The Next Day

I was in my room at Bucks, throwing every thing I had into the couple of boxes I had, one box full of books, and the other just had my clothes and personal belongings, I stared at my brother, who was sitting on a sofa downstairs, as I came down stairs, trying to carry my box of book, "You could help Dally, I want everything downstairs for when Soda comes back here to get me."

"You wouldn't even have to be moving, if Soda hadn't had knocked you up," My brother stood up, and stared at me. He was still upset about me being pregnant, but I think more upset that I was moving out.

I put the box down, and hurried to my brother, and wrapped my arms around him, "I am sorry this happened, but I love Soda, and he loves me and wants to help take care of his baby," I still had my arms around my brother, "Remember, you are always my brother, and I will always love you."

My brother wrapped his arms around me, "I just wanted to make sure my kid sister was happy," he tugged at my hair, and laughed, "I don't remember anyone who has red hair in our family."

"Our great grandma did," I think so at least.

"Well I think you should sit down, I will bring the boxes down for you," He kissed the top of my head, and hurried back upstairs.

I was crying by the time my boyfriend arrived to get me, I tried to smile at him, "Hey honey."

"What's the matter?" Soda sat beside me on the couch, and pulled me into his arms.

"I'll be fine, just going to miss living with my brother a little," I wiped my eyes with the plaid shirt I had stolen from Soda's dresser the night I had spent the night on his birthday.

"Is that my shirt?" He grinned.

I leaned in and kissed him, "Not any more."

"Hey Soda, pull yourself from my sister will you, my sister needs you to take this stuff to the car," My brother set the box in front of my boyfriend, "You guys have all the time in the world to do whatever you do."

Soda stood up, and looked at me, "Well are you planning on helping or are you just going to sit there looking pretty?"

My brother stared at my boyfriend, "My kid sister isn't lifting nothing in her condition," my brother looked at me, "But I don't see how opening a couple of doors could be strenuous, open the front door, and the back of Soda's truck Cherry."

I did as my brother told me, "I just have these two boxes," I watched as the two guys in my life put my boxes in the back of the truck, I wrapped my arms around my brother once more, "Don't be a stranger, but don't be like a fly and bug either," I teased.

My brother kissed my forehead before making sure I was seated in the car safely, then he looked at my boyfriend, who had sat behind the wheel, "You better treat my kid sister right."

"You don't have to worry about that," He started the car, and looked at my brother, "Thanks Dally."

I watched as Bucks house got smaller, and smaller, and as my brother turned into an ant as we drove away, "So, how was work?" I turned to look at my boyfriend when I couldn't see the house any longer.

"We had a couple of Californians who just moved to Oklahoma, they had a real tough looking yellow mustang, they live where the Soc' live. Steve thought they had been Soc' but when he confronted the guys, they had no clue what a Soc' or Greases were," Soda looked at me, smiling, "Maybe we're the only city that has a Soc' problem."

I smiled as I scooted closer next to my boyfriend, and rested my head on his shoulder, "I love you."

Later That Night

I laid in the living room with my head on Soda's lap wearing an old DX shirt of his that was too big, with it's sleeves cut short, and my gym shorts on, I had slipped a teddy bear that Soda had gotten me at a street carnival a few weeks ago, under the shirt, "I'm going to be fat," I stared up at my boyfriend, as I removed the teddy bear from under the shirt.

He laughed a little placing his hand on my stomach, "Toni, and Johnny said they have a crib, and some old clothes that there baby don't wear, or use no more that we could have," he sat me up, so he could lay next to me, then pulled me back into his arms, flipping the television on, "What do you think?"

"That's real nice of them," I felt his hands around my waist, and his breath on the back of my neck, "I never thought I would have a baby before my brother did."

My boyfriend laughed a little, "What made you think that?"

"Well I know my brothers past with women have been opened to whoever was listening, just surprised he hasn't knocked a girl up yet," I felt my stomach turn, and hurried to the restroom to hug my old friend the toilet.

Soda was behind me holding my hair once more, "Yep, it's about that time of the day, isn't it baby?"

I glared at him, but couldn't keep it on my face long because no one could when my boyfriend gave his 'Sodapop Grin', "You know you don't have to follow me into the bathroom all the time."

He handed me a towel, "Well I guess it just natural for me, I help Pony when he gets sick."

I grinned, "So Pony's been pregnant?" I teased obviously.

"Yep, but we put the kid up for adoption," He teased back, "You're funny, you know that?"

I got back to my feet and wiped my face, and hands, "I sure hope this being sick all the time doesn't last the whole time I am pregnant."

A Week Later

That morning, Pony, and I were in the gym practicing for the graduation, I was almost in the way back since my last name started with a 'W'. It was boring practicing, and I didn't understand why I was even there, I had already had my diploma waiting for me in the guidance office.

The principle was practicing his speech on us, "Now that you are about to go out in the real world, there is nothing that could stop you from achieving you dreams. You are going to get jobs, some of you…" it seemed he was talking mostly to the Soc, because he just kept staring at a certain group of kids, "are going off to universities around the work country," nor he seemed to be staring at the Greaser, "while a few of you will be off fighting for our country."

I looked around for people I might had known, then I spotted Ponyboy a few rolls in front of me, I wish I was sitting next to him because I was bored, and knew I would be able to talk to Pony, but like I mentioned my last name started with a 'W' and I was sitting next to some Craig Walker guy, I think he was a Soc'.

"So what are you doing after graduation?" Craig must had been bored as much as I was, otherwise he probably wouldn't even be talking to me, "I am going to join the Amy."

I nodded my head not very interested in what he was saying, but like I said I was bored, "I'm going to ride a motorcycle to Hawaii," I don't know why I said that, probably just to see how long it took him to realize it was impossible.

He obviously was just talking to me because he was bored as we, "Really, well I hope that works for you, uhm?" he looked at me, "I don't think I ever knew your name, I just know you're going with that one guy from the DX."

"How do you know that?" I was surprised by what the boy knew about me dating Sodapop.

"I overheard you, and the Curtis boy talking in class, I sit right behind you," He laughed a little.

I looked at him confused, "How come you never gave the greasers no trouble, I didn't even know you were around, just knew your name because you were on the track team," i realized the principal was done, and all the students were running around the auditorium with year books, at least the Soc' had a year book, and a few Greasers did to, like Ponyboy, and I I started feeling a little exhausted suddenly, and didn't realize that Craig had left until Pony came and sat beside me.

Pony took my year book, and handed his to me, "You look like crap," I just leaned back in the chair I had been sitting in, and closed my eyes a little, "Great, that's exactly what every girl loves to hear Pony," I opened my eyes and started writing in the year book, 'Pony, I'm looking at you right now, and probably will be seeing a lot of you during the summer, and a lot saying I am having your brothers baby,' I handed him back his book, as he did the same with mine.

He read what I wrote, and laughed, "That's almost exactly what I put in your book," he stood up, "Is Soda picking you up now?"

I stood up beside him, "No I am walking with you he has to work till five, so I am just walking home with you," I took a hold of his arm, because I felt if I wasn't holding on to anything, I would just fall over, "I am so tired Ponyboy."

He just walked with me to the office because he had his diploma in there also, we both talked about that no matter what, we still graduated rather or not we a had a ceremony or not to celebrate it, we had the diploma and that's all you really needed, I guess, "Soda has something planned for you tonight."

I smiled a little, "Really?"

"Yep, I am not telling you what either,": He walked into the office, and we both gave the receptionist our names in exchange for the diplomas then we went straight home.

I fell asleep as soon as my body hit my boyfriends bed, and I was dead to the world.

A Couple Hours Later

"Everyone I'm home!" I heard my boyfriends voice from somewhere in the house, followed by the screen slamming.

"Hey Soda, Cherry's in the bedroom asleep, she was tired, so keep your voice down," Pony must had been reading, because otherwise he wouldn't care rather or not I was asleep or not.

"How come you only tell me my girl is sleep, when your reading?" Soda sounded like he was getting closer to the room, he was putting things into the dresser drawer.

"He likes to use me as an excuse because it gets you to shut your trap," I teased still a little sleepy, and still facing my back to him.

He crawled next to me on the bed, and kissed my cheek, "Are you to tired to go out tonight?"

"Take Pony out instead, he graduated to," I sometimes felt like I was taking Soda away from his younger brother sometimes, "He'd like that, just as much as I would like to sleep."

"Darry was going to take Pony out tonight for graduating high school, otherwise I would take both of you guys," He turned me to face him, and then kissed my lips softly.

"I wanted to take you to where we had out very first kiss," He leaned back in and kissed me again.

I thought about the drive in when Soda had kissed me surprisingly, and I ended up slapping him, then realized that's how a lot of the excitement happened involving Soda's and my relationship, "You know we had a lot of firsts at the drive in?"

He nodded, "Our first kiss, my first slap from a girl, Dally finding out about us," he stopped, and looked at me, "And when we told Dally you were pregnant, man I surprised myself that night."

I sat up, on the edge of the bed, and smiled, "You also told me you loved me the for the first time."

He sat beside me, and wrapped his arm around my shoulder, "And I still do, and always will."

I looked at what I had on, the same clothes I had warn to school, I was wearing one of Ponyboys black t-shirt, and a pair of jeans that were starting to get tight around my waist, "Can we stay here tonight, since we will have the house to ourselves."

My boyfriend stood up, and removed his shirt, and tossed it to the floor, like he always did when he wasn't going anywhere else for the day, he then did the same to his pants, then locked his door, "I gues we could stay in tonight, I don't want you to do anything you aren't up to," he laid on the bed.

I looked at him laying there next to where I was sitting, he had only his briefs on, I removed my own jeans, because I figured we weren't going anywhere the rest of the night, I laid in my boyfriends arms, "So what do you think of the name, Francis?"

He sat let go of me for a moment to get the covers over the two of us, then pulled me back in his arms, "It sounds like an old lady name, or a Soc name."

I looked at my boyfriend, "I suppose your right."

He slid his hand to my stomach, "I like the name Minnie."

"Sounds like something Two-Bit would name his daughter, I don't like that name," I placed my hands over his hands, "Wait, we have six more months to decide on a name," laid on my side, and kissed my boyfriends soft lips, "Do you have to work tomorrow?"

"No, not that I know of," He wrapped he kissed my neck, as he started carefully laying over me after removing his briefs, the did the same to my own undergarments, "You want me to go to the doctors with you?"

"Yeah," I felt his hand still on my stomach, as he held my face to his kissing my lips softly, and moving within me.

After we made love, we just held each other until we fell asleep.