn't you? You don't even know who I am!
You have no idea what it was like! I thought the only people I loved in this world hated me! You couldn't have loved me, because, if you did, you would have stopped Mrs. McCool from taking me away. I cried every night and I cry still! You don't know what this has done to me. I was always afraid something like this would happen, and when it did, I wanted to die! Yeah, that's right. I wanted to die! I thought of ways to kill myself, just to ease the pain. That's how much I suffered. And you know what? I didn't have a soul to turn to. I was all alone, and some how, I made it out alive. How? Even I don't know.
It wasn't you who got me out! It was me! It took me collapsing on the floor to bring me home! Did you try? NO! I'm sick and tired of you pretending that you love me. If you did, you would have gotten me out of that mess. I was all alone. ALONE! No one cared about me, and I guess no one does now."
All three of us were crying by then. Pony was crying for what he thought he didn't have, and Soda and I were crying because we knew he had it, but the fact that he didn't know that, made us weep.
Soda took a step toward Pony. He backed away and said, "Don't touch me! Leave me alone!"
Before he turned and ran outside, he said, "Steve was right all along."
Hey, guys. I decided I'd stretch the ending into three chapters instead of just two. Sorry, but they'll be a little short, but the ending is going to be great. Trust me. So two more chapters to go! I'll try to post them when I get time. Thanks again for the great reviews. Stay gold, y'all!