Hi So I'm back with the new chapter, and no this is not the end of the story, I've still got loads more to write
It was the middle of the afternoon on a Tuesday. It was two days before Christmas and the air was nippy and the sky overcast. Johnny was walking to the lot, his mind elsewhere as he stepped into the road, so lost in thought he didn't see the… CRASH! BEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEP! Johnny could hear a high pitched noise and the sun seemed way too bright. Then came the pain. It felt like his whole body was on fire and his head felt like a jackhammer was pounding on it, he closed his eyes as he heard others sounds and felt a pair of arms lifting him up
"Johnny? Can ya hear me kid? Come on wake up"
"Dally?" Asked Johnny weakly
"Yeah kid, don't worry, your gonna be ok" said Dally, Johnny could hear the panic in Dally's voice. Johnny closed his eyes again, it was hard to breathe and everything hurt. Suddenly Johnny saw a bright white light and someone coming towards him, he knew this figure well.
"PONY!" Shouted Johnny running towards his best friend, hugging him
"Hey Johnny" said Pony quietly, hugging his brother.
"So is this another dream or out of body experience?" asked Johnny
"No Johnny, that car killed you, you're going to heaven with me" said Pony softly, he wanted to be happy but he knew that his family would suffer, even more than what he had put them through.
"Pony, I know that look, and it's not your fault, you know I couldn't stand being apart from you, you're my twin brother, and I know being me being away from you was causing you a lot of pain, and believe me, it hurt me to be away from you, but now we can both be at peace" said Johnny, gently squeezing Pony tighter. Eventually pony and Johnny went to Pony's parents house. Pony noticed most of his pain was gone as he stuck close to his best friend. They sat on the couch watching tv waiting for Pony's parents to get home from the store
"So Pony, what exactly is there to do up here?" asked Johnny, Pony shrugged
"Get drunk, eat, go to the beach, lay in the meadow staring at the sky,annoy philosophers, one time I fell into the fountain of wine and came out drunker than two-bit is on tuesdays. My parents were only mad that they weren't with me when i did that, apparently my dad had wanted to be the one to push me and my mom in while he took picture, that and my mom was annoyed that I ruined my white robe, but I have like seven of those, was eight now I have one pink one" laughed Pony, Johnny noticed that Pony's laughter was genuine now and not full of pain like it had been just a week ago.
"What time will your parents be home? Maybe you and i can go take a trip to this fountain and come back sloshed off our asses" suggested Johnny
"Maybe tomorrow, they'll be home in five minutes and knowing my mom she's going to want to make whatever food you want the minute she sees you" said Pony. Johnny chuckled
"Yeah, your mom is amazing" said Johnny. Pony rested his head on Johnny's shoulder and sighed
"I'm sorry I left you how I did…..
"NO! Stop it Pony, that was not your fault and I've told you this before, you did nothing wrong, you would have died of the injuries they caused you anyway, you wanted the pain to be over and didn't see an end in sight, I'm far more angry at Dally, Two-Bit, and Steve, than I am at you, so please stop apologizing, I'm happy that I'm here with you now, you are my brother in all but blood and you need to let go of this guilt otherwise neither of us can be at peace, I'm not happy unless you are Pone" said Johnny hugging Pony tightly and sighing, this was going to be hard, getting Pony to accept the past and move on from it and to get him to realize that things were much better now, the guys would eventually be okay and move on so Pony needed to do the same or else spend at least the next fifty years wallowing in grief from actions that weren't his fault. The two eventually fell asleep, not hearing the door open. Mrs. Cutis saw the boys on the couch and smiled, covering them with a blanket.
"Wasn't expecting to see Johnny here so soon" said Mr. Curtis
"I wasn't either but we'll ask when they wake up, Pony seems happy for once and I don't want to disturb them" said Mrs. Curtis
"I do like seeing our boy smile again" said Mr. Curtis softly
"You mean our boys, we've always had seven boys, two of them are with us right now, we're just waiting for the other five" said Mrs. Curtis
"Oh, so is that why we stopped after Pony?" asked Mr. Curtis cheekily, his wife playfully slapped him.
"I wonder if I should move them to Pony's room, then again they look so comfy right now" said Mrs. Curtis
"Let them stay there it's hard enough to get Pony to sleep, it's a miracle he's stayed asleep" said Mr. Curtis
"W-what are you guys arguing about?" asked Pony sleepily
"Nothing sweetie, go back to sleep" said Mrs. Curtis
"I'm kinda hungry though" said Pony, laughed
"How about you wake up Johnny and ask him what he wants for dinner" asked Mrs. Curtis ruffling her son's hair.