Greaser Girl

Memories

Two, Steve, and I walk into the Curtis house and see Ponyboy making himself breakfast. Two and Steve hug him and spin him around. Eggs fly across the kitchen as they friends reunite. Once Two and Steve finish hugging him, I hug him to.

"Mi, you saw me last night." Pony laughs and I shrug.

"Last night was a lot of me worrying about my brother." I admit and Pony touches my eye.

"What happened to you? Two Bit level him?" He wonders and Two kinda laughs.

"He learnt his lesson, let's just leave it at that." Two smiles.

Steve has helped himself to the to the chocolate cake that was in the fridge. Soda comes out of the shower naked as a J-bird and quickly wraps himself in a towel upon seeing me. Two Bit had got a beer from the fridge and pulled me on top his lap while he watches Mickey Mouse. Soda runs to get dressed when Darry comes in ready for work. Soda return wearing a pair of jeans and a work shit. Darry looks at all the name patched.

"How did Soda manage to get a Maia shirt, Maia get Steve's, and Steve get Soda?" He wonders and we all look at are name place.

"Well shoot." Steve laughs with a mouth full of cake. He takes his shirt off and throws it at Soda. "Here, wear yours."

I slip mine off my shoulders (since I don't do up the buttons because I wear a t shirt underneath) and throw it at Steve. Soda pulls off my shirt and throws it at me.

"Now you have one shirt with your name on it." Two laughs.

"Okay you three, you ought to get to work." Darry calls. "Pony if you smoke more than a pack today I'll skin you."

Two had decided to stay with Pony and go to see Dally and Johnny later on. I press my lips to his before getting off his lap.

"Tell Dally that I love him." I tell Two and he nods. "Okay be good, I love you." I tell him quietly.

"I love you to, Minnie Mouse." He says just as quiet. Then Steve starts laughing.

"Well aren't you two cute!" He laughs loudly.

"Well Pretty Boy." Steve says nearing the end of our shift. "Do you remember when we were eight and tried to build a tree house?"

"Yeah. It was built of old 2x4s that were rotted through." Soda recalls. "We sent Maia up first because she was lighter." They both look at me.

"They were very rotted." I recall. "My arm learned that the hard way." It broke when I landed. "What about when we convince Steve to eat that beetle?"

"Easiest thing I've ever done for ice cream." Steve says almost proud.

"Wait what would you have done?" Soda wonders.

"I don't wanna know." I laugh and they join me.

"Or when were all real young and took Darry and Dally's leather jackets and flapped around like we were birds." Steve laughs.

"Worked out great until you tried to fly." I tell Steve and he smiles.

"Right!!" Steve laughs. "You ready for the rumble tonight?"

"There's no rumble tonight." I say confused and they nod.

"Yeah, tonight." Soda says.

"No one told me." I state.

"Oh shit!" They grumble.

"What?" I ask.

"Two and Dally didn't want us to tell you." Soda explains.

"Is it knives or chains or heaters?" I ask because it those are involved then I've never gone to those rumbles.

"No just skin." Steve says and I scowl.

"Why don't they want me to go?" I question.

"They want you safe." Soda says.

"It doesn't make sense you me, you fight as good as the rest of us." Steve states.

"It doesn't make sense to me either." I mumble. "I'm going to kill Dally and Two." I mutter and they laugh.

How's this fair??