Church
I was bored. That was my excuse this time. Normally, I'd just bug Dally, but it must have been his time of the month or something, 'cuz after just five minutes, he threatened to shave me bald. And since we were in the hair salon where Sylvia works, an' his hand was twitching on the buzz razor, I figured I'd better go find Pony.
So I go over to the Curtis' house, and Pony's all dressed up. His pants only reached to his ankles. You could see his socks. I cocked my eyebrow, (the ladies love that) and asked if he was waiting for a flood. His ears turned red, and he muttered something about church. So since I was bored, I offered to go too.
We get to the church, an' Steve drives by, stops, put it in reverse, and yelled, "Hey, Two-Bit! Ya know that's church, right?"
I stare at the church and say, "Why so it is."
He shrugs, drops off Sodapop, and drives off. Soda has on a tux, a bow tie, and his hair is slicked back. So naturally, I reach to mess it up.
He laughed, and said, "Hey, it took Steve ten minutes to get it like this."
"Hey, guys!" Johnny said, running up. "Ready?"
"Roger." I said.
"It's Johnny."
We're late, an' when I open the door, all the people turn around. Pony and Johnny drag us to our seats in the back. I sit down, and try to listen. Honestly, I did! But the preacher was just too funny! He was yelling about hellfire and damn nation, (he looked at us when he said that) and spazzing out. His face turned pink, then red, then scarlet, and back to red again. There was this big chandelier on the ceiling. Every time he talked, (or shouted) it shook. So Soda and I start mimicking him. But then we accidentally dropped the hymn book right when he calls for a moment of prayer and silence. Everyone turned around to glare at us, and the preacher gives us the evil eye. Soda and I waved at them.
I ain't never heard anyone yell that loud. Then, the chandelier starts shaking real bad. I thought it was going to fall. Fortunately, the priest had a heart attack before then. As the ambulance pulled away, Soda and I removed the hats we stole from two geezers.
We haven't gone to church since.