𝐞𝐧𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 || 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬 𝟐

p.c. ~ done

Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Saturday, 1968.

•••

"Hello?" I said, picking up the phone.

"Hello, is this Y/n Cade?" Says a man on the other side of the phone.

"This is she." I replied.

"This is the Tulsa Police Station. We have your significant other, Ponyboy Curtis in for--"

"Ugh! I'll be right there!" I hung up the phone, grabbed my jacket, and drove to the police station.

I got to the counter.

"Nice to see you again, Miss Cade. How have you been?" Said Officer Smith.

"Just fine till' now, officer." I said. "What'd he do this time?" I asked.

Officer Smith goes through papers, checking to see what Ponyboy was arrested for.

"I believe it was 'attempted robbery'. He was there with his buddy, Winston, but I think he got away. They're still lookin' out for him." He said.

I sighed. Tired of his act. This makes the fourth time he's been arrested for something stupid and that Winston boy is making everything worse. All that boy knows is trouble.

I do understand why he's been acting this way for a while now. It's all because of my brother, Johnny. He died just a couple years ago due to a fire and he was Ponyboy's and Dallas' best friend. It really hit us hard.

Ever since then, he's just been wanting trouble. Not listening to his older brothers, Darry and Sodapop. Not listening to me. It's been going on for far too long and Dallas isn't makin' it any better for him. I know they're both struggling right now, but I can't keep defending him like this. I know his older brothers won't either sooner or later.

"I'll double his bail just so you can get off Winston's back too. Is that alright, officer?" I said, bribing him just to give them less trouble.

"I'll take it for now. But, I won't keep taking these forever, alright Miss Cade?" Said Officer Smith.

"I'll run out of money someday, officer." I said, handing him the money to bail Ponyboy out and for the cops chasing Dallas to stop.

I waited for Ponyboy until he came through the door. They uncuffed him in front of me. While doing so, the officer told him,"I'm already tired of seeing you here all the time."

"I'm already tired of seeing your face." Ponyboy replied.

I sighed, hearing his attitude towards the cops. He looks at me and immediately changes his behaviour and starts to look guilty.

I stood up, dragging him outside the station.

"Thank you officers!" I said to the officers before leaving and going to my car.

I shut the door violently and looked at him, sitting next to me in the passenger seat.

"Care to explain what the hell you were doing with Dallas?" I asked, calmly.