Staying Gold: Forever Gold

Chapter 3

We all got back to Darry's house. Sure enough Dallas was knocked out on the couch. I laughed and walked over and kissed my brother's head.

"So, where am I sleeping?", I asked Darry.

"Pony's room.", Darry answered. I looked at Pony and he was smiling.

"What are you grinning about? You ain't sleeping there.", Darry told Pony. Soda, Johnny, Two-Bit, and Steve laughed until we cried at that.

"Well, where am I going?", Pony asked.

"You get to sleep with your big brother, Darry.", Darry answered wrapping his arm around Pony's shoulders. Pony rolled his eyes.

"Whatever Darry.", Pony sighed.

"Oh and please, don't pee in the bed like you used to.", Darry begged.  We all laughed again. I'm actually surprised at how Dally was still knocked out from all of our laughing. Pony and I went to his room, leaving the rest in the living room. Pony had to get his pajamas and stuff of course.

"I have something to ask you Ky.", Pony told me.

"Well, go on.", I said.

"Ok.", he proceeded. "Look, I want you to know that I, um, like you. A lot. I guess, the question I wanted to ask you was if, um, you'll be my girl?", Pony asked. My face lit up with a smile.

"Yes, Pony, I'll be your girl.", I answered. He smiled and began to blush. He looked back up at me and his eye began to look worse.

"Just a sec.", I said. I went into the living room, through the kitchen, to the freezer. I grabbed a sandwich bag and a rag along the way. I began to fill the sandwich bag up with ice to make an ice pack for Pony's eye.

"I'm sorry, Kyrie. I'm sorry for taking you and Ponyboy down there. You guys could've gotten hurt.", I heard Johnny say from behind me. I turned around and smile when I got done, I gave him a hug. I still had a piece of ice in my hand and I put it down his shirt. When he was trying to get it out, I ran back to Pony's room. When I walked in, Pony was reading Gone With the Wind...shirtless.

"Hey, I uh, I, um, got you a um, I-ice pack.", I managed to say. He looked up at me and smiled.

"Can you hold it for me? I'm busy?", Pony asked. I walked over towards the bed where he was laying across from it on his stomach. I got beside him and held it up to his eye carefully, in case it hurt.

"I feel it throbbing.", Pony said. I laughed.

"Well, it's healing, I guess.", I replied. Then we both started to laugh. He put his book down and looked over at me.

"You are so beautiful, you know that?", Pony asked.

"Oh whatever.", I answered.

"It's true. You are beautiful.", Pony replied. I gave him a kiss on the cheek. When I pulled away, Pony looked at me and gave me the puppy eyes. I laughed and pulled him into a kiss, on the lips this time. What ruined it was Darry beating at the door.

"C'mon Pony, let's go to bed. Let's hope I don't have to snuggle you, because you're scared.", Darry called through the door. Ponyboy raced and got up and put his shirt on. He opened the door and Darry looked like he was about to beat on it again.

"Goodnight Darry, sweet dreams.", I said.

"Goodnight, I'm gonna have real sweet dreams with this one.", He said referring to Pony. Pony turned around and mouthed "I love you"

I returned the favor as he went off to Darry's room. No one knew yet. Not even Johnny. I'm surprised he wasn't up here hanging with Pony and I. 

I got up and shut the door, then I got out of my jeans and found a pair Pony's pajama pants. They were a really comfortable grey plaid. Then, I took off my shirt and replaced it with Pony's black t-shirt. After that, I pulled my hair to the side and made a braid. I got under the covers and picked his Gone With the Wind book up and put it on the side table. On his mirror, before I got in the bed, I wrote with a marker: "Stay Gold, Ponyboy, Stay Gold." With my name at the bottom and 143, which stood for 'I love you'. A few minutes passed and I was asleep.

~~*Kyrie's Dream*~~

"Hey Bob, isn't that one of those greaser sluts?", Randy asked. I was terrified. I tried running.

"Get her!", Bob yelled. I heard them approaching me fast. Too fast. I made a sharp turn for the woods, but by the time I reached the woods, Bob and Randy grabbed me and covered my mouth with a cloth that had something on it and it made me fall asleep. When I woke up, I was tied to a chair and every where I looked, I seen another soc.

"Let's go.", Bob said in the most evil voice anyone can say.

~~Reality~~

I shot up gasping for air, scared to death. I was all sweaty and shaky. I got up and went into the kitchen to get some water. When I got down there, I seen Pony sitting at the table.

"What are you doing up?", I asked. I startled him.

"Darry snoring kept me up.", Pony answered, "What about you?"

"I had a nightmare.", I answered.

"Wanna tell me about it?", Pony asked.

I sat down across from him, "It was about...the night." Pony nodded.

"By the way, you look good in my clothes.", he said changing the subject. We both laughed. I got up and put my cup in the sink. I heard him get up and move behind me. He wrapped his arms around my back and rested his chin on my shoulder.

"It's gonna be ok.", he whispered. I turned and buried my head into his neck.

"I love you, Ponyboy Curtis.", I replied.

"I love you, too, Kyrie Winston.", he responded.