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Saturday, 9:04 A.M.
I woke up earlier than usual, which was strange. I usually wake up at 10 on weekends and summer. It's school season though; I try to get as much sleep as I can. Soda was already up, which was usual. He has to get up early to take a shower before me; I use up all the hot water which makes him unhappy, but he deals with it.
I slowly crawled out of bed, still waking up. I'm not a morning person, and everyone knows that. I need sleep, or I'm grumpy; which is not exciting. I walked out of the room and was greeted with the sound of mickey mouse. I knew Two-Bit was here; he's the only one who enjoys the talking mouse. Soda and Darry were at work, only because we need extra money. With all the events that recently happened, we're short on money now. I suggested I got a job, but I got in return a no.
I walked into the living room and caught Two-Bits attention. "Well if it ain't sleepin' beauty!" I hate it when he calls me that. He knows it makes me angry.
"Good morning to you," I grumbled. My stomach started grumbling. I got up and walked into the kitchen. I looked around for chocolate cake, but couldn't find any.
"Two-Bit, where's the chocolate cake? Did you eat the rest of it?" I remember last night there were half a cake left. I knew Steve and Soda didn't eat that much. I knew Darry didn't eat any; he think's chocolate cake is an unhealthy breakfast.
"Yeah," he yelled over the talking mouse. I should've guessed. I instead made eggs. I noticed we were running low on food; I made a mental note to tell Darry.
After I finished eating, I decided to to go for a run. Track has started, and I'm a little rusty, which will not cut it. I changed into running clothes and my track shoes. They were worn down, but they still work for me.
I started walking to the door. "Hey Two-Bit, I'll be out."
I was already out the door. "Pony! Ponyboy!" I stopped and turned around, Two-Bit right in front of me.
"You can't go out," He said sternly.
"Why not?"
"Darry told me to not let you go out by yourself."
Great, Darry was defiantly pushing this.
Recently on the news, which we were watching out of boredom, there was a report of kidnappings near Tulsa. We weren't struck by this, but when there was a report of kidnaps and unknown deaths in Tulsa, Darry started changing rules. He told me to never go out by myself, which was stupid. When the kidnappings started to slow down, Darry's worrying died down. I guess the rules didn't.
I didn't know he would actually care about this when things started dying down. "Two-Bit, there hasn't been any deaths or kidnaps for weeks. The mans gone. I'll be fine, ya dig?"
He wasn't going on with my plans. "Darry told me not to let you out, and I ain't breaking his trust with me. I'm actually scared of him."
"Two-Bit, I'll be fine! Come on, let me go! I'll just be gone for an hour, promise."
He thought for a few seconds, then sighed. "Fine, kid. But if you ain't back in an hour, I will find you."
I smiled. "Thanks."
"Just go. Be careful, I don't want Darry messing up my beautiful face!" he said, and walked inside.
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It was a cool morning, which woke me up. It wasn't necessarily freezing, but it wasn't warm. I decided to jog to the lot, then a new route I found that I like to run. No one knows about it, which I like. It's my personal running trail.
I started off in a jog, warming up. I would go into a sprint later, when I was ready. There was a breeze, which made it cooler. I got to the lot and stopped. I walked a little bit to the way of my trail, and began to sprint. It felt so good; I felt free. I felt like no one was here anymore, I felt like I was the only one on earth. My surroundings went by in a blur, and I knew I got my running speed back. I smiled, and pushed myself faster.
After awhile I started getting tired, so I slowed down to a walk. I felt proud of myself; I did a good run. I actually felt like I've never run like that. It felt awesome; going at my top speed, running.
I didn't actually know if anyone knew about this trail, but I never see anyone on it. The first time I found it, which was last year, I was afraid to go down it. I faced my fear and walked down it, and saw no sign of people. I never went further than this tree that cuts off the path. I stop there, and turn back. I don't want to get lost.
I didn't think it had been an hour, so I thought of going further. I reached the tree that cuts the path. I climbed over it carefully, trying not to get caught on anything.
Nothing seemed different; trees were still surrounding the trail, birds were still chirping. Everything was the same. I continued down the path, hoping no one was here. I've seen movies where people go places unknown to them and run into a person, who they don't know, and never come out.
I saw a little house a little off into the woods. It looked run down and abandoned. I didn't want to go over to it, afraid something bad lives in there, but curiosity got the best of me. I approached the house slowly, hoping nothing would jump out. I got to the door of the house, but suddenly heard a snap. I quickly turned around and scanned my surroundings, hoping no one was there. After a few minutes, nothing had popped out. I decided it was just nature, and turned back to the door. I was about to open it, but I heard another snap and fast footsteps. I turned around again, afraid.
"Who's out there?" I prayed to God I was the only one here. "Come out."
No noise. Nothing.
I told myself it was just nature, and decided to turn back and leave. I shouldn't be here, and I wanted to leave now. I got back on the trail, and started walking back. I suddenly heard footsteps behind me. I stopped walking, and so did the footsteps. I turned around slowly, now freaked out. I should have never did this.
"Come out!" My hands were shaking at this point.
No one or nothing came out or appeared. I suddenly had the feeling that I needed to get out of there. I turned around, but someone was infront of me.
"Hello, Ponyboy," My eyes went wide, then suddenly I was hit in the head with something, causing me to fall to the ground and into darkness.
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