Chapter 7
Ponyboy's POV
A week or so went by, and I was able to go home. I still had to wear bandages and I still had cuts, but they were getting better. Soda was acting nice to me though, so I thought maybe Darry said something to him, but I didn't know. Soda glared at me every now and then, but it wasn't too bad. I had to admit though, I was scared of him.
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I went to the DX after school, but I immediately regretted it. Soda saw me looking at him. He started at me for a second, and I stared back, until he started walking towards me. I quickly turned around and tried running, but I tripped on something. By the time the pain in my ribs was gone and I got back up, it was too late. Soda caught up to me.
He grabbed me by the arm and pulled me to my feet, dragging me back to his friends. "Soda please stop. What happened to you?! Why do you hate me?!"
He stopped and looked at me. The anger was gone and replaced by sadness. He looked ready to cry. He said, "Because they do."
I saw the faces of Soda's friends. Some of them were pointing at me. They were snickering and laughing.
Soda looked at me with sad eyes as he let go of my arm and stood over by Steve.
"I told you you'd be sorry." Soda mouthed out to me. One of Soda's friends yelled out "Get him!"
Soda looked at his friends. As he did so, the sadness in his eyes slowly turned to anger. Was he mad at them or me?
It didn't matter who he was mad at. Either way, he was taking his anger out on me.
He started hitting me an kicking me. I saw Steve try to stop Soda by holding onto him, but it didn't work. I saw Soda's eyes. Yet again, they were filled with rage. I just didn't know who he was mad at.
After that, I blacked out.
Steve's POV
"I told you you'd be sorry." I saw Soda mouth to Ponyboy. When did he say that? I was distracted by someone yelling "Get him!" Soda looked at his friends and became angry. That made me happy. I thought he wasn't going to listen to them.
Soda suddenly started hitting and kicking Ponyboy. Pony fell to the ground and curled into a ball. I grabbed Soda and tried to pull him backwards, but I couldn't do it. Soda was too strong. He was mad again too. He finally stopped when Pony blacked out. One of his friends said, "He's such a wimp. That was nothing compared to a beating, and he just passed out?!"
"Shut up!" I hollered and punched the kid. I guess I was just angry.
"Soda why'd you do that?!"He looked sad and angry. "Tell Darry the socs did it. I gotta talk to Pony later." I gasped and lost it. "Soda you gotta stop doing these things to Pony! Don't you realise that these things could end up killing him?!"
Soda just shrugged. "Go Steve. I'll talk to him later." I sighed out of anger. I really felt bad for Pony. He didn't deserve this. I know we don't always get along, but I still cared for him.
I bent down and gently rolled Ponyboy over so he was laying on his back. I gently picked him up and started for the Curtis house.
The moment I got ponyboy into the house, Darry was there, angry. "What happened to him now?!"
"It was So-" I caught myself mid-sentence. "It was the socs Dar. I was walking home from work and saw him getting beat."
I said that because I felt like I could believe Soda. I wanted to give him a chance to make it up to Ponyboy.
"Here I got him. Thanks for bringing him home Steve." He held out his arms and I gently handed Pony to him.
I hope Soda makes it up to him. He didn't deserve what he got.