Forgotten Dreams

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I look up from the couch,Darry wouldn't let me sleep in Ponyboy's room after me passing out. I only glared at him. Well it's been a week and I'm still on bed rest.

I hear the gang come in,I grab my water gun that looks like a real gun. I jump up and face the back of the room. I point the gun up.

Dallas and Sodapop walks in first. The rest follow in,they blink at me. I glare pointing my gun. "If you let me up,no gets hurt" I say in a threatening voice.

"Good god fine fine get up" Darry says,I jump up and start laughing. I point the gun and shoot at everyone,they wince waiting for the bullet. Instead I soak their hair with water.

"Your tricked us" Johnny says dramatically. I smile innocently putting the gun in my back pocket. "My hair!!" Ponyboy and Sodapop cry out. I laugh even more. They glare deadly at me.

I fake cry,tugging on my hair. "Oh my hair!!!what ever shall I do!!the broad got my hair!!" I fake cry,holding my hair. All the greasers glare at me but Johnny,he falls on the floor laughing.

Two days later

Me,Ponyboy,and Johnny went to the Nightly Double. After getting the popcorn and Sodas, I walk back to see Ponyboy and Johnny sitting with two Socs girls.

I take a seat next to Ponyboy. I hand him popcorn and soda and lean over and give the same to Johnny. "So...hello,I'm Rose" I tell the Socs girls. They just glare at me and cuddle up with Ponyboy and Johnny.

After about 5 minutes of this I got mad. "Ah Hell No!! I'm leaving!!" I yell. I jump up and jog off. "Hey Ponyboy...here's my number" I heard one of the girls say. I ran once I heard Johnny and Ponyboy running after me. I felt tears come in my eyes but I didn't know why.

I run and knock on Steve's door. His father answers. "Hey,is Steve home?" I ask. His father blinks but yells "Steve!!". I wait a couple seconds before Steve shows up. "Ye-huh y are you here Rose" Steve asks.

I sniffle. "P-Ponyboy, Johnny and M-Me went to the drive in and Socs girls were there a-and they cuddled with the boys a-and it hurt t-to w-watch" I whimper.

Steve pulls me into a hug. "I-I wanna learn how to fight" I say. Steve nods and leads me to the lot.

3 hours later

The sun was going down and Steve taught me how to punch someone and use a switch-blade correctly. I run to the Curtis home. I jog in and am instantly face to face with a pissed off Darry,Ponyboy, and Sodapop.

"Where have you been?! Pony said you ran off!! And that they lost you!" Darry yells,I just look at him coolly. "I was with Steve" I say. Soda instantly relaxs. "He was teaching me how to fight" I add,looking down at where my switch-blade was in my converse.

"Why would you need that?!" Ponyboy yells, Darry and Sodapop blink at him,I on the other hand was losing my cool. "Uh let me see...to defend myself,to help if I get in a fight with a Socs" I reply sarcastically.

I heard a loud SLAP, I didn't know Ponyboy hit me til I finally felt the pain, I hadn't even moved just stared coolly. "Go.To.Hell" I hiss before storming out the house,I almost ran over two-bit, Dallas, Johnny, and Steve over on my way out.

I could feel my cheek heat up which meant it was red and most likely bruised. I walk past the lot and to the only place I only knew of. I climb in through the window.

It was an abandoned Art Studio. So it had Canvases,paint, and brushes. I walk over to a sketch on wall. I'm gonna finish this painting.

Week later

I had finished the painting,it was of the gang but I wasn't in it. I haven't went out of this building. I'm glad I had snacks stash here.

I put my paint splattered hair up using a paint brush. My clothes and Converses had paint on them too. I climb out the window and walk to the Curtis house. I walk straight in.

"I'm back" I yell emotionlessly. I walk into the living room. The gang was there. "Where have you been?" Johnny says worriedly. "At my hide out" I reply,sitting on the couch. "What with the paint" Ponyboy asks, I just glare ahead not looking at him and not replying.

My cheek still has a huge bruise on it. "Hey did you get jumped" Dallas asks,touching my cheek. I wince a little at the pain. "No" I hiss. "How-"he starts but I jump up and into the kitchen.

"Rose" Johnny asks worried,I sigh. "Yea?" I ask coolly. "How did you get it" he asks. "Ponyboy" I say stonely. He makes a huh sound.

"Ponyboy Curtis slapped me before I left last week" I say,looking through the fridge,there was a silence after that. I grab out the cake and a bottle of chocolate milk.

"H-he wha??" Johnny says finally. "He got super mad and slapped me" I reply,grabbing a fork. I walk back into the living room and sit in the chair since Ponyboy was now on the couch. I give Steve the fork since he was practically drooling everywhere.

I hand him the cake and sit the chocolate milk on the floor. I curl up in the chair. I pull my switch-blade out and sit it by my milk. "How did you get the bruise,Rose" Dallas asks. "Ponyboy" I say coolly.

"Yea?" Ponyboy asks. I snort. "He asked how I got it and I said Ponyboy cause I got it from you" I say,pulling my hood up. I heard yelling and cussing but I fell asleep.