A Glimpse of Us • Sodapop Curtis

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Tori

A few weeks have passed since Soda asked me to be his girlfriend and the days have rolled by pretty fast. Mine and Toni's seventeenth birthday was tomorrow, and I have still not seen him.

I talked to him a couple of times over the phone, Eric had already dropped him off at Bucks to stay with Dallas. He told me over the phone that he had healed pretty well, though he told me that there was a couple of scars forming on his arms and stomach.

Luckily, his face had healed pretty well. I think that was all he was worried about though.

Every time I had talked to him on the phone, he sounded like he was a bit happier, and I knew it had to be because Chris had dropped him under our deal with each other.

Although, I wondered why he didn't tell me the good news himself and why he was keeping it.

Dallas had told me a few days ago that Ally was able to get me a job at the diner with her, and of course to my luck I started the same week that I started school.

Everything I was stressed about had managed to put themselves in the same week.

But I had no room to complain, I just had to be thankful that I now have access to money to where I can start paying my debt off.

Technically, it wasn't even mine to begin with though. But, it was a sacrifice I had to make.

I had yet to see or even hear from Eric these past couple of weeks, which for some reason was making me kind of anxious especially since he was my main connection to Chris.

Me and Soda have been spending almost everyday together now, more so than what we used to, and it was driving Two-bit absolutely insane. Toni's reaction was quite the opposite, but he was still acting insane about it, just in a different way.

It was kind of weird now that we were officially 'dating'. Putting a label on our relationship, for some reason, made it a little awkward.

I mean, i've never been in an actual relationship before and had no idea on how to properly act.

Properly act like a real girlfriend.

I still couldn't help to get nervous around Soda though, and the butterflies in my stomach never ceased to leave me alone when he was there.

I wasn't mad or bugged about the label on our relationship, it was more so like I was a little scared.

I was beyond happy on how our relationship was blossoming, but in the back of my head I could still hear the little voice, the one that was scared that something was going to get screwed up to where it would mess up our relationship.

Not just our relationship as boyfriend and girlfriend, but every aspect of our relationship.

"Tori," my mother called, snapping me out of my thoughts.

I hummed back to her in response turning my head to look at her.

"Where's your brother?" My mother asked, crossing her arms.

This was not the first time this question popped into the air, and every previous time she has asked I have had to make up an excuse.

I could tell it was worrying my mother that Toni was not around because he has never been gone this long from home.

It was easier for me and Toni to fool Keith, but when it came to our mother, it was a different story.

It made it even worse that Toni wouldn't call and talk to her.