Chapter 5
Steve's POV
I watched Mark and Pony's car out of the corner of my eye. We were mainly tie, both cars going together. Suddenly Mark yelled something, and his car started swerving. They hit the wall, and so I stepped on the break. Soda was watching their car with wide eyes.
Our car came to a stop. I got out and saw their car doing flips. I felt myself go pale. Glass and debris went flying everywhere. Someone flew out of the car and landed on the road. They made no movement. I thought that the person was dead. I ran to them. I recognized the person to be Ponyboy and it felt like my heart skipped a beat.
I crouched down next to him as some of Soda's friends came rushing over as well. I started talking to him.
"Come-on Ponyboy, don't you die on me now." I checked his pulse. He had one and I felt better. "Someone call 911!" I screamed, and saw one of Soda's friends do it. I looked at the car, and saw Soda helping Mark out. Mark just had bad cuts and bruises… He was wearing a seatbelt…
Soda's friend said, "I called the ambulance. They said that they'd be here soon."
I nodded and looked at Ponyboy. He was breathing weird and he was bleeding bad.
"Come on buddy, you gotta hold on. Just hold on for a little longer. Come on Ponyboy, don't you die on me now!" I started shaking. I was scared.
I gently maneuvered him so I could pick him up. I gently picked him up off of the road and set him on the grass. Mark limped over by us while Sodapop stumbled. I couldn't help but blame Soda for what happened to Pony. Pony didn't want to go… But Soda made him... Now he could be dying.
An ambulance came and they took Ponyboy and Mark to the hospital. The rest of us all left in a car. Instead of going to the hospital, I went to the Curtis' house. I told everyone, even Soda, to stay in the car while I went in and talked to Darry.
The door was unlocked and so I opened it. Darry was suddenly there, yelling "Ponyboy, wh-" But he stopped when he saw me.
"Steve?" He asked, in shock.
"Hey Darry." I said, unsure of what to say.
"Where's Pony?" Darry asked. "He should have been back from the movies hours ago."
I paled again. Darry didn't even know that Pony was at a drag race instead of the movies.
"D-Darry, something bad happened to Pony."
Darry looked at me, waiting for me to continue.
"He wasn't at the movies Dar… He was at a drag race."
Darry gasped, probably getting an idea of what happened to Pony. He paled, just like I did.
"His car sort of… Flipped, Dar." I stopped and took a deep breath before I continued. "He wasn't wearing a seat belt."
"Let's go then!" Darry yelled. He grabbed his keys and jumped into his car while I jumped into the one I came in, and we took off towards the hospital.
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When we got there, we all had to wait in the waiting room. A few hours later, a nurse came out to us.
"Family of Ponyboy Curtis?"
Darry and I stood up. Soda, who was sleeping, and his friends didn't. I shook Soda and he woke up a little, before slowly standing up too.
"How is he?" Darry asked the nurse.
"He was pretty bad when you brought him. He has many cuts and he lost a lot of blood. He was wheezing because one of his ribs broke and was cutting a bit of his lung. We fixed his lung but he still has a lot of broken bones. I'd say that you can bring him home in a few weeks."
"Can we see him?"
"Yes. Room 378. He might wake up in a few minutes also."
Darry, Soda, and I rushed to his room, Soda was the slowest because he was tired and he was stumbling.
We got to his room and opened the door to find Ponyboy awake. He was laying down on the bed but his eyes were open. He was pale and he had cuts everywhere. The glass cut him pretty good when he went through the windshield. He had bandages all over his chest and ribs. The three of us filed into his room, and Sodapop surprised me. The first thing he did when he saw Pony was yell.
He yelled, "What the hell Ponyboy?! What were you thinking?! Why did you want to enter that race? I told you not to!" I started to get mad.
Pony looked at Soda with scared, wide eyes. "Please don't hit me again Soda!" Pony cried out. I gasped. I never knew he hurt Ponyboy by hitting him. Soda's eyes went from mad to burning with rage. Soda was mad, Pony was scared, and I was worried… For the both of them.