Stay Gold(PonyBoy x Reader)

Chapter 22

I got dressed in some spare clothes that I had at their house. It was just a normal army green short sleeved shirt with blue jeans. After figuring out my hair, I trudged to the kitchen and saw Pony at the sink. I sighed and pushed him away, then putting more soap on the sponge and doing the dishes myself.

"You don't have to do them, ya know." Ponyboy narrowed his eyes and sat on the counter.

"I want to. But I have a question." I smirked, scrubbing food off a pot

"And that is?"

"Your birthday is coming up. You'll be 16. What do you want?"

"Well. There's this new journal I want. I don't bother telling anyone else I want it. They'll think I'm weak."

"Interesting"

"Its brown leather with a snap button. It has over 160 pages. Imagine how many pictures and stories I can make!"
He was so cute.
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Pony's birthday was here, and we were hosting a party at his house. We ate baked chicken, corn, and potatoes and had chocolate cake. Next was present time. He got a new book from Soda, new white converse from Darry, condoms from Two-Bit (which Darry threw out afterwards), a jacket from Steve, cigarettes from Dally, and Gone With The Wind from Johnny. Now it was my turn. I gave him his journal and bit my lip when I gave him another book. A scrap book. He flipped through the pages, smiling at every photo of us.

"I love it y/n. I will forever keep this." He smiled then pecked me on the cheek. Steve howeled. Of course he did. Pony stopped when he came across a specific photo of us. It was when we first met. When we were at his house the day Two-Bit was jumped. We were sitting on the couch, cokes in hand, smiling.

"This was the second day we were friends. Johnny took the photo. Remember?" I smiled softly and put my hand on his thigh. He nodded

"This was such a good birthday. Thanks everyone." Ponyboy smiled and everyone clapped. Everyone left except for me.

"I should really get home. I've been here for too long. I'm sure y'all are tired of me."I chuckled and slipped on my shoes.

"I wanna go with you. I need to tell you something. Darry, Soda, I'll be back tomorrow." Pony looked at his brothers and laced his fingers with mine. We walked to my house. Of course, my mom was home. She was on the couch, watching TV.

"Oh.. Y/n. You're here." She scoffed "but who is this handsome young man?" She bit her lip, attempting to be flirty.

"He's my boyfriend. And today is his birthday, so don't even think about talking to him" my voice was cold.

"Don't you talk to me like that. I'm your mom" she snapped "what happened to your old one?"

"Were not together anymore." My jaw clentched and I was squeezing Pony's hand to where it hurt both him and I.

"Mm. That doesn't surprise me. You're a little slut. Jumping from boy to boy. Surprised you're not a mom yet." She rolled her eyes and turned her attention back to the TV. "But you take after your mother. You were a mistake. A one night stand with the bartender. The only difference between you and I is I'm actually pretty"

"I am not a slut! I've never had sex with Dally! I've only had two boyfriends in my life so you shut up! Every single fucking time I have someone over, whether its a friend or my boyfriend, you try to get in bed with them! I am so tired of your shit!" I lost it. I ran over to her and slapped her across the face. Big mistake. She jumped on me and punched me. There was a lot of hair pulling,punching,slapping, and cursing. Pony finally split us apart.

"You get your shit and get out of my house, you bitch!" She screamed and pointed to me. I was crying. I ran upstairs, grabbing a duffel bag and throwing all my clothes and possessions, carefully putting the framed pictures of Pony and I at the top. I zipped it shut and ran downstairs then out the door. I ran. I didn't know where I was going, but Pony was falling closely behind. That didn't matter. I needed to get away.