Why are you back?
Disclaimer: I don't own the outsiders. My only character is Brigette.
Chapter 5:
Pony POV:
I'd been dating Angie for a month now and Darry, Soda, Tim and Curly we officially the only two people that didn't know we were dating. We were pretty good at hiding, but Angie's friends had found out for Evie and told the whole school, therefore it was unbelievable that some soc, or even greaser, hadn't blabbed it out to Tim or Curly to avoid a beating. I was secretly worried that if Steve got really mad at me he'd blab to Soda, so I had to be nice to the guy – blahhhhhh!
"hey, kid, get me a beer, would ya?" Steve said. Did I forget to mention that he had figured out why I was being nice to him and was officially enjoying it way too much.
"sure, why not." I said through clenched teeth, as I walked into the kitchen. Everyone was over at our house watching a movie marathon on tv, surprisingly Soda had managed to it through 4 movies so far, with only a couple outbursts. Darry had left after the second movie to do some bills in the kitchen.
"whatcha doing?" he asked as I came into the kitchen.
"just getting a beer" I told him.
"I don't think so" he said grabbing the beer out of my hand.
"it's not for me, it's for Steve." I informed him as I took the beer back and started to walk away, but Darry caught my hand.
"why are you doing some many things for him? why are you being so nice to him?" Darry asked. Shit he's catching on! I thought.
"no reason" I said before rushing out of the kitchen before Darry could say anything more.
The Next Day:
Soda POV:
Steve picked me up for work in the morning since it was Saturday and he didn't have school.
It'd been a pretty hectic day, and right as we were about to close up a couple socs pulled up and asked for some gas, so I went and helped them out.
"so, Randle, how's everything going with you and your gang?" one guy said with a laugh obvious in his voice.
"nothing much? Steve said, the guy was obviously in one of his classes.
"if that's all, then that'll be $20.00" I broke in. (sorry, I don't actually know how much a tank of gas would have cost back then)
"$20.00, what no discount for the nice guys?" one asked, teasing at something.
"what are you talkin bout? I asked him, not getting his joke.
"we've been keeping your brother's secret relationship with Angela Shepard a secret all these weeks" another answered.
"WHAT?"
"oops, I guess ya didn't know" the driver laughed, as he threw a $20.00 in my face and drove away.
"what are they talking about!" I asked Steve. Steve was quiet and that was not a good sign, that meant that what that jerk of a soc had said was actually true.
"give me your keys." I told Steve, and he tossed me the keys. We got in the car, and I drove us to my house faster than ever! We actually passed Darry's car on the way, he was in there with Brigette and Sandy, I had forgotten that they were coming for dinner, but it didn't register even then. I knew I was going over the speeding limit but I didn't care. When we got to the house I parked the car, got out and stomped into the house.
"PONYBOY MICHAEL CURTIS, GET YOUR ASS OUT HERE RIGHT NOW!" I yelled when I got inside, I was never this mad with Ponyboy so the whole gang was quiet and just staring at me and Pony when he got out of our room. I didn't mind the fact that Ponyboy was dating, it was the fact that he was dating Angela and that he'd been keeping from me and Darry that got to me.
"WHAT THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING?" I asked.
"well I thought I was doing my homework, but apparently not." He said, as Darry ran into the house with Brigette and Sandy.
"DON'T PLAY SMART WITH ME! YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN!" I said before Darry had a chance to criticize my driving.
"Soda, what are you talking about?" Two-Bit asked.
"STAY OUT OF THIS TWO-BIT! I BET YOU WERE ALL ACCOMPLICES IN THIS LITTLE SCHEME! WEREN'T YOU?" I asked getting angrier and angrier.
"In what?" Dally asked.
"Ponyboy's secret." Steve answered for me.
"what secret?" Darry asked from behind me. By now Ponyboy's face was white and the gang had realized what I was talking about and had decided to butt out.
"you wanna tell him or should i?" I asked Ponyboy.
"tell me what?" Darry asked. I stared at Ponyboy but he wasn't saying anything.
"if someone doesn't tell what secret soon, this night will just get worse!" Darry declared.
"how did you find out?" Ponyboy asked before glaring at Steve. "did he tell you?"
"no some socs told me he only confirmed it." I told him.
"CONFIRMED WHAT?" Darry asked again.
"everyone calm down!" Brigette said. "we're not going to solve this by yelling!"
"she's right." I said as I sat down.
"who wants to speak first?" Darry asked, and when no one answered he continued. "alright, Soda tell me what you found out. And try to keep calm. Then, Ponyboy, get ready to explain."
"Steve and I were closing up when some socs came to get some gas…" I started. "I filled their tank and told them it'd be $20.00, then one of them made a smart joke about how they should get a discount for keeping a secret for a greaser. Then before driving off they told me…" I paused not wanting to continue.
"told you what?" Sandy asked.
"that Pony was dating…. Angela Shepard." I said.
"WHAT?" Darry yelled, and Dally had to hold him back so he wouldn't kill Ponyboy. It took a few minutes to get Darry to calm down again but I couldn't blame him, I had been the same way when I found out.
"Ponyboy, what the hell did you think you were doing?"
"I don't know" he said.
"how did it happen?" Darry asked no one in particular.
"we took him to a party, that night that you guys had your first dates." Dally started. "I saw Angie by the stereo and I teased Ponyboy into going over to her, she ended up asking him to dance…. And that's as far as we know." So Darry and I turned to Ponyboy.
"we danced for a while, and then got some drinks. We got to talking and it just happened, I asked her out on a date." Pony said.
"and why didn't you tell me or Soda?" Darry asked. By now everyone was in the living room. Darry sitting in his arm chair with Brigette in his lap, Me on the sofa, Sandy beside me, Steve beside her, and Two-bit, Dally and Johnny on the floor, Ponyboy was still standing in the doorway.
"I knew you wouldn't be happy about it, and Angie said that Tim and Curly wouldn't be too happy either so we decided to keep it a secret until we were sure it was something serious." Pony said, and I realized that dating Angie was actually making him more grown up.
"what's the big deal anyways?" Dally asked. " I know Angie, and she's a really nice girl, other than her social record."
"exactly, her social record. She's had too many boyfriends and done too many things with them." Darry said.
"so? Just cause she did things with her other boyfriends means she and I are gonna have sex and she'll get pregnant and we'll have to drop out of school or something?" Ponyboy asked.
"that's not what we said" I defended me and Darry.
"but it's what you were thinking" he said before walking into our room.
"well that went well." Two-Bit joked.
"Shut up Two-Bit." I told him.
"you know you guys could have avoided all this." Darry said.
"you know, you're right. We could have just left." Two-Bit joked again.
"no, I mean you could have told me and Soda before." Darry said.
The next two hours were pretty boring, Darry and I made dinner while the gang talked to Sandy and Brigette, and Ponyboy stayed in our room.
"what should we do about Ponyboy?" I asked.
"I don't know." Darry said. "I mean, if he and Angie really like each other then we can't break them up, but I'm not sure if I like him dating her, even if I do trust that he's a good kid."
"maybe we should talk to Tim and Curly, see what they wanna do." I thought out loud.
"ya, maybe we should." Darry said.
Chapter 6 should be up soon. Please keep R&R.