Pony only looked slightly amused at my joke. "It's Rachel's," he said, rolling his eyes.
That explained it then. I'd heard of this aunt, Rachel. None of the Curtis boys were too fond of her. Funny, I thought, how they could have such a rich aunt, and yet Darry and Soda had to work so hard to pay the bills. But then again, I wouldn't take a million dollars from a Soc if they offered it to me. Maybe they felt the same way about their aunt.
"What does she want this time?" I asked, running my hand along the side of the car.
Maybe I wouldn't take a million dollars, but it sure would be nice to have such a tuff car.
Pony just shrugged and knocked my hand away. "She wants to talk to Darry. Come on,
Johnny's probably wondering what happened to me."
Pony's POV
"Hey Pony, look at that dog." Two-Bit pointed to a raggedy looking mutt as we walked.
"I've always wanted a dog. Someday I'm gonna get me a dog and we're gonna be best
buddies. I'll teach him all kinds of neat tricks."
Two-Bit proceeded to talk about his future dog all the way to the Lot. Dally and Johnny were there watching Katelyn talk. I say they were watching her talk because she was real good at acting and could make you believe just about anything if she wanted to. She had dark brown hair that hung straight, a little passed her shoulders, and her eyes were piercing green. She was one of the few people with green eyes that I actually liked. She walked with her head high and had an air about her that demanded respect.
Dally's POV
I caught the end of Two-Bit's words as he and Pony walked up. "And he'll come when I call him, and he'll speak. Shoot, the two of us may run off and join the circus. We'll be famous."
"Hey what's he talking about Ponyboy?" I asked
Two-Bit answered for himself. "I'm gonna get me a dog and we're gonna be best buddies.
And I'm gonna teach him all kinds of neat tricks."
Pony rolled his eyes like he had already heard that and said "I'm hungry. Let's go to the DX and get something to eat with Soda and Steve. Then maybe we can catch a movie."
"Good idea, I'm starved." Katelyn said as we headed to the DX station.
Two-Bit rambled on about that stupid dog the whole way. If I hadn't been in such a good mood I might have shut him up.
"Why, I'll even teach him to walk the tightrope and we'll get our picture in the paper." He continued as we walked up to the DX.
Steve and Soda looked up at us. "What are you talking about Two-Bit?"
"I'm gonna buy me a dog and we're gonna be best buddies and..."
I whacked Two-Bit upside the head. "If you say one more word about that dog I'll muzzle both of you."
"You're just jealous because you don't have a dog." Was Two-Bit's reply.
Soda grinned, "Last time I checked you didn't have one either Two-Bit."
"No, but I'm gonna get me one and...Whoa! Did you see that tuff car?! Man..."
Pony's POV
No one paid much attention as Two-Bit went off on another rampage. He'd be talking about cars until something else caught his fancy.
Steve turned to me, "So, the kid finally rolled out of bed. We thought maybe you'd died or something."
"Lay off him Steve," Soda said. "Let's go get something to eat."
We crossed the street and got some food from the Tatsee Freeze. Steve made the mistake
of asking if we knew anything new, because Two-Bit piped up about getting a dog again.
He then proceeded to talk about it like it was a new concept he'd never shared with us
before.
We didn't pay much attention to him and Katelyn said, "My dad's finally got enough money so we can get our own place."
"You moving to the west side and becoming a Soc?" Soda teased.
We all knew that would never happen. Katelyn was a real tuff Greaser, and proud of it.
But she was also proud of the fact that she didn't have to act like one. Sometimes at
school she got invited into a group of Soc girls. 'Course, when they found out that she
hung around Greasers like us, they'd turn of her pretty fast. She didn't mind though
because they weren't really her type. Too "hypocritical and stuck up." It was like a game
to her. See how long you can trick the Soc into liking you. Like I said, she was real good
at making people think whatever she wanted them to think, and she liked that. And we
liked to tease her about it.
"No way!" She said "There's no way that's gonna happen."
It wasn't too long until the movie started so we didn't get to talk to much about her move before we headed out.