Blue; Sodapop Curtis Au

Part 6;

Philophobia
[n] the fear of falling in love or emotional attachment

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Sodapop

After getting home I attempt to throw my jacket on the sofa -missing it, I take my shoes off and go into the kitchen to pour myself a glass of chocolate milk.
Darry's already home and he's reading the paper

It's just us home since Blue wanted to catch up with Pony and Johnny and Steve wanted to hang out with Evie and god knows what two-bit was upto

I relax a bit, when Cassie barges in the front door with Johnny in her arms

I get up and she sets him down on the couch and Darry rushes over and hovers over him

"What happened?!" Worry in his voice

"He was getting beaten by his old man, I had to help him" she takes a rag off his face revealing a large gash in the side of him head

I can see Pony getting light headed at the sight of the red wetness spilling on his face and he walks out

I grab Cassies hand as she looks at him
"Cassie, it's okay" I go out and grab a wet cloth and place it on his head along with a few pain killers for Johnny

He lays still on the couch, wincing every few moments as I move the cloth on his wound

That's when Dallas walked in
"Cassie, You got any cash, I ran outta cigar-" he couldn't even finish his sentence when he spot Johnny lying on the couch

"Who" was all he could make out between his gritted teeth, his voice cold and sinister

Dal had a soft spot for Johnny and cared about him a aweful lot, sometimes even more than he would Cassie

"his old man" I speak softly, he clenches his fist and turns back out the door

"Dal, don't do anything stupid" Cassie gets up after him

But he ignores her and storms off down the lifeless street

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Cassie

It's been about an hour since Dal has left, no doubt he's out making trouble

I sat next to Johnny the entire time, god knows what I'd do if they'd hurt him more than this

Dallas walks into the house and sits himself of the couch. I take a good look at him and notice he has a bruised cheek bone and his lip is bleeding. His knuckles are red, almost bleeding. He had done something bad

I look at him, hesitating to ask him what he's got upto "what'd you do" barely slips from my lips

He looks at me taking a drag of his Cancer stick "let's just say his folks aren't going to be laying there hands on Johnny for a while"

I sigh in frustration, whatever Dallas done I wasn't going to get involved in

I get up and walk out to the back porch, taking a seat on the Curtis' old squeaking swing chair and stare up at the colours starting to bloom in the sky

I stare in awe before I feel a body sit next to me, it was Soda. I sigh

"How could they hurt Johnny? How could they hurt such an innocent little kid who'd never hurt anyone" I ask quietly, my eyes still latched into the sky's scene

"Sometimes really terrible things happen to really amazing people"

I rest my head on his shoulder and he runs his fingers through my hair

We watch the sky till it fades into a dark blue and bright twinkles appear, this was the first time I'd watch the sunset with Soda. He'd never watch it with me or pony, he just never dug it

But today he did

We sit there for a good while in complete yet comfortable silence, our gaze on the stars and thoughts running through our minds

And for a moment, I forgot about Johnny, I forgot about Dallas, I forgot about mom and dad. And Soda did that to me

Soda did things to me, made me feel things that no one else could ever make me feel. I could talk to a billion people and no one could make me feel the way Soda does, he made me soft. He didn't even have to try, he just had to be there and I'd feel happier with him. He didn't make me feel just butterflies or tingly it was much more than that, like an attachment or bond. He made me feel safe and vulnerable. He made my heart pound and my mind race

And I was terrified

I was terrified of.. love? I am terrified of love. I am afraid to touch happiness only to have it taken away. Maybe that's why I push everyone away. Maybe that's why I was so cold

I was snapped out of my thoughts by Darry opening the door and asking us to come in for dinner. I glance at Sodapop and we both get up and enter the house for dinner

When we walk in Pony, Steve and Two-bit were sitting at the table chatting amongst themselves and Darry was dishing up. Johnny was asleep on the couch and Dallas was sitting next him

We take a seat at the table and Steve wriggles his eyebrows at us and I flip him off and the boys chuckle

Darry brings out the food and we dig in

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Bit of a cliché chapter for you all I'm making this up as I go and I honestly don't know how this book is gonna escalate lmao and gosh you know how hard it is to find good gifs of Sodapop ugh