Darry looked at Steve with a shocked expression on his face. "Did I hear you right?" he asked nervously.
Steve let out an embarrassed sigh. "Yeah, you heard me right," he answered in a soft voice.
"How far along is she?"
"I don't know exactly, she does. I just know that the doctor said she'll be showin' soon."
Darry ran his hand over his face and let out a worried sigh. "Alright, other than you, Evie and me, who knows?"
"As far as we know, Soda, Cherry and the doctor?"
"You swear that's it? No one else?"
"I said as far as I know, but I doubt Evie, Cherry or Soda told anyone else."
Darry nodded and let out another sigh. Why was Steve telling him this? What was he supposed to do? They couldn't get rid of the baby and for a few reasons. One: It was illegal. Two: He knew how the two felt about that sort of thing and that they didn't agree with the illegal way- which relieved him a bit. Three: He knew how Evie was. He wanted to help the two, he really did, but he didn't know what to do. He'd never been in a situation like this before ever in his life.
Darry looked over at Steve, who was looking down at his feet. When he had been looking up, you could see that he was afraid. You could also see that he was nervous. Sympathy and guilt filled his body whenever he looked at his brother's best friend, who he'd known since he was eight years old. There was close to nothing that he could do or say to help the younger boy that sat across from him in their dining room, and he reminded him of the five year old version of him from when they were all younger.
"Ok," Darry sighed, "First things first. You ain't gonna leave her or the kid, right?"
Steve shook his head quickly. "Course not," he answered.
"Alright, good. Second, do you two plan on telling her parents at all?"
"Yeah, once we find out where the hell they are. They've been outta town since before the whole thing with Cherry."
Great, Darry thought, Now we got to two cases where no one knows where the hell the parents are. "So they have no clue that their daughter is pregnant?"
"Not one."
"Doesn't Evie have a younger sister?"
"Yeah. Esther," he answered, "She don't know either. But it's not like this is somethin' we can hide forever, ya know. We don't got a clue what to do."
Darry thought for a moment. "Can I be honest with you, Steve?"
Steve nodded. "Yeah, sure. I guess."
"I don't know how to help you two."
-/-/-
Throughout the rest of the movies, Cherry couldn't focus. She tried to concentrate and enjoy them with her three friends, but she just couldn't. Her mind kept thinking of the few memories she had just had.
Cherry established that the woman in her memories was her mother. To do that, she had excused herself to go use the bathroom. She looked into the mirror and studied her appearance, comparing it to the red headed woman in her memories. After five minutes of analyzation and examining her facial features, she had established that the woman in her memories was her mother.
Where is my mom and dad anyway? She thought.
That same thought had popped into Cherry's head multiple times. At the moment, she couldn't even recall a time when she asked those around her about her parents. She wanted to, but at the same time, she didn't want to ask about them. The reason she didn't want to ask about her parents was because she thought it was weird that they hadn't been around ever since she woke up in the hospital.
I bet they could answer a lot of questions that I have, she thought.
As the current Cary Grant movie ended and the next began, the phone began to ring in the next room. Her, Lily, Evie and Kathy all turned to look in the direction of the phone. Kathy got up from her seat on the ground and went to answer the call. She walked to the phone and answered the call, leaning against the frame of the open doorway that connected the two rooms.
"Hello?" she started, "No, this is Kathy… yes, he's my boyfriend, why? Did somethin' happen to him?... oh, this is Darry, I'm sorry. You sound different on the phone. So what's up… yeah, they're here… yeah, both of them, why?... is somethin' wrong with Steve or Soda?... oh, alright, good… ok, I'll tell them right now… yeah… bye, Darry." Then she hung up the phone and looked at Cherry and Evie.
"Somethin' wrong?" the redhead asked curiously.
Kathy shrugged a bit. "I don't think so," she answered, "But Darry wants you two at the house."
The two girls exchanged looks then looked back at the blonde. "Did he say anythin' 'bout what's goin' on?" Evie asked her now usual soft tone.
"Not really. Look, I could drive you two there if you want?"
The two girls agreed and all four left the house and went outside to Kathy's car outside.
-/-/-
Kathy drove toward the Curtis house with Evie, Cherry and Lily. Lily sat in the front passenger's seat, while Cherry and Evie sat in the backseat. The four all made small chat on the way to the house. Once the four got there, they all walked up to the house, just in case the two blondes were needed at all.
When they knocked on the front door, it was the middle Curtis brother that answered the door. He had been expecting Cherry and Evie, but not Kathy and Lily. The confused look on his face asked his silent question, and the two answered how they had drove the other two to the house so they wouldn't have had to walk. He nodded in understanding.
As Cherry and Evie walked inside, Kathy and Lily decided to wait on the porch. They both jumped a bit when they heard the front door open suddenly and footsteps behind them as more than one person walked out of the house. When they looked behind them, they saw their boyfriends: Two-Bit and Ponyboy. Each boy sat next to their own girlfriend, each greeting each other.
"Do either of you know what's goin' on?" Lily asked with a confused look on her face.
"Not really," Two-Bit answered his little sister.
"All we know is that Steve went to go and talk to Darry, then he called for Cherry and Evie to come here" Ponyboy answered with a shrug.
"Evie's been actin' real strange lately," Kathy said suddenly, "Do you think that Steve and Evie are having problems? Like, bad enough that they need Darry to intervene?"
"They haven't said anything. At least not Steve. Has Evie?" Two-Bit gave a weird look.
"Not a thing."
"She's been quieter lately." Lily shrugged.
Now Ponyboy gave a weird look. "She's never quiet, though. Is she sick or somethin'?"
"We don't know, but we definitely hope not."
-/-/-
Evie and Cherry walked into the house and to the dining room with Soda. Cherry walked up to him and whispered, "Is somethin' wrong? What's goin' on?" He just shrugged as the three of them sat down with Steve and Darry at the dining room table.
The oldest Curtis brother sat in his usual place at the "head" of the table. Steve sat one chair over on his right hand side, Evie in the empty chair between Darry and her boyfriend. Cherry sat in the same position as Evie, but on the opposite side of the table, and next to her, which was opposite of his best friend.
"Did we do somethin' wrong?" Soda asked his older brother nervously. Yeah, you've been lying to Cherry this whole time, popped into his head, bringing back that usual feeling of guilt. He tried to ignore it as he waited for his older brother's answer.
"No," Darry answered with a slight sigh, "I actually wanted to talk to Steve and Evie. I figured I'd have you and Cherry here in case of needed support or somethin'."
Evie gave a nervous look as she looked up, her jet black hair covering the right side of her face. "Us?" she asked quietly.
Darry nodded slightly. "Yeah, you two… Evie, Steve told me 'bout the… situation… you two have on your hands right now."
Cherry looked at Evie with sad eyes as her friend looked down. Even though the rest of her dark hair had fallen over her face, she could see her friend use her right hand to wipe something off of her cheek right under her eyes. "I don't know what to do," Evie choked out quietly.
Soda and Cherry both glanced at each other with sad looks then at Darry. He looked worried. The only other times that Soda had looked as worried as he did right now was: when their parents had passed, when Ponyboy and Johnny had ran away for the week, and when he found out the redhead had temporary amnesia and had nowhere to go.
-/-/-
After Darry had provided whatever comfort he could to Evie and Steve- with help from Soda and Cherry- the two drove their girlfriend's home. Kathy and Lily had gone back home at this point, and Two-Bit and Ponyboy were in the living room with Dallas and Johnny. "Alright," Darry said, going into the living room and gaining the attention of the four boys, "Y'all know Steve's girlfriend right?"
"Yeah's" were said from all four.
"Ok. Now I asked you all to look out for Cherry, and now I'm askin' you all to look out for her and Evie."
"Is everything alright?" Johnny asked in his quiet tone of voice, which was how he normally talked.
"I just need you all to do it. Evie's not in the best place right now, and Cherry still hasn't gotten her memory back. Just watch out for the two of them, got it?"
The other four in the room agreed to the oldest Curtis brother's request, even though they weren't quite sure of his intentions.
It seems like my stories will be updated every other week so I won't be updating till the new year so- Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! By the time the new year comes, I'll have another expendables story cause I miss writing that kind of story, so yeah. And an outsiders preferences and imagines thing cause I've always wanted to write one so yeah. I may or may not put the preferences one here, maybe just wattpad, I don't know yet- but the expendables one would be both sites so yeah.
Anyway, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! =^-^=