Boy Next Door (Ponyboy X Reader)

A Cigarette And My Thoughts

your pov:
we knew we needed a plan to get out. It was really dark so Pony took out his lighter and used it to help see.

"did they hurt you?" i whispered as quietly as i could.

"No, they just made me watch all the things they did to you, i'm so sorry," he whispered back.

I grabbed his hand and we tip toed around the building trying to find a way out.

The socs were no where to be found, they probably left us here to die.

We decided to wait it out until morning, which was hopefully only a few hours away.

Pony fell asleep with his head in my lap, but I couldn't fall asleep no matter how hard I tried. My thoughts were so loud in my head.

Eventually the sun rose and I woke pony up.

"rise and shine," I said.

I finally got to look at myself and my inner thighs were bruised, my arms and face were cut up, and my heart was broken.

We began walking and realized we were somewhere on the south side. the far south side.

Pony took out a cigarette and offered me one, i didn't usually smoke but it's supposed to take the pain away, so i figured it'd be a good idea.

In the distance we saw Cherry going for a walk, we ran her direction.

"get outta here hoods!" she told us.

"Cherry please, we need your help. look what Bob did to me..." I said rolling up my pants and sleeves so she could see.

"Oh my God, he did that to you? I can help you, it'll be okay." She said.

Cherry was the only soc i could ever tolerate, only because she was kind of nice.

"pony can you go find the gang," I asked.

He nodded and ran away.

"I'll take you to my place to clean you up, then to the police," she said.

We walked up to a large white house and she opened the door.

"my folks aren't here, don't worry," she said.

She lead me to the bathroom and let me sit on the counter.

"this is going to sting..." she said, pouring a cold liquid on my cuts.

"howd you get those bruises," she asked.

"Bob took advantage of me..." i said quietly.

Cherry hugged me. I didn't think she'd do that.

"I'm so sorry. I'm here to help you. You're a greaser and i'm a soc but nobody deserves that," She said to me, "and as for Bob, I will make sure he gets put behind bars."

"Thank you, Cherry. You're really nice for a soc."

She gave me a small smile and bandaged me up.

She let me sit in the living room while she made a few calls. I was left with nothing but a cigarette and my thoughts.

She came back in and said
"We have to go to the police station, but we will stop by your gangs house to bring them,"

I nodded my head and we left.

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Thank you so much for reading! Yes, yes, I know cherry probably isn't actually this nice but she could've been!  Anyways i hope you're enjoying, sorry for any triggering content. ALSOOOO i wanted to say I am in no way trying to romanticize being taken advantage of. it's a real, serious, issue and this will hopefully show people how bad it really is. Thank you for reading, stay gold!

-author<3