Author Note: Okay, this is the very last chapter of The Outsiders II! I hope you guys have enjoyed it! Any last reviews/comments are still welcome and appreciated. And this is my very last story. I hope you guys don't miss me too much :/ I just have so much homework and I want to start working on some other stories! I promise though to keep reading any stories I'm reading and many more! I hope all you writers keep up with writing and some day make it big! Thanks again!
By Steve
After finishing her burger, she went back on her journey. She had no intention of turning around, not yet at least. Nothing could stop her except a car. The light turned green and her foot pressed down on the accelerator. She crossed paths with a manic in the intersection. In an instant, she was crushed and paralyzed. The next thing she knew she could hear sirens and feel herself being pulled out of her car.
I ran to the hospital. I literally ran all the way to hospital. Darry and Pony were on their way too. Could I have been so stupid to let Typhani out of my sight? I promised Soda I would take care of her. This was all my fault. I was completely out of breath when I got there. Her dad, Darry, Pony, and Two-Bit were already there. They were all surrounding her hospital bed and I joined them.
"Hey, T."
"Steve. I'm so happy to see you." She was weak. She could barely talk.
"Can I get a minute with her guys?" They didn't say yes but they left. "Typh, I can't believe this."
"Believe it. Your worst nightmare became a reality."
"You're funny."
"This was the only thing I was able to salvage from the wreck." She handed me her diary I guess. "It's my journal. Finish it. Please. Just write I died in the end or something. It doesn't have to be extravagant. I just want it to be finished."
"Sure. Anything." I flipped through the pages. It was pretty long. It was like a life story. The boys came inside again. We talked for some time. Then we went to get something to eat while she got to have some time with her dad. Her mom and two brothers were on a plane to come see Typhani. We didn't really eat anything. We went downstairs to the café and only ordered a snack. We went back upstairs and into Typhani's room.
"She doesn't have much time left." Darry whispered to us. Travis wasn't going to make it. We talked more and then she called me over.
"Take this and this." She handed me her engagement ring and her necklace from Dallas.
"Not your promise ring?" She didn't give me her promise ring. I wasn't exactly sure why.
"Promises are meant to be kept." She attempted a smile.
"I broke my promise to Soda. I can never live with myself, knowing I let you slip from my fingers." Steve was really upset about this.
"You didn't break your promise to Soda. It's not your fault I'm stupid." And there she went. Typhani belonged next to Soda. That was her place. Dallas had always said she was a stupid kid but he meant that with the kindness of his heart. Travis ran in at the last second. He broke down the second he saw her corpse. He practically collapsed on her bed. I could really tell he was upset. We all left him to give him a moment with her, even though she was already gone. Outside of her room, a large group of her family and friends waited. I approached her father. I took a deep breath before speaking.
"Mr. Taylor, sir, I'm sorry for your loss and that I didn't take better care of her." I said.
"I should have listened to her. You were everything she wanted."
"But you were everything she needed. She knew that we would be there for her but it was you that she had to convince. She wanted you to be there for her." He hugged me. It took me by surprise for a second but this was a once in a life time opportunity so I hugged him back. It was quite the awkward hug but it was for Typhani.
"I hope you know that this doesn't mean I like you."
"I'm well aware of that sir." I said. Wow, I thought he was giving us a second chance. Guess not.
"But you're a good kid and I failed to see that." He patted me on the shoulder. He did like me. He just didn't want to admit it. I walked away. Travis came stumbling out. I felt bad for him. He loved Typhani to death; I mean it was his own sister. The tears were pouring out of his eyes. He sat down and Two-Bit sat next to him. Jonathon went over to him too.
"Travis, are you okay?" Jonathon asked.
"No I'm not okay! Do I look okay? My sister just died and I didn't even get the chance to say good-bye! And don't you dare tell me that everything's going to be alright because it won't be!" Travis was all fired up.
"Calm down and stop yelling." Jonathon tried to get Travis to stop yelling.
"You just act like you had nothing to do with it. But this is all your fault. If you just listened, just once, you might actually have known what she wanted. But you never bothered to care. So it was always me and her friends cleaning up the pieces. You didn't have to kill him dad, you didn't. You just went too far. That's when her whole world came crashing down. And whether she says it or not she's been depressed about it for three years! You're the one to blame." A hospital guard came to escort Travis out. Man, he was taking this harder than I was. I definitely wasn't expecting that. Typhani has been depressed. Sometimes, I guess she would cheer up and be happy but most of the time she moped around.
We left the hospital and I went back home. My dad was home. I knew he was gonna yell at me for something.
"Where'd you go? You just ran off in the middle of our conversation." He shoved me and I stumbled back.
"I'm not in the mood." I walked past him and to my room. It was a mess.
I looked at Typhani's necklace, looking for something special about it, besides the fact that it was from Dallas. On the back I found three engraved words: I love you. Typhani never even saw it; otherwise she would have said something to me. Now she will never know how much Dally really loved her. I never thought that Dallas Winston could ever love; I didn't think he had it in him. But Typhani was different, for everyone. She was no ordinary Tulsa teenager. She'd never hate anyone or ever do anything bad to them, no matter how bad they treated her. She was the greatest girl I had ever met. I still love you though, Evie. The sad thing was: Typhani belonged next to Soda and if that place was Heaven, that's where they'd be, together. I was gonna do more than just write the ending to Typhani's life, but the beginning of ours.
Sun. Aug. 25, 1968
"Typhani Taylor was unlike anyone I've ever known. She was different. She was special. Some may say she was like an angel, sent to us to lead us in the right direction. She only wanted the best for everyone she loved. She knew making people happy was harder than making herself happy. But she wasn't selfish and she didn't put herself first. Typhani Taylor is the greatest person anyone could ever know. Thank you, Typhani. You are no ordinary Tulsa teenager."
Pony wrote the speech but he didn't want to read it. Two-Bit and Darry weren't much of public speakers so it was up to me to read it. I had practiced it a thousand times just so I could get it right and perfect, for her. Soda's body was shipped here so he and Typhani could be buried next to each other. Luckily, there was space beside Dally and Johnny's graves so the other two could be with them. The dead body thing kinda creeps me out. Flowers surrounded her gravestone and Pony was also able to come up with some words for the gravestone:
A friend
A sister
A savior
Typhani Taylor
September 20, 1948 ~ August 20, 1968
I thought it was real good. Pony wanted to be a writer. He could be. I think he had the potential. Good job Ponyboy. When the funeral had ended, everyone had left but us boys stuck around. We hung around the cemetery a little longer. We just kinda thought about everything. Well, at least I did. It was hard saying good-bye. This was the first time I had cried in a long time. Darry was even crying. He never cries. He didn't even cry at his parents' funeral. It was kinda awkward making the speech in front of her family that didn't even know me. Travis should have done it but he was drowning in his own tears.
Fri. Sept. 20, 1968
One month later, things still weren't any better. I went to work but didn't do anything. Two-Bit, surprising stayed sober. Darry went to work and did things as usual. Pony was having a real tough time coping with losing his brother and Typhani and all that. Travis moved back to Tulsa and stayed in Typhani's old house with Cherry and Casey. Since he was back in Tulsa, he dropped outta college and got a job with me. On the plus side, Darry and his girlfriend, Sarah, were getting married.
Typhani was just so different. She made my day just seeing her smile. I didn't know if I was still just upset or lost without Typhani.
I remember Ponyboy saying that Johnny told him to "Stay Gold" and later Pony told me the poem he was referring to. That guy was right. Nothing gold can stay. Typhani was gold. And she didn't stay.