Reunited | Dally's Little Sister

seventeen

Chapter 17

Sage P.O.V.

I woke up to the smell of bacon and voices coming from the living room. I rolled out of bed and threw my hair into a messy bun and walked out to see who all was still here. Soda and Steve were wrestling on the floor. Two-bit had a beer in his hand and eyes glued to Mickey on tv. Darry was in the kitchen cooking breakfast and somewhere in there I heard Pony and Johnny had gone to the lot.

I quietly made my way into the living room, careful to avoid the two boys rolling around. Darry saw me sit on the couch and told me good morning. Soda looked up from the floor where Steve had him pinned and gave me his famous smile. "Mornin' pretty lady. How'd you sleep?"

I couldn't help but smirk at him as he came to sit next to me. "Pretty good actually."

Steve walked into the kitchen to grab some cake as I threw my legs on top of Soda. It was Sunday and all the boys had off which meant some sort of trouble was going to go down today.

I started to think about last night and Sandy's face popped into my mind. Soda gave her everything he had. Hell, he even talked about marrying her at one point and she went and cheated on him. Who in the hell does this bitch think she is?

Soda asked me what I was thinking about. "Just my brother. Hey, did Sandy already leave for Florida?" He shook his head and said she was leaving next week, not giving much thought to why I asked. I. nodded my head and knew I was going to pay her a little visit. That way I can give her a small going away gift.

Without trying to seem too eager to get out of the house, I casually got off the couch and headed to the front door. Soda asked where I was going.

"To see what Pony and Johnny are up to." He gave me a weird look and I slipped on my jacket. I was almost to the door when Soda yelled out, "Steve stop her before she leaves!"

I tried to reach for the handle and felt two arms pull me back. Darry stopped what he was doing and Two-bit looked up from the tv. "What is going on?" Darry asked from the kitchen.

I shook my head, "Soda is being ridiculous and is stopping me from hanging out with Pony and Johnny."

Soda shook his head, "You sure you weren't about to go look for Sandy?" I looked down and Steve chuckled, "As much as I would love to see you hurt Sandy like you did Sylvia, I don't think getting thrown in the cooler was on our to do list today."

I huffed as he dragged me back to the couch, throwing me down onto Soda. Soda threw an arm around my shoulder, probably to keep me from leaving. "I appreciate the thought, but she is history. I don't want to think about her anymore." I

nodded my head and knew I would have to wait until he was at work to do something. Two-bit pointed his beer at me, "Sometimes I think you are this nice, fun gal. But then times like these reminds me that you can be worse than Dally." I knew I shouldn't take pride in that, but I couldn't help but let a small smile slip on my face. He took a swig of his beer and turned back to the tv.

I asked Soda and Steve what they planned on doing today. Steve sat down on the other side of me and said, "There is a party going down at Bucks tonight. Supposed to be one of the biggest of the summer."

Darry told us we could all go but to be safe. "I don't have the money to be bailing anyone out of jail today." He looked at me and I rolled my eyes. Man did they have little faith in me.

The day went by quickly and soon we were out the door on the way to Buck's. Darry didn't let Pony and Johnny come, so it was me, Soda, Two, and Steve. They were amped up, talking about all the girls that were going to be there as Soda threw an arm around my shoulder. He whispered in my ear, "No girls there have anything on you."

I couldn't help but blush and shook my head. Steve gave us a quick glance and smirked. "So, you two finally together?"

I raised my eyebrows at him, "Why? You jealous you couldn't land Sodapop on your own?" Two-bit cracked up at that and Steve glared at me, flipping me off as he walked ahead of us.

Soda chuckled, "You should apologize. I think you hurt his feelings."

I rolled my eyes, "You know Winston's don't believe in that kind of thing." Soda shook his head and gave me a carefree smile as we continued walking down the road. We were a few blocks from Buck's when I saw my friend walking towards us. Soda saw her first and shook his head, "Here comes trouble."

I slapped his shoulder and walked over to her. "Tim let you out of his sight?"

She shrugged her shoulders, "He gave me ten minutes to get to Buck's or else he is sending a bounty hunter after me."

I looked over to the three boys who stopped to wait for us. "We will be right behind you."

Two-bit shook his head, "I don't think that's too hot of an idea. We are almost there anyway."

"Yeah which means we will be there in a few. We just need to talk. Come on, guys. Don't be like our asshole brothers." Soda and Two were hesitant to answer, but Steve did me a solid.

"Give them the five minutes and then if they don't show up, we will send Tim after them. What can they possibly do in five minutes?" I gave him a smile and the other two boys reluctantly nodded their heads. Soda gave us a look before they walked off that told us to keep our heads down.

Once they were out of ear shot, Angela chuckled and shook her head, "Steve was right. What could we do in five minutes?"

To answer that question, we could do a lot in five minutes. We can do things that will change our lives in the matter of seconds. But we were all too clueless to know that.