By the way, I accidentally put two different times for how long Cherry and Soda had been going out (at least his answer): one and a half months, and four years (that's a huge difference), just keep it at four years cause I did the whole thing with one of their dates and everything so it's four years, I apologize
After Evie was all cried out and calmed down, her and Cherry went back to where Steve and Sodapop were sitting. "You ok?" Steve asked his girlfriend quietly when the two girls got back to the booth. She nodded and said a quiet "yeah".
Cherry tried to think of something that would help Evie, but nothing came to mind. She didn't know what it was like to be in her situation… at least she didn't think she ever had been.
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That night when Evie went to bed, she slept on her back instead of her stomach, which is what she had done nearly her whole life. The reason she slept on her back was because, at this point, she was afraid to lie on her stomach.
When Evie was at the hospital that day, the doctor said she was nine and a half weeks and that was the reason she had been so sick during the day. He said that since she hadn't had any symptoms or anything earlier like most women that it was a sudden response her body had to the whole thing. That's why it was so out of the blue. And the fact that she was as far as she was and had nothing was the reason why it happened throughout the course of the day. He guessed that she would be fine in about a day or two.
By now, Evie had realized that she should probably start doing a few things differently in her everyday life. For example, she should definitely avoid going to Buck Merrill's parties and avoid alcohol entirely. On occasion she would smoke, so she figured she should stop that too. Then, she had already started to sleep on her back due to her fear that if she slept on her stomach that she would either hurt herself or the person inside her… or both.
When Evie and Cherry had gotten back to the house, they both went to bed. Sleep came easily to the redhead, but to the girl whose hair was as dark as a raven, that was another story. Due to her uneasy state of mind, and the fact that she had slept on her stomach instead of her back all her life, sleep didn't come easy. It's not that she wasn't tired, in fact she was exhausted, but she just couldn't fall asleep. She had guessed another contributor to it was… her situation.
It can only get better from here, Evie thought, at least I hope so.
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The following day, Soda and Cherry thought they should try what their date from the previous night was supposed to be. They went to the theater, bought tickets for Jailhouse Rock and went inside. This time around, as not to upset Cherry, Soda directed her away from anyone around who had any type of alcohol
During the entire film, everything went smoothly. Cherry hadn't remember anything that would freak her out, and Soda hadn't gotten that guilty feeling. Both of them had enjoyed the film and each other's company, both during the film and each when they went to go get something to eat after the film. After they got something to eat, Cherry and Soda went for a walk. It was a relaxing activity and the doctor had said she might remember things a bit easier while she was relaxed and had her mind clear of anything hectic that was currently going on in her life.
"Your brother Sodapop, does he work at a gasoline station? A DX, I think?" she heard in her own voice.
She recognized the people she was talking to as Ponyboy and Johnny. "Yeah," Ponyboy answered.
"Man, your brother is one doll. I might have guessed you were brothers- you look alike."
Cherry gave a confused look and she glanced over to her right at Sodapop. In this memory, she knew it was his younger brother Ponyboy. She really did think they looked alike to some extent, you could tell they were related. Why does Ponyboy show up so much? She wondered to herself as they walked. She decided not to ask Soda about or something like it. At least not until she remembered a bit more. It's not like I like Ponyboy that way, she thought.
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"So you really think this all was meant to happen?" Lily asked Ponyboy.
Lily- which was short for Liliana- was Two-Bit's kid sister. The two were about two to three years apart in their ages. She looked exactly her older brother, except her features were feminine while his were masculine of course. Unlike her older brother, she was quiet and reserved, at least until she got to know you better and was comfortable around her. That's when she would start to act like her older brother. She was also more serious about school, like, as serious as Darry Curtis was about school.
Lily and Ponyboy hung out a lot at school. They were both sophomores in high school by now, except he was a year younger than her since he was able to skip the eighth grade. They both did extra-curricular activities, mostly a sports team. Ponyboy did varsity track, Lily was on the varsity girls' volleyball team. Not to mention how she participated at the only 'female-only' boxing gym in town. It was right on the edge of the East Side and where Town started, which worked since only girls from the East Side ever went there.
Ponyboy and Lily weren't officially boyfriend and girlfriend, but they had been seeing each other for about two months at this point. They were each other's first date, first kiss, and pretty much first everything with the exception of whatever they both believed were only for married couples.
Ponyboy nodded. "Yeah, I think so," he answered with a slight shrug, "I mean, I could be wrong, but I do think that."
Lily nodded. "I get it. It just seems real weird to me, ya know? The fact that Cherry was meant to try and kill herself and get amnesia just so her and Soda could get together. It's just a weird scenario, ya know? It seems too complicated," she shrugged, "And painful."
"I know it is, but I don't think people can control those sorts of things. But ever since my mom and dad were in that accident, I've always liked to believe that certain things happen for a reason."
"So, like, when my dad left, that was supposed to happen? That kind of thing?" It didn't come out bitter or sad, just genuinely curious as to make her own connection.
Ponyboy nodded a bit. "I guess so. I mean, like I said, I could be wrong."
Lily thought for a moment and nodded. "It still sounds somewhat odd to me, but it somehow makes sense to me."
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For some reason, Cherry had remembered a lot in the park they went to. She remembered things that seemed to happen more recently and things that seemed to be no more than two years old.
"Cherry?" a girl with dark hair who looked like that girl Marcia said, "Don't do this. Please don't."
The next thing she saw was a somewhat busy street, then it turned to go back inside the building, then everything went black.
Cherry jumped a bit when everything went black. Her heart started to beat a bit faster in her chest. Why'd that happen? She thought with a confused look. She felt someone or something slightly touch or nudge her arm. She looked over and saw that it was Soda and his hand was on her upper arm. He had a concerned look on his face. "Cherry, you alright?" he asked her.
"Uh, yeah," Cherry answered unsurely, "Yeah, just um… just somethin' I kinda remembered."
"What do you mean kinda?"
"I'm not really sure… everything kinda went black. Kinda spooked me, I guess. No big deal." She shrugged it off a bit.
"You sure?"
"Yeah. It was probably the last thing that happened before I was in the hospital, that's all."
Soda nodded a bit unsurely, but decided to take her word. "Alright," he caved.
The two continued to walk for a little while longer, talking as they walked, then Soda walked her back to Evie's house. Right before Cherry opened the door to go inside the house, Soda stopped her nervously. "Uh, I was wondering if you would… if you would be my girlfriend?" he asked her, "Well, would like, continue being my girlfriend?" His ears started to turn red a bit out of embarrassment and his cheeks were slightly pink, but he was obviously trying to ignore both.
Cherry chuckled, smiled and nodded at him. "Yes, I'll continue being your girlfriend," she smiled. She leaned to kiss his cheek and went inside the house.
Awwwww
Todd Rundgren is playing on the radio. It's "I Saw the Light" so yeah. That was random.
Guess what, I finished reading "Tex" and now I'm reading a book about drug addicts that was turned into a movie in 1987 starring Andrew McCarthy, Robert Downey Jr, Jami Gertz and James Spader. It's called "Less Than Zero".
I had a whole thing here that "less than zero" led up to, but I decided to get rid of it cause I have trust issues and I don't want anyone to take my idea. It's not that I don't trust any of you reading this, but I just have horrible trust issues so I'm afraid someone might get to the idea before I do. That's like how I wanted to write a possible plot for the creators of "Night at the museum" for a third one taking place at the Philadelphia Museum of Art but then I found out about the "secrets of the tomb" one and now I can't even send it in as a third cause Robin Williams is gone (Rest In Peace) and you can't have those movies without him as Teddy Roosevelt, you just can't.
How's this story so far? Is it good? Does it work out? I don't know cause this story was a request and to be honest, it kinda makes me think of "overboard" which isn't really a bad thing cause I love that movie and it's kinda hard so yeah. Please tell me how it's going, I wanna know what you peoples think of it.
Oh, so I'm going to an open house at the Connecticut School of Broadcasting in Hasbrouck Heights tonight with my mom. When I'm an adult, me and my friend Sara really wanna open a radio station together that would play music from the 1950s through like 1990s so yeah.
Also, I'm just curious, how many of you like Elvis Presley or "I Love Lucy"? if you do, you need to see two videos called: "Elders react to Elvis Presley" and "Elders react to I Love Lucy" they are so cute oh my gahd. And how those people react to both is how I react and I'm sixteen.
Anyway, hope you do like this story! Peace from all the hippies of the world! =^-^=