p class="MsoNormal"Disclaimer: I do not own any of S.E Hintons work./p
p class="MsoNormal"(side note; im trying to avoid ponyboy going to the hospital like I always do, so sorry if you wanted to read that!)/p
p class="MsoNormal"Chapter 3: Protect me./p
p class="MsoNormal"(Ponyboys POV)/p
p class="MsoNormal"I had woken up and was laying there in bed, not really knowing what to do with myself. I heard the front door open, expecting one of the gang, but then I heard laughing. But It wasn't like any of the gangs. I heard the footsteps getting closer and I jumped out of bed and hurried into my closet, curling into a ball and holding my head. The door to my room opened and the people same in, and that's when I realized./p
p class="MsoNormal"It was the Socs who beat me./p
p class="MsoNormal"I was terrified, I started shaking and praying to god that someone came, anyone. It all happened so fast, the closet door opened and the Soc who found me told the others who had been breaking things. They all came back into the room and dragged me out of the closet as I screamed for help, they yelled stuff in my face and kicked my sides a lot. I cried out in pain, not caring I was crying like a baby infront of them, it hurt so bad. I wanted this to all stop already, or I was going to die./p
p class="MsoNormal"(Two-bit's POV)/p
p class="MsoNormal"I was walking over to the Curtis's house, Soda and Darry had to work that day. They hated leaving Ponyboy alone so they decided to have me come over and "babysit" him./p
p class="MsoNormal"I got there and the house was silent, which was rare cause usually the TV was on full volume, radio was cranked up, and there was yelling and fighting./p
p class="MsoNormal"I walked straight over to Pony and Soda's room, but what I saw terrified me./p
p class="MsoNormal"There was Ponyboy, face down on the floor. Thank god he wasn't bleeding but it was the biggest jumpscare ive ever had./p
p class="MsoNormal"I quickly rushed to his side and turned him over. "Pony! Ponyboy are you okay? What happened?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Then Pony started crying. It hurt my heart, he never cried infront of any of the gang. Only Soda and Darry, and even then he barely ever cried./p
p class="MsoNormal""The… the socs… they came.. and they… beat me up.." He said through sobs. I felt my blood boil, how did they beat him up in the 3 minutes that no one was here? And how did I not see them leave? I should've ran here, I should've been faster. My thoughts were cut off my Pony sniffling and sobbing more. I pulled him closer to me, "Shh… your safe now.. What hurts…?" "my… my chest… they.. kicked it..it hurts so bad…please make it… stop.." His eyes drooped after he said that. Was probably worn out from everything. I picked him up very slowly, like if I dropped him he would shatter, and put him down on the bed. "Go to sleep.. everything will be fine when you wake up.."/p
p class="MsoNormal"It was all so much. emThey came here?! While we were gone?/em I walked into the kitchen to grab a beer and saw some shattered glass cups on the floor. emAnd they broke stuff? Man, we gotta call a rumble./em I sweeped up the glass and grabbed a beer, heading out to the living room. I watched Mickey but my mind was still on Ponyboy and what had happened, I couldn't think straight./p
p class="MsoNormal"emWe gotta get those socs good. /emspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI thought. Taking another sip of beer./p
p class="MsoNormal"(Soda's POV)/p
p class="MsoNormal"When I got home Two-bit was on the couch, watching mickey. "Hey Two." I said, kicking my shoes off. "Hey Soda, listen.. something happened. I think we ought to call a rumble." I was surprised. "A rumble?" I said, looking down the hall at me and Ponys room. Two- bit sighed and went on to explain what happened. I couldn't believe my ears. Once he was done explaining I ran to mine and Pony's room, Pony was asleep and I gently pulled up his shirt where he had been said to be kicked. There was a big purple bruise going from below his armpit to his hip. It looked so bad. Without thinking I caressed it, to which he jumped and whimpered. "Sorry.." I said, pulling his shirt down and brushing his hair back./p
p class="MsoNormal"I sat there for a while thinking about what happened and about the rumble we should call, I heard the door open, knowing it was Darry coming home from work. I heard Two-bit and him talk, and he came in the room a bit later with a worried expression. "Is he okay?" He said, scared for our little brother. "Hes got a big bruise, but that's the only new damage.." I said sadly, not looking away from his sleeping face. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanDarry nodded and walked out, going to make dinner. I saw Pony open his glassy eyes and look over at me. "Hey Pony.. How are you feeling..?" I said, continuing to stoke his hair. He mumbled something and tried to sit up, to which he tensed up in pain and laid back down. "Easy there.." I said, helping him sit up/p
p class="MsoNormal"He looked like he was in so much pain, and his eyes looked scared and like he was on the verge of tears. I pulled him in a hug, gently to not hurt him any further. He groaned, aching, but he accepted the hug and started sobbing in my arms. "Your safe now Pony.. I swear they will never hurt you again.." I said while holding him. "They came in here Soda.. they came in my only safe place.." He said through sobs. I felt my heart shatter, my poor baby brother. We are definitelyspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spangoing to make these Socs pay, no matter what./p
p class="MsoNormal"(Ponys POV)/p
p class="MsoNormal"I kept Soda and Darry as close to me as possible at all times, I felt like if they weren't near me the socs would come back and hurt me again. When Soda and Darry went back to work the next day, It was really hard for me to let them go. I knew that they had to get the money from work, but my mind kept thinking once they were gone, the socs would come back. Luckily, Two-bit and Johnny came over right as Darry and Soda were about to leave. Two-bit ruffled my hair as I came out of the bedroom, and Johnny smiled at me. We sat around watching Mickey for awhile, when I saw that blue mustang outside again. I froze, staring at the window. emThey are gonna come in and kill us! They are gonna get me! And then kill Two-bit and Johnny!/em My thoughts raced on as the socs came out of the mustang and towards the door. Johnny saw me, then looked at the window and saw them. "Two-bit! They're here!" Johnny said, both of them jumping to their feet while I sat there, frozen in shock. I couldn't move. Johnny and Two-bit walked out onto the porch before the socs could come in, there was only two socs this time, so it was a fair fight if there would be one./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;"Their talking seemed muffled, and I couldn't make out the words. But one of the socs glared at me through the window and the socs left. I started shaking like crazy, I curled up in a ball and held my head, even though they left I still felt like something was gonna get me. Two-bit and Johnny came in, instantly seeing me and rushing over. "Pony, its okay, their gone now." Two-bit said in a surprisingly gentle voice as I lifted my head and looked around. "Sorry.." I said. I really felt like a burden at this point, a baby too. "No need to be sorry Pony, they wont hurt you again." Johnny said and Two-bit nodded. I relaxed and uncurled myself. Johnny went back to sit next to me on the couch, and Two-bit went back to the floor after closing the blinds. I laid back, exhausted. I fell asleep, feeling safe with the gang around./p
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p class="MsoNormal"Another chapter done! span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-symbol-font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji';"💋/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"Im sorry if this one was weird, basically the socs came and Two-bit told them about the rumble, and they agreed to back down for now./p
p class="MsoNormal"Thanks for reading! Stay gold./p
p class="MsoNormal"(side note; im trying to avoid ponyboy going to the hospital like I always do, so sorry if you wanted to read that!)/p
p class="MsoNormal"Chapter 3: Protect me./p
p class="MsoNormal"(Ponyboys POV)/p
p class="MsoNormal"I had woken up and was laying there in bed, not really knowing what to do with myself. I heard the front door open, expecting one of the gang, but then I heard laughing. But It wasn't like any of the gangs. I heard the footsteps getting closer and I jumped out of bed and hurried into my closet, curling into a ball and holding my head. The door to my room opened and the people same in, and that's when I realized./p
p class="MsoNormal"It was the Socs who beat me./p
p class="MsoNormal"I was terrified, I started shaking and praying to god that someone came, anyone. It all happened so fast, the closet door opened and the Soc who found me told the others who had been breaking things. They all came back into the room and dragged me out of the closet as I screamed for help, they yelled stuff in my face and kicked my sides a lot. I cried out in pain, not caring I was crying like a baby infront of them, it hurt so bad. I wanted this to all stop already, or I was going to die./p
p class="MsoNormal"(Two-bit's POV)/p
p class="MsoNormal"I was walking over to the Curtis's house, Soda and Darry had to work that day. They hated leaving Ponyboy alone so they decided to have me come over and "babysit" him./p
p class="MsoNormal"I got there and the house was silent, which was rare cause usually the TV was on full volume, radio was cranked up, and there was yelling and fighting./p
p class="MsoNormal"I walked straight over to Pony and Soda's room, but what I saw terrified me./p
p class="MsoNormal"There was Ponyboy, face down on the floor. Thank god he wasn't bleeding but it was the biggest jumpscare ive ever had./p
p class="MsoNormal"I quickly rushed to his side and turned him over. "Pony! Ponyboy are you okay? What happened?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"Then Pony started crying. It hurt my heart, he never cried infront of any of the gang. Only Soda and Darry, and even then he barely ever cried./p
p class="MsoNormal""The… the socs… they came.. and they… beat me up.." He said through sobs. I felt my blood boil, how did they beat him up in the 3 minutes that no one was here? And how did I not see them leave? I should've ran here, I should've been faster. My thoughts were cut off my Pony sniffling and sobbing more. I pulled him closer to me, "Shh… your safe now.. What hurts…?" "my… my chest… they.. kicked it..it hurts so bad…please make it… stop.." His eyes drooped after he said that. Was probably worn out from everything. I picked him up very slowly, like if I dropped him he would shatter, and put him down on the bed. "Go to sleep.. everything will be fine when you wake up.."/p
p class="MsoNormal"It was all so much. emThey came here?! While we were gone?/em I walked into the kitchen to grab a beer and saw some shattered glass cups on the floor. emAnd they broke stuff? Man, we gotta call a rumble./em I sweeped up the glass and grabbed a beer, heading out to the living room. I watched Mickey but my mind was still on Ponyboy and what had happened, I couldn't think straight./p
p class="MsoNormal"emWe gotta get those socs good. /emspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanI thought. Taking another sip of beer./p
p class="MsoNormal"(Soda's POV)/p
p class="MsoNormal"When I got home Two-bit was on the couch, watching mickey. "Hey Two." I said, kicking my shoes off. "Hey Soda, listen.. something happened. I think we ought to call a rumble." I was surprised. "A rumble?" I said, looking down the hall at me and Ponys room. Two- bit sighed and went on to explain what happened. I couldn't believe my ears. Once he was done explaining I ran to mine and Pony's room, Pony was asleep and I gently pulled up his shirt where he had been said to be kicked. There was a big purple bruise going from below his armpit to his hip. It looked so bad. Without thinking I caressed it, to which he jumped and whimpered. "Sorry.." I said, pulling his shirt down and brushing his hair back./p
p class="MsoNormal"I sat there for a while thinking about what happened and about the rumble we should call, I heard the door open, knowing it was Darry coming home from work. I heard Two-bit and him talk, and he came in the room a bit later with a worried expression. "Is he okay?" He said, scared for our little brother. "Hes got a big bruise, but that's the only new damage.." I said sadly, not looking away from his sleeping face. span style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spanDarry nodded and walked out, going to make dinner. I saw Pony open his glassy eyes and look over at me. "Hey Pony.. How are you feeling..?" I said, continuing to stoke his hair. He mumbled something and tried to sit up, to which he tensed up in pain and laid back down. "Easy there.." I said, helping him sit up/p
p class="MsoNormal"He looked like he was in so much pain, and his eyes looked scared and like he was on the verge of tears. I pulled him in a hug, gently to not hurt him any further. He groaned, aching, but he accepted the hug and started sobbing in my arms. "Your safe now Pony.. I swear they will never hurt you again.." I said while holding him. "They came in here Soda.. they came in my only safe place.." He said through sobs. I felt my heart shatter, my poor baby brother. We are definitelyspan style="mso-spacerun: yes;" /spangoing to make these Socs pay, no matter what./p
p class="MsoNormal"(Ponys POV)/p
p class="MsoNormal"I kept Soda and Darry as close to me as possible at all times, I felt like if they weren't near me the socs would come back and hurt me again. When Soda and Darry went back to work the next day, It was really hard for me to let them go. I knew that they had to get the money from work, but my mind kept thinking once they were gone, the socs would come back. Luckily, Two-bit and Johnny came over right as Darry and Soda were about to leave. Two-bit ruffled my hair as I came out of the bedroom, and Johnny smiled at me. We sat around watching Mickey for awhile, when I saw that blue mustang outside again. I froze, staring at the window. emThey are gonna come in and kill us! They are gonna get me! And then kill Two-bit and Johnny!/em My thoughts raced on as the socs came out of the mustang and towards the door. Johnny saw me, then looked at the window and saw them. "Two-bit! They're here!" Johnny said, both of them jumping to their feet while I sat there, frozen in shock. I couldn't move. Johnny and Two-bit walked out onto the porch before the socs could come in, there was only two socs this time, so it was a fair fight if there would be one./p
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p class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; mso-border-bottom-alt: solid windowtext .75pt; padding: 0in; mso-padding-alt: 0in 0in 1.0pt 0in;"Their talking seemed muffled, and I couldn't make out the words. But one of the socs glared at me through the window and the socs left. I started shaking like crazy, I curled up in a ball and held my head, even though they left I still felt like something was gonna get me. Two-bit and Johnny came in, instantly seeing me and rushing over. "Pony, its okay, their gone now." Two-bit said in a surprisingly gentle voice as I lifted my head and looked around. "Sorry.." I said. I really felt like a burden at this point, a baby too. "No need to be sorry Pony, they wont hurt you again." Johnny said and Two-bit nodded. I relaxed and uncurled myself. Johnny went back to sit next to me on the couch, and Two-bit went back to the floor after closing the blinds. I laid back, exhausted. I fell asleep, feeling safe with the gang around./p
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p class="MsoNormal"Another chapter done! span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji',sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-symbol-font-family: 'Segoe UI Emoji';"💋/span/p
p class="MsoNormal"Im sorry if this one was weird, basically the socs came and Two-bit told them about the rumble, and they agreed to back down for now./p
p class="MsoNormal"Thanks for reading! Stay gold./p