Ponyboy's POV
I felt my heart break.
I laugh awkwardly,
"Come on Curly don't joke around like that."
"I'm not joking I don't know who you are. Anyways why are you here and where's Texas?"
"Wait do you mean Dallas? How do you remember him but you don't remember your own boyfriend?!"
"Boyfriend? You're not my boyfriend because I'm not like that and I know Texas because we're friends. Now scram or i'll call the nurse and tell her that you're bothering me."
I left the hospital crying and trying to figure out how to get Curly to remember.
I got home and saw Sodapop on the couch going through his playing cards.
'Hm either he's getting ready to play against Steve at work or he's coming over later.'
I shrug my shoulders and head upstairs to try and figure out this entire mess with Curly.
Sodapop's POV
I saw that Ponyboy looked real upset but there wasn't much I could do since when I was about to go check on him I heard Steve pull up outside.
'I'll ask him later what happened. It's not like he's the only having to deal with things. See the thing was that I kinda may have accidentally began to like Steve in a more than friends way. Anyways I have to get rid of them feelings because he has a girlfriend and he's not that way.'
I put the playing cards in my pocket and head out.
I see he's smiling like a doofus so I assume something good must've happened with his girl.
I get in the car and he begins driving. "
"Soda golly me and Evie had a great night yesterday and I even had my first kiss with her!"
I force a smile.
"Wow Stevie that's great!"
We get to the DX and Steve immediately begins working on a car and I go to the front to help anyone check out.
I lay my head down on the counter and begin thinking about Steve.
'Man if only he liked me back but how would his girlfriend feel? I don't want him breaking her heart just to be with me. Why am I acting like theres a chance that he's even into me. All he will ever see me as is his best friend. Thats it and no more sadly.'
I was to busy in my own little word that I didn't even notice Steve was calling me.
I walk out to where he was calling me from.
"What is it Steve?"
"Uh can you help me I kinda got my hand stuck down here and I don't know how to get it out."
I laugh.
"Jeez you're such a doofus."
I get under the car too and begin helping him out.
Finally after thirty minutes or so we were able to get it unstuck.
Both tired we lay there for a few minutes.
Suddenly we both turn to look at each other as if we were gonna say something.
Our noses touch and he laughs and I start blushing.
He notices and touches my forehead with his hand.
"You good Soda? You're not getting sick are ya?"
I get too scared because I don't want anything to happen since he's got a girl. I get up and begin walking back to the front.
Steve's following me the entire way and he grabs me by the arm.
"Soda why'd you just leave like that? Are you okay? Did I do something wrong?"
I pull my arm away and yell,
"Leave me alone Randle."
He looks at me confused but he doesn't do anything instead he goes back to working on the cars.
The rest of the shift was awkward because neither of us really talked.
Time passed slowly but after what seemed forever it was time for us to go.
Steve still decided to give me ride.
'I honesty don't know why. I was very rude to him.'
We both got into the car and I laid my head on the window feeling very sick all of a sudden.
I guess Steve noticed because he finally decided to break the silence,
"Yo Sodapop you feel ok? Cause if you're feeling sick I don't need you throwing up all over my car."
I rolled my eyes.
When Steve was hacked off it was the most annoying thing ever.
I decided to just close my eyes and hope I felt better.
For some reason it took us longer to get there so I fell asleep.
I began having nightmares about all types of horrific things.
First it was that Darry and Ponyboy had died with our parents in the car crash and the last thing we had done is fight. Then it was Johnny who got killed by his dad and Dallas was so furious he went and made the cops chase him and shoot him.
The most brutal one was Two-Bit who dropped out of high school and became even more of an alcoholic and one of the days where he was more drunk he got jumped by Soc's and his injuries were so bad that he died.
The last person was Steve who got into a car crash after he got drunk because I told him that I hated him and the last thing he said was,
"Tell Sodapop that I love him."
I woke up screaming and crying and by someone calling my name.
I realized that I was still in Steve's car and that he was the one calling my name.
I looked at him and I've never seen him so worried before in his life.
I didn't let him say anything before I ran out embarrassed.
I ran upstairs and practically yelled at Ponyboy to get out of the room.
"But Soda what happ-"
His sentence was cut off by me slamming the door in his face.
I jumped into bed and covered myself with the sheets.
I cried myself to sleep as I began having that nightmare again.
WELL THATS IT FOR THIS CHAPTER MY LITTLE POLLITOS 🐣
HOPE YOU ENJOYED IT AND ILL SEE YALL LATER BYEEEEEE
