Change can be good
Summary: Ponyboy goes off to college with a scholarship but what happens in College?
Disclaimer: I don't own the outsiders. I only own Malvina(Mally), Jason, Jamie, and Maddie. I also own Katie, Kayla, Sam, and Nancy.
Chapter 11: IMPORTANT NOTE I made a mistake in the last chapter, this is all accruing a whole week after Pony comes back to Tulsa.
Pony POV:
"Angela Shepard?"
"well, I'll be damned, what are you doing back in town?" Angie asked me.
"I live here now. I finished college and moved back just the other day."
"wow, I thought that after you finished college you'd stay in New York and move up in life."
"that's what a lot of people thought, but it didn't seem right, not seeing the gang everyday and all that." I said as she sat down beside me. we kept on talking for about half an hour before Mally and Mason came up to me asking to go for ice cream.
"pwease can we?" Mally asked me.
"hi, Mason. How are you?" Angie asked Mason, and I drew in a deep breath knowing I'd have to tell her about Mally.
"good."
"that's good. And who are you?" Angie asked Mally.
"my names Malwina Cuwtis." Mally stated, quite proudly.
"Curtis?" Angie asked me.
"why don't we go get that ice cream now huh?" I said, standing up. " Angie, why don't you join us."
"alright, but only if you explain to me about Malvina." Angie threatened, and I had to smile.
"deal"
Mally and Mason were walking in front of us, and since it had rained the night before they'd jump into every puddle they came across. By the time we got to the ice cream store they were almost soaked.
"what can I get for you?" they guy behind the counter asked.
"alright, what does everyone want?" I asked.
"Wocky Woad" Mason stated.
"Stwabewy" Mally said.
"and you?" I asked Angie.
"I'll have a vanilla." She replied.
"alright, so we'll have one rock road, one strawberry, and two vanillas." I told him. He got the ice creams, I paid and we left the store.
"so, what happened since the last time I saw you? How did you end up with a kid?" Angie finally asked.
"well, after that summer I spent here, you know the one where we went out. Well, after that summer when I came back to college my ex-girlfriend, Jamie, dropped Mally on my front door step with a note explaining that she was mine and she couldn't take care of her anymore. She said that I could give her up if I wanted, but she just wanted to give me a chance for a life with her. Of course, I wasn't going to leave my only child to grow up with some strangers so I took her in. I hadn't told anyone except Johnny and we all know that he can keep a secret so… no one knew until yesterday." I explained.
"wow."
"ya."
"I think that's really brave of you. I mean knowing me I'd probably get scared and dump her off like Jamie did." Angie said.
"ya, I thought about it a lot, but it was just too hard to think about living my life knowing that somewhere out there, there'd be another Curtis that didn't know they were a Curtis." I said.
"I guess. You know, those four years that you were in college, I really missed you. I couldn't stop wondering about what would happen when you came back." Angie told me, looking away.
"Angie? What would you say if… if I were to ask you out for dinner on Saturday?" I asked.
"I'd love to." She said with a smile.
"great. I'll pick you up at say… 8:00?"
"sure… well I better get going, I gotta get back to work." She said and left.
I took Mason and Mally back to Darry's house and washed them. They had ice cream all over their faces, and hands. Mally more than Mason, but Mason was still pretty bad off. By the time I finished Soda, Steve, Kayla, and Katie were coming in from work.
"Pony? That you?" Soda asked from the kitchen.
"no it's Mickey Mouse, of course it's me Soda." I said as I finished cleaning Mally and walked into the kitchen.
"so what did you three do today?" Kayla asked me.
"ICE CREAM!" Mason yelled from the living room, he was watching some tv show in there. And after he yelled that, Mally ran to join him. I had a feeling that they'd grow up to be like brother and sister, and that brought a bigger smile on my face. I hadn't stopped smiling ever since Angie said she's love to go out on Saturday.
"we went to the park and then went to get some ice cream." I told them as I sat down in one of the chairs.
"cool. So who's ya meet?" Soda asked me.
"what do you mean?"
"you can't stop smiling, and I just wanna know why. And I'm guessing that spending the whole day sitting on a bench while the kids play, wouldn't bring a smile on your face so who'd ya meet?" he explained.
"actually, I ran into Angie Shepard."
"really? Any old sparks fly up?" Steve asked.
"ya, a couple." I said. "now if you don't mind, I have a phone call to make." I said as I got up to call Maddie and ask her if she could baby sit Mally Saturday night.
"hello?" Maddie answered the phone. They had been moving their stuff into their apartment all day, so they had their phone set up by now.
"hey, it's Pony. Listen I need to ask you for a favour." I told her.
"sure what is it?" she asked.
"are you busy on Saturday night?"
"actually ya, Jason thought we'd go out and celebrate our new apartment that night, why?"
"oh, never mind then."
"no, why?"
"uhhh, I have a date with this girl I grew up with on Saturday and I needed someone to baby sit Mally. But you guys go out and celebrate I can get Soda and Darry to do it."
"you sure? We can go out on Sunday. You know how much we love to watch her for ya."
"ya I'm sure, you go on have a good time." I said and hung up.
"hey Soda?" I said coming back into the kitchen. Soda was sitting on one of the chairs with Katie in his lap, Steve was leaning on the counter and Kayla was on another chair.
"ya, Pone. What's up?" Soda asked looking at me.
"are you busy Saturday night?"
"no, why?"
"can you baby sit Mally for me?" I asked him.
"sure, why?"
"I got a date with Angie."
"ohhhhhh. Alright, ya I can baby sit her for ya. So you'll pick her up on Sunday?" Soda asked me, a smile playing on his face.
"no, I'll pick her up no later than 1:00." I told him. I had gotten a place down the street from the 'Curtis' house, so I was pretty close to home.
"sure, if you say so. But you'd better pack some of her pjs into a bag just in case." Steve spoke up. "knowing Angie Shepard it'll be much later then 1:00."
"what makes you think I'll go along?" I asked, sitting down by Kayla.
"well, we wouldn't think the old Ponyboy would do anything, but when you show up after college with a two year old baby girl, we can't be sure, now can we?" Soda joked.
"alright, alright, I see where this is going. But if you must know, that was one night, and I wasn't thinking straight."
"If any girl from L.A has the power to make you not think straight then you'll have no will power when it comes to Angie Shepard." Steve said.
Saturday Night:
I was on my way to pick up Angie at the moment. I had dropped off Mally, at the house and I had actually packed a pair of pjs and her sleeping pills.
"hey Ponyboy. Let me just grab my coat." Angie said after opening the door.
We went to dinner, and a walk in the park. The whole time we talked about the three years since we last saw each other. Apparently Angie had worked as a waitress to raise enough money to go to a community college and now she's a kindergarten teacher. I told her about how I had studied and now have a job lined up as an English teacher at the high school, I'd start working after the summer, and while the summer I was working at this country club as a waiter.
"oh wow, I can't believe it's already 2 o'clock in the morning, it's felt like two hours only." Angie said as I dropped her off at her apartment.
"ya, I know what you mean." I laughed.
"I had a really great time Ponyboy."
"me too."
I had promised myself that, that night wouldn't go farther than a kiss at her door. Sadly, I had broken the promise and gone way farther. I knew I should stop myself as soon as I was in her room, but I couldn't and Angie was into it as much as I was, so I didn't try.
Thanx for the reviews, I'll try to update soon, but I'm not sure when it'll happen. This is the last week of school and then next week all week I have exams so I can't guarantee any chapters during the week. Anyway please R&R.:)