Well here I am again with another story! Hope you like this one too!
Note: this story takes place before Johnny and Dallas died! I missed them too much
Sodapops POV
I looked at Steve who was red with anger and frustration from helping this annoying fat guy with his car that wasn't even broken. I chuckled as I watched Steve try to explain to the man that their was nothing wrong with his car and if he thought so that he could go fix it himself. That finally made the man leave and Steve walked over to me.
"Man, have you ever met someone more annoying?"he asked
"yeah, you"I answered jokingly
He wrestled me to the ground and began to give me a noogie, which hurt like hell, we didn't even notice people approaching.
"Shouldn't you guys be working?"a familular voice asked us
we both looked up then scrambled to our feet
"hey Pony, Johnnycake"I said breathlessly
"what ya'll doing here?"Steve asked
"we were bored so we figured we'd come see you"Pony answered tugging at his shirt
"you wanna help us?"I asked walking back over to the car I was supposed to be fixing
"sure"Johnny said and followed Steve to where he was working, while Pony followed me
"hey Pone, can you get me that thing-a-ma-giggy?"I asked him from under the hood
he followed my pointing finger to the wrench that was sitting on a bucket near the gas, he brought me it back but I realized it wasn't the right one
"oh, nah that's not it, check in the tool box over there"I said pointing to the old box near the street
"golly Soda"Pony said as he made his way over
Then I heard the screeching of wheels and some man hollering, I lifted my head to see what the commotion was and that's when I saw this car swerving on the road. The man had his head out the window and he was yelling 'need more gas!', he was obviously very drunk. Then I noticed that the car was heading straight for Pony and my body went cold. Pony noticed the man finally and started backing up from the moron, but then suddenly the man turned harshly and slammed into Pony. I watched helplessly as Pony went flying, his head broke the fall. The noise his head made on the concrete was the most disgusting cracking noise you could ever imagine and it made me sick.
"Pony!"I yelled and ran for him
The drunk man got out of his car and staggered over to us quickly and Steve and Johnny glared at him from my side.
"Goddam it! Didn't you hear me? I said I need a refill"he said slurring his words
I stood up from my crouched position next to Ponys limp body and punched the guys lights out.
"Shit"I heard Steve say under his breath
I looked back at Pony and held him in my arms
"Johnny, go call an ambulance!"I shouted and Johnny ran
"god Pony"I said softly as I started crying
"oh god"Steve said as he took a rag and carefully pressed it against Ponyboys bleeding head
The ambulance came soon after Johnny came running back toward us and I watched helplessly as they loaded my baby brother into the back on a stretcher.
"Can I ride with him? Please im his brother!"I asked pleadingly
"sure kid, hop in"I smiled gratefully and hopped in next to Pony
"meet me there! And call Darry!"I yelled out to Steve and Johnny while they were closing the doors
"God Pony, please be alright"I said holding his hand in mine and crying softly into it
The doctors shouted things at each other and bandaged Ponys head up, they gave worried glances toward me, which made me wonder if Pony was alright. I frantically looked at the machine they had hooked Pony up to, it was beating fine which calmed me a little.
"Watch out"a man said as they unhooked Pony and carried him out of the ambulance, I didn't even realized we stopped
I watched as they rushed Pony through the doors and I rushed to keep up with them but my legs would hardly move they were shaking so bad.
"Soda!"I turned and saw Darry pulling up in his car, Two-bit, Johnny, Dally and Steve were with him
"Darry!"I yelled and met him in an embrace
"what happened!"he shouted frantically
"this drunk guy hit Pony, with his car!"I could hardly believe my own words, my poor baby brother
"C'mon!"I shouted just realizing that we should be in the hospital
We all ran and shouted at the nurse at the front desk to tell us what was wrong with Pony, she assured us that she didn't know. We were told to sit in the waiting room and soon enough a doctor will come out and tell us what is going on.
"Not soon enough for me"I said angrily, but reluctantly followed the others to the old chairs in the waiting room
About a half an hour later a doctor entered the room and came right up to us even though there were plenty other people in there. I guess he was judging Pony on his looks and matching him up with the other dirty hoods he found. I was a little pissed off and couldn't help myself from thinking my evil thought, but im sure it was true.
"Any relation to Ponyboy Curtis?"he asked us, and me and Darry stood up
"follow me"he stated and led us over to a corner of the room
"is Pony alright?"I asked a little afraid of the answer
"well, he suffers a few external injuries and some internal bleeding. Were not sure how bad it may be yet, but we will let you know as soon as we do"he assured us
I felt my mouth drop and my body went hot
"s-so what's that mean?"I asked a bit confused
"that means that your brother is suffering from some internal damage, internal bleeding is dangerous, so were gonna keep a carful eye on him. He also fractured his skull, which brings us to our next major problem"he said folding his arms
"what's that?"Darry asked, he looked white
"that Ponyboy may have some memory loss, we don't know how bad or if he'll have any at all. That is something we will be able to figure our after he is awake, im sorry that that is the only news I have for you right now"he said giving us a sympathetic look
"can we see him?"I asked hopefully
"only family at the moment"he said
"we're his brothers"I assured him
"where's his parents?"he asked
I couldn't answer that one, but Darry spoke up for me
"they died"
"oh im very sorry"the doctor said apologetically
"yes you may go see him"he led us down a hallway and into Ponys room
I looked at the figure lying there in the bed and refused to believe that it was my baby brother, my Ponyboy. But it was, that bruised, bleeding, white, dead looking body was my little brother and I nearly collapsed. Darry didn't look any better than I felt, he was white and his eyes were dark, I couldn't even see a color of blue around it. I walked up to Pony and watched his chest slowly rise up and down, he had tubes up his nose to help him breathe and bandages all over his head.
"Could you boys tell me what happened?"I was startled
"yeah, we were at the gas station and this guy hit Pony with his car, he was drunk sir"I answered
"thank you"he replied then exited the room
I heard arguing outside and glanced at the doorway, then I saw Dallas walked in followed by the rest of the gang.
"Damn nurse was telling me that I couldn't come in here"he mumbled as he approached us
"they did say only family allowed"I answered
"what'ya call us?"he asked with open arms
"extended family"I murmured then brought my attention back to Pony
"Jesus, he don't look so good"Two-bit said appearing at my side
"yeah, ya think he's pretty bad off?"I asked Darry, I was on the brink of tears again
"nah, he'll pull through little buddy"Darry said pulling me close and sure enough Pony stirred
We all fell silent as we watched my young brother open his eyes, he looked shook and confused, I stepped closer to him.
Ponyboys POV
Ow my head.
I heard voices around me they were talking softly, it reminded me of the gentle buzzing of bees. I opened my eyes and everything was blurry, I closed them again and then reopened them, things came into focus then. I tried to move but my body ached so bad that I just relaxed and stared at the eyes of boys around me.
Where was I?
"Hey kid, you alright?"a boy with light brown hair and blue eyes asked me, he had a mickey mouse shirt on
I didn't know if I should answer him or not so I didn't
"Is he awake?"a lady asked from the doorway
"yeah"one of the boys answered
"okay im gonna need to asked him a few questions to see the extent of brain damage, if there is any"she said walking close to me
brain damage?
"Hello im gonna ask you a few questions is that alright?"she asked me
I was real confused. But I nodded.
"Okay could you tell me your name?"she asked
I looked at her blankly, why didn't I know my name?
She wrote something down on her clipboard
"do any of these boys look familular to you?"she asked me motioning to the boys in the room
I shook my head and watched as the boys got pained expressions on their faces, I felt bad.
"Do you know where you live?"the lady asked
I shook my head
"do you remember anything that happened to you last?"she asked
I shook my head
"alright, do you remember anything at all, any sort of memory?"she asked
I thought about this one, I searched my mind but it was just empty, gone.
I shook my head
The lady turned to the boys "I'm sorry, this is pretty severe, you brother has no recollection of anything. You are allowed to try and refresh his memory as best as you can"then the lady left the room
I watched the boys as they all gazed at me, which made me feel uncomfortable, I sat up slowly, my head was throbbing.
How was that? I hoped you liked it! Please review and let me know what you think.. Or else im not gonna be able to update
-ohwerdd
