THE SANDWICH PALS (johnnyboy)

THE COLD NIGHTS.

SODAPOPS POV

The day pony ran away, me and Darry went to work thinking he would be back that day. After work I got off work Darry picked me up and drove us home. Steve was working that day as well and was riding home with us. when we arrived we expected ponyboy to be inside waiting, when we all walked in and didn't see him my heart dropped. Darrel threw some suggestions that he was at the lot, at two-bits or somewhere with dally and Johnnyboy.

All those suggestions were proved wrong as two-bit and dallas showed up together.

"hey dal have you seen pony?" I asked pulling him aside.

"n-no man, I haven't."

me and Steve walked to the lot, passed Johnny's house hearing fighting. as we reached the lot I noticed it was empty. no Johnny, no ponyboy. me and Steve were walking back as an newspaper hit my leg, I looked down and read the title, 'Two boys wanted for murder'. it caught my eye, n-no it can't be them. I picked it up as Steve moved closer to me reading over my shoulder.

*a few minutes late*

me and Steve arrived back at mine. I was on the verge of tears, as Steve was just quiet. still holding the newspaper in his hand he opened the door walked in and flopped it on the table for everyone to read.

"what's that steve?" two-bit asked.

"p-pony and Johnny are wanted for m-murder..."

I said trembling, as I let tears slip out of my eyes. i looked at darry, his face wide eyed. ive seen it before, the night the police stopped by. darrel left the room as steve hugged me, two-bit was cussing under his breathe his face emotionless. dallas wasn't shocked, nor suprised. i could tell he know something we didn't.

The next day me and darry were pulled into the office for questioning, aswell as dallas.

I wasn't there for darry interview nor dallas's, but mine when something like a few questions about pony. and a few about Johnny. if I knew where they went, what made them do it, if I saw them.

that night I cried. I didn't go anywhere for a week. I found out Sandy was pregnant, but it couldn't be mine.. we'd only done it a few times. and I haven't seen her for about a few days. she stopped by and dropped the news, "im pregnant.. and, im moving away soon."
My heart shattered at the end of her sentence. i wanted kids at some point. i was excited. and then i wasn't as i realized after she left that it wasn't mine.

(im sorry all i can think about writing this was 'so it mine, el' meme.)

After a day or two my eyes were dry, adn i had no motivation. i slept alone, nobody keeping me up at night talking, nobody helping with dishes when we woke up late, no one doing homework in the desk.

My life had no meaning if darry wasn't here. im just glad darrel is here. he's been working overtime, i tried to stay up to wait for him but i woke up in my bed the next morning. i didn't see him much anymore, besides taking me to work or breakfeast. he's quiet now, aswell as two-bit. I heard he wanted to go to texas to look for them.

i missed ponyboy.

i wrote pony a letter, having to rewrite it a million times. I finally reread it for the fourth time before putting it into a envolope and wrote on the back

For Ponyboy M. Curtis.

"Ponyboy,

                   

Well I guess you got into some trouble, huh? Darry and me nearly went nuts when you ran out like that. Darry is awful sorry he hit you. You know he didn't mean it. And then you and Johnny turned up missing and what with that dead kid in the park and Dally getting hauled into the station, well it scared us something awful. The police came by to question us and we told them as much as we could. I can't believe little old Johnny could kill somebody. I know Dally knows where you are, but you know him. He keeps his trap shut and won't tell me nothing. Darry hasn't got the slightest notion where you're at and it is nearly killing him. I wish you'd come back and turn your selfves in but I guess you can't since Johnny might get hurt. You sure are famous. You got a paragraph in the newspaper even. Take care and say hi to Johnny for us.

                   

Sodapop Curtis"

I found dallas at the lot, I knew pony wouldn't be in Texas. He'd barely been out of Oklahoma, let alone Tulsa. I handed him the letter.

"I know you know where they are dal, please just give this to him.."

I said as he looked at me a bit shocked, but he nodded and I set for home.

THE END.

(☺️ this one was sad, and also somewhere in this I lost my thought and just free wrote😭 so sorry if it seems weird I just free handed it plus I think I took medicine 😭 so I can barely rember this. But again, thanks for reading!!)

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