We arrived at the house. I can hear his parents yelling at each other.
"I want a divorce" one shouted. "Go to hell" another shouted. Just standing out here hearing them yell is like hell. I'm surprised no one called the cops on them. Me and two-bit came to the door. Right before he rang the bell, I heard something breaking. We rang the doorbell and the fighting stopped. I saw someone's head peeped out of the window and back in. "What do they want?" I heard a man's voice said. Johnny's father opens the door and looked up and down at us.
"Mr. Cade, can we talk to you and your wife?" I asked.
"Johnny is dead. There's nothing to talk about." He replied harshly.
"That's what we want to talk to you guys about." Two-bit said.
"Let them in!" Mrs. Cade shouted from the living room. Mr. Cade let us in and offer us to sit down. He was silent most of the time. "We're having a funeral for Johnny and Dally in two weeks. It's $250 for Johnny's plot. His gravestone is free. Is there a way for you guys paying that 250 since Johnny was your son?" I asked.
"Why should we? He died because of you guys." His father said.
"He died to save little kids. It was his choice. It was him, Ponyboy and Dally who was there out of the gang." I snapped back.
"Please excuse him." Mrs. Cade said. I nodded. She continued talking as she got up to hand us the $250. "Dally was nothing but trouble. If Johnny stayed away from Dally, he wouldn't be dead." I guess Two-bit knew what was going thru my mind because he grabbed both of my shoulders. "Johnny was the reason why Dally never got in trouble as much as he did before he met Johnny. When Johnny died, Dally basically committed suicide." I said as I stood up. I felt Two-bit's grip got tighter.
"Good. I'm glad he's dead." Mrs. Cade added on. Her husband agreed with her. "No wonder why Johnny always left this house. You guys treated him like shit!" I shouted.
"Come on Rose; let's get out of here before things turn ugly." Two-bit whispered in my ear.
"Yeah, listen to Keith before things do turn ugly." She said trying to mimic two-bit.
"I don't things can get uglier than your face." I splatted at her.
"Rose!" Two-bit shouted. I ignored him and manage to get out of his grip. I went up to her, face to face.
"What are you gonna do?" She said. At that moment, I punched her in the jaw and she was on the ground. "That's for Johnny!" I shouted. I turned around to leave but she manages to get up from the floor and pull my hair. Two-bit ran to grab me as her husband did the same to her. She punched me in the stomach as I punched her in the nose. She slap me and I kicked her. I pulled on her hair till I heard screaming. "Go to hell!" She shouted. "I'll meet you there!" I screamed back. She ran towards me and smacks me. I give her a good punch in the stomach where she fell onto the floor. Two-bit put me over his shoulders once again. As we were leaving, I saw blood on the floor. I didn't know whose blood it was but I felt proud. She deserved it. Two-bit carried me all the way to the house. Once we were by it, Darry's truck was parked outside. The boys must be home. Two-bit is still carrying me like that, even when we got into the living room. Darry was in the kitchen and Soda, Steve and Pony was in the living room. No one really noticed the blood; they thought it was casual for two-bit holding people like this. "I need peroxide, water, washcloths and cotton balls. Maybe a change of clothes" Two-bit shouted as he sat me down in a chair. With what he said, it gotten everyone's attention. No one bother to look at me, they ran to get the stuff. Pony was the first to saw. His mouth dropped. "What happen to you?" He asked. "I'll tell you once the blood is cleaned up and the whole group is here". Pony nodded.