Chapter 21

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(Yes, I do realize how cliché this part is... 🍩 judge because it's important to the story)

Elizabeth's POV:

"Bye, Elizabeth, I'm goin' to school," Ponyboy whispers in my ear. I jump up, and notice a funny feeling in the pit of my stomach.

"Have a good day, Pone," I say, getting up out of bed. Man, why did he have to wake me? I was having a good dream, I'm awake really early on a Monday morning when I don't have to be, and in general, I just feel sick. Very sick. I feel something rising in the back of my throat, and run into the bathroom. That's when I realize: I'm late...

"Oh no..." I whisper, wiping my face.
As soon as I feel a little bit better, I get dressed and run out to the drug store to buy a pregnancy test. Maybe I'm just overreacting, though. Maybe I have the flu or something. Maybe I'm hallucinating. All I know is that this can't be real.

No, This can't be happening... At all. At least not for a while. Darry and I can't raise a kid now, we're already struggling enough because of Pony and Soda... As of this time, we just barely make it by, so how is it going to be with another mouth to feed?

"Find everything you need, miss?" A store clerk asks, breaking me out of my thoughts. I look down.

"Oh... Yeah," I say quietly. He tells me the total and I hand him the money, then sprint home. As soon as I get there, I take it. But for some reason, I decide not to look at the results. I want to wait for my husband to find out about such a big thing. As nervous as I am, as scared as I am that raising two teenagers and a baby, when Darry and I are practically just teenagers ourselves, I'm sort of excited. I've always loved kids.

Maybe we can make it work, I think as I go back into Ponyboy's room. I wouldn't want to wake Darry, he's been working so much lately that I thought I'd let him sleep a bit longer than usual. He has a later shift today.

I drift off to sleep again thinking about how much I want this to happen, even if it will be hard. I know I can take a challenge....

••••••

Elizabeth?" I hear a voice from behind me say, waking me up.

"Elizabeth, what are you doing in Ponyboy's room?" The same person asks me. I blink a few times before looking to see who it is.

"Oh, morning Dar," I say yawning. He sits next to me on the bed and puts an arm around my waist, kissing my cheek.

"Morning, beautiful," He says, smiling.

"You're in a good mood. Did Soda come home while I was sleeping?" I ask. Immediately, Darry's face falls.

"What's wrong, honey? He didn't?" I ask, sort of worried. I thought he would have figured something out by now. I know he doesn't want to get sent to a boys home.

"I.... I kinda just hoped that that was a dream and that he and Pony are happy and in school right now," He says quietly. I give him a sad smile.

"He'll come back. Don't worry," I say for the third time since yesterday. I still don't believe it.

"I just can't believe he didn't even talk to me before dropping out! That's going to affect him for the rest of his life!" He yells angrily. I put a hand on his shoulder. When Darry gets mad, he gets really mad. He'll yell and scream now, and be in a bad mood for the rest of the day.

"Calm down," I plead in a whisper. He takes a deep breath, and lies down on the bed, with his legs over the edge. He puts his arm around my shoulders and pulls me down next to me.

"I love you," He whispers in my ear. After hearing it so many times since we started dating, I still blush.

"I love you more," I respond. Finally, Darry smiles.

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