Butterflies 🦋 (Ponyboy X Reader)

Chapter 7

I wake up early in the morning and stretch while I see Johnny and Ponyboy walking in "Hey guys, where did you go?" I yawn and stand up while Johnny sets a box down. "Johnny went shopping and I was outside," Pony says and I nod while walking up to them. "Gum, cigarettes, Gone with the Wind?" I smile and Pony looks over quickly "I remember Pony talking about it once."

I give Pony the book then pull-out peroxide. I slowly look up at Johnny who is already looking at me "no, I'm not doing it and he won't let you," I say and Johnny sighs "we have to! They have our descriptions in the paper. We are cutting our hair." Pony looks shocked "You aint touchin' my hair!" He says and Johnny nods.

"We are going to bleach it and cut it, same with (Y/n)," he says, and I shake my head. "Well, it's just hair," Johnny says and I look at Pony who is annoyed. He walks off and sits on the bench while Johnny opens his switch "I'm going to cut mine off and wash all the grease out." He says and I cross my arms.

I start to nod "Just do it Pony," I say, and he sighs "Go ahead," he mumbles as Johnny saws at different parts of Ponys head. Pony complains and I watch "(Y/n)! Make him stop!" he says, and I smile a little without speaking. "Just bleach it!" Pony says and Johnny stops "I'll do it the same time I do (Y/n)'s"

My eyes widen as I remember he is cutting my hair "but I like it!" I say and he sits me down "you'll be fine," Johnny mumbles and starts cutting my hair "I hate this," I say angrily, and Johnny keeps sawing at my hair. He cuts it, so it's a little past my shoulders and he gives me bangs. "I'm going to look like a soc!" I whine and Johnny rolls his eyes. He takes Pony and I outside then bleach our hair while laughing slightly.

A few minutes later, Johnny comes back with a mirror "Guys, I found one" he says, and I sigh while preparing myself. Pony and I haven't said a word or even looked at each other. Johnny puts it in Infront of us. I groan and put my head in my hands while Pony stares at himself. "My turn," Johnny says and pulls out his blade.

Pony gets up and starts cutting my brother's hair. I stare at myself and my new style. I don't even look like me. It's scary and I don't like it, but it's what we have to do so we don't get caught.

-Time skip-

"I'm sorry I cut your hair Ponyboy," Johnny says and I try to read the book Johnny got, but there are too many fancy words. "It's not that, I don't know it's all messed up," Pony says as I sit next to him and nod. Johnny looks at us and sighs "It all happened so fast." Johnny says and I get caught off guard.

It did, it was so quick. From walking Cherry and Marcia's home to almost getting killed by a group of socs. It all happened in a blink of an eye. Johnny jumps up and starts yelling at Pony "Stop talkin about last night! I-I killed that boy last night! He couldn't have been seventeen maybe eighteen!" He yells and I walk over "I killed him! How would you like to live with that!?" He shouts and sits down.

Pony sits on one side, and I sit on the other as we all start crying "wh-what are we gonna d-do?" I ask and look over at the boys while sniffling. "It was my fault for bringing two thirteen-year-olds with me! You two just go home!" Jonny says and jumps up. Pony gets up quickly too. He hates when people call him thirteen. "No! I'm fourteen! I've been fourteen for a month! A-and she is turning fourteen tomorrow and we are in this just as much as you are!" Pony says and starts pacing.

I stand up as Johnny walks over to Pony. "I'm sorry guys, please stop crying," he says and brings us in for a hug, which only makes me cry harder than before. "I-I am s-scared t-too death," I whisper into Johnny's chest as he tries to calm Pony and me down.

After a few minutes we walk to a small fire we made and sit huddled together while talking "fourteen tomorrow," Johnny sighs and looks at me "my little sister is all grown," he says, and we laugh. "We will be out of here soon; Dal will come and when we get out, we will all celebrate your birthday. The whole gang at the Curtis house."

I smile and we stay huddled together as it gets dark out. "We should get to sleep," Pony yawns and looks at the roof above us. Johnny and I nod while getting comfortable "yeah, goodnight," Johnny says and I lean on my brother while falling asleep.