Lost in The Outsiders

Chapter 7: Sodapop's Birthday

Maddy's POV

I woke up earlier than everyone else. They were all sprawled out on the floor and the couches, knocked out cold.

Today was October 8th, Soda's birthday. I decided to make him some of my amazing pancakes.

I had to avoid stepping on everyone as I walked over to the kitchen.

Quietly, I mixed the batter and poured some on the griddle. Then I added chocolate chips in some and blueberries in the others.

"Are those for me?" A voice whispered behind me.

Jumping back, and about losing my footing, I grabbed onto the closest thing.

The griddle.

I had to keep from screaming, since everyone was sleeping, so I was sitting there with my mouth wide open, shaking the hell out of my hand.

"Sorry!" Darry whisper yelled.

I ran my hand under cold water, and it didn't hurt much after that.

I took the 6 pancakes off of the griddle and put a candle in them.

Darry started making his legendary cake while I made the icing.

I counted down when Darry pulled the cake out, and sure enough, Steve was up in a flash.

I almost bursted out laughing when he tried running, but tripped over Ellie and fell face first on the floor.

The thump must of woke everyone, because they all got up one by one.

"Socs!" Johnny yelled, scared to death.

"No, Johnny. It's just Steve again." I chuckled.

"Oh..." He mumbled.

By then, everyone was up and in the kitchen. I wasn't expecting everyone to get up so fast, so I carefully poured more batter onto the griddle.

"What's the occasion?" Dally took a drag of his cigarette.

"It's Sodapop's birthday." Susan reminded him.

Darry put the pancakes and completed cake on the table, and I put in the 17 candles.
He's that old already? Damn. Stina is turning into a panther..
I swiped a match and lit them all.

"What happened to your hand?" Ponyboy asked, pointing to the red mark.

"I burned it."

"What? How?"

"I was making pancakes, Darry scared me, I almost fell over, but I grabbed on something without looking, that happened to be the hot griddle."

"Oh god, are you okay?"

"Yup."

I brought over my completed pancakes, and everyone dug in.

"Soda you have to blow out the candles." I said, putting my party hat on and blew a party horn.

After he blew them out, we all had a slice of cake and had a few laughs. Then we crashed on the couches and watched some Mickey Mouse.

I was writing with Jordan, Ava, Stina, Ellie, and Susan when the door bell rang suddenly.

That's right, someone rang the doorbell instead of walking right in. This can't be good.

Soda opened it up, and his jaw dropped open.
"Sandy?"

I could feel my stomach churn. Everyone was sitting with their heads down, except Stina. She was up at the door in a flash. I stood beside the both of them.

I couldn't believe my eyes. It wasn't just Sandy. Chris was there too, and they were holding hands. I could feel the awkwardness.

I couldn't pick out the expression on Soda's face.

Was it jealousy?

No, it can't be.

He piped up finally. "What are you doing here?"

"I wanted to see you Soda. It's your birthday today isn't it?"

"Yeah."

"I can't believe you could do something so bad to this beautiful girl!" Chris scowled at Soda.

"Do what? I never did anything to her!" Soda yelled back.

"She came to me in tears telling me that you cheated on her!"

"I cheated on her?! Look at the bump on her stomach!"

"You raped her too?! You savage! Stina I can't believe your taste in boys!" Chris yelled, not knowing what he was getting into.

She kicked him and pinned him down to the ground.
"You listen here, jackass, my boyfriend didn't hurt that slut. She hurt him. You really think that is Soda's baby? It's not. That's why he left her. And yes, I did have a terrible taste in boys - WHEN I DATED YOU!"

He gulped, and Sandy came to his defense.

"Don't you dare hurt him!" She stepped closer to Stina.

"Or what?" Stina retaliated.

"I'll make you sorry."

"Wanna try it?" She got up and clenched her fists.

"GUYS GET SOME POPCORN! THE SHOWS ABOUT TO START!" I yelled back into the house.

"Yeah, I do!" Sandy yelled back before getting swatted in the face like a fly.

"Ow!"

Things started getting intense, so the guys held Soda and Chris back, and me and the girls held Stina back before she broke something.

"Okay, okay, calm down, you got your point across. Chris is a terrible boyfriend, Sandy is a slut. So get lost you two!" I yelled.

"This isn't over Stina!" Sandy yelled, and they both ran down the street.

"That relationship is gonna last a whole week." Stina rolled her eyes and walked back inside.

I watched them run down the street for a little while before Soda said "Are you coming?"

"Yeah" I replied, following them back in.

Wow, is this going to be a mess. Why did I decide to bring everyone back here?

(Hey my loves, sorry for this short chapter, it's one of my worst ones, but I had a little bit of writers block during the week, so this didn't turn out too well. I'm planning on ending the book in about 10 more chapters - so sad :c but I'm not sure yet. Anyway, Stay gold my Ponyboy's, love you all <3)