WILD // Johnnyboy

°Ponyboy°

I was with Johnny in the backyard and we were laying together looking up at the sky and we're talking about California, "I love it here, I think you would too," Johnny says smiling.

"I don't care where we are, I just need to be with you," I say propping myself up one elbow. Slowly we lean in and kiss and he puts his hand on my cheek but suddenly there's yelling.

"WHERE THE FUCK ARE THEY?" We hear, I pull away and we get up. Johnny holds onto my hand and we slowly walk back inside. I turn my head to the door and it's Darry and he's standing there angrier than ever, and Dallas is standing nervously behind him.

"Woah Darry calm down," Two-Bit says walking to him.

"Where's Soda? And where's Ponyboy?" He asks.

"I'm right here!" Soda yells coming out of Steve's room.

"What the hell is wrong with you? Have you lost your mind?!" Darry yells.

"I wanted to come see Steve!" Soda yells, Steve comes out and Soda holds onto his hand. "In case you haven't noticed, I'm in love with this amazing man right here and I missed him,"

"Well now that you've had you're reunion grab your stuff, grab Ponyboy and let's go!" Darry yells, Steve has a look of sadness and defeat but Soda's doesn't give up.

"No," He says pulling Steve closer.

"What did you say?" He asks.

"I said no, I'm 18 I don't have to listen to you, and I sure as hell don't have to live with you either. I'm staying here." Soda says.

"Fine don't come home," Darry says he finally looks at me and grabs my wrist. "We're leaving,"

"The hell you are!" Soda says grabbing my other.

"Let go of him!" Darry yells.

"Pony is staying here, with the rest of us," Soda says tugging on my arm.

"No Pony is coming back home," Darry aruges.

"He doesn't belong with you!" 

"You're not his guardian!"

"I love him more than you do!"

"How dare you!"

What happened next happened so fast, Darry lets go of and punches Soda square in the face and blood drips down from his nose.

"Motherfucker!" Steve yells jumping on Darry, Darry and Steve begin fighting, and Two-Bit and Dallas break them apart. I turn to see Johnny scared and I pull him to and whisper to him. 

"Don't worry about them, okay? We're okay, we're okay," I say hugging him.

"How the hell did you even get the address?" Steve asks.

"Dallas swung by here before, it was pretty easy to get him to crack," Darry answers. Dallas looks at me guiltly and mouths "sorry."

"Ponyboy is staying here, and that's final." Soda says.

"Final my ass, Ponyboy is coming with-" Darry gets cut off.

"STOP!" Two-Bit yells. He looks at me and puts his arm around my shoulders. "Ponyboy, who do YOU want to live with?" 

Honestly, I have no idea, Soda supports me no matter what and he's great, but...Darry keeps me on my feet and never lets me slip. Makes sure my homework is done, tries to get me to stay healthy and eat, Darry is here for me physically, but Soda is here for me emotionally and mentally.

"I just want to be with Johnny," I say holding onto Johnny's hand, he smiles and hugs me tightly.

"Ponyboy I can't bring Johnny back-"

"Then I'm not going," I say cutting Darry off.

"But you have to stay with me, I'm your guardian-"

"Soda?" I ask.

"What is it buddy?"

"Would you fight for custody, if you needed to?" A smile appears on his face while Darry looks destroyed.

"Ponyboy..."

"I love you and Soda equally, but I need Johnny. Whether we're Tulsa or Sacramento,"

Darry looks even sadder and I take a deep breathe and walk to Johnny's room, and lay down. Johnny walks in and leans on the now closed door.

"Ponyboy?" He asks quietly.

"Hmm?" 

"I love you."

"I love you too." He comes closer and sits next to me. 

"And as much as I love you, you need to go back to Tulsa," In that moment, I shattered.

"Is this the end? Are you breaking up with me?" I ask. My hand and arm started shaking and my eyes began to fill.

"What? No of course not!" Johnny puts his hands on my cheeks and shakes his head. "Pony, I love you more than anything in the entire fucking world. Nothing is going to change that! Ever! But you need to go home. Soda is going to stay and he has Steve, he'll be fine, but Darry needs you, Dallas is there yeah, but he needs you. Darry will lose his fucking mind without you, please, stay with him." I sit there lifeless, what am I supposed to do? Wait until I'm 18 to be with Johnny again? I won't make it. "You can still visit, and you can stay for the whole summer, and you're already 15, what's three more years?" I stay silent and Johnny looks scared and nervous. "And I'll wait for you, because I love you so much. I love you." I don't say anything and Johnny gets more scared. "Ponyboy? A-aren't you going to say it back?" His voice is trembling and he's on the verge of crying. I love Johnny, but it just hurts too much to even say anything, so I'll just show him. I lean forward and kiss him, he smiles through the kiss, and suddenly so many memories comes to mind. 

Our first kiss, the time we made out in the woods, our first I love you, our first time, and so on. Before I knew it, the door was locked and Johnny was on the bed stripped right underneath me. 

I'll go back with Darry tomorrow, but today isn't about Darry, or Soda, it's about me and Johnny. And our love, thousands of miles apart, but we're still connected. And no one can change that. 

....

Johnny and I were cuddled up in bed, it must've already been at least 2 a.m. 

"You know sometimes I talk to the moon?" Johnny says sleepily. I giggle and kiss his cheek.

"What do you and the moon talk about?" I ask smiling.

"He talks about the sun, and I talk about you," he answers.

"Hmm maybe the four of us could go on a double date soon," I suggest. We giggle and share another kiss.

"Ponyboy?" 

"Hmm?" Johnny gets out of bed and grabs something from his drawer and slips back into bed. "Close your eyes." I close them and feel something slip onto my finger. "Open them." I open them and I'm staring at a ring. "It's a promise ring, we have the same ones, so that way we're always together."

"When did you get this?"

"The day I sent you the letter,"

I kiss him again, and hold him close. "Thank you, I love you Johnny."

"I love you too."