here's chapter 2, some religious stuff but mostly terms and names.
The next day at school there were different couples talking about their valentines day, even some of the teachers were in a really good mood. But none of them were as happy as Ponyboy, his new ring was on a chain around his neck because he could only wear it when he took a trip to heaven with Johnny, which they planned to do this afternoon. Pony passed his locker and found yet another bunch of roses, this time the petals were rubies and the stems were emeralds, they smelled like pepsi of all things. The card that came with them was once again in johnny's handwriting
Hi Honey,
I was talking to your ma who said that there was a whole field of these a couple miles from their cloud house, figure I'd give a few to the best husband in the world. I love you and will see you after you get out of school.
Love
Johnny
Pony put the flowers in his bag. His new wings were a little uncomfortable under his sweatshirt and the feathers tickled like crazy on his neck but he patiently waited until he could go home and unfurl them before Johnny would bring him to heaven for a few hours, he couldn't wait to see his parents and Dally, but also he wanted to be next to Johnny, every since yesterday he just didn't feel right unless Johnny was holding him. Soda had joked this morning about pony not being able to last till lunch time without Johnny kissing him and right now Pony thought about how that might just come true, he felt empty without Johnny and needed him. It was third period gym class when Pony decided he'd skip the rest of the day, he didn't need college or school anymore, he needed Johnny. He ran around the track and ducked into the woods where no one could see him. He took off his shirt and stuffed it in his bag and unfurled his wings stretching them to loosen his cramped up muscles. He put his ring on his finger and looked around
"Johnny? Baby are you here?" called Pony. Johnny appeared in front of him
"Hey love, you skipping class?" asked Johnny kissing Pony,feeling his husband relax in his arms
"I can't go three hours without you next to me, it just feels, lonely" whimpered Pony. Johnny Pulled Pony close to him.
"Well your ma has been getting me caught up on my school work, I supposed Darry could let you drop out if you get your ma to homeschool you, then you and i don't have to be apart at all" suggested Johnny
"I'd like that, let's go to heaven now" said Pony flapping his wings and hovering a few feet off the ground. Johnny smiled and flapped his own golden wings, taking pony's hand and flying off into the sunlight. They arrived in heaven and folded their wings before walking down the golden street hand in hand.
"Your parent's place is on Ten Commandment Avenue" said Johnny. Pony stifled a laugh
"Are all the street names here stuff from the bible?" asked Pony
"Yeah, it's kinda funny, some of the famous guys in the bible live on streets related to what they did, Jonah is a bit annoyed to be living on Whale Lane, Jesus and God have pretty good senses of humor, spiders were the result of someone telling God a joke on one of the days of creation and he laughed so hard a few beatles got two extra legs" said johnny. Pony laughed as they went inside the house, the smell of his mom's cookies hitting him from every angle. He saw his Dad reading the paper on a reclining chair and read the title of the paper almost laughing at seeing the bold print reading The Good Paper. His father looked up from his paper to see his son and son-in-law. He smiled and set the paper down as pony ran over to him. The two of them hugged each other tightly before Mrs. Curtis came out of the kitchen and joined the hug. After they pulled apart Pony and Johnny sat on the couch eating cookies.
"Dally should be back from work soon, he's the grim reaper, it was kinda the only way for him to avoid hell, well that and I vouched for him, saint Peter was really good about it, seriously" said Johnny
"What time does he get off work?" asked Pony
" His shift ends at three, then funnily enough Bob has the night shift" said Johnny
"He must have been shocked to see you" said pony
"Yeah, but we patched things up, he wasn't that mad at me, he's actually a decent guy, him and Dally didn't get along that well, Dally's still mad at Bob for attacking me twice" said Johnny.
"Oh shoot, I forgot to tell Darry I'd be here with you for several hours, he's probably worried sick" said Pony getting up
"Don't worry baby, I told him you'd be with me this afternoon before you woke up" said Johnny kissing Pony's forehead. The curtis parents smiled at their boys before the door slammed open revealing an exhausted Dally who flopped onto one of the arm chairs. Mrs. Curtis set a plate of cookies and a glass of chocolate milk in front of him.
"Thanks Mrs. Curtis" said dally
"Dallas, how many time do I have to say it, call me mom, at least until you find your own mother" said Mrs. Curtis. Dally smiled tiredly before noticing Pony laying in Johnny's lap.
"Hey pony, long time no see" said Dally
"Hey Dal" smiled Pony.
"How ya been kid?" asked Dally
"Oh ya know, the usual, getting married on valentines day, getting wings, typical stuff" laughed Pony
"You've been hanging with Two-Bit too much" laughed Dally
"More like he finally inherited my sense of humor" laughed ruffling his Son's hair. Pony smiled
"Pony sweetie, are you staying here for dinner or going back to your brother tonight?" asked Mrs. Curtis
"I'll eat here and johnny and I will sleep back at home" said Pony
"Alright, I'll make Stir fry with tofu" said Mrs. Curtis
"We don't have meat here, ya know, no death" Johnny explained. Mr. Curtis Turned on the TV,
"Oh come on, not another 2 hour newscast by moses, that guy always does his broadcasts on top of a mountain, he's so dramatic" complained Dally with a huff
"Any good cartoons up here?" asked Pony
"Not really, unless you like ridiculous concepts told to you like you're a baby" said Dally
"I'll just put on sports, good old football, half the apostles are on the same team" said Mr. Curtis
"Oh come on, any team Sampson is on is gonna win" said Dally
"He's not playing tonight" said Mr Curtis
"Drat" huffed Dally. Pony snuggled up next to Johnny, vaguely hearing his husband talk to his mother about homeschooling him. Eventually Pony and Johnny had to go back to Earth. Two-Bit watch watching mickey again.
"Hey Pone, why weren't ya at lunch?" asked Two-Bit
"I went to heaven with Johnny for the rest of the day" said Pony
"Pony, I know we've got money now but i still want you going to school" said Darry
"Dar, Mom is going to homeschool me up in heaven, she already teaches Johnny and i can't last two hours without at least holding Johnny's hand, it's lonely" saaid Pony
"Well I guess if Mom is teaching you it's alright, I applied for college so I won't be home as much anyway" said Darry thinking it over. Pony hugged his big brother tightly, proud that Darry was finally going to achieve his dream. Pony and johnny then sat on the couch, Darry had bought a new one reasoning that a nice leather couch was more practical and comfortable than their old one. If the gang spent the night here they at least needed something comfortable to sleep on. Pony sat on Johnny's lap, cuddling into his husband.
"Have you two thought about where you're going to honeymoon?" asked Two-Bit wiggling his eyebrows
"We might just spend a week up in heaven, Johnny' says that there's this really nice beach" said Pony, Johnny nodded and kissed Pony's neck and wrapping his wings around Pony.
"Hey Johnny, why are you able to come here but Dally isn't?" asked Steve
"He works during the day normally, and he does come back everyday for work, he's the grim reaper so you don't really want to see him" said Johnny. Suddenly a robed figure appeared in the living room.
"you forgot I'm not on duty right now Johnnycake" said Dally reclining on the empty spot on the couch.
"Hey dal" laughed Steve
"Hey man, hey Dar, got any beer?" said Dally, Johnny rolled his eyes as Darry laughed and tossed Dally a beer
"wow Dar, you got the good stuff" said Dally looking at the bottle
" money isn't an issue anymore thanks to those two" said Darry pointing to Pony and Johnny.
"dal you better not be drunk on your shift tomorrow" warned Johnny
"don't worry kid, I'm only having two beers" said Dally. Johnny rolled his eyes and pony giggled
"pony, since when do you giggle like a chick?" asked Steve
"since this angel started giving me flowers" smiled Pony cuddling into Johnny who grinned and wrapped his wings possessively around his husband.