Stay Gold(PonyBoy x Reader)

Chapter 31

The gang was finished with dinner and Darry was helping Two-Bits mother with the dishes. Everyone was watching TV on the couch, eating their cake. I was cleaning the table. Pony came up to me.

"Can I talk to you...alone?" He said nervously. I nodded and led him to my bedroom. We sat on the bed. "Thank you for dinner." I smiled

"You're welcome Pony. Thank you for thanking me."

"Well. I was wondering if you wanna go to the movies?" He asked and my smile faded. My eyes turned dark and stormy.

"No. Just because we hugged, does not mean I forgive you. And going to the movies on my birthday was the cause of this mess." I stood up and turned my back to him. I opened the door.

"Y/n wait." He grabbed my hand. I turned around and glared at him, then pulled my hand away.

"Don't." I snapped and walked down the stairs angrily.

"Y/n please! Hear me out!" He grabbed my arm this time.

"I said, DON'T!" I yelled. Everyone turned to me and Ponyboy. They stared. I yanked my arm back and swung open the front door. I ran out. I sprinted to the park and sat on top of the monkey bars. Tears flowed down my face and I sobbed. I heard an engine and my heart stopped. No. I looked up and saw a blue mustang pull up. Five socs came out... The same socs that almost killed Pony. I wiped my tears away and slowly jumped down from the monkey bars.

"Aw... Is little greaser sad?" One of them with wheat gold hair made a weeping face and all of them laughed.

"Aren't you the greaser that did that to Tommy's thigh?" A boy with brown hair questioned

"Yeah.... Yeah she did. How about we get some revenge?" One of them smirked. I backed up and of course ran right into one. They had me down in a second. One of them sat on my chest and put his knees on my arm. He was heavy and I had a hard time breathing. He flipped his switchblade open and smiled

"Remind you of something?"

"Get off me you filthy soc!" I spat in his face and struggled to get free. He cut my cheek and I could feel the blood run down my cheek. He socked me a few times. He got off me and all of them gave me good kicks. I couldn't breathe. Then they grabbed me by the arms and chucked me into the road. I saw bright headlights then everything went black.

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I woke up in a bright room. It smelled like hand sanitizer and latex. The beeping of the heart monitor already annoyed me. I was in a hospital. I groaned. My head was pounding

"She's awake!" A female voice said. I opened my eyes slowly and squinted at the light. I tried to sit up. I couldn't move. I looked down and saw my left arm and right leg were in a white cast. Great. I touched my head and felt a bandage was wrapped around my forehead.

"W-what h-happened." My voice was weak and raspy.

"You were hit by a car. The driver said a bunch of people threw you into the road. Is that true?" A nurse said and took my temperature. I nodded.

"T-they drove a blue mustang with the license plate HGY78L." I closed my eyes. "They beat me up." The nurse scribbled some things on paper and opened the door.

"You have visitors." She quickly said. The gang poured in the small room

"H-hey g-guys." I smiled weakly. Pony sat in the chair and the rest of them surrounded me

"What happened?" Steve asked, inspecting my free arm.

"The socs got me. Then jumped me then threw me into the street. A car hit me." I chuckled

"Why are you laughing? It was my fault!" Pony was crying.

"N-no it wasn't. I was the one dumb enough to run out." I sighed in frustration.

"Yeah b-but I was the one who made you angry! Its my fault I kissed Cherry! Its my fault I bought those condoms! It's my fault for everything." He dropped to his knees and sobbed in his hands. That broke my heart.

"G-guys. May I have a moment with Ponyboy?" I studdered. They nodded and left. "Pony. Come here."

He slowly walked over to me.

"I-I." Everything went blurry, and blackness surrounded me.