Darry's POV
"Damn it!" I said.
"What?" Joey asked
"The fuckin' coach won't let me play the next two games because I got a B- on my math test last week. I mean it's just a B-."
"Yeah, well. You've always cared before. You only wanted A's, but ever since you started going out with Alexis you've just been out there."
"It's not just Alexis," I said simply.
"Then what is it?"
"I don't wanna talk about it."
"Oh, great! We're back to that subject again. The one you won't ever tell me about. C'mon bro, I'm your best friend, you can tell me."
"Fine, you wanna know? I'll tell you, but it's gonna be kinda boring."
"Fine just tell me!"
"Okay, okay. Well I come from Oklahoma and..."
"You do? You never told me that."
"Are you gonna let me talk or not?"
"Yeah, keep going."
"Okay, as I was saying. I used to live in Oklahoma with my parents and my two brothers, Ponyboy and Sodapop."
"What kinds of names are those?"
"Will you shut up? Any ways, my parents died in a car accident about a month ago. I was now to be responsible for my two brothers. I couldn't do it. I had to give them a better home. I wanted to go to college, and if I took care of them I wouldn't be able to. So, I decided I was going to go to college and put them in a boys' home. Everyone I knew tried to talk me out of it, but I had my mind set. As I took them there Soda was yelling at me, and I just ignored everything he said..."
"Damn it, Darry! You can't take us there. Why the hell are you gonna leave us for your own fucking reasons!"
"Look you better shut up! I have to go to college even if it means I won't see you guys again!"
"And that's exactly what you want! But fine leave! We'll be miserable, but not half as much as you will be!"
"Fine I hope you have the worst time of your life. Be damned!"
"Same to you, you bastard!"
"...I then threw them out of the car and left them at the boys' home. I was so angry I didn't care what they thought of me. I just wanted to go to college and that was what I was gonna do. I never said another word to them. I don't know how they are or anything. I never will."
"Well," said Joey, "you could check if they're still in the boys' home and then talk to them."
"I doubt they will ever want to talk to me again."
"Well, I dunno what to say to you. Just get over it. They're history. What you gotta worry about now, is mid-terms."
"Oh, yeah! Damn it, I forgot!"
"Well you best get your ass to it. You've got time so don't worry too much."
I went to my room and started studying for mid-terms. They weren't for six weeks, but if I wanted to stay on the football team, I had to do good. I couldn't keep my mind on it though. As I remembered the fight I had with Soda that day, I knew he was right. I was miserable, and guilt was running all over me. I should've thought about whether Pony and Soda were going to get good homes. I shouldn't have even sent them there. I shouldn't have gone to college, and paid more attention to Ponyboy and Soda going to college. It was to late now though. I just had to hope that they get good homes. Maybe they already got a new home. If they did I hope they're good.
It was 2 o'clock in the morning by the time I went to bed. I didn't know why I studied so much today if I had 6 weeks left. Even Joey had already gone to sleep. I went into my bed and just lay there. I thought of Pony, Soda, mid-terms, my new girlfriend Alexis, football...
"Damn it!" I said.
"What?" Joey asked
"The fuckin' coach won't let me play the next two games because I got a B- on my math test last week. I mean it's just a B-."
"Yeah, well. You've always cared before. You only wanted A's, but ever since you started going out with Alexis you've just been out there."
"It's not just Alexis," I said simply.
"Then what is it?"
"I don't wanna talk about it."
"Oh, great! We're back to that subject again. The one you won't ever tell me about. C'mon bro, I'm your best friend, you can tell me."
"Fine, you wanna know? I'll tell you, but it's gonna be kinda boring."
"Fine just tell me!"
"Okay, okay. Well I come from Oklahoma and..."
"You do? You never told me that."
"Are you gonna let me talk or not?"
"Yeah, keep going."
"Okay, as I was saying. I used to live in Oklahoma with my parents and my two brothers, Ponyboy and Sodapop."
"What kinds of names are those?"
"Will you shut up? Any ways, my parents died in a car accident about a month ago. I was now to be responsible for my two brothers. I couldn't do it. I had to give them a better home. I wanted to go to college, and if I took care of them I wouldn't be able to. So, I decided I was going to go to college and put them in a boys' home. Everyone I knew tried to talk me out of it, but I had my mind set. As I took them there Soda was yelling at me, and I just ignored everything he said..."
"Damn it, Darry! You can't take us there. Why the hell are you gonna leave us for your own fucking reasons!"
"Look you better shut up! I have to go to college even if it means I won't see you guys again!"
"And that's exactly what you want! But fine leave! We'll be miserable, but not half as much as you will be!"
"Fine I hope you have the worst time of your life. Be damned!"
"Same to you, you bastard!"
"...I then threw them out of the car and left them at the boys' home. I was so angry I didn't care what they thought of me. I just wanted to go to college and that was what I was gonna do. I never said another word to them. I don't know how they are or anything. I never will."
"Well," said Joey, "you could check if they're still in the boys' home and then talk to them."
"I doubt they will ever want to talk to me again."
"Well, I dunno what to say to you. Just get over it. They're history. What you gotta worry about now, is mid-terms."
"Oh, yeah! Damn it, I forgot!"
"Well you best get your ass to it. You've got time so don't worry too much."
I went to my room and started studying for mid-terms. They weren't for six weeks, but if I wanted to stay on the football team, I had to do good. I couldn't keep my mind on it though. As I remembered the fight I had with Soda that day, I knew he was right. I was miserable, and guilt was running all over me. I should've thought about whether Pony and Soda were going to get good homes. I shouldn't have even sent them there. I shouldn't have gone to college, and paid more attention to Ponyboy and Soda going to college. It was to late now though. I just had to hope that they get good homes. Maybe they already got a new home. If they did I hope they're good.
It was 2 o'clock in the morning by the time I went to bed. I didn't know why I studied so much today if I had 6 weeks left. Even Joey had already gone to sleep. I went into my bed and just lay there. I thought of Pony, Soda, mid-terms, my new girlfriend Alexis, football...