Careless Love: A Ponyboy Curtis Fanfiction

Chapter 8

The next morning, I woke up, sliding out from under Ponys arms and took a shower, then curled my hair. I threw on the tank top I wore the day I met Pony. It was black and it said 'I Don't Care'. I put on the jean shorts and white converse from Steve, and I slipped on the silver ring Ponyboy gave me on my birthday.

7:00 pm

I was walking home from the movies, where I had been with Two-Bit. He had offered to drive me home, but he was drunk, so I politely declined. I was snapped out of my thoughts by the screeching of tires. A mustang pulled up next to me and I started running. I heard a car door slam, and when I turned around, five socs were chasing me. I really wished I hadn't worn flip flops today. I tripped and went flying. My bag landed a good twenty feet away from me. My elbow slid against the cement, tearing my skin. The leader, Bob, got on top of me.

"Ponyboy! Steve! Soda! Two-Bit! Someone help me! Help!" I screamed. He grabbed a piece of duct tape and placed it over my mouth. I screamed again, loud, but muffled. Bob flicked out his blade and held it up to my throat. The cold metal pierced my skin, slicing lightly across my neck. I started crying.

"Oh I'm sorry did that hurt?" Bob asked. I nodded.

"Good!" He exclaimed. I extended my leg and kneed him in the nuts. He groaned and doubled over in pain. I tried to run, whipping around and running straight into Randy. He grabbed my biceps.

"Not so fast, honey." He said. Bob stood up.

"Oh you're really gonna get it now. Can't wait." He said. I kicked him again, harder, and I punched Randy in the face. It caught them both by surprise. I ran again. One of the other three socs tried to stop me, so I kicked him. I ran down sidewalk, towards my house, which was a couple blocks away. I was almost halfway there, when someone grabbed me. I turned to see Randy, looking pissed off. He pinned me down on the ground and took all of his anger out on my face. Bob was kicking me, really hard. Randy got up, picked me up, and threw me across the sidewalk. Bob grabbed my hair and yanked my face from the sidewalk, close to his.

"No one hits me and gets away with it." He growled. He let go of my hair, sending my face flying to the cement.

He pinned me down, his hands holding my wrists, his knees on either side of me. He slugged me in the face, over and over again until I could taste the blood running down from my nose. He got up and kicked me in the chest and the ribs. Again and again, multiple times. Randy took his turn, punching me and kicking me as well. They both stood back and looked at me. I was curled up on the ground, coughing, crying, bleeding, whimpering. My vision blurred and everything went black as I drifted out of consciousness.

When I woke up, I was still laying on the sidewalk, shaking from being so cold. I tried to get up, but fell right back down. I groaned. My ribs were definitely broken, my wrist was sprained, my nose was probably broken, I was pretty bad off. I laid there for who knows how long, before I heard footsteps coming along. I craned my neck to see Tim Shepard and his outfit, big mistake. I yelped in pain and grabbed my neck.

"Who is that?!" Someone said.

"It's that Curtis kid's girl. Go get him. And hurry." Tim ordered to his younger brother. He nodded and ran off.

"You okay kid?" Tim asked, kneeling down. I groaned and shook my head. I turned over and threw up, coughing. Tim sighed and put a hand on my shoulder.

"You'll be okay. Were gonna get Ponyboy and Dally and your mom and all them." He told me. I nodded, crying. After about five minutes, I saw Ponyboy sprinting towards me, Dally following, along with my mother, Jack, the gang, and Curly Shepard. I thought dal was in the hospital?

"Autumn!" Ponyboy yelled. He kneeled down and pulled me into his lap.

"Autumn I'm so so sorry." He apologized, I didn't know what for. I curled myself up in his chest and sobbed.

"Oh Autumn sweetie what happened?!" My mom questioned.

"S-socs." I managed to get out. Dallas looked pissed, like he could kill someone. Jack looked sick to his stomach. Two-Bit and Steve looked angry, and Sodapop looked like someone had just punched him in the gut. Ponyboy stood up and handed me to Dally. He slipped his arm underneath my knees and my back. I was drifting in and out of consciousness.

"D-dally. It h-hurts." I mumbled, weakly.

"I know kid. You're gonna be okay. I promise." He said, comfortingly.

"Alright let's get you home." He stated as he carried me down the sidewalk. We got to my house and Dally laid me on the couch, gently. Jack hurried to get the first aid kit. My mom pulled up a chair right next to my head. She grabbed a bandage.

"Alright sweetie I'm gonna reposition your nose and then bandage it. It's gonna hurt." She told me. I gulped and grabbed Ponyboy's hand. I gripped it tightly as my mom quickly moved my nose. I screamed in pain, and she put the bandage on. She got a wet rag and cleaned off all the blood on my face and arms. She bandaged my elbow, then wrapped my wrist and my ribcage firmly. She gave me some aspirin and then grabbed a blanket. She laid it over me, then kissed my forehead and left the room, jack following her. Ponyboy pushed my hair out of my eyes gently, looking into my eyes.

"I'm so sorry this happened, Autumn." He told me, giving me sympathetic look. I smiled weakly.

"Thank you. It's not your fault, pony. You couldn't have controlled this." I told him, intertwining my fingers with his. He leaned in and kissed me gently.

"I look bad, don't i?" I said.

"You look beautiful." He answered, kissing me again. I smiled.

"Ponyboy you are seriously the best boyfriend ever. I love you!" I told him.

"I love you so much, Autumn. You mean everything to me. I would kill myself if I lost you." He paused.

"Hey ya wanna go see Johnnycakes tomorrow?" He suggested. I smiled widely and nodded. He grinned and I leaned my head back, falling asleep.

Hey guys! Sorry this chapter was really short! How do you like the story so far? Who ships Pautumn? Comment!