Chapter 17: Nightmares and Girlfriends (Skywriter's point of View)
It's nearly two in the morning when I wake up to screamin'. I was hopin' I wouldn't have to go through this again.
"Oh for the love!" I say out loud, covering my head with my pillow. Jeez this kid has some lungs in him. After he doesn't stop screamin' for about five minutes, I get out of bed, walk down the hall, and push open the door to Pony and Soda's room. Darry is already in there trying to get Pony to stop cryin'.
"Lexan?" Pony calls from where he's sitting up in his bed, covered in Darry's arms.
"No, it's the grim reaper. My God kid, what kind of movies have you been watchin'?" I answer sarcastically. Soda shoots me a look I can't read and Darry lets go of him.
"Will you sleep with us?" Pony asks, sounding like a little kid. There are tears running down his face, and it's almost scary to see him this scared.
"It'll be too-" I try, not really thrilled about the idea of sleepin' with these two guys.
"Please!" He cuts in. They're all staring at me now. I shrug. I mean, what else can I do?
"Uh…alright. Sure. That's fine. Why not? There's three beds in this house, and it only makes sense for three of us to crowd in one." I mutter. They all keep lookin' at me when I don't move.
"Okay! Jeez, where do you want me?" I ask. Soda scoots closer to Pony and makes room on the other side of the bed. Well, at least I'm not in the middle. Man, these people. What ever happened to normal families? I hop into bed beside Soda and roll on my stomach uncomfortably. Darry rubs Pony's hair and goes back to bed.
"Thanks Lex." Pony says before laying down.
"Sure, no problem." I answer. "Anytime."
Soda's Point of View
I have to say that I'm pretty surprised that he actually agreed to sleep with us. He kept looking at us like we had a disease at the doorway, and I thought for sure he'd leave as soon as Pony fell asleep, but he actually doesn't. He's just laying there, obviously feeling out of place, and not yet asleep. I put an arm around Pony, then dare to slip one around Lexan. He flinches, but doesn't pull away. I actually think I feel him relax under it, and I wonder what that means. Maybe he's not as hard as he wants us to think.
Darry's Point of View
The doorbell rings, and I look up from the paper, to see what time it is. Eight o clock in the morning. A little early for the gang to be here. I get up from the kitchen table and walk to the door, recognizing Kate's smile as soon as I open it.
"Hi! Hi, I know I'm early, but I told my boss I'd come in late so that Chris could spend some time with Lexan, cause I know he has school tomorrow, and if I brought her after work they wouldn't have much time to hang out. I figured I'd get off early today too, and swing by around four, since I know you said you had some things to talk about." Kate explains so fast I barely understand what she's saying. I open the door and let her come in, as well as a pretty girl with short, straight, black hair and an olive-color complexion.
"This is Chris. Chris, this is Darry, he's Lex's oldest brother." Kate introduces. Chris simply nods her head and looks around.
"I'm so sorry I'm so early." Kate starts up again. I can't help but notice how nice she looks today in her knee-length red dress, and her hair pulled tightly back.
"Don't worry about it." I stop her. "It's fine. Sky is still asleep though."
"Where?" Chris asks. I look at her, remembering she was here. For a second I forgot about her.
"Uh, the second door on the left." I tell her, and she runs off down the hall.
"Well, I hate to rush out like this, but I got to be at work by ten. Tell Lex I stopped by, and that I'll see him later this afternoon." She says, heading towards the front door. Man does she have a lot of energy.
"Okay, no problem. I'll see ya." I answer. She throws her hand up, and then rushes off to her car. I walk down to Soda and Pony's room.
"Get up Lex!" Chris says. She's practically on top of him, shaking him and trying to get him up. Soda is already awake and sitting up, and Pony is lying down still, with his eyes closed.
"Um…go 'way!" Sky moans. "Too early."
"No, c'mon. I came all this way to see you. C'mon, Lex, please. We only have one day." She states. He pushes her off of him and pulls the covers up around himself. I can't help but laugh.
"Ugh, Skywriter Lexan Johnston, get yourself outta this bed, right now!" She yells, pulling the pillow out from underneath him. Johnston?
"Alright!" He yells, reluctantly sitting up. "Jeez, women!" She laughs and hits him on the back of his head.
"Women got nothing to do with the fact that decided to go to sleep late!" She answers defiantly.
"I didn't go to bed late. Darry makes me go to bed early!" He claims. Which is true, if you count eleven as early. Apparently he does.
"Well, c'mon anyways. I have some place I wanna go." She states, finally managing to get him to get out of bed.
"I gotta get dressed and stuff." He mumbles.
"Where do you plan on going?" I ask her.
"Just…nowhere really." She answers.
"Well, I'd like to no where nowhere is, before you two head off." I tell her, leaving the room. Lexan retreats to his bedroom to get dressed, bringing her in the room with him.
Lexan's Point of View
"So, where do you plan on goin'?" I ask Chris, taking off the t-shirt I slept in and throwing on a new one. I yank some jeans off of a hanger and throw them on.
"Dally said we could join em' at Buck's." She answers. I self-consciously look at the door to make sure it's closed and Darry can't hear.
"I'm not allowed to go there." I tell her shyly. She lets out a laugh that sounds more like a snort and gives me one of her 'you've gotta be kiddin' me' looks.
"Since when has Lexan Johnston let someone else tell him what to do?" She asks me, like I knew she would.
"Alright but listen, if Darry finds out, I'm dead. So we gotta be professional about this." I tell her.
"What do you mean, professional?" She asks.
"I mean, follow my lead and don't say anything stupid." I answer, opening the bedroom door and preparing to lie my ass off.