Chapter 3
When I walked in through the front door, I was surprised to find Sodapop and Darry talking at the kitchen table. When they saw me, Darry stood up, furious. Soda looked at me, and smirked. I had no idea what was going on.
"What the hell is wrong with you Ponyboy?!" Darry shouted at me. I looked at him and took a step back. "W-what did I do?" I asked him.
Darry's eyes flickered from anger to sadness and back again. "Don't play dumb Ponyboy! Sodapop told me what you did. Did you really think that you'd get away with it?!" He bellowed. I took another step back.
"What did I do?!" I yelled. Darry took a step towards me. "Soda showed me the drugs. Why'd you do it?!" he yelled. "You're grounded little buddy!" Darry hollered.
I suddenly looked to Soda, who was still smirking at me. He looked a bit sad, but not much.
"So it's true…" I whispered sadly. "Your friends were right! You really don't love me!" And with that, I ran to my room and locked the door. I cried myself to sleep.
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I got up the next morning and unlocked my bedroom door. Soda and darry were both up. Soda smirked at me and Darry didn't look at me at all. Neither one of my brothers talked to me while we were eating, but they talked to each other.
I sighed. The reason I didn't tell Darry that Soda set me up was because I didn't want Soda to get into trouble. If he got into trouble, he'd hurt me more. So, I willingly took the blame.
I went to school that day and came straight home. I wasn't allowed to go anywhere other than school and back. Sometimes I'd go by the DX, but not much.
A few days went by, and I was no longer grounded. Soda was a bit unhappy, but that was fine by me at the moment. I was mad at him.
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I had stopped by the DX. Of course, Soda and Steve were talking to the other kids. They were all happy though, so I ease dropped.
Soda said, "What time?"
Someone said, "9 o'clock?" Everyone else nodded.
"Where?" Steve asked this.
The same person pointed in a direction. "That way there is an old building next to a road. Follow that road until it meets up with a bigger road. That bigger road will be the one we will use."
Soda smilled. "This is going to be the best drag race ever."
Pony wanted to go. He didn't know why, but he wanted to make sure Soda was safe. He quickly ran home. Since it was a Friday night, he hoped that Darry would let him out. He was happy when he found Darry at home by himself.
"Hey Darry?"
"Hmm?"
"Can I go the drive-in at 9?" I lied.
"Pony, I'm still a little upset about the drugs." 'Oh how I wish so bad to tell you I didn't do them' I thought.
"But you already grounded me Dar. Please?" I gave him the puppy dog eyes.
He sighed. "All right, but don't be gone all night, got that?" I nodded and ran to my room. Now I was excited.
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8 o'clock rolled around, and I asked Darry if I could leave.
"I thought you said it started at 9?"
"I did, but I wanna get good seats."
Darry nodded. "Okay. Well, have fun." He smiled and waved at me. I did the same thing to him and left.
"This is going to be fun to watch." I told myself, and started on my way.