forbidden fruit~sodapop curtis

trouble in paradise

finley's pov

"no,"

"finley just talk to him," steve said. I walked over to the sink and leaned against it. "why should I?" I asked. "he embarrassed me in front of all of you, and he didn't even feel sorry for it either," I said. "he feels terrible finley, he really does, he's just a stupid teenage boy," he said. "and that's an excuse?" I asked.

"no it ain't I just, couples are gonna fight," he said. "he's going to have to come to me then," I replied and walked away.

two days earlier

"HI," soda said as he jumped on my bed. "HI," I said. "I missed you," he said and laid on top of me. "I missed you too," I laughed. "it's only been a day curtis,"

"that doesn't matter I'd miss you if it was a minute," he said. "me too," I smiled. I kissed him and tried to stand up but he pushed me back down. "I have to go see what my gran is doing," I laughed. "after," he said. "after what?" I asked. he kissed my neck and I smiled. "it's a little early for this isn't it?" I asked. "never," he said.

he kissed my jawline and moved up to my lips. I flipped on top of him and kissed him hard and passionately before jumping off and running downstairs.

"was afraid I'd have to come up there," grandpa said. "of course not," I smiled. "what're you and gran up to tonight?" I asked. "nothing really, might catch a bite and watch a movie," he said. "what're your plans sweetheart?"

"not sure, wanted to check with you first," I said. "well, we have plans tomorrow night to play games so you do whatever you want hun," he said and kissed the top of my head. "sounds good, love you!" I said and went back upstairs.

"that was so mean," he frowned. "oh you poor little thing," I said, fake pouting and I sat down next to him. I kissed his nose and laid down next to him. "I'm free tonight if you wanna do something," I said. "the guys were gonna do a game of basketball, you can come cheer me on, kathy is comin' for two and evie is coming for steve," he said. "I'm in, only if you want me to of course," I said.

"I wouldn't tell you what I'm doing if I didn't want you to go silly dilly," he said. "silly dilly?" I laughed. "yes ma'am," he replied. "oh god you're adorable, I'll be there," I smiled. "7 o'clock, I'll see you tonight, love you!" he yelled and ran out of the room. "love you!" I said.

once I got to the park evie and kathy were already sitting on the table on the side of the court. I walked over and sat with them. "did we really beat them here?" I asked. "of course we did," evie said laughing. "they're always late aren't they?" kathy asked and we all three laughed as they pulled up.

sodapop ran over and picked me up. "hi beautiful," he said and spun me around. I laughed as he kissed me and set me down. "hi handsome," I said and sat back down on the table.

"what do I gotta do for a welcome like that?" evie asked. "see what you did sodapop?" steve asked and I laughed. "stop eye fucking and let's get the game going!" dally yelled. "I think its sweet man," johnny said. "see? johnny gets it," kathy said. "alright lovebirds you can kiss later, let's get the game goin," darry said.

soda, steve, and ponyboy were on a team while darry, dally, and two-bit were on another. johnny sat on the sides since he didn't wanna play. they tied every game and eventually gave up. sodapop walked over to me and kissed me. "get a room!" ponyboy said. "y'all wanna go grab a bite?" darry asked.

"sure" and "why not" went around and we ended up
at dingo and we all squished into a wrap around booth. "what do you want to eat?" soda asked, throwing his arm around my shoulder.

"hmmm cheeseburger," I said. "share a milkshake?" he asked. "yes please," I replied. he ordered for me and I smiled to myself. "what do I have to do to get a man to treat me the way sodapop treats you?" evie whispered. I laughed. "get him to take lessons from him," I joked.

we saw a group of guys walk in and sodapop's mood changed quickly. they walked up to our table and soda tensed up. "hey look it's curtis and his little...boy band," one of them said. "who's this?" I asked, trying not to assume the worst. "I uh, played football with them freshman year of high school," soda said.

"and who is this pretty little thing you got with ya sodapop?" the boy asked. "this is my girlfriend, finley," soda replied. "the hot one from london?" he asked. "stand up and do a little turn for us hun,"

"I'm sorry?" I asked. "you heard me," he said. "you can't talk to me like that," I scoffed. "just do what they say," soda said. "excuse me?" I asked. "listen to your boy toy," he said. "do what I say finley," sodapop said. I scoffed. "guess we spoke to soon evie," I said and stood up. "you gonna let her ignore what you say sodapop?" the boy asked.

"finley just do it," sodapop said.

"fuck you sodapop," I said and walked out. I walked into the house and leaned against the door. "you're home early!" gran said from the couch. I looked over at her and nodded. "what's wrong sweetheart?" she asked and walked up to me. "nothing, just tired," I smiled. "get some sleep," she said and kissed my head. "goodnight," I said and went to my room.

present time

"fin?"

I looked at my doorway and sodapop was standing there. "can we talk?" he asked. I stayed silent and scoot over on my bed. he sat there and didn't say anything. "well?" I asked. "I'm so sorry finley," he sighed. "I don't have an excuse for what I did, but I do have an explanation, that doesn't mean I am trying to excuse what I did, but I can try and help you understand why I did it," he said.

"okay, i'm listening," I said. "I've always been a little bit, scrawnier than all the guys on that team, I was a greaser and all of them were soc's, they'd rough me up, give me shit for being poor, then once my parents died it just got worse and worse and I did everything I could do be cool in front of them, I hate myself for it but I just always wanted their validation," he said.

"I understand sodapop, and I'm sorry you had to go through that, but you really embarrassed me, you can't treat me as if I'm your property because we both know that's a load of rubbish," I replied. "I'm sorry finley it'll never happen again I swear," he said. "okay, thank you," I said.