This chapter will be different. I plan to do several one shots inside this chapter. I plan to rework both chapters when I have time. Some of these stories are based off true life events, it's a reminder kids say and do the weirdest and most random stuff!
Disclaimer: I don't own The Outsiders
Note: Read with caution has sexual references are mentioned (Not horribly) and cursing! People may possibly find some stuff offensive. (though I hope not)
Ponyboy was very curious. He loved hanging by the older boys at school. This was something his brothers always hated. Ponyboy heard more than they ever wanted him to know at a young age but the kid was so damn stubborn he always learning from them. Sometimes he learned stuff even the older boys who were 9 and 10 should never know. Today being no exception. Ponyboy was on a mission to be accepted by the older kids.
"Soda! Darry!" Ponyboy calls for his big two brothers. Ponyboy was determined to not be the dumb little kid and figure out what the older boys meant at school today.
"In here kiddo," Darry called from the living room. Ponyboy roams into the kitchen where Darry was preparing dinner.
"What are you up to?" Darry smiles at his little brother.
"I need you tell me something," Ponyboy tells his brother.
Darry turns his full attention to his little brother. "Ok what do you want to know?" he asks, Darry knows it's better to answer his brother now than being pestered all night.
"What does this mean?" Ponyboy asked innocent up his pointer and middle fingers to his lips making a 'V" around his lips and sticking his tongue out through the 'V".
Darry's face went red and his eyes filled with anger ready to kill who ever showed Ponyboy this gesture. "Ponyboy never do that again," Darry tells him trying not to sound like an asshole.
"How come?" Ponyboy asked.
"It is only for adult eye only. I never want to see you do that gesture again. Do I make myself clear?" Darry tasks his brother.
"I won't do It no more. I promise. Why do the big fourth graders do it Darry if it is wrong?" Ponyboy questioned.
"Maybe those kids don't have moms, dads, sisters, or even brothers who love them enough to teach them better. You my kid brother had two parents who loved you so much they wanted you to grow up to be a well behaved and helpful person and now you have two brothers who will help you be the best Ponyboy you can be. "Darry tells him.
Ponyboy wraps his arms around his brothers and hugs him. "I love you Darry! "the youngest tells him smiling.
"Hey Ponyboy, look its beans!" Two-Bit tells the pint-sized greaser who he had brought with him to the store.
"So?" Ponyboy retorts to his weird older friend who seemed to find amusement in weird ways. Maybe that's why Ponyboy loved him so much. He loved days either Two-Bit or Johnny had to watch him.
"Beans are magical," Two-Bit said with cocking his eye brows at the kid.
Pony smiles at them. "Really?" Ponyboy asked buying into Two-Bits shenanigans,
"Beans beans the magical fruit the more you eat the more you toot!'' Two-Bit sang loudly throwing some beans into the shopping cart. Ponyboy laughed as Two-Bit was right they sure were magical at least in Sodapop' case!
"Now kiddo lets go get some eggs and milk for superman," Two-Bit told him headed over to the Dairy aisle. They grabbed what they needed and Two-Bit pad with cash but not before swiping a few candy bars.
"Now let's get going and see that brother of yours,'' Two-bit tells Ponyboy as they load into his car and head to the DX.
Once at the DX Ponyboy gets up and runs over to his brother who was talking to some girls. "Soda. Soda. Guess what?" Ponyboy screamed jumping into his arms.
"What? What?" Soda said matching his brothers' enthusiasm.
"Beans Beans the magical fruit the more you eat the more you toot! "Ponyboy sings. "Beans are magic that's why you toot so much!" Pony tells him. Ponyboy was so proud of himself that he learned beans were magical and he was even able to teach his older brother. He had as much excitement as someone who won the lottery.
The girl Soda was talking o started smiling trying to hold in a laugh, Sodas face was beet red. Two-Bit did not try to contain his laughter.
"Soda maybe you should not eat beans because your toots smell like poop," Pony tells Soda innocently not knowing the embarrassment he caused. This was one of those times Soda decided Ponyboy may not be a great babe magnet and that he could not wait until Pony was a teenager and payback!
Ponyboy was bored his mind. He knew Darry went to start dinner after being at his desk working on adult stuff. Ponyboy got annoyed the at Darry would not let him help. He decided against his better judgement to see what all these papers Darry was looking at was about. Pony knew he would get in trouble if he got caught but he wanted to know what kept his brother so busy and flustered all the time.
So, Pony made his was over to the desk. HE looked at all he stacks of mail. Darry had several different piles. Pony picked up different papers but all they had were words and numbers, it was all boring looking so he could not understand why Darry spent so much time on this stuff.
"What are you doing?" A voice rang making Ponyboy jump. Dang it! Ponyboy knew he was busted.
"Ponyboy what did I tell you about going in my bedroom without asking? Especially going through my desk?" Darry questions his little brother.
Pony stared at his feet. He had known that he would be in trouble if he was caught snooping through his brother's things. "That I'm not suppose too," Pony says almost inaudibly.
"well little man I think your nose needs to find a corner right now," Darry says sort of gently. He needed not to tell Pony twice. Pony found himself a corner fast. Darry chuckled slightly at his brother and went to sit down and read his paper for a few minutes.
While Darry read about the latest Bedlam guesses in the sport section Ponyboy was in the corner trying to think of a way out of time out. Pony thought to Sunday when Soda drug him to church with his new girl crush. Ponyboys class was taught about how god answered prayers. Maybe if he prayed then Darry would have to let him out. No way Darry would say no to God.
Pony bowed his head and shut his eyes and put his hands together. "Dear God, please get Darry to let me out of Time out! Pretty please I love you and amen!" Ponyboy whispered his prayer before opening his eyes.
Darry heard his brothers hushed voice in the corner and could no figure out what the boy was mumbling. Knowing his brother, he was probably lost in some fantasy world.
"Ponyboy Michael come here," Darry instructs, Pony tried to hide his smile that his prayer was answered. He made his way over to his eldest brother climbing into his lap.
"Now Ponyboy what are the rules about my room?" Darry asks sternly though he was not angry with his brother.
"Not to go in your room without asking. Also, not to snoop through your stuff including all the bills and adult stuff you have. I'm sorry for being bad," Pony tells his brother giving his brother a bug hug for good measures.
"All right no more got it? Now what were you saying over there in the corner?" Darry questions his curiosity getting the best of him.
"Well when I went to church with Soda that day. Well I went to this class. They told us prayers worked. IF he had a problem to pray. So, I decided to pray to God that you would let me out of time out. It worked Darry! Prayers really work," Pony tells him with a big grin on his face.
Ponyboy looked confused when Darry broke into laughter, "Kid how about next time your pray to God to lead you to making better choices so you don't get sent to time out to begin with." Darry exclaims.
"I can't wait to go home. I get to watch IT." Curly told Ponyboy as the set outside on the playground at school.
"What is that?" He asks his slightly older friend.
"A scary movie of course! Are you dumb or something?" Curly retorts to his younger fellow Greaser.
"I am not dumb. You're the one who made a F on his spelling test not me! Besides I am not allowed to watch scary movies Darry says I'm too young." Ponyboy defends himself.
"Ha you always do what he says? I were you I would tell him to fuck off. My parents nor my brother will tell me what to do," Curly lies Curly knew it was bad news to cross his own brothers path if he disapproved of something. Though lucky for him they did no care what he did for the most part. It's not very many 7-year old's who have been arrested for shop lifting and suspended for pranks and fighting right?
"Well I dare you to say that to my brother," Ponyboy challenges the other boy. Curly smirked. He was to naïve to realize who Ponyboys older brothers were.
"I am not scared of no one. "Curly said slightly unsure of himself. He would never admit it if he was scared he was a true hood in the making.
"Whatever. Now what's he movie about?" Pony questions.
"Killer clown," Curly smirked. Pony really was interested now but knew Darry would not go for it. Darry just sees him as a baby and won't let him do the cool big kid things like everyone else. Sometimes Ponyboy found it rather annoying.
"Sounds stupid," Ponyboy says faking disinterest.
"Well kid tell your brothers you're not a baby. You need to learn how to defend yourself against killer clowns anyhow. If you don' you may end up the next one dead. Now we wouldn't want your brothers having to bury another person, would you? Well they would bury you if they found your body." Curly said trying to frighten Ponyboy.
"You lie! Killer clowns are fake," Ponyboy all but shouts at him.
"Tell that to the kid who went missing last week. We were all hanging around the park and this clown shows up. Everyone is running scared…. well no me of course. I challenged the clown to come get me. He clown was too scared of me. He took off running from me but not before snatching a kid of the swing. The boy has not been seen since. Hell, Tim said the clown hid in his closet and tried to kill him but he fought him off. So, you can never be too careful. " Curly said cool like.
Pony was terrified. They went to the park a lot. He was scared that the clown would show up and kill him. Well maybe… they would have to get through Soda and Darry first. Ponyboy refused to admit to Curly that he had frightened him.
"whatever you say. Besides Darry let me watch Superman. That's not a baby show or a made up stupid clown movie," Ponyboy tells curly getting up and going to play on the monkey bars. He was tired of Curly who always treated him like a dummy.
"Off to bed with you little man," Darry tells his brother. Ponyboy did not want to go to bed since it was a later night for Soda to come home. He works once or twice a week. Ponyboy did not want to go to bed alone tonight. Normally Soda will lay with him until he falls asleep and then he does his own thing until he is ready for bed. Ponyboy quickly uses the bathroom and brushes his teeth before climbing into bed. Pony was scared the clown may be hiding out to get him since he will be in bed alone. Pony pulls the covers over his head and wraps the blanket tightly around himself, Pony was hoping he would be safe if the clown could not see him if he was covered up,
"Goodnight Ponyboy!" Darry tells him waltzing into the bedroom. "Your cold little man?" he questions his brother unusual way of covering up tonight. Maybe he as cold and getting sick?
"Just a little," Pony lied not wanting he as afraid of the dumb clown. Darry chuckled and kissed the top of his brother's head best he could before be shutting off the light and leaving,
Pony laid in is bed and taking notice to every little noise he heard. He was convincing himself with every night typical sound he heard was IT getting ready to sneak out of the closet. In a distance, an owl is heard and some footsteps belonging to Darry in the living room was enough make Ponyboy flip out.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! He is going to kill me!" Ponyboy shrieks curling into fetal position wrapping the blanker tighter to himself.
At the horror in his brother's shrieks Darry burst down the hallway and into the door of his brother's room. He flipped on the light and surveyed the room. Darry sat down next to his brother and slowly started removing the blanket.
"Hey now baby what's the matter?" Darry asked a very panicked Ponyboy.
Ponyboy was hysterical and was not going to answer. Instead he quickly buried his head in his brother's chest clutching onto his shirt like his life depended on it. Darry slowly rubbed the boys back and whispered soothing words to him. It took a good ten minutes to calm him down.
"Now baby why are you so upset?" Darry questions him in a soothing voice.
"I…I…I…. I'm sc…. scared…" Ponyboy mumbles into Darry's chest. Darry could still make out the words though.
"Why are you scared? Sodapop, the gang, and I will always be here to protect you," Darry tried to reassure the distraught boy.
"It," Ponyboy whispered clinging tighter if that was even possible. Darry was confused. What was 'it'. A kid at school? Tv? Book? Over active imagination running wild?
"Baby what is it? I can't help if I don't know," Darry reasons with him.
"The killer clown," he sates matter of fact like.
Darry thought about It. It took a minute for It to click in his mind. It was the new movie I had seen advertise in the paper. Did his brother watch it somehow?
"Ponyboy have you been watching movies that you are not allowed to?" Darry questions his broker gently but with a hint of his stern voice.
"No. Curly told me about IT. He told me about the boy in the park that the clown killed. It even hid in his brothers closet and tried to kill him!" Pony cries to his brother.
As Darry listened he cursed the Shepard's in his head and vowed to have a chat with Tim very soon. "Ponyboy, Curly Shepard is full of lies. It is made from a book written by Stephan King. He writes horror stories to scare people and to entertain them. Your too young for those stories. Curly was being mean and tried to scare you and I worked. "Darry explains to his brother,
Pony lets go of his brother but remains cuddled into his chest. That Curly was a liar just like he thought. Pony was glad Darry honest and now he didn't have to be afraid anymore. Even knowing the truth Pony still felt uneasy.
"Darry will you please stay in here with me?" Ponyboy asks using his best puppy dog face. Pony knew how to get what he wanted sometimes.
"What the heck," Darry says smiling and shutting he light off before drifting into an early sleep with his youngest brother curled up to him peacefully sleeping.
Pony had woken up from a strange and slightly scary dream. Today he was with Johnny since both brothers worked and it was a weekend. Ponyboy was more than happy to stay with Johnny. Johnny was always nice. He loved Johnny as much as his brothers almost.
"Johnny?" Pony questions his dark hair friend who was sitting on the couch with beside him watching superman reruns.
"Ya?" he dark hair teenager replies.
"Can you be my brother? I'll share my toys with you." Pony asks him. Johnny was very flattered and smiles at the boy.
"Shoot why not? Your already like my baby brother as is? Why not claim ya as so," Johnny tells him. Truthfully Ponyboy basically was a younger brother to him.
"Good. Sometimes I need another brother. Soda gets cooties sometimes from girls and I don't want to catch them, and sometimes Darry is cranky and needs a nap." Ponyboy explains is logic.
"Well little brother why don't we head over to the DX. Time to eat lunch with Sodapop and Steve," Johnny says.
Steve's name reminded Ponyboy of his odd dream once again. It was what he was focused on the whole way to DX. When they arrived he quickly hugged his brother?
"Ponyboy here's your lunch," Johnny said handing him a sandwich. The four greasers sit against the station wall together. EVERYONE made small talk but the youngest who was still wrapped up in his dream.
"Steve, I got to tell you something," Ponyboy broke out of his own world.
"What is it?" Steve asked less than enthused.
'' I had a dream that I was filling your body up with sand," Ponyboy tells him going back to his food,
Pony did n noticed ass the shocked faces of his three fellow greasers from his comment. Ponyboy thought nothing of it. Steve was the most shocked and slightly disturbed. Soda sat trying to figure out where the hell something like that came from. While lastly Johnny was sort of amused. The comment sounded like a murder he heard about on the news. He had to admit this kid had a wild imagination but could not dream of the kid being a different.
