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Ten things you probably didn't know about Sodapop Curtis:
1. Sometimes when he was sure Ponyboy was asleep he cried very, very quietly about Mickey Mouse. He even got up before his brother and cleaned himself up the morning after. He didn't want Ponyboy to know he still missed that stupid horse.
2. He'd only been passing auto mechanics because Steve had taught him how to do it at the DX. As soon as Steve had taught everything he'd need to know, he'd dropped out and started working on cars full time.
3. He considered Ponyboy to be the best looking of the Curtis's. Glory, when that kid got a couple of years to his name and grew a couple of inches, no other guy in Tulsa would be able to get a girl.
4. He actually kind of liked some of the Beatles songs. But not more than Elvis. And he'd never tell anybody. Ever.
5. He'd never understood why Steve didn't like Ponyboy going places with them. It wasn't like he was a little kid or anything. Sodapop would still be there. All that was required of Steve was to include Ponyboy in conversation. What was so hard about that?
6. He had a feeling Sandy had been the love of his life.
7. He'd once written a book about Mickey Mouse. Ink spattered, dog-eared, badly spelled but one hundred percent Sodapop's. When Ponyboy had disappeared with Johnny, Sodapop had read it every single night to himself, just to keep him awake.
8. He had tried out for the football team once. Steve had been watching in the stands for moral support. Sodapop had walked onto the pitch and saw that the rest of the team were all Socs. He'd taken one look at their gleaming, brand new sports gear then at the hand-me-downs Darry had given him until they could afford new stuff and he'd high tailed it out of there. He'd waited by Steve's car and Steve had turned up five minutes later. Neither of them spoke about it ever again.
9. When he was little, he used to be jealous of all the attention Ponyboy got. When he grew up he was the tiniest bit jealous that, and everybody knew it, Ponyboy was going to leave the neighbourhood, Tulsa too most likely, and be somebody, only coming back for Christmas, Thanksgiving and various birthdays.
10. When Sodapop first started school, he'd been mad at his parents for naming him Sodapop. He felt stupid anytime his teacher called the roll. Then he'd met his future best friend Steve Randle who'd told him name was neat. After that, he didn't mind that much that other kids occasionally laughed during roll call. He'd just grinned with them. His name was special, one of a kind, just like him.
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