*Green Eyes and Blue Eyes*
"what is it?" Janes asked me.
"would it be alright if three বন্ধু could stay with আপনি for a little while?" i asked. Janes looked over at the three boys.
"them?"
i nodded. "it would only be for a little while!"
"it is fine with me, Amber. but may i know their names first?" i smiled sheepishly.
"oh, i said. "right. well"--i walked over to Dally--"this is Dallas Winston, but আপনি can call him Dally and--"i pointed at Johnny--"this is Johnny Cade and--" i walked over to Ponyboy and smiled at him--"this is Ponyboy Curtis." he smiled back. Janes had a look of suspicion on his face.
"wait a minute," he said. "those boys have the same name as...the ones in that book that আপনি are always obsessing about. i remember আপনি made me watch the movie with আপনি and আপনি cried imencely for an ঘন্টা strait after we watched those two boys die. oh, what were their names? Johnny and Dally." i wanted Janes to stop right there. i was getting really embarrassed. my face was in flames and my palms were sweaty. i looked at Ponyboy out of the corner of my eye and saw he was smirking. Dallas was staring at me funny and Johnny--i dont know. he just looked at me like he would look at any other regular person. but he had a smile on his face. "you just dont keep quiet about that book and movie. and আপনি are always talking about that one boy with that very strange name i can never forget. who would? and whenever i call it strange your face gets as red as a চেরি and আপনি yell at the শীর্ষ of your lungs that its lovely and unique and that his father was an origional person. isnt the boy Po"--
"okay, thats enough!" i said. "Janes, shut up please. and, yes, these are the boys from the book." than i smiled to প্রদর্শনী Doc that i didnt mean the whole shut up thing. he looked at me puzzled.
"how?" he asked.
i shrugged my shoulders. "i was kinda hoping আপনি could help figure it out. আপনি believe me, right? i mean, when i say that they are who they are." Janes nodded.
"of course." Dallas was chuckling at what Doc had ব্যক্ত earlier, than Johnny said, "wait, whattya mean 'when those two boys die'?"
i looked at Ponyboy. he was still smirking but his eyes said, "we need to tell Dally and Johnny." i agreed with a head nod and we did.
"what do আপনি mean we die?!" Dallas asked both Ponyboy and i.
"uh...well, আপনি die," i said.
"but why?!"
"i dont know!" i ব্যক্ত in a small voice. "ask Ponyboy!"
Dallas and Johnny turned to Ponyboy. he looked at them sheepsihly. i rolled my eyes and got back into the argument. "while টাট্টু and Johnny hide out in the church there is a fire," i ব্যক্ত to Dally. "and there are little kids stuck in the church. Johnny gets"--
"yeah, yeah, yeah, we know this," Dally said.
"you mean," i said. "that it actually happened?" the three boys nodded. "great," i muttered to myself. "another detail to add to the mystery." i grunted.
"anyway, Johnny gets bad burns and dies in the hospital the পরবর্তি night. you, Dally, are so devistated that আপনি commit suicide."
"how?" Dallas asked.
"well," i said. "you pull your bluff on the fuzz."
"i what?"
"you pull that gun that আপনি carry around unloaded on the cops. but they dont know its unloaded so they shoot আপনি to death." there was silence. i pulled in a sharp breath and said, "so, Doc, আপনি gonna let them stay?"
Janes smiled. "of course. any friend of your's is a friend of mine, Amber. they can stay for however long they need to." i smiled, then i told Janes all the things the boys needed, like the cell phones for example. he nodded. then i pulled Ponyboy to the side. i grabbed a pad of paper and a pen and wrote down my number. he looked down at me as i did that. i pulled the paper off the pad and folded it. i jokingly kissed it and shoved it in his front pants pocket. he cocked an eyebrow.
"for good luck, silly. youll need it if im not gonna be here. oh! আপনি also need my address!" i wrote that down too and gave it to him. he smiled. "just visit when আপনি wanna. i'll come over here later tomorrow to come check on আপনি guys."
"why?" he asked, joking around a little. "we're big boys. we can handle it." i giggled and smiled.
"please, Ponyboy. আপনি dont know a thing about my world. without me, youd be হারিয়ে গেছে right now. from now on, till we can figure out how to get আপনি home, i am your mentor." we stood there for a minute, not saying a word. Dally and Johnny were off talking with Janes, asking him প্রশ্ন of the sort. "so, have any questions? anything else আপনি need from me?" i asked Pony.
"naw," he said. "im good for now. i'll let আপনি know." then he smiled at me. i smiled too and ran up the basement stairs. before completely disapearing into the upstairs, i turned and waved goodbye to Ponyboy. then to Johnny too, cause he was curiously looking at me. but not at Dally. he too interested in Janes's inventions. i rolled my eyes and laughed. then i thought, such strange boys...
----
i woke up the পরবর্তি morning with the boys on my mind. but really mostly Ponyboy. i wonder if he slept well, i thought. did he dream of anything? then i heard a tapping at my window. probably a bird. but the tapping grew rappid and louder and আরো annoying so, reluctantly, i walked over to my window in just my bra and gym shorts and thought, what the hell...?
i pulled the strings to my shades and my eyes grew wide. sitting on part of my roof was Ponyboy. i quickly opened up my window, not even remembering what i was wearing, and asked him, alarmed, "what are আপনি doing here?! why are আপনি sitting on my window sill, অথবা roof, or...whatever?!" he embarrasingly looked down at my chest, and his ears got hot. curious to know what he was looking at, i looked down too. my ears soon got hot too, and so did my face. i looked up at him and found him staring at my face. we stayed there ফ্রোজেন for a couple seconds. then i said, "uh, uno momente, Ponyboy."
"what?" he asked.
"one moment," i said, rolling my eyes. i pulled the shades back down, leaving the window open, and found my পছন্দ tanktop that flattered me the most. i quickly threw it on annd opened the shades again. Ponyboy was smiling. "what?" i asked, pulling a bench from the side. i sat on it at the window. he shook his head.
"so thats what আপনি go to sleep in every night?" he asked curiously. he cocked an eyebrow, something he had, no doubt, learned from his friend Two-Bit Mathews.
"that doesnt matter," i said. "what matters is: what are আপনি doing here?! do আপনি realize my parents couldve seen you? id be dead, and so would you. আপনি think my dad would like the idea of a teenage boy waiting at my window?! youre so lucky both my folks left early for work, and my sister is sleeping over at a বন্ধু house. oh, Ponyboy, i oughtta..."
"well, golly, im sorry i came over, Amber. আপনি ব্যক্ত i could when i wanted to. i wanted to," he said, a little hurt. then i felt bad. i grunted.
"oh, it aint that, Ponyboy. nevermind. i just didnt get much sleep. thats all."
"why?"
"oh." i looked away. "no reason." truly curious, টাট্টু leaned a little আরো into my room, so he was a little closer to me. his eyebrows were furrowed and he seemed really interested in what i had to say.
"oh, just a dream keepin me up all night. thats all. aint nothin to it," i ব্যক্ত with mock sureness. but টাট্টু shook his head.
"Amber," he said. "theres somethin আপনি aint tellin me." he leaned a little closer, making it seem like if he leaned just a tad bit আরো he'd fall into my room, onto my lap.
"theres a person on my mind. but আপনি cant know who it is. i cant allow আপনি to know. noy yet, anyway."
Ponyboy nodded. "i understand." then there was silence. the morning breeze drifted into my room, blowing my a hair along the tiniest bit. i stared into Ponyboy's greenish-grey eyes (but i like to say green). the golden sun stood behind him, lighting up his hair a little. he casted a shadow into my room. wow, i thought. the gorgeous Ponyboy Curtis is sitting on the window sill of the window in my room. i must still be alseep.
i sighed and said, almost to myself, "you have such nice green eyes." then my face got red. i looked down cause i had realized what i had just said. টাট্টু got a little red too, but he also smiled a little. "did i say that outloud?!" i mumlbed to myself, horrified.
"theyre not green, theyre grey!" he said. "i hate most guys with green eyes. i like to believe my eyes are আরো grey."
"i like 'em better green," i said. "the green makes আপনি look tuff, spelled with two f's." he smiled and looked down.
"thanks. ya know," he said, looking back up at me and into my eyes. "i like your eyes too. they aint green but theyre a very pretty shade a blue. theyre like the deep ocean, holdin the many colorful array of মাছ and water's many secrets. theyre a tuff blue, spelled with two f's."
i blushed, but didnt look away. this was a very weird conversation. "youre too sweet, Ponyboy," i said. "but my eyes aint all that great."
"sure they are," he said. "like i said, they remind me of the ocean, অথবা water. i like water."
i smiled, then i thought of another যেভাবে খুশী thing to say. so i ব্যক্ত it. "ya know, Pony? i aint never had a boy waitin at my window for me before. youre the first."
he smiled and chuckled a little. "tuff enough," he said. i smiled back and giggled, then invited him inside.
"what is it?" Janes asked me.
"would it be alright if three বন্ধু could stay with আপনি for a little while?" i asked. Janes looked over at the three boys.
"them?"
i nodded. "it would only be for a little while!"
"it is fine with me, Amber. but may i know their names first?" i smiled sheepishly.
"oh, i said. "right. well"--i walked over to Dally--"this is Dallas Winston, but আপনি can call him Dally and--"i pointed at Johnny--"this is Johnny Cade and--" i walked over to Ponyboy and smiled at him--"this is Ponyboy Curtis." he smiled back. Janes had a look of suspicion on his face.
"wait a minute," he said. "those boys have the same name as...the ones in that book that আপনি are always obsessing about. i remember আপনি made me watch the movie with আপনি and আপনি cried imencely for an ঘন্টা strait after we watched those two boys die. oh, what were their names? Johnny and Dally." i wanted Janes to stop right there. i was getting really embarrassed. my face was in flames and my palms were sweaty. i looked at Ponyboy out of the corner of my eye and saw he was smirking. Dallas was staring at me funny and Johnny--i dont know. he just looked at me like he would look at any other regular person. but he had a smile on his face. "you just dont keep quiet about that book and movie. and আপনি are always talking about that one boy with that very strange name i can never forget. who would? and whenever i call it strange your face gets as red as a চেরি and আপনি yell at the শীর্ষ of your lungs that its lovely and unique and that his father was an origional person. isnt the boy Po"--
"okay, thats enough!" i said. "Janes, shut up please. and, yes, these are the boys from the book." than i smiled to প্রদর্শনী Doc that i didnt mean the whole shut up thing. he looked at me puzzled.
"how?" he asked.
i shrugged my shoulders. "i was kinda hoping আপনি could help figure it out. আপনি believe me, right? i mean, when i say that they are who they are." Janes nodded.
"of course." Dallas was chuckling at what Doc had ব্যক্ত earlier, than Johnny said, "wait, whattya mean 'when those two boys die'?"
i looked at Ponyboy. he was still smirking but his eyes said, "we need to tell Dally and Johnny." i agreed with a head nod and we did.
"what do আপনি mean we die?!" Dallas asked both Ponyboy and i.
"uh...well, আপনি die," i said.
"but why?!"
"i dont know!" i ব্যক্ত in a small voice. "ask Ponyboy!"
Dallas and Johnny turned to Ponyboy. he looked at them sheepsihly. i rolled my eyes and got back into the argument. "while টাট্টু and Johnny hide out in the church there is a fire," i ব্যক্ত to Dally. "and there are little kids stuck in the church. Johnny gets"--
"yeah, yeah, yeah, we know this," Dally said.
"you mean," i said. "that it actually happened?" the three boys nodded. "great," i muttered to myself. "another detail to add to the mystery." i grunted.
"anyway, Johnny gets bad burns and dies in the hospital the পরবর্তি night. you, Dally, are so devistated that আপনি commit suicide."
"how?" Dallas asked.
"well," i said. "you pull your bluff on the fuzz."
"i what?"
"you pull that gun that আপনি carry around unloaded on the cops. but they dont know its unloaded so they shoot আপনি to death." there was silence. i pulled in a sharp breath and said, "so, Doc, আপনি gonna let them stay?"
Janes smiled. "of course. any friend of your's is a friend of mine, Amber. they can stay for however long they need to." i smiled, then i told Janes all the things the boys needed, like the cell phones for example. he nodded. then i pulled Ponyboy to the side. i grabbed a pad of paper and a pen and wrote down my number. he looked down at me as i did that. i pulled the paper off the pad and folded it. i jokingly kissed it and shoved it in his front pants pocket. he cocked an eyebrow.
"for good luck, silly. youll need it if im not gonna be here. oh! আপনি also need my address!" i wrote that down too and gave it to him. he smiled. "just visit when আপনি wanna. i'll come over here later tomorrow to come check on আপনি guys."
"why?" he asked, joking around a little. "we're big boys. we can handle it." i giggled and smiled.
"please, Ponyboy. আপনি dont know a thing about my world. without me, youd be হারিয়ে গেছে right now. from now on, till we can figure out how to get আপনি home, i am your mentor." we stood there for a minute, not saying a word. Dally and Johnny were off talking with Janes, asking him প্রশ্ন of the sort. "so, have any questions? anything else আপনি need from me?" i asked Pony.
"naw," he said. "im good for now. i'll let আপনি know." then he smiled at me. i smiled too and ran up the basement stairs. before completely disapearing into the upstairs, i turned and waved goodbye to Ponyboy. then to Johnny too, cause he was curiously looking at me. but not at Dally. he too interested in Janes's inventions. i rolled my eyes and laughed. then i thought, such strange boys...
----
i woke up the পরবর্তি morning with the boys on my mind. but really mostly Ponyboy. i wonder if he slept well, i thought. did he dream of anything? then i heard a tapping at my window. probably a bird. but the tapping grew rappid and louder and আরো annoying so, reluctantly, i walked over to my window in just my bra and gym shorts and thought, what the hell...?
i pulled the strings to my shades and my eyes grew wide. sitting on part of my roof was Ponyboy. i quickly opened up my window, not even remembering what i was wearing, and asked him, alarmed, "what are আপনি doing here?! why are আপনি sitting on my window sill, অথবা roof, or...whatever?!" he embarrasingly looked down at my chest, and his ears got hot. curious to know what he was looking at, i looked down too. my ears soon got hot too, and so did my face. i looked up at him and found him staring at my face. we stayed there ফ্রোজেন for a couple seconds. then i said, "uh, uno momente, Ponyboy."
"what?" he asked.
"one moment," i said, rolling my eyes. i pulled the shades back down, leaving the window open, and found my পছন্দ tanktop that flattered me the most. i quickly threw it on annd opened the shades again. Ponyboy was smiling. "what?" i asked, pulling a bench from the side. i sat on it at the window. he shook his head.
"so thats what আপনি go to sleep in every night?" he asked curiously. he cocked an eyebrow, something he had, no doubt, learned from his friend Two-Bit Mathews.
"that doesnt matter," i said. "what matters is: what are আপনি doing here?! do আপনি realize my parents couldve seen you? id be dead, and so would you. আপনি think my dad would like the idea of a teenage boy waiting at my window?! youre so lucky both my folks left early for work, and my sister is sleeping over at a বন্ধু house. oh, Ponyboy, i oughtta..."
"well, golly, im sorry i came over, Amber. আপনি ব্যক্ত i could when i wanted to. i wanted to," he said, a little hurt. then i felt bad. i grunted.
"oh, it aint that, Ponyboy. nevermind. i just didnt get much sleep. thats all."
"why?"
"oh." i looked away. "no reason." truly curious, টাট্টু leaned a little আরো into my room, so he was a little closer to me. his eyebrows were furrowed and he seemed really interested in what i had to say.
"oh, just a dream keepin me up all night. thats all. aint nothin to it," i ব্যক্ত with mock sureness. but টাট্টু shook his head.
"Amber," he said. "theres somethin আপনি aint tellin me." he leaned a little closer, making it seem like if he leaned just a tad bit আরো he'd fall into my room, onto my lap.
"theres a person on my mind. but আপনি cant know who it is. i cant allow আপনি to know. noy yet, anyway."
Ponyboy nodded. "i understand." then there was silence. the morning breeze drifted into my room, blowing my a hair along the tiniest bit. i stared into Ponyboy's greenish-grey eyes (but i like to say green). the golden sun stood behind him, lighting up his hair a little. he casted a shadow into my room. wow, i thought. the gorgeous Ponyboy Curtis is sitting on the window sill of the window in my room. i must still be alseep.
i sighed and said, almost to myself, "you have such nice green eyes." then my face got red. i looked down cause i had realized what i had just said. টাট্টু got a little red too, but he also smiled a little. "did i say that outloud?!" i mumlbed to myself, horrified.
"theyre not green, theyre grey!" he said. "i hate most guys with green eyes. i like to believe my eyes are আরো grey."
"i like 'em better green," i said. "the green makes আপনি look tuff, spelled with two f's." he smiled and looked down.
"thanks. ya know," he said, looking back up at me and into my eyes. "i like your eyes too. they aint green but theyre a very pretty shade a blue. theyre like the deep ocean, holdin the many colorful array of মাছ and water's many secrets. theyre a tuff blue, spelled with two f's."
i blushed, but didnt look away. this was a very weird conversation. "youre too sweet, Ponyboy," i said. "but my eyes aint all that great."
"sure they are," he said. "like i said, they remind me of the ocean, অথবা water. i like water."
i smiled, then i thought of another যেভাবে খুশী thing to say. so i ব্যক্ত it. "ya know, Pony? i aint never had a boy waitin at my window for me before. youre the first."
he smiled and chuckled a little. "tuff enough," he said. i smiled back and giggled, then invited him inside.
আপনি were actually close to Soda. Danny played with Grace and Logan all the time. আপনি couldn’t even begin to imagine how they felt.
আপনি hear the front door open. Darry was প্রথমপাতা now. আপনি take another deep breath, and sit at the রান্নাঘর table.
Just breathe.
He walks into the kitchen. “Hey babe, what’s wrong?” He asks, setting down his wallet and keys.
আপনি swallow. “I got a call.” Is all আপনি manage to say.
“About?” He asks, eyebrows raised.
“Soda’s dead.” আপনি blurt out.
The look on Darry’s face would haunt your memory for the rest of your life.
He just sat down on the floor in pure shock, mouth open, eyes wide.