I'm not a troublemaker. Honestly. I don't go around looking for trouble, but sometimes it just seems to find me. I walk home from detention because it's not that long of a walk, and I like the time to think. I got detention because some stupid Soc pushed me into a locker and I decided to fight back. Not a very smart move for me seeing as I only have almost a year left in high school. I'm Ponyboy Curtis and I'm 16 years old. I live with my brothers Soda and Darry. Soda's 19 years old and works at a gas station near our house. My oldest brother, Darry, works for a construction company. He's in his twenties. My parents died in a car accident when I was 13. My friends, Johnny and Dally, died when I was 14. Johnny and Dally were part of my gang. Johnny was my best friend. He was only 16 years old when he died. Dally was 17 years old when he died just after Johnny. I miss them, even though Dally was cold and had a look in his eyes that was just as cold as he was. Johnny had a little sister, her name is Lauren and she's in my grade Dally had no brothers or sisters. My friend Two-bit who has no job and is in his twenties and is still in high school has a little sister, her name is Samantha, and she's in my grade. Sam, Lauren, and I have grown closer since Johnny and Dally died. Anyway, I decide to go into the DX (the gas station where my brother and his friend, Steve work. I don't like Steve at all and I'm 100 percent sure he feels the same about me.) I'm addicted to Pepsi and I usually come to the DX after school to get one and talk to Soda. I open the door and the bell rings. I walk inside and I see Sam sitting at the counter, I sit by her.
"Hey, where were you? Soda's been worried." She says as I smile.
"I got in another fight with a freakin' Soc. He pushed me into a locker. I fought back. I had detention."
Sam laughed and said sarcastically, "Darry's definitely not going to notice that black eye of yours."
I laughed and looked around the DX for Lauren.
"Where's Lauren?"
Sam shrugs and takes a sip of her drink.
I notice her drink is Pepsi. Instead of asking for a sip, I steal her drink and take a sip. We've known each other for years, so we don't even ask anymore for drinks or a fry or whatever.
"Hey!" she says with a laugh.
I laugh as she takes it back from me.
"Where's Soda?"
Sam takes another drink of Pepsi and then says, "He's in the back working on a car. They haven't had much business today."
I nod and look around. Sam and I are the only ones in the DX.
"Let's go to the back." I say as I take my books and drag my friend behind the counter and to the back of the DX in the garage where I see Soda working on a car. I see Sam stumble behind me and almost fall. I laugh as she glares at me. Soda comes out from under the hood of the car.
"Hiya Pony!" He says with excitement.
Did I forget to mention Soda is the extremely hyper one? Besides Sam when she gets candy… not a pretty sight. Believe me.
I laugh at my brother and Sam does too.
"What about me?" She says with a pout.
Soda smiles and I can't help but smile. His smiles make everyone smile.
"I already saw you." He says with a laugh as Sam punches him in the arm.
Soda has yet to see my eye, until Sam says, "Have you seen your brother's black eye?"
I glare at her. She just shrugs and smiles. I smile back. It's hard to be mad at her. She's just like Soda in that way, she can get anyone to smile no matter the situation they might be in.
"Ponyboy, what in the world did-" my brother starts but I interrupt.
"A stupid freaking Soc pushed me against a locker and I fought back. I got detention. That's why I was late."
Soda showed me a disapproving look.
"Darry is going to flip a lid once he knows you got in another fight."
I nod my head.
"At least you won! You did win right?" Sam asks randomly.
I laugh and say, "Don't I always?"
Sam shook her head and says, "Nope.. Remember that one time you pushed a Soc into the principle and you got like beat up plus you got detention for like 3 weeks! Oh yeah. Also, you got grounded for like.. EVER!"
I laugh at the memory.
"Don't
ya think you should be working?" I ask my brother because he is
just standing around listening to my conversation with
Sam.
"Probably." He says as he continues to stand and doesn't
move an inch.
Sam and I laugh.
I really hope ya'll like this. It's a new one and I don't know how it's going to turn out. Please review!