Chapter Three
Morning didn't come soon enough. Every time I tried to sleep; I just had another nightmare. I didn't wake Soda up; there was no need for both of us to lose sleep. At about seven, I heard Darry get up. Since I obviously wasn't going to be sleeping, I decided to get up too.
"Hi Darry," I said as I walked into the kitchen.
"Hey Pony, how are…" Darry's voice trailed off. Then he said "Glory, Pony, didn't you get any sleep last night?"
"What?" I asked. I knew what he was talking about though; I had these really heavy dark circles under my eyes. I was also kind of pale.
"You look dead," Darry said. "Are you feeling alright?"
"I'm fine," I replied. But I wasn't fine, I felt drunk; I got that way when I was really tired.
"You're sure?" Darry asked.
I nodded. I didn't want Darry to worry about me.
I dozed on and off while waiting for Darry to fix breakfast. I felt a bit better when I woke up. I just hoped that I would be awake when we went to see Dally, and that Darry and Soda would let me see him.
I woke up to Darry shaking me. "Pony, wake up. Breakfast is ready."
I sat up and looked up at Darry; he was holding a plate of eggs and some orange juice.
"You're sure you're feeling OK," Darry said as he sat my breakfast down.
I was so tired; I wasn't really thinking when I replied "I couldn't sleep; kept having nightmares."
Darry sat down next to me. He didn't look mad; I thought he would have been. "Why didn't you tell me?" he asked. "Or Soda?"
"I didn't want to bother you," I said.
Darry sighed. "You wouldn't have been bothering me."
"I'm sorry," I said softly.
"It's alright, I'm not mad at you," Darry said. "But I think you should stay home today, I'll stay with you. I wasn't planning on going to see Dally in the first place."
I shook my head, "I have to go," I said. "Two-Bit said that Dally wanted to tell me something about Aurora."
Darry didn't say anything for a few minutes. I thought he hadn't heard me, and I was about to repeat what I'd said when Darry said. "OK, I guess you can go."
"Thanks," I said.
"But when we get back, you have to take a nap or something. You look horrible," Darry said.
I nodded, "Alright."
By the time I'd finished eating breakfast; it was almost nine. We had to be there by ten if we wanted to see Dally. I hurriedly got dressed and greased my hair back. I would shower later; I didn't have time now. When I walked into the living room, everyone else was there.
"Ready?" Darry asked.
"Yeah," I said.
Everyone stood up and we walked out to Two-Bit's car. We all managed to pile into Two-Bit's car and we started for the jail. I hoped that the breaks on Two-Bit's car were working again, and that I wouldn't fall asleep. I needed to talk to Dally.