Chapter12

"Who are you?" Soda asked Darry with a scared look on his face.

"It's me Darry your big brother." Darry said

"Mom?" he asked as he looked at me I mean yeah I've had people tell me that I look like my mom but I'm not her

"Soda I'm …" I started to say as Darry looked at me and left the room I went after him to see what to do.

"Angel you have to act like mom or he'll never trust any of us." Darry said now starting to cry.

"Hey doc can I ask you something?" I asked the head doctor who happened to be Charlie Collins

"Yeah anything Angel." Charlie said

"Do you think that it's a good idea to have Soda think that I'm his mom?" I asked about to cry once more

"Well it might help his realize that you're his sister after a while and not his mom." He explained

"Hey Two-bit." I heard Darry say after I went back into the room to sit with Soda

"Where is she?" I heard Two-bit asked Darry who told him were I was and Two-bit came in with Mason and they sat with me

"Mom who are these people?" Soda asked me

"Oh there a few of my friends." I said trying to act like mom or as close to her as I could

"Where's dad?" he asked me

"Oh no what do I do I don't know what to tell him." I thought

"Soda I really don't know right now." I said

"Angel can I talk to you?" I heard a voice from behind me it was Charlie

"Yeah hold on I'll be right there." I said "Soda I'll be right back the doctor wants to talk to me."

"Ok mom I'll be right here." He said with a laugh as I left the room

"Angel would you like it if Soda came home with you and Darry?" Charlie asked me

"Yeah I would then we could take care of him there rather then here." I said "you can even come over and check up on him."

"Ok you guys can leave here in a few hours." He told me as I ran up to Darry with excitement

"What is it?" Darry asked me

"They're letting Soda come home." I said "it might help him remember."

"That's great news." I heard but who was it from I turned around and saw a guy who looked like Charlie Mathews but it couldn't be him he died and we all went to his funeral.

"Who are you?" Darry and I asked together

"Don't you recognize me?" the boy said

"Angel it's me Charlie." He said

"How do you know my name and why do you call your self Charlie?' I asked as I ran back into Soda's room because he was calling for me.

The man who said he was Charlie came in after me followed by Darry. Mace and Two-bit looked at him the same way I did in the hallway as he started to talk to me once again.

"it's me Charlie." He said

"you cant be Charlie because he died a year and a half ago." I said trying not to cry because I have done to much of that in one day.

"I'm not dead Angel I never died I just went to New York for school." He said to me as he turned to Two-bit and started talking to him "Two-bit little brother how are you and why do you look the same way as Angel does and what happen to Soda."

Two-bit just got up and ran from the room I also got up to go see if he was ok Mason stayed with Darry and Soda.

"Two-bit are you ok?" I asked

"No Angel I'm not because he's right that's the real him." He told me

"WHAT? YOU MEANT TO TELL ME THAT THE PERSON THAT WE BARIED WAS NOT HIM AT ALL." I yelled