Jealousy (A Sodapop Curtis Fanfiction)

Chapter 8

I woke up the next morning and Two was already awake watching Mickey Mouse. I walked into the living room, and Steve was there sitting next to Two-Bit.

“Good morning,” I said while rubbing my eyes, and going to sit beside Steve. 

“Good morning” Steve said while taking a bite of cake

“Good morning Annie” Two said while not looking up from the TV.

“So what are you doing today?” I asked Two, since me and Steve had to head to work soon.

“Oh I’m going to hang out with Pony.” Two replied.

“Oh okay well we gotta get to work soon.” I said to Steve as he put a piece of cake to my mouth. 

“Thanks buddy,” I said while laughing and eating the cake. Steve just smiled

After that I went and got ready for work. 

“Annie, are you ready to go?” Steve asked while coming into my room with cake still in his hand.

“Yep,” I said while putting on my shoes.

After that, Steve and I got in his car and headed to the DX. We were listening to music and talking about some party that was gonna be happening that weekend. We got to the DX and headed inside, but for some reason Soda wasn't there yet, which Steve and I both thought was weird. I went to the back and kept working on the car that Soda and I were working on the day before, but for some reason Soda never showed up to work. I started to worry about Soda, but Steve reassured me that it was okay, and that Soda probably just overslept or something.

“Hey Annie, are you ready to go?” Steve asked while walking into the back to come find me.

“Yeah, I just gotta finish up one more thing” I said while not looking up from what I was doing.

“Okay” Steve replied as he sat on the workbench and waited for me.

After I finished up on the car, I wiped my hands off on a rag and walked out to Steve’s car as Steve locked up. Then we got in Steve’s car and headed to the Curtis house to see where Soda had been all day.

“Is everything okay?” Steve asked me with a concerned look on his face.

“Yeah I’m just worried about Soda, he barely ever misses work.” I said while fidgeting with my hands nervously.

“I’m sure he’s ok Annie,” Steve said while putting his arm around me in a comforting way.

“Yeah, you’re probably right,” I said with a sigh.

We pulled up to the Curtis house and walked inside. When we walked in Darry was pacing around and Pony had his head down on the table, and it sounded like he was crying.

“Hey guys, everything okay?” I asked them with a worried look while going up to Darry and stopping him from pacing. Darry looked up from the ground and I noticed he was crying and his eyes were all puffy and red.

“Darry you’re freaking me, what’s wrong, where is Soda?” I asked with tears starting to develop in my eyes.

“He left,” Darry said while hugging me and crying. 

“What do you mean he left!” Both Steve and I said while looking at Darry and then at Pony. 

Pony then got up from the table and walked over to me and Steve. Pony handed us a letter and I read it.

Dear Sodapop Curtis,

While I’m writing this to you I’ve already left town. My parents are sending me to live with my grandparents in Florida. The reason for this is……. I’m pregnant. I don’t want you to come for me or contact me at all. The reason for this is the baby isn’t yours. Hope you have a nice life, -Sandy.

After reading this I looked up at Darry in shock.

“So she just left, without saying goodbye?” I asked Darry with a confused look.

“Yep,” Darry said while wiping his tears away.

“God I never liked her,” Steve said while punching the couch.

“Wait so where’s Soda,” I asked with tears still forming in my eyes.

“We don’t know, he just left this letter on the table and was gone in the morning.” Pony said while coming and giving me a hug. I hugged Pony tightly because I could tell Pony had lost it. He was crying so hard into my shoulder, and I started crying into his shoulder too. After me and Pony were done crying I sat down on the couch and started to think where Soda could have gone, and that's when it hit me.

“Steve, can I borrow your car?” I asked while getting up from the couch.

“Yeah, but where are you going?” Steve asked while handing me his keys.

“Great thanks” I said while grabbing Steve’s keys and heading out the door.

“Wait where are you going,” The boys yelled after me as I got into Steve’s car.

“To find Soda” I said while speeding off in Steve’s car.