Sorry it took so long to get this chapter up, but I hope you like it!
Omg did any of you watch 100 greatest teen child stars? Tommy Howell Pony Ralph Machio Johnny Tom Cruz steve and Matt Dillon Dally were on it!
Oh yeahh and Rob Lowe Soda was number 2! That's amazing if you ask me, haha
sorry I love Rob Lowe.
Ponyboys POV
I had started cooperating so they allowed visitors, I also started cooperating because if Darry said I didnt he would beat the tar out of me. That made me laugh. I heard the locks on my door click and I looked up to see Dr. Chambers entering the room.
"Good morning Ponyboy"
"mornin"I still didnt talk to much tho
"you have a visitor this morning"it wasn't Saturday so I knew it wasn't Soda or Darry
"who?"I asked
He smiled and stepped aside allowing a familiar face to step inside the room
"I'll leave you two alone"he said closing the door
"hey Ponyboy"
"Hi Cherry!"I said quickly standing up from my bed
"how you doing?"she asked
"fine, fine.. You?"I haven't seen her in so long
"me? Im fine.. It was you I was worried about"
I nodded
"Soda told me that you weren't doing so good, I got real scared Pony. But when he told me that you were improving.. I was so glade but I still just had to come see you.. Just to make sure"she smiled and I saw a tear fall from her eye
"it's alright Cherry"I said stepping closer to her
She threw her arms around me and cried onto my shoulder, it made me feel awful.. Once again I was blaming myself for hurting others.
"Gee Pony, you got so skinny"she said stepping back and looking at me
It was true, but I wasn't proud of it, I liked the build I had before.. It's gonna take a while to get that build back.
"it was good seeing you Pony.. But im gonna have to go"
"alright it was great seeing you too Cherry.. It really made me happy"I said looking down at my shoes
Cherry laughed a little then placed a kiss on my cheek, I almost fell over it felt so good coming from her.
"Bye Pony"
"bye"and then she left.
I fell back on my bed and smiled staring up at the ceiling, it was Monday and Dr. Green was coming to take out my stitches. I rested my eyes but ended up falling asleep and woke up a while later to the sounds of voices around me.
"Hey Ponyboy, miss me?"it was Dr. Green
"Sure"I answered with a sarcastic tone
I heard Dr. Green laugh and I sat up rubbing the sleep out of my eyes
"I came to take your stitches out"
"yeah I know"
"okay"then he took out a needle and injected it into my arm with the stitches
"this will make it numb for you"he said
Then he got to work, it was pretty painless which was good for me, and when Dr. Green was done he did a few other things. Like took my blood pressure and went to see if my breathing was okay.. Stuff like that.
"You check out fine Pony"he said to me smiling
"great"I said
"Pony, you might be able to go home in a couple of weeks"Dr. Chambers said
"Really!"I said almost jumping off the bed
"yup.. About 3 more weeks and you should be good to go, I must say I've seen quite an improvement in you"
I smiled happily
"but one thing I really want to see is you gaining weight, im very worried about your weight issues right now"he said
I nodded seriously.
Then the doctors exited the room talking about another patient that had just come in, turns out he has the same problem as me and will be rooming with me on account they're running out of space. My bed was moved over by the window and a new bed was brought in and placed near mine. I watched curiously as a boy maybe a little older than me was bought into the room and placed on the bed.
"Ralphie.. This is Ponyboy, Ponyboy Ralphie"I looked at him and smiled
he nodded his head and the doctors got him settled then exited the room
Ralphie had long dark brown hair that went just below his ears but parted in the front so it wouldn't cover his eyes. He stared at me in a funny way and it made me uneasy.
"What are you in here for?"I asked even though I already knew
"cutting, what do you care?"he said
"sorry, just trying to start conversation"I said turning my gaze out the window
"Ponyboy huh?"he said and I looked back over
"yeah"I said quietly
"real dumb name"he said with a sneer
"hey my father gave me that name"I said defending myself
"yeah well I bet he's a nit-wit like you"he said
"you leave my dad out of this"I said
"don't tell me what to do.. Your just a kid"he said
"shut your trap!"I yelled
"don't you talk like that to me kid.. I'll teach you a lesson you wont ever forget"he said coming close to me
Then he flicked a blade out that he had been hiding in his underwear, I don't know how he managed to sneak that past the doctors. He jumped onto my bed and we started rolling around, he was on top of me, holding the cold knife against my throat. I kneed him in the stomach and he withdrew the knife away from my throat, I thought I was gonna be able to get him off me now. But then I felt a sharp pain in my side and I looked at Ralphie who was holding a bloody knife in his hand and laughing.
"Are you crazy?"I yelled holding my side
I heard shouting and Dr. Chambers came into the room hitting Ralphies hand so hard the knife flew across the room. Then Dr. Chambers and a few other doctors took Ralphie away quickly, I watched as Ralphie kicked and squirmed. They brought him out the door and left me, it took me a second to register what had just happened. Then I felt another pain and pulled my hand away from my side, it was covered with sticky blood. The cut was deep and bleeding way too much I tried to stop it with the sheets on the bed.
"Pony!"Dr. Chambers yelled as he rushed to my side
"damn it hurts"I managed to get out through gasps of air
"it'll be alright"Dr. Chambers said going to a phone and asking for nurses and doctors
I was having trouble breathing and my vision was starting to blur, I watched as Dr. Chambers took the sheets from my grasp and held it against me tighter. I didnt know where to put my blood covered hands so let them stick a little up in the air I looked at my arms and they were shaking violently. For a second I felt like this wasn't me and I was watching a movie thought some body elses eyes. Then more doctors entered the room, all running around me crazily after a while I couldn't hear their shouts and felt myself being lifted. Everything turned into blurs of color until everything finally disappeared completely form my sight leaving me in a world of dark emptiness.
Two-Bit's POV
I got to the asylum as quick as I heard that Pony had been stabbed by another patient, and I wanted to bust that kids head in. I ran up the front steps and asked the lady at the front desk where Pony was now. Once I got the information I ran to the elevator and punched in the numbers, once I stepped out I saw Sodapop in a room right across from me.
"Hey Soda, how is he?"I asked entering the room
"okay I guess, but he's gonna need more blood transfusions now and even more medication"
I stared at Soda
"Two-Bit.. He could get real sick from all this shit going into him"Soda said on the verge of tears
I took my glance away from Soda and looked at Pony, this was the third time I was visiting him and he looked worse than he ever did. He was paler than a ghost and the dark circles around his eyes got darker, their was another blood sac next to him, attaching to his arm. He was once again wired up to all machines that were keeping track of his heart beat and pulse. Right then I felt so completely horrible for Pony, all the stuff he was going through.. It seemed impossible for me let alone someone Ponys size and condition to be surviving all of this. I slowly walked up to him, I watched his chest slowly rise and fall, he had wires going up his nose to help him breath and I wondered foolishly if those things up his nose was actually making it more complicated for him. I turned back to Soda and now saw Darry standing there next to him, tears in his eyes obviously feeling the same that I did for Ponys condition. Some doctor came in and told us that they stitched Pony up and that the other kid had gotten him good and deep. He also said that he still didnt know what caused the outburst but was assuring us that the kid was locked up. That made me feel better but I still wanted explanations like how the heck the kid got to him in the first place.
"How did it happen?"I asked
"it was my fault, I paired Pony up with another patient. but I assure you that I had to idea that he could be dangerous"the doctor said
"how did he get a blade?"I asked
"Two-Bit"Darry said but the Dr. Interrupted him
"He was stowing it away in his underwear, we imagine"
I just looked away from him and back to Pony, he looked so small and limp laying there in the gross hospital bed. I hoped that he would get better soon.
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