June Curtis

Chapter 9

Ponyboy's POV

I hope June is ok. I want to go home to comfort her but when I do go home, she will be there getting a lecture from Darry and anyone else who will butt in. She is always getting in trouble and I hate that. That's why she gets yelled at so much. But she does hang out with Dallas. I wish that June would just stay out of trouble. It would be a lot easier for her and everyone else. "Ponyboy! Pay attention!" Mrs. Joy said. Everyone started laughing. I nodded. Oh shit, I have to talk to Darry when I get home from earlier. Great.

June's POV

I must have fallen asleep because I woke up startled. The TV was on downstairs that was playing Mickey Mouse. There was also yelling and laughing. That only means one thing, the gang is here. Shit. I looked over at my click on the night stand and it read 5:03. That means everybody must have gotten home at least two hours ago. I got up and opened my door and walked downstairs. Darry and Beth were cooking dinner, Soda, Rosie, Kathy, Steve, Evie, and Dally were playing well, arguing about who cheated in poker, Two-Bit and Candy were sitting on the floor watching Mickey Mouse, and Pony and Johnny were sitting on the couch talking about something. I was brought out of my own little world by Darry yelling it's dinner time. "Soda! Can you go wake up June?" He asked which I am guessing nobody saw me yet. "Yeah but, Darry take it easy on her. I don't know what happened today but, something happened and I would guess she doesn't want to be bugged about it." Soda said and he guessed right. "Hey, I will ask you if I want help on how I would deal with my kid sister and I didn't ask." Darry said annoyed. "She is my kid sister too." Soda said and was going to go up the stairs when he saw me and smiled half heartedly. He put his arm on my shoulder and said "It will be okay." I nodded and walked in to the living room where the whole gang was sitting at eating dinner. I sat down next to Dally and Steve. I started eating my dinner in silence using my one good hand until Darry cleared his throat. "June, we will have a discussion about what happened at school after dinner. We will also discuss your punishment." He said as everybody looked at him. I leaned back in my chair and mumbled under my breath "But I didn't do anything wrong." Darry must of heard me because he said "June, if you didn't do anything wrong then you wouldn't of been in the office today." He said looking at me waiting for my answer. I looked at my hands in my lap as I could feel everybody's eyes on me. "I defended myself. I can prove it too." I said still looking at my hands. Darry was getting annoyed. "June, I said we will talk about this after dinner. That doesn't mean now. So drop it." He said sternly. How can I drop it when it hurts? "What hurts?" Candy asked. Did I say that out loud? I didn't respond. I only raised my injured hand to show them and there were gasps around the room. "What happened" Beth asked. "I can't say right now. I have to wait until after dinner." I said and Darry dropped his fork on his plate and said "June! Why do you have to be a smart ass?" He asked with a annoyed and  worried expression. I didn't say anything. I didn't feel like talking any more. Everybody went back to talking after a minute of silence. I didn't eat anything after that so, I just sat there. After dinner everybody went into the living room and watched Mickey Mouse. Darry came out of the kitchen and pulled a chair out from the table set it in front of the table facing the living room. "June. Come here and sit." Darry instructed. I got up from my spot on the floor and walked over to the chair. This what mom used to do when she was going to yell at us about what one of us did wrong. I sat down and the gang was looking at us. Of course. "Ok, June. What happened?" Darry asked. I told him everything that happened with the gang listening too. "Who did this?" Darry asked after a moment of silence. "Bob Sheldon's little brother; Danny." I said and looked at the gang and they looked PISSED!!! "I am going to have a word with your principal. You will not be writing a letter to Danny. You will not be punished by me either. But why did you do that in the truck earlier before you got out?" He asked curiously. "Because.... I never told you thank you for everything you have done" I said truthfully. Darry smiled and said "I would do anything for you guys." I smiled and hugged him and he didn't hesitate to hug back. "Let's get that hand of yours check, ok?" He asked. I nodded and sat there while Darry went to go get the first aid kit. He came back and wrapped it up and gave me some medicine for the swelling. After that I went to go sit down next to Dally. I laid my head on his shoulder and closed my eyes. After about five minutes I felt like somebody was watching me again. I opened my eyes and everybody was either watching Mickey or they were talking to each other. I looked up at Dally and he was sleeping. So I turned around and saw that truck again. Ok, I am starting to get scared. Should I tell someone? What should I do? I mean maybe he is looking for something. I need to tell someone. But who? "Hey Kathy, can I talk to you alone?" I asked. Well, that got everybody's attention. "Yeah." She said not so sure. We got up and we went outside on the porch. "What's wrong June? Is everything alright?" She asked full of concern. "No. No everything's not alright." I said and told her when I first saw the truck and I told her that the truck is right across the street and that is when she looked the direction the truck is in and grabbed me by the arm and pulled me inside. She locked the doors and shut all the windows and closed all the blinds on them. By the time she was done everybody was standing up asking her what happened. "Ask June." Was all she said. Boy, this is one hell of a night.

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Hey guys! I am going to be updating a lot more now. If you have any ideas then just comment and I will use them. Oh and I am thinking that I am going to be making more books with June and how things go for her. I hope you enjoyed! Thanks for reading!