Curtis

that was then, this is now

*2 years later*
I was silent, I never went by pony anymore. I was Curtis, it helped me think of my brothers, I wouldn't forget them. I went through so much therapy, none of it helped so I turned to drugs. I had plenty of friends, well not really. I had Bryon, who frankly didn't care for me. I also had Mark, a tougher version of Johnny. Mark lived with Bryon. He has since he was 9 when his mom got shot during a drunken argument and they took his dad away. I also had a kid M&M, he was 13 and by far the nicest kid. However he was still bizarre. His eyes were grey and his hair long and black. He alway wore a army jacket, 7 times his size and he just recently started wearing shoes. He never wore any until his parents got fed up with him and bought him moccasins. His peace sign necklace was the least weird part about him. Everyone in town was starting to be a hippie. Of course I still had other friends like Randy, he was now in college and his major was English, he too was a hippie. then of course there was Terry and Williamson and even cherry and Curly and his brother Tim . Okay so maybe i had a lot. However most of them thought I was conceited. Which I wasn't, I couldn't help being good looking. None of that matter. The only one who caught my attention was Cathy. She was a good looking broad. She had long dark hair so dark it was almost charcoal black, she had her hair with bangs, which to be honest most girls couldn't pull off. She had beautiful grey eyes, they reminded me of smoke. She looked like her brother M&M but was the exact opposite. Her eyelashes were long and real. She didn't swear or wear to much makeup. She was upper class, a soc. If the label was still around; which it wasn't. The soc and greaser terms left with Johnny. I found it sickening that Johnny's wish happened without him. It was a school dance and Mark was hurt, So bryon took him to the hospital. Leaving his date, cathy behind. Man did I feel bad. The attacker meant to get me, Angela Shepard set him up for it. However Mark step in between us. the only thing I could think of; I hot wired a car and took her to Bryon and mark at the hospital. We didn't talk much, me and cathy but when we did it was amazing. She laughed and smiled the whole time. However I could tell she was scared so after a while I blushed and shut up. I didn't wanna make things worse. Once we got there mark was happy to see me. I told them I hot- wired there car and my face turned red. They said not to make it a habit. It was my first and last time. I reassured them. After a while me and Bryon took Mark to the car. They dropped me off near my old house and I smiled. I went inside and knocked on Darry's door.