Soda backed away from A.J. "So you want to kill me huh?" He said shakily trying to find his voice. "I don't know yet...I may just teach you a lesson that I've been waiting to give to the perfect target." A.J snarled moving closer to Soda. "So refresh my memory...what did I do to you?" Soda said crossing his arms. "I don't need to have a reason to wipe Greasers from the earth....none of us Soc's do." A.J said menacingly.
Soda could do nothing but glare at him. What was he supposed to do? He had no weapon. All he could so was move quickly and dodge all the lunges he would make at him. "Well then...are you gonna start or what?" Soda challenged. A.J looked at him darkly and lunged at him. So he ducked under him. "Ha, those moves ain't gonna save you; you filthy Greaser." A.J said coming back for more.
'Maybe if I keep moving I'll wear him out...' Soda thought. He didn't know for sure, but it was worth a shot. He couldn't let one idiot Soc kill him. He still had a lot to live for and he wasn't going to let this A.J guy wreck it for him. "Take your best shot." Soda taunted at him with a smile. A.J leered at him and slashed the knife through the air. It missed Soda by inches. "How the hell do you keep moving so fast?!" A.J said panting.
"I guess you're just outta shape. But hey...that's no surprise since you're too busy having other people do things for you so it's no wonder you ain't used to doing things for yourself." Soda taunted. "You mouth off like that again, and I'll make sure your death is a slow and painful one." A.J threatened. "Is that a promise?" Soda said darkly and punched A.J square in the face.
That made A.J fall to the ground. "Oh C'mon is that all you got?" Soda said with a sneer. He could tell from this that A.J was pathetic. He didn't even know if he had the guts to kill him. "Aw, I'll let you slide for now." A.J said putting the blade away. "Of course..." Soda said under his breath with a laugh. He knew that he didn't have the guts to do it.
They heard the door lock click and the door burst open. "What was this shouting in here? A.J have you been at it again?" Katherine said placing her hands on her hips. "Um, no ma'am..." A.J said with a very innocnet look. Although A.J was the furthest from innocent. "Very well, Soda come along with me." She said gesturing out the door. Soda looked at Justin who gave him a warm smile for finally standing up to A.J. A.J just scowled at him while he left.
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"Soda please go into my office." She said gesturing to the door on the right. He did as he was told and stood by the desk. He was followed in by her. "you may have a seat." She said with her warm smile. He sat in the chair on the other side of her desk. This was surprisingly a somewhat decent room. It was big and it was very sunny in here since the curtains were open. The furniture was all gray.
"I bet you are wondering why I called you in here?" Katherine asked placing her head onto her hands. "Uh...well I was confused yeah...." Soda said glancing at the different things in the room. "Well, It was because of A.J. He is a hand full..." Katherine started but was cut off by Soda. "You kidding? A hand full?" He said raising an eyebrow. "Ok, I'll admit....he is troubled...and that is why I pulled you out of there, since you will not be staying here with us. So we can not risk you getting hurt. So for my own recommendation...I'm deciding to put you with your brother in the 13-15 room. You'll be safer there." Katherine said standing up.
"Thanks...that would be better." Soda said with a smile. So she lead him out the door and down the hallway to the room. She unlocked the door and lead him in. "Hope this will be better for you." She said with a smile. As soon as the lock clicked Ponyboy ran up and tackled Soda in an enormous hug. "Woah, Pony...what's this for?" Soda asked. "Uh..cuz I wanted to..." Pony said with a grin. "Anyways Soda, this is Zell, Aaron and Ricky." Ponyboy introduced them to Soda.
"Why'd you get moved in here?" Ricky asked. "Oh, cuz I was stuck in this one room with a Soc named A.J. He...well... Um Katherine thought it'd be better if I was in here with you." Soda said. He didn't want to tell Ponyboy that he'd nearly been killed by a soc. Their parents were dead and the shock of losing him too would kill him. So he decided not to tell him about it.
"So, what do we do for kicks in here?" Soda asked looking around. "Well, there ain't much to do 'cept talk." Zell said with a shrug. "Yeah...that seems to be it don't it?" Soda said grimly. "Well Soda it ain't so bad...I mean atleast here we're together...who knows what goin' to happen with this whole foster home thing..." Ponyboy said. "Yeah...I wonder how Darry's doin' on the whole thing..." Soda said laying back and falling asleep on a bed.
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So we're schedualing this thing for the 14th next month? So, it's at 9:00 AM?" Darry asked taking down notes. He was talking on then phone with the president of the hearing. "Ok...I'll see you then." Darry said hanging up. Two-Bit looked away from the TV. "So how is it?" He asked. This caught Steve and Johnny's attention. They came over for the news.
"Well, the hearing is April 14th....and I might have a chance. They said I can bring someone with me as some sort of second opinion. It's got to be someone that knows my brothers...so I've chosen Two-Bit to be that person." Darry said. "Me?" Two-Bit asked gulping down the last of his chocolate cake. "Yeah...you know them well and you were here when my parents died....and we've known you the longest." Darry said with a smile.
Steve gave Two-Bit a funny look. "He's gonna speak about Ponyboy and Soda? Ha...hope we can actually SEE them again." Steve joked. Johnny couldn't help but laugh. They heard footsteps approaching the door. Then the door was opened. "Ok guys, we got to get them back. No more waiting..." Dally said walking into the room. "Woah, Dal calm down...no need to rush to things...we have to go to a custody hearing." Darry said.
"When is it?" Dally said stil riled up. "Um, it's on the 14th...but only Darry and Two-Bit are goin'." Johnny spoke up. "Is it lookin' good?" Dally asked. "I don't know yet...I can only hope that I can convince them that I'm capable of raising them." Darry said. "Well then we can forget it then." Dally said falling onto the couch. "C'mon Dal, it ain't that bad..." Johnny said. "We'll just have to see." Darry said rifling through papers.
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The next week there was no word for a foster home for Soda or Ponyboy Until the following day. "Soda and Ponyboy please come to my office." Katherine said leading them to her office. This was Ponyboy's first time in her office but this was Soda's second. "Alright. I have good news for you...I have found you both foster homes." She said with a smile.
"Foster home..s?" Ponyboy said trying to sound out the plural. "Is that supposed to be Foster homes? As in plural?" Soda asked. "Yes, I couldn't find one family that would take in 2 teenagers...in your type...." Katherine trying not to say the wrong thing. "No...I ain't goin' Nope." Soda said crossing his arms. "It's just temporary..." Katherine said trying to explain to them.
"Katherine are they ready to go?" James and Daniel asked walking in. "Soda and Ponyboy glanced at each other not wanting to look away. "I'm ready to go..." Ponyboy said quietly. "Me too." Soda said in the same tone looking at the ground refusing to look up at anyone.
---Sorry this chapter wasn't all that good...nut It's going to get better...I got to go somewhere so I have to post again later. Hope in all, that you guys liked the chapter.
-Alex
Soda could do nothing but glare at him. What was he supposed to do? He had no weapon. All he could so was move quickly and dodge all the lunges he would make at him. "Well then...are you gonna start or what?" Soda challenged. A.J looked at him darkly and lunged at him. So he ducked under him. "Ha, those moves ain't gonna save you; you filthy Greaser." A.J said coming back for more.
'Maybe if I keep moving I'll wear him out...' Soda thought. He didn't know for sure, but it was worth a shot. He couldn't let one idiot Soc kill him. He still had a lot to live for and he wasn't going to let this A.J guy wreck it for him. "Take your best shot." Soda taunted at him with a smile. A.J leered at him and slashed the knife through the air. It missed Soda by inches. "How the hell do you keep moving so fast?!" A.J said panting.
"I guess you're just outta shape. But hey...that's no surprise since you're too busy having other people do things for you so it's no wonder you ain't used to doing things for yourself." Soda taunted. "You mouth off like that again, and I'll make sure your death is a slow and painful one." A.J threatened. "Is that a promise?" Soda said darkly and punched A.J square in the face.
That made A.J fall to the ground. "Oh C'mon is that all you got?" Soda said with a sneer. He could tell from this that A.J was pathetic. He didn't even know if he had the guts to kill him. "Aw, I'll let you slide for now." A.J said putting the blade away. "Of course..." Soda said under his breath with a laugh. He knew that he didn't have the guts to do it.
They heard the door lock click and the door burst open. "What was this shouting in here? A.J have you been at it again?" Katherine said placing her hands on her hips. "Um, no ma'am..." A.J said with a very innocnet look. Although A.J was the furthest from innocent. "Very well, Soda come along with me." She said gesturing out the door. Soda looked at Justin who gave him a warm smile for finally standing up to A.J. A.J just scowled at him while he left.
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"Soda please go into my office." She said gesturing to the door on the right. He did as he was told and stood by the desk. He was followed in by her. "you may have a seat." She said with her warm smile. He sat in the chair on the other side of her desk. This was surprisingly a somewhat decent room. It was big and it was very sunny in here since the curtains were open. The furniture was all gray.
"I bet you are wondering why I called you in here?" Katherine asked placing her head onto her hands. "Uh...well I was confused yeah...." Soda said glancing at the different things in the room. "Well, It was because of A.J. He is a hand full..." Katherine started but was cut off by Soda. "You kidding? A hand full?" He said raising an eyebrow. "Ok, I'll admit....he is troubled...and that is why I pulled you out of there, since you will not be staying here with us. So we can not risk you getting hurt. So for my own recommendation...I'm deciding to put you with your brother in the 13-15 room. You'll be safer there." Katherine said standing up.
"Thanks...that would be better." Soda said with a smile. So she lead him out the door and down the hallway to the room. She unlocked the door and lead him in. "Hope this will be better for you." She said with a smile. As soon as the lock clicked Ponyboy ran up and tackled Soda in an enormous hug. "Woah, Pony...what's this for?" Soda asked. "Uh..cuz I wanted to..." Pony said with a grin. "Anyways Soda, this is Zell, Aaron and Ricky." Ponyboy introduced them to Soda.
"Why'd you get moved in here?" Ricky asked. "Oh, cuz I was stuck in this one room with a Soc named A.J. He...well... Um Katherine thought it'd be better if I was in here with you." Soda said. He didn't want to tell Ponyboy that he'd nearly been killed by a soc. Their parents were dead and the shock of losing him too would kill him. So he decided not to tell him about it.
"So, what do we do for kicks in here?" Soda asked looking around. "Well, there ain't much to do 'cept talk." Zell said with a shrug. "Yeah...that seems to be it don't it?" Soda said grimly. "Well Soda it ain't so bad...I mean atleast here we're together...who knows what goin' to happen with this whole foster home thing..." Ponyboy said. "Yeah...I wonder how Darry's doin' on the whole thing..." Soda said laying back and falling asleep on a bed.
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So we're schedualing this thing for the 14th next month? So, it's at 9:00 AM?" Darry asked taking down notes. He was talking on then phone with the president of the hearing. "Ok...I'll see you then." Darry said hanging up. Two-Bit looked away from the TV. "So how is it?" He asked. This caught Steve and Johnny's attention. They came over for the news.
"Well, the hearing is April 14th....and I might have a chance. They said I can bring someone with me as some sort of second opinion. It's got to be someone that knows my brothers...so I've chosen Two-Bit to be that person." Darry said. "Me?" Two-Bit asked gulping down the last of his chocolate cake. "Yeah...you know them well and you were here when my parents died....and we've known you the longest." Darry said with a smile.
Steve gave Two-Bit a funny look. "He's gonna speak about Ponyboy and Soda? Ha...hope we can actually SEE them again." Steve joked. Johnny couldn't help but laugh. They heard footsteps approaching the door. Then the door was opened. "Ok guys, we got to get them back. No more waiting..." Dally said walking into the room. "Woah, Dal calm down...no need to rush to things...we have to go to a custody hearing." Darry said.
"When is it?" Dally said stil riled up. "Um, it's on the 14th...but only Darry and Two-Bit are goin'." Johnny spoke up. "Is it lookin' good?" Dally asked. "I don't know yet...I can only hope that I can convince them that I'm capable of raising them." Darry said. "Well then we can forget it then." Dally said falling onto the couch. "C'mon Dal, it ain't that bad..." Johnny said. "We'll just have to see." Darry said rifling through papers.
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The next week there was no word for a foster home for Soda or Ponyboy Until the following day. "Soda and Ponyboy please come to my office." Katherine said leading them to her office. This was Ponyboy's first time in her office but this was Soda's second. "Alright. I have good news for you...I have found you both foster homes." She said with a smile.
"Foster home..s?" Ponyboy said trying to sound out the plural. "Is that supposed to be Foster homes? As in plural?" Soda asked. "Yes, I couldn't find one family that would take in 2 teenagers...in your type...." Katherine trying not to say the wrong thing. "No...I ain't goin' Nope." Soda said crossing his arms. "It's just temporary..." Katherine said trying to explain to them.
"Katherine are they ready to go?" James and Daniel asked walking in. "Soda and Ponyboy glanced at each other not wanting to look away. "I'm ready to go..." Ponyboy said quietly. "Me too." Soda said in the same tone looking at the ground refusing to look up at anyone.
---Sorry this chapter wasn't all that good...nut It's going to get better...I got to go somewhere so I have to post again later. Hope in all, that you guys liked the chapter.
-Alex