CHAPTER 1
It has been awhile scence I thought about the deaths of three young men in my life,That changed me forever.I was sitting at my vanity table, tableau brushing my hair after a shower.I was thinking about the night Maria and I meet the boys at the nighly double and couldnt get ponyboys face out of my head.
I sat there humming thinking of the gang and there l’amour for eachother.They where the best thing that ever happened to me.I still see the gang most weekends,although my dad abd brother hates it,I realy dont know why,but they do.My dad keeps quiet about it,but my brother is always yelling at me about it.
Today was different my dad and brother came in to the bedroom and begane to yell at me and I wasnt even planing on going over there today.They stood over me with the smell of bière on their breathes.
I tried to get up but my brother grabbed me from behind and forsed me down on the lit while my dad stood over me.I heard the clinking of a ceinture bukle being undone,then came the pain he was hitting me with ceinture over and over agine.I screamed and screamed but no one heard me the pain was horrorable that I couldnt breath for most of it.Then it stopped the pain and the hitting,But what I felt suivant was ghastly.I felt mt dads hand travel up my leg very slowly,then he touched me his hand was so rough from working outside all of his life.It hurt,so bad ,he started to rub me very fast and hard.I could hear him and my brother moaning like they were injoying it.I held my breathe and waited for it to stop.
Finally it did and they left me there cring and gasping for air.I layed there thinking that it had to be a dream,nothing this bad could happen to me,expeasailly my own family.I sat up and looked around at my room.It was a pretty room that I had loved for years now looked dark and eerie.I begane to cry agine .I layed back down hoping that maybe it was a dream and I would wake up soon and it will be different.I fell into a deep dreamless sleep.
The suivant time I woke up it was dark out and I could hear the tv going on in the livingroom.When I sat up the pain in my body resonded violtly and I cried out in pain.I got up and begine to walk to my door and looked out at them and saw that they were asleep.I was relifed a rush came over me,I ran aroud my room getting together my stuff and creeped down the hallway and made my way to the front door.I was outsider looking at my car,they had slashed my tires.
Well guess it was walking for me.I thought and begane to walk to the eastside of town,feeling every bruise and it was painful.
I didnt have a whatch but I knew it was late,I reached the Curtises house and stood there stareing at th front door.I didnt want to wake them ou bring them into this shit.I was about to turn aruod and walk away,when the door opened and Steve was standing there looking at me.The ground met my face very suddenly.
I woke up the suivant morning in the back bedroom,I was very thirsty and,hungry.I slipped out of the lit I was very sore and my back hurt realy bad.I walked to the doorway and saw that it was only Ponyboy sitting on the couch.I walked slowly to him.He lookede up at me and smiled,he got up and gentaly took me into his arms and gave me a warm hug.I welcomed it and hugged him back.
"Cherry what happened to you?"Ponyboy asked not letting go of me.
"You realy dont want toi to know."I a dit buring my face in his should.
He didnt push the issue and only held me.
A few hours later Darry and Soda came home.They looked tired and hot it was a hot day.They sat down and looked at me I smiled and limped into the kitcken and begane to fix something for supper.Ponyboy came in to help me.
We ate and there wasnt much of coversation,but after souper Darry,Soda and Ponyboy stood around me and stared at me.I sighed and begane to tell them what happened,I almost didnt tell them the whole thing but it came out of my mouth and before I knew I was telling them all of it and cring.
"Cherry I'm so sorry but scene youer under age I cant stop them from coming to get you,but toi can stay here as long as toi need."Darry a dit getting up to go to bed,We all followed soon after that.
They made me a lit on the canapé it was warm and comfertable I was asleep in seconds.
It has been awhile scence I thought about the deaths of three young men in my life,That changed me forever.I was sitting at my vanity table, tableau brushing my hair after a shower.I was thinking about the night Maria and I meet the boys at the nighly double and couldnt get ponyboys face out of my head.
I sat there humming thinking of the gang and there l’amour for eachother.They where the best thing that ever happened to me.I still see the gang most weekends,although my dad abd brother hates it,I realy dont know why,but they do.My dad keeps quiet about it,but my brother is always yelling at me about it.
Today was different my dad and brother came in to the bedroom and begane to yell at me and I wasnt even planing on going over there today.They stood over me with the smell of bière on their breathes.
I tried to get up but my brother grabbed me from behind and forsed me down on the lit while my dad stood over me.I heard the clinking of a ceinture bukle being undone,then came the pain he was hitting me with ceinture over and over agine.I screamed and screamed but no one heard me the pain was horrorable that I couldnt breath for most of it.Then it stopped the pain and the hitting,But what I felt suivant was ghastly.I felt mt dads hand travel up my leg very slowly,then he touched me his hand was so rough from working outside all of his life.It hurt,so bad ,he started to rub me very fast and hard.I could hear him and my brother moaning like they were injoying it.I held my breathe and waited for it to stop.
Finally it did and they left me there cring and gasping for air.I layed there thinking that it had to be a dream,nothing this bad could happen to me,expeasailly my own family.I sat up and looked around at my room.It was a pretty room that I had loved for years now looked dark and eerie.I begane to cry agine .I layed back down hoping that maybe it was a dream and I would wake up soon and it will be different.I fell into a deep dreamless sleep.
The suivant time I woke up it was dark out and I could hear the tv going on in the livingroom.When I sat up the pain in my body resonded violtly and I cried out in pain.I got up and begine to walk to my door and looked out at them and saw that they were asleep.I was relifed a rush came over me,I ran aroud my room getting together my stuff and creeped down the hallway and made my way to the front door.I was outsider looking at my car,they had slashed my tires.
Well guess it was walking for me.I thought and begane to walk to the eastside of town,feeling every bruise and it was painful.
I didnt have a whatch but I knew it was late,I reached the Curtises house and stood there stareing at th front door.I didnt want to wake them ou bring them into this shit.I was about to turn aruod and walk away,when the door opened and Steve was standing there looking at me.The ground met my face very suddenly.
I woke up the suivant morning in the back bedroom,I was very thirsty and,hungry.I slipped out of the lit I was very sore and my back hurt realy bad.I walked to the doorway and saw that it was only Ponyboy sitting on the couch.I walked slowly to him.He lookede up at me and smiled,he got up and gentaly took me into his arms and gave me a warm hug.I welcomed it and hugged him back.
"Cherry what happened to you?"Ponyboy asked not letting go of me.
"You realy dont want toi to know."I a dit buring my face in his should.
He didnt push the issue and only held me.
A few hours later Darry and Soda came home.They looked tired and hot it was a hot day.They sat down and looked at me I smiled and limped into the kitcken and begane to fix something for supper.Ponyboy came in to help me.
We ate and there wasnt much of coversation,but after souper Darry,Soda and Ponyboy stood around me and stared at me.I sighed and begane to tell them what happened,I almost didnt tell them the whole thing but it came out of my mouth and before I knew I was telling them all of it and cring.
"Cherry I'm so sorry but scene youer under age I cant stop them from coming to get you,but toi can stay here as long as toi need."Darry a dit getting up to go to bed,We all followed soon after that.
They made me a lit on the canapé it was warm and comfertable I was asleep in seconds.
toi were actually close to Soda. Danny played with Grace and Logan all the time. toi couldn’t even begin to imagine how they felt.
toi hear the front door open. Darry was accueil now. toi take another deep breath, and sit at the cuisine table.
Just breathe.
He walks into the kitchen. “Hey babe, what’s wrong?” He asks, setting down his wallet and keys.
toi swallow. “I got a call.” Is all toi manage to say.
“About?” He asks, eyebrows raised.
“Soda’s dead.” toi 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.