sorry these past two chapters took so long but fanfiction wasn't letting me post em
Darrys POV
I couldn't sleep and was staring at my ceiling when I heard whimpering coming from Soda and Ponys room. I got up quickly and ran down the hall, I saw that Soda was still asleep and sighed with relief. Then I went over to Ponys side of the bed, he was shivering and sweating.. The poor kid, what does he dream about? I carefully lifted him and carried him into the living room. I sat on the couch and placed Pony on my lap, I wasn't sure what to do, so I rocked him back and forth. He was still whimpering and shaking so I hummed to him as I rocked him. I felt bad for Soda having to deal with Pony every night, he really needed to start getting full night sleeps. But I felt worse that Pony had to suffer through the horrible nightmares that he has been having every single night.
"Johnny.. Dally"Pony mumbled
"mom... dad"
"No.. Look out"
"Joey? Joey. Don't go, not now"
The last thing Pony said hurt me, I felt bad that Pony lost his closest friend beside Johnny.. How must this feel? Their was a letter Johnny wrote Pony, he kept it stashed away in his drawer but I found it. I cried like a baby when I read it, Johnny was saying something about Pony being gold, how out of a crowd of people running around and fussing about things.. Pony took the time to appreciate the sunset and realize that their was good in the world. I cried, because Pony had changed, whether I want to believe it or not. I haven't seen him look at the sky for a long time now, and he hasn't even bothered to pick up a book. The violent jerk that Pont made broke my train of thought and I looked down at him. He looked really pale and still hasn't gained much weight back, he started to violently jerk around. I held him tight and he stopped moving a little, then completely calmed down, I looked down at him and for a second didnt believe that this is the same little brother I knew.
Flashback
It was raining out and mom and dad left to go do some shopping I was 11 years old then, Soda 9, and Pony 5. Mom and Dad had told me to watch them carefully, Soda was sitting in the living room coloring but Pony was no where to be seen. Then I remember finding him in the bathroom. He had gotten into the cabinet, Pony was always fooling around and getting into trouble. But when I realized what he was doing I flipped out, he swallowed pills, I grabbed the bottle from him and read it, Muscle Relaxants. My heart stopped. Dad used them when he was feeling tense, I had no clue how many Pony ate.
"Dawwy, I fweel fwunny"I remembered Ponys baby like voice, he had it till he was about seven, poor kid. I remember people always making fun of him for it.
"Pony! Soda!"Soda ran into the bathroom but didnt quite get the drift of what was going on
Ponys knees seemed to buckle underneath him and he sat on the floor and started to whimper. His forehead was burning up and he looked almost dead to me. I couldn't wait for mom and dad to get home, or else it would be too late. I grabbed Pony in my arms and ran as fast as I could, dragging Soda behind me. Ponys body was limp in my arms but I kept hearing his voice mumbling things that didnt made sense.
"Dawwy? Am I dying?"It broke my heart when he said that and I remember almost dropping him.
I buckled Pony and Soda in the car and jumped into the front seat, I was only 11 but I knew how to drive. I pressed on the gas and we sped off, I didnt slow down for anything, and luckily no cops stopped us. I ran into the hospital and the doctors took him out of my grasp. I remember crying out "Save Him!" by now Soda was crying out of confusion and worry. I sat in the waiting room with Soda in my arms, and then a doctor came back out to ask me where our parents were and when I told him he just nodded his head and turned.
"Wait"
"yes?"
"What about my brother!"I asked frantically
"he's alright, in fact if he got here a second later, he would have been lost"
I cried, out of happiness and being scared to death. Just one more second.
"We just finished pumping out his stomach, he ought to consider himself lucky to have a brother like you.. You just saved his life"he smiled then walked away
But nothing the doctor said meant anything to me, the only thing I remembered most out of that day was seeing Pony in the hospital bed.
"Dawwy?"he asked weakly
"yeah?"
"I wuv yew"
end of flashback
Remembering that day made me cry and I wiped the tear off Ponys cheek that fell from my eye. I had saved my baby brother once before, maybe I could do it again.. But this time was different, this time Ponys problems were in his head. I fell asleep with Ponyboy in my arms that night, I remember crying myself to sleep.
"morning sleepy head!"Soda said jumping on me
"what time is it?"
"Four"
"where's Pone?"
"Bathroom"
"he's up?"
"Yeah, gheez you gave me a heart attack, when I woke up and saw that Pony wasn't in bed I nearly jumped out of my skin"Soda scolded
"Sorry but I heard him having a nightmare and didn't want him to wake you"
"another one?"he asked sadly
"yeah.."
"Dar, you think we should take him to a psychologist?" Soda asked wide eyed
"huh?"
"Yeah you know, to see why he's having nightmares and stuff"
"nah, Dr. Chambers bringing Pony back to the hospital to watch him sleep, were gonna record his dreams"I answered forgetting that I hadn't told Soda yet
"no kidden? Pony know?"
"Nope, I don't wanna freak him out"
"when is it?"
"Tonight at nine"I answered then gave Soda a look that said 'shut up' because Pony had just walked in the room, his hair dripping wet
"you wanna cath pneumonia?"I asked him
"I aint gonna catch pneumonia"he answered
"hey Pony?"
"Yeah?"
"Come here a second"
"yeah?"he asked sitting down
"we have to bring you back to the hospital"
"what!"
"Just for one night, to take some tests"
"what sort of tests?"
"Just to see if everything is going alright with you, you know blood wise and all"I lied
"alright.. One night.. That's it?"he asked cautiously
"yeah, don't worry"I reassured him
Soda gave me an uneasy look.
Nine at night
We arrived at the hospital, Pony looked more nervous than ever.. The poor kid really hated hospitals.
"Hello Pony"Dr. Chambers greeted us
"hi"Pony mumbled
"feeling any better? Im a little concerned that you haven't gained much weight back"he said frowning
"what'ya think, im gonna gain it all back like that"he said snapping his fingers together
"easy Pone"i said
Then the doctor dragged me away and asked me how long I thought it would be before Pony fell asleep, because he had things to do. I looked over at Pony who was swaying from lack of sleep, I smiled. Not long at all.
"Will you all follow me?"Dr. Chambers asked
We followed him into a room and he asked Pony to sit on the bed, he did as told and laid down. The doctor didnt want to drug him because we might not get the full effect of the nightmares if we did. He said he would be right back and left the room, figuring Pony would fall asleep faster if he did. And sure enough Ponys eyes started to droop, he fought it for a little while, then gave in and fell into a soundless sleep.
"He asleep?"Dr. Chambers asked peeking his head in
Soda nodded.
We watched as Dr. Chambers began to attach these wires to Ponys far head, he looked kind of funny, and I hid a laugh. The wires were hooked up to a machine that recorded the waves of his dreams. The needle that made the lines, moved back and forth evenly and the doctor told us that that meant he wasn't having a dream yet. Then I watched as Pony slowly began to begin his dreaming sequence, he started out by only whimpering then he started to sweat and shiver. Soda started for him but I held him back nodding my head, no, I knew how Soda felt tho.. You just wanted to crawl into bed with him and hold em. Then Pony began screaming, tossing and turning, the lines were rapidly going up and down, Dr. Chambers looked surprised, which made me worry. Ponys dream only got more violent and he had started shouting out the names that he usually shouted, I looked at Dr. Chambers.
"Isn't that enough?"I asked worried
"no we must watch to see what happens"he said
"I cant watch him suffer like this and not do anything!"Soda broke in
"then maybe you would like to wait in the lobby?"Dr. Chambers said with a grim face
Soda shut up after that and didnt take his eyes off Pony.
Pony started thrashing around in the hospital bed and I was worried he was going to fall off, I had a sudden urge to hold him down. So I did. Dr. Chambers gave me a glowering look but I didnt care, Pony had suffered through enough. Soda rushed to my side and helped me in the process of calming Pony down, Dr. Chambers didnt say anything so I guessed he wasn't mad anymore. I wonder what those lines on the paper could tell us about Ponys dream.
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