Ponyboy's POV

I was the first one up the next morning. Well, the second person up. But I was the first one up who could make breakfast. After I got dressed, I got Brianna and brought her into the kitchen with me. Sitting her in the high chair.

"What should I make for breakfast, Brianna?" I asked. I was already searching the icebox for eggs. I found the chocolate cake first. Darry usually makes the cakes now that Soda's back in school. I put frosting them in the morning, unless Two-Bit manages to get his hands on it first. "Well, I'll frost the cake. Maybe by the time I'm done someone will be up with suggestions for breakfast."

Brianna, who had been playing with an empty cup, just looked at me. Her hair was still messed up from sleeping on it. Her brown eyes sparkled like Soda's did along with her smile. She banged her cup on the tray.

"Are you thirsty?" I asked. I stopped frosting the cake and poured a small amount of juice in the cup. I didn't bother to put a lid on it. However, I did keep an eye on her as I finished frosting the cake. "Now, what should I make for breakfast?"

"Oh good, the cake's ready." I turned and saw Soda smoothing Brianna's hair with his hand. "You're hair needs to be brushed. Did uncle Pony give you some juice?"

"Soda, see if you can find eggs." I said.

"We're out. I'll have to pick some up on my way home from work." Darry said entering the kitchen. He messed up Brianna's hair even more. "Hey, kiddo."

"Great, now I really don't know what to make for breakfast." I groaned.

"How about chocolate oatmeal?" Soda suggested. "We have the stuff for that."

Darry and I both looked at him. "Chocolate cake with chocolate milk, plus chocolate oatmeal?"

"It was just a suggestion. I don't think we have anything else unless you want bologna sandwhiches for breakfast." Soda defended himself as he poured himself a glass of chocolate milk.

At the sound of bologna, my stomach turned. After that week up in Windrixville, I never could look at bologna the same way. "Well, I guess it can't hurt to have an all chocolate breakfast. Just one question."

"What is it?" Darry asked.

"How do you make chocolate oatmeal?" I looked at Soda since it was his idea.

Soda rolled his eyes at me. "Make the oatmeal the way you normally would. Then you add coco powder and then sugar to sweeten it and stir it."

"Oh." I mumbled getting out a pot while Darry got out everything else. A minute later, we were all sitting around the table eating cake while we waited for the water to boil for the oatmeal.

Soda's POV

Brianna looked at me and held out her cup. "Did you drink all your juice?"

"I only gave her a little." Pony said as he stood up to finish making the oatmeal.

"Do you want more?" I asked. Brianna nodded, still holding out the cup. I poured somemore juice for her and watched as she carefully drank it. Holding the cup in both hands.

"Hey, where's Steve? I though he spent the night." Darry glanced into the living room.

"He did. But he went home to change." I explained.

Brianna was looking at Pony. Watching his every move. She had been doing that since I walked in. She looked at me and pointed at Pony. "Pony?"

"Yes, sweetie. That's your uncle Pony." I told her.

Ponyboy came over with the oatmeal and filled three bowls with it. "Did she just say Pony?"

I nodded. "She sure did. But put the pot down first if you're going to start dancing around."

Pony didn't start dancing, but he did give Brianna a hug and a kiss on the cheek before sitting down to eat his chocolate oatmeal. "This actually isn't that bad."

"Since when are any of my ideas for food bad?" I asked, pretending to be offended.

"No comment." Darry and Pony said at the same time. While Brianna finished her juice and had a small taste of my chocolate oatmeal. She had made Pony's day. I knew it because he had been waiting for her to say his name for the first time. I knew she wouldn't say Ponyboy right away. But since we usually called him Pony anyway, it really didn't matter. Now, I wondered what her next word would be.