Forever Love (Sodapop Story)

Chapter 21

The next morning we slept in a little bit, Soda didn't have work and I didn't have work until that evening. I still woke up before him and I quietly got up out of bed. 

"Babe?" Soda groaned a bit. 

"Sorry, I didn't mean to wake you." I froze. 

"Come here." His hand grabbed my arm and pulled me back down into the bed. "Where were you going?" 

"To make breakfast." I looked at him, his face was really bruised now, he had a black eye with a lot of bruises around his face, his cheek was a dark purple/blue. 

"Are you still mad?" He asked. 

I slightly laid my hand on the side of his head and ever so lightly rubbed my thumb over some of his bruises. "I don't know." I sighed. 

"I know you don't like them at all, but I have to show them they can't just be over here when they want, we have to teach them to stay on there side." He looked at me as he laid his hand on top of mine. 

"But you look awful." I mumbled and pulled my hand away. 

 "You should see the other guy." He grinned. "I'm pretty sure I broke one of the guys that had a big part in that nose." He added.

I couldn't help but smile at that, but it quickly faded "I can't help but think some of that is my fault, that you got so hurt. If I hadn't yelled at you then you might have been more focus and not got so hurt." I looked down. 

"It's not your fault, this would have happened either way." He shook his head. 

"You don't know that." 

"And you don't know that it would have changed anything." He grabbed my hand. "If that's what's been bothering you, don't let it, okay?" I didn't say anything. "Alex, babe." He tilted my chin up so I had to look at him. "Everything is fine okay?" 

"Okay." I finally mumbled. "I'm still going to go make breakfast, you can go back to sleep until it's ready." I started to get up again. 

"Wait." He pulled me into him and gave me a quick kiss. "I love you." He smiled. 

"I love you too." I smiled and left the room, I made a really nice breakfast for us, even though it was already 11 but it was still nice. 

Once it was all ready I went back into our room and sat down on the bed. "Soda?" I whispered as I rubbed his side, lightly trying to wake him up. 

"Hmm." He slowly opened his eyes. 

"Do you want some breakfast?" I asked. 

"Yeah." He slowly got up. When he was standing up I looked at him and quickly kissed him. We went and sat down together and ate, I couldn't help but stare at all the bruises on his face. "I know I look lousy, I feel lousy too." He sighed and got up when he finished. 

"Soda." I got up and followed him, "I just want to make sure you are okay." 

"You don't want to tell me, 'I told you so.'" He mocked. 

"No." I mumbled softly. 

He expression soften. "Sorry, you know when I hurt I get really angry." 

"I know." I nodded. "Let's lay down for a while before I have to go to work." 

He nodded and we went and laid down on the couch and watched tv for a while. When it was time for me to get ready I went to our room and changed. 

"I want you to stay here and rest for the day, I'll stop by the gang and let them know you are okay and pick up any mail you have." I kissed him before I left. 

I walked to work and did my shift then I headed over to see the gang. When I got there they were all laying around, most of them looked pretty beat up. "How's Soda doing?" Darry asked when he saw me. 

"He was feeling better when I left for work, I was stopping by before I went home." I looked around. "How you guys feeling?" 

"Oh we all have been better." Darry laughed. I forced a smile, I hated to see them all in so much pain. I knew I wasn't going to let Soda come over for a couple days until everyone was better, it would just make him upset. 

"Well if you guys need anything let me know. I'm gonna head home." I grabbed my bag. 

"Oh here is some mail for Soda." Darry handed me a couple letters. 

"Oh thanks." I put them in my bag and headed home. Since Soda was still under Darry we never changed any of his mailing and since we were there everyday it wasn't a problem. 

When I got home Soda was laying on the couch sleeping. I quietly went back into our room and changed and put my bag down. "Babe are you home?" I heard Soda yell. 

"Yeah, I'm changing I'll be out there in a second." I hollered back. I grabbed his mail from my bag and went out to the living room. "How you feeling?" I asked sitting down on the edge of the couch. 

"Better." He smiled a bit. 

"Good." I lightly kiss him and ran my thumb over his cheek. "I'm going to start some supper." I got up. "Oh and here is some mail for you." I handed it to him before I left. 

I went to the kitchen and started to make something for us. After a while I went headed back to the living room. "Hey Soda how do you... What's wrong?" I asked when I saw him sitting up staring at a paper, with his face white. 

"I.. I..." He couldn't talk he held up the paper and I took it. 

        Dear Sodapop Curtis,

                    The United States Military is informing you that you have been drafted into war. In two weeks you need to report to the center in Tulsa to leave for basic training.

I dropped the paper and stared at Soda, he still hadn't moved. "We will fight this, you aren't going." I started to shake my head. 

"I don't have a choice. I have too!" He yelled and got up. 

"You can't just leave me and the gang." I mumbled softly. 

"Well I don't have a choice." He yelled and threw a pillow at the couch. 

I fell to the floor and cried. I couldn't imagine Soda being gone, I was so scared me might never come back. I've never seen him lash out like this before and I was terrified. 

I heard him yelling and screaming as I hid my face and cried. After a while I heard him calm down and wrap an arm around me, he rested his head on mine and he started sobbing. I lean into him and pulled him close as we laid there crying. 

Author's note: Soda's going to war! Is he going to come back, or is he gonna die and she goes with another gang member or someone else? I'll try and upload again soon! Thank you for reading!