The next few days passed by very slowly, but people came to visit us, which held our spirits high. We played cards, talked about Darry, and listened to Two-Bit and Steve's stories.
One day, Cherry came by, and Soda was still sleeping. I didn't wanna wake him up, so I talked to Cherry alone.
"Hey Ponyboy, I see you got yourself into a mess here, with the car accident and all" she said.
"Yeah, a real mess" I admitted.
There was a long silence of just looking around the hospital room until she said, "How are you going to pay the bills without Darry?"
"We can't, might have to be put in a boy's home or something until Darry gets better."
"Oh." She paused for a moment, but finally said, "you know, I could give you enough money to pay your bills, I mean, my dad has a lot of extra money from a new investment he just made."
My eyes widened, would she really do this for us? I thought. I didn't know what to say, so I just responded saying, "That would be... amazing, thank you so much." I wanted to get up and give her a hug, but that was my last day of bed rest, and I didn't want to ruin it. She could tell I wanted to hug her, so she came over and gave me one.
Her hug felt warm and comforting, one that you could never forget, one just like this one.
Soda woke up the next morning, and I told him the good news. He couldn't believe it.
"Cherry Valance? A Soc wants to help us?" he clarified.
"That doesn't matter, anyone could've done that for us" I responded.
The doctor suddenly burst into the room, and came over to us. "We have news on your brother!" he said, overwhelmed.
"Really, what?" I asked, sitting up in the bed.
"He has woken up and is doing well, except for one part."
"What?" Soda asked.
"He has amnesia, and can't remember anything except one of you… Soda."
I instantly felt like a wall had just hit me. Our only brother who actually worked hard enough to support us, might not ever remember who we are ever again? Or at least, never remember, me?
After a long moment of silence, Soda said, "Can we go visit him?"
"Well, your bedrest is over today, but just make sure you get lots of rest at home, so, yes, you can visit him."
I hopped out of bed, thinking I had a lot of energy, but suddenly fell back down, realizing how weak I was. The doctor quickly pulled me back up, seeing how much trouble I was having. I grabbed Soda's arm, and after changing our clothes, we both slowly followed the doctor into the room where Darry was in.