Chapter 55

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Steve's POV

"Soda?" I called for him from the garage. It was damn hot back here. August in Tulsa are hot as hell.

Soda came loping back, "what's up, Stevie?" He wrapped his arms around me.

I laughed, but pushed him away, "I need help with connecting this starter to the carburetor, but you can't help me if you're gonna be a distraction."

He shot me that movie star smile of his, "I'll behave."

I lightly whipped him with my oil rag, "yeah...I'm sure you will." 

He gave me his best puppy dog eyes, "I promise."  He was so damn cute when he pouted like that.

It didn't take much time to finish fixing the car when suddenly Dally comes running into the station like the devil himself was after him, "we fucking gotta go!  We gotta get to the fucking hospital! Now!"

"What happened?" I demanded.

"I'll explain in the car!"  He grabbed Soda and I roughly, "Let's move!"

Dally's POV

"Darry and me were on the corner of West 5th Ave and 8th St.  We could see Phae and Ponyboy.  They were about two blocks away.  Today was the day the fuzz was gonna bust the drug deal.  Douglas was farther down the street out of sight.  We had it all planned out!"  I wasn't aware that I was talking way too fast.

I felt Soda's hand on my shoulder, "slow down, Dal." He whispered as Steve sped toward the hospital.

I took a deep breath and began again, "Phaedra stood of by Ty, the guy that Douglas swore up and down would squeal on Miller and Wallace.  So far, everything was going smoothly.  Darry and I had visuals on the cop cars and the twins.  Phaedra handed of the bag like normal and that's when the fuzz came in, sirens blaring and tires screeching," I felt bad cause the twins had no idea this was coming.  We need to make the fear look real. 

"Now, the plan was for Ty, Pony, and Phaedra to get arrested, so it don't look like it was a set up.  The twins knew that when this happened that they would be hauled in too." My voice went up a hitch, "we had it all planned out!  To a fuckin' 'T'

Steve pulled into the parking lot and quickly found a spot, "we didn't know...we didn't know that Ty was gonna pull a heater."  I felt my eyes burn, "I ain't sure who opened fire first, the fuzz or Ty."  I looked Soda dead in the eye, "Pony got shot...it's bad...it's real bad."

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