Imagines And Preferences Pt.2 🐴🌅🏈🥤🍺🍰😎🚗

What If?

What if Ponyboy was originally Drafted to go to the war? But Soda took his place instead?

Imagine:

Ponyboy's Pov:

I lied down of the couch as Darry read the local news about the War that was taking place. Soda was cooking dinner for the as well.

Suddenly there was a knock of the door, I looked through the window to see it was the mail man.

"Ponyboy get the mail." Darry demanded

Without a word, I closed my book, answering the door.

I grabbed the mail, thanking the man.

I closed the door, looking down at all of the mail; One caught my eye with My name on it.

"Give me the mail Ponyboy please." Darry asked

I handed him the mail besides the one with my name- I sat on the couch looking at the envelope.

It was from the Government.

I opened it, reading the letter.

Dear Ponyboy Curtis,

You have been drafted to go fight in the war- America needs you.

My heart stopped, I stood up from the couch panicking.

"Ponyboy?" Darry called

Tears threatened to spill, I couldn't breathe.

I can't go to the war!

Darry got out from his seat coming up to me. "Ponyboy? What's the matter?"

Soda came running now.

"Ponyboy?"

I couldn't speak I just handed them the letter,Collapsing back onto the couch with my hand burried into my face as I sobbed.

Their face was filled with both fear and shock.

"No,no, no...This can't be happening." Darry muttered "You ain't going! We'll hide you-move to another country-Canada! We'll move to Canada!"

"We can't! They'll hunt me down- We can't run away from them forever..."I cried

"Yes we can!" Darry yelled

"No we can't this is the government! When did you're common sense leave you're brian Darry?!"

"I'm just trying to help!"

"Well you ain't helping one bit!"

"Why don't I go?" Soda blurted

We froze looking at him.

"What? No, Soda...You can't" Darry now had tears in his eyes

"Yeah I can...I can make a fake ID, I'll make them think I'm Ponyboy."

"No Soda I'm not letting you do that!" I yelled

"Ponyboy, You're just a kid...You got you're whole life ahead of ya'. And for me- I'm a nobody, I ain't got a future, all I got is you and Darry. If I lost one of you guys- I wouldn't know what to do with my life. Please, let me go."

Soda's soft eyes stared down with Please.

"I'll be okay."

I shook my head in disagreement

"What if you get killed? It'll be all my fault."

"It won't, and if I do-At least I die knowing that my two brothers are safe at home." He gave a soft smile

"Soda-"

"I'm gonna do it no matter what you try to say Darrel- Do you understand?"

Darry looked in defeat.

Soda meant it, we could both tell by the way he spoke, the way he looked- Sometimes Soda has to much Pride; So much that it can get him stuck into a situation like this.

A week later we found ourselves standing where all the other Soldiers would go off to war.

Tears were both in my eyes;this is all my fault.

"I'll letter you guys when I get there alright?" Soda smiled, walking his way with the others.

"Wait!" I ran after Soda, grabbing his wrist.

"I'll go! let me go! I was originally drafted! let me go! I don't want you to die Soda! Please!" I begged

Soda grasped me in a tight hug.

"It's to late-either way, I would never let you go Pony."
He stood silent for a moment.
"I love you guys."

Soda pushed me out of the hug, walking off- He was gone.

Darry had to drag me out of there, for I was frozen stuck woth guilt.

A year later, We gotten a letter that Sodapop had died in battle.

It was all my fault- I never forgave myself.

I should've been the one who went; Not him...