Rowen Curtis

11

I woke up to a gentle shaking on my shoulder. I open my eyes and rub the sleep out if them and look up to see Dar Bear waking me up. 
"Breakfast is ready. I took off work so I can help you with your head. Get dressed and come get breakfast." He said kissing my forehead. 
I got dressed and headed to the kitchen to get breakfast. I enter the dinning room and see everyone eating and ai also see a plate for me and Darry. Breakfast was French toast and bacon. I sat down in between Soda and Johnny. Soda gave me his famous smile and Johnny placed a hand on my knee. The gang was finished or almost except for Johnny, Darry and I. 

After was all finished eating Sodapop and I did the dishes. We got everything washed, dried and out away in about 10-15 minutes. Once Soda was done helping me with the dishes we went to work with Steve. Ponyboy, Johnny and Two-Bit went to school and Dally went to Buck's. That left Darry and me in the house. It is surprising how quiet the house gets after everyone leaves. 

Darry sat in his chair and I sat on his lap. We were just relaxing and taking it easy. We were watching the news and whatever  game was on TV. I layed my head on his shoulder and not to long after, my eyes began to droop and I feel asleep. I don't know exactly when the gang got back, but I did know that they woke me and Darry up. 

They came in yelling and shouting very loudly and it started to give me a bad headache. I began to whimper and shoved my head into Darry's neck. He rubbed his fingers up and down my back soothibgly and quiet told the gang to shut up. The main people he was talking to was Two-Bit, Dally and Steve. 
Johnny hardly ever talks. I know it is because he got beat up a couple months ago by Bob and some other Socs. He is now scared of his own shadow. And that is not the only bad part, he is abused at home too. He looks like a lost puppy that was kicked one to many times. Johnny will mostly only talk to Dally, Pony and I. He keeps real quiet unless you need him to talk, even then it is brief. 

Ponyboy, is quiet too but not as quiet as Johnny. Pony can talk to you about certain things and you can get him going. But other times, you can hardly get anything out of him because he is always reading or leaving to go watch a movie. He mostly talks to Johnny, Soda, Dally and I. He will shout and argue with Darry about stupid stuff. 

Sodapop, he is out-going and is pretty talkative. But he knows to keep a normal voice and not shout all the time. If you were to see Soda not talking, you know something is wrong. 

Steve and Dally, they can get pretty loud sometimes but they aren't as bad as Two-Bit. Steve can get loud messing around with Soda. They have been best friends since we were 4 or 5 years old. Dally will get loud when we is angry. He normally doesn't talk to you unless he amwhen the peolectual wants too. 

Darry, he normally doesn't talk unless he is addressing someone or the whole gang. He keeps his voice down until he is arguing with Ponyboy, or he is frustrated and stress after work, when the gang gets out of control and when the people from the state come. 

I am quiet and soft spoken. You normally don't normally see me mad unless something bad or big happened. I get along with everyone but I most only talk to Johnny, Darry and Soda. 

"Soda, go get the headache medicine from the cabinet, some water and a blanket." Darry said. 

He nodded and stood up from arm wrestling with Steve. A few minutes later he came back with the medicine, water and blanket. I quickly took the medicine and layed my head back down on Darry's shoulder. Soda then placed a blanket on me and I snuggled into Darry. It was only then that I noticed it was my favorite blanket. 

I woke up again and it was 8:00. I tugged on the sleeve of Darry's shirt and said, "Darry, I'm hungry." 

"Okay, what do you want." he asked. 

"Homemade Mac and Cheese." I said. 

"Okay. I will go make some, I will make enough so you can have some tomorrow for lunch. I am going to lift you up and put you back down into the chair okay." he said. 

"Okay. And thanks." I said 

Darry carefully lifted me up and sat me back down. He looked at me to see if my head was okay. I gave him a thumbs up letting him know that I was okay. He went to make my Mac and cheese. Soda came out if the bathroom and saw me sitting in the chair awake. He brushed my hair out of my face and gave me a brotherly kiss to my forehead. I gave him a small smile. He smiled back and ruffled my hair walking away. 

I stood up and walked into the kitchen and grabbed chocolate milk.  Then, I sat at the dinning room table and waited for my food to be ready. After I ate, I cleaned the dishes and put them away, I also cleaned the table. I went back into the living room to ask Darry about my arm. 

"Hey Darry, what do I need to do with my arm?" I asked. 

"Well, I need to check the stitches and I should probably clean it again so it doesn't get infected and then I will wrap and tape it again." he said. 

"Okay. Do you want to do it now?" I asked. 

"Yeah. Head to the bathroom, I will be there in a minute." he said. 

I did as he said. He came in a minute later and had a bowl and a clean wash cloth. It is one of the wash cloths that we use for medical stuff. He grabbed everything he needed and started to peel of the bandage wrap and tape and threw it away. 

"I will be right back okay." Darry said. 

He left and came back not to long after. This ttime he had Soda with him. I was starting to freak out a little bit. Soda and Darry could tell, because they started reasurring me that it is not infected that everything is okay. 

"Okay Ro, I am going to wash it out with soap and water with the wash cloth. Then, I am going to take your stitches out. After they are out I am going to use the alcohol to clean it out and then wrap and tape it again. Soda is here incase you pass out. He is going to hold you and not let you fall of the counter by the sink." Darry said. 

I nodded, not really ready for it. "Hey can you get Johnny before you start. He can help Soda distract me from what you are doing Darry." I asked. 

"Sure. Johnny! Can you come here for a sec? " Darry shouted. 

Johnny walked in and asked "what do you need." 

"I need you to distract her while I take her stitches out and then clean the cut." Darry said. 

"Sure, I can do that." Johnny replied. 

Soda stood on the opposite side of Darry and Johnny was standing in front of me. As soon as Darry began taking the stitches out Johnny moved closer to me and put his hands on my hips and started leaning in. I started to lean in a little and BAM, we were kissing. We kept kissing until I heard Darry say he was done. 

"Thank you Johnny." Darry and I said. 

"That was fast." I said. 

"I'm glad it worked. That was cute by the way." Soda said. I blushed a bit and all three of them laughed a bit. 

I got off the counter and walked to the kitchen, "Darry, can I have some ice cream?" I asked.
 
"Yeah, go ahead. Bring me some too." he replied. 

I already know that Soda wants some and I scooped some for Johnny. I made sundaes for the four of us. Johnny was with Darry in the living room and Soda was helping me in the kitchen. So he carried his and Darry's to the living room while I carried mine and Johnny's. 

"Thanks." Darry and Johnny said. Johnny also pecked me on the lips.
 
"No problem." Soda and I said at the same time making us laugh. 

"Where's ours?" Two-Bit asked. 

"You have two functioning legs. Go get your own." I said. 

He huffed and stood up and cane back with Darry's chocolate cake. Dally didn't want any and Pony had a bit of my ice cream. 

"Hey! You ate all my cake. I made it yesterday." Darry said. 

"I will make a new one or two tomorrow Darry. I have nothing better to do anyway." I said. 
Everyone loved my cake it was the best out if all of the Curtis cakes. "YES! " everyone said. I laughed and smiled at their reactions. 
Soda cleaned the dishes and then we all went to bed. Johnny slept on the couch, while Steve, Two, and Dally went home or to Buck's.