Chapter 22

"Angel will you be ok because we have to take Kali home now." Charlie said

"Yeah I will I needed that." I said as I hugged Kali and went out to talk to Soda and Darry.

As I was sitting on the couch I remembered that Pony and I would always read the same book and we would compete to see who would finish it first we were tied at one point that's when we stopped because Darry thought it was stupid to fight over who can read the fastest not to me and Pony it wasn't.

"Angel what do you want to do now?" Darry asked me

"I don't know go read a book or something." I replied "when's the funeral?"

"Monday at 11 am." Soda said

"Can I skip school?"

"Yeah you and the gang all are we talked it over while you and Kali were talking in your room." Darry said

MONDAY MORNING

It was 9 am and I was not looking forward to my brother funereal how could he leave me like this.

Pony come home I kept saying to myself as I got up and tried to eat but I just couldn't.

"Darry I'm worried about Angel she's not eating and she's having nightmares like last night I woke up to her screaming for Pony to look out." Soda told Darry as I came into the room.

"What is everyone looking at?" I asked as the rest of the gang came in as Dally came over to hung me I just looked over to Two-bit and he could tell that I wanted to get away before the funeral.

"Darry I'm going to take Angel over to the Dingo for a coke before the funeral and we'll me you there." Two-bit said

"That'll be fine try to get her to eat something ok." Darry said as I walked out of my house dressed in black.

11 am at the funeral house

I didn't know that this many people would be here. Randy was here he was holding on to Cherry as she cried into his shoulder and all I could do was try not to cry but it didn't work I ran over to Soda and Darry and just started to cry and saying that I wanted Pony to be right her with us and not there in that dark blue coffin but I knew that it wouldn't happen.

"Welcome Ladies and Gentlemen." Said the preacher as he began to say a few words about Pony I just sat there between Soda and Darry holding there hands.

"Would any body from the family like to come up and say a few words?" he asked as Darry stood up.

"Ponyboy may have been hard to handle at time but we got though I remember when Angel came out of her coma and Pony told us about what happened between him and Cherry I was mad but I knew that he made the decision to do what he did and to take the reasonability of his actions which made me proud. I was mad when he moved away he didn't just hurt me and Soda it also hurt Angel she wanted him to stay by her but she moved on with that and now that he's gone she has to do that all over again. He may have been our little big brother but he was also a friend." He looked at me as he got down.

I got up and Soda and Darry both looked at me they didn't think that I would go up and say a few words on Pony's behave.

"Pony was my big brother yes there were times I wanted to kill him but I didn't and when I got the call from Cherry telling me that he was dead I thought my world was going to end. It wasn't until my best friend Kali told me what I told her about my parents that I knew I still had here the guys and my other brothers that are still here. Pony if you can hear this I love you and always have." That's all I had to say as I ran out.