Chapter 6
Sodapop's POV
"What!" I yelled, hoping this was all a dream. There couldn't be something wrong with Pony, this was all a sick joke. "Now Mr. Curtis," the doctor began, "We just need you to listen. Your younger brother has suffered a major concussion, internal bleeding, broken bones including a leg, an arm, and three broken ribs, but on top of that, he has suffered something much worse. We would like you to bring your older brother Darrel into the room so we can discuss this." "Yes sir." I replied, walking out of the room to get my older brother, but not before taking one last look at Ponyboy, wondering what sad fate awaited my innocent younger brother.
As Darry and I crammed ourselves onto the little couch in Pony's hospital room, the doctor shuffled his papers and began to speak. "Sirs," He started, "I regret to tell you that from what we can visibly see, which is a very bad sign, that your brother has had sufficient damage to the frontal lobe of his brain. He will slowly lose his memory over the course of an hour at the most, which is probably going to be before he wakes up. Sadly, he may never regain those memories, but he will retain his current knowledge and fine motor skills, as his cerebellum and spinal cord remained intact. I am very sorry for your loss." Darry and I were taken aback. "What!" We both screamed. "Sadly, I'm telling the truth. You can call your friends in and wake him up so you can spend time with him before his frontal lobe suffers the final effects if you want." The doctor said. "Why didn't you say so?" Darry shouted as he dashed out of the room. "Soda, wake him up while I get the gang." I heard his voice echo through the hall. I dashed over to Pony and shook him gently, whispering "Pone! Wake up kiddo!" "Nnn.. Wha? Soda?" He mumbled as he sat up, cringing from the pain. "There there Pone. Just relax. The gang'll be here any second now." I whispered, sitting him up against the stack of pillows on his bed just as the gang walked in. "Guys!" Pony smiled as everyone walked through the door, piling into the little room. "I already told them about Pony." Darry mouthed so Pony wouldn't see. As I looked around the room at the faces of my friends, I noticed that under their happy faces, they all had subtle hints of sorrow in their eyes.
As we all talked and laughed, the hour went by quickly. As I looked at the clock, I noticed that we only had a few minutes left. "Any last words?" I asked. "What?" Pony said. "Visiting hours are almost over." Darry lied. As we all told Pony we loved him, his eyes widened as he held his head in his hands and shouted. "Pony!" I yelled once he stopped. He looked up with confused eyes and said, "Who are you people? He asked.
Suspense!
Sorry its kinda short me and julianna are trying to make it longer. I felt that we should upload because I want to see if this story could go any further. I still feel sad about my recent loss of a family member, but I will be uploading my uploading rule is still the same if you don't know the rule check the last chapter and this chapter and some others will be very exciting to write. Me and Jul will be happy to write soon ya'll just gotta review! Please R&R and pm me if you have any ideas I will be happy for any suggestions or ideas you have. Please read my other story my draft letter because I don't know if I should continue that one. One last reminder put on your converse shoes and stay gold! And do it for Johnny man let's do it for Johnny.
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Mk and julianna
