Disclaimer: Please see previous chapters.
A/N: This is not a comedy. Be warned. There will be more comedy later on, but this is not it. That said, please let me know what you think of the angsty one. Thanks for reading! Also, it's in Pony's p.o.v. and I think I'll be switching around from now on. Opinions on that anyone?
Chapter 3: Waking Nightmares
Me and Soda had just settled down the bed and it was cold; really cold. Soda snuggled up close to keep me warm. I held tightly onto his arm as my mind went off on a dangerous tangent.
You see, ever since I had lost Johnny and my parents, I worried people would just cease to be around one day. I would get real scared all of the sudden and sort of panic until I was sure they were there. As I could feel Soda's breath gently falling on my neck, that fear was quickly hushed. Unfortunately, others came hurtling in after it. I started to think about what may happen to Soda and all of the ways he could die.
He could get hit by a car at the DX, killed in fight, get cancer, get stabbed in a mugging, go to the war overseas, slip and break his neck, or choke on a piece of pork chop bone. There was no stopping what may happen. Helplessness is not a positive emotion.
As I pulled the blankets closer and pushed my face into my pillow, I thought about how different life would be without Soda. I thought about how I would have no one to talk to about the clouds and sunset; no one to ask girl advice or stupid questions; no one to stand up for me in front of Steve or Darry; no one to wake me from strange nightmares; and no one to warm me up on cold nights. Without Soda, the bed would feel so empty, hollow like a grave and cold like the earth under one, on a night like this. I realized that, without Soda, life would feel empty and cold as my bed without him. I shivered.
Soda thought I was cold and wrapped around me tighter.
"Thanks, Soda" I mumbled, my whispering appearing in a fine mist before my face.
"No problem," he answered simply, completely clueless of all I was really thanking him for inside my head.