The outsider

Chapter 32

I stood in the kitchen with Darry by my side as we made breakfast, soda sat at the table with DJ in his high chair playing peek a boo. Pony, Steve, and two were in the living room watching a movie. "I missed this." Darry said as he flipped a pancake, I giggled as I placed a cooked egg on a plate. "We all missed this Darry." I looked at him with a smile and he leaned down and kissed me. "Eww. Didn't miss that." Steve said as he walked in I giggled and continued to cook. "Shut up steve." Soda said probably with an eye roll.  "Eve!" DJ cheered, Steve sat next to him and tickled him. "What did you say racecar?! What did I teach you?!" "Vroom vroom!" DJ made car noises and began to clap just like Steve taught him. "Hell Yeah that's right racecar." Darry turned around, "Hey watch your language around him." God I love this family.

A few months later and everything is back into place. Darry is back at work, DJ is more comfortable now, and everyone is happy. "Honey ima Head into work I'll be home around 11." Darry said as he wrapped his arms around me. "Okay babe. Love you." He kissed my cheek and then my lips. "Love you to." I watched as he headed out, "You are madly in love with him." I turned and saw pony standing there holding DJ. "I know." "Daddy go bye bye?" DJ said, "Yeah baby, daddy went bye bye." Pony handed me DJ and I kissed his cheek. "Bye bye pony?" "Yeah Cuttie pie, I've got school." "School." DJ loves to repeat everyone, just means you've got to watch what you say around him. "That's right! High five." Pony and DJ high fived, something Darry taught him. "All right Darry's waiting, bye pony." "Bye pony!" Pony laughed, "Bye Guys. Sodapop! We're leaving!" Pony headed out and I watched as soda walked in sliding on his work shirt, it gave me a nice view of his abs. "I'm coming. Bye little monster." Soda kissed DJ's head, "Bye Kourtney." He said with a smile, "Bye Sodapop." "Bye pop!"

"You just love copying people don't you!?" "Yes!" "Yes?!" We laughed and I sat him down. "Why don't we go play with your new toys?!" "Yes mommy!" I ran after him as we headed to the living room. I spent all day playing with him, and when I sat him down for a nap I cleaned the house up a bit. "Hey Kourtney." Pony said as he entered the house. "Hey Ponyboy. How was School?" I hugged him after he sat his bag down on the floor. "Well. My professor failed me so not great." I gasped, "Ponyboy. Oh no." "Don't tell Darry. Not yet." I sighed, "If he asks you know I've got to tell him Pony, he's my husband." Pony sighed, "Only if he asks, okay?" I half smiled. "Okay." "Pony!" DJ squealed as he ran to us, "Hey cuttie pie." Pony bent down and picked him up. "What did you do today?" "Played!" "You played with mommy all day?" "Yes!" "You had fun?" "Yes!" Pony tickled him, I smiled. Pony was going to make a great father one day, years from now I hope.

I made dinner for Pony me and DJ and put the leftovers in the fridge for soda and Darry. "Goodnight baby." I laid DJ down in his crib and closed the door. "Ima head to bed to." "Okay good night pone." "Night." I watched as he walked into his room and sighed. The next few hours I waited around for Darry and soda to come home, Darry said 11 but it was 12:30 now. Something wasn't right.

The front door opened, I jumped from the couch and hugged Sodapop. "Soda! It's late. What happened?" He hugged me back. "Calm down. I'm okay." I pulled away and nodded. "Why are you and Darry home so late?" Soda sighed, "I walked home from work. Darry never picked me up, is he not here yet?" My eyes widened and fear ran through me. "Darry didn't pick you up?" "No... is he not here?" I shook my head no and In a split second I ran to the land line and dialed Darry's work. "Hi this is Kourtney Curtis, I was wondering if Darrel is still at work?" "Hi ma'am. I'm afraid Darrel left at 10:50." "Oh... okay thanks." I hung up the phone and looked at Sodapop. "Darry left work at 10:50 which means he would have been here at 11:10. Somethings not right Sodapop." I ran to the door and grabbed a coat. "Where are you going?!" "I'm going to look for Darry. Stay here and watch Pony and DJ, if darry does show up wait for me to come back. I won't take more then an hour and a half." I opened the door and looked back at soda, "And if I'm not... call the cops." He nodded.