Chapter 1: Party
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I have recently had a hyper fixation on Curly x Ponyboy and there aren't many fics, so I decided to write my own.
Mr. And Mrs. Curtis were worried about one of their sons. Ponyboy, the past couple weeks they've noticed he bearly hangs out with his friends anymore, he bearly eats, he is constantly studying. They are concerned, they want him to get out of the house and do something fun. So when Dallas and Two-Bit came over with the information that there was a party at a greaser named Buck's house, they asked if they could take Ponyboy.
"Don't worry Mrs. Donna, we'll make sure he has the most fun in his life." Two-Bit smirks and so does Dallas. "Oh thank you boys, I'm getting worried about him, all cramped up in that room." Donna smiles.
Right as their discussing it Sodapop, Steve, and Darry come is. Darry from work and Soda and Steve from work. Darry over hears their conversation and cuts in.
"Wait, wait, wait. What did I just hear about Pony and Bucks?" He raises an eyebrow. "Your mom said we could take Pony to bucks." Dallas flaunts. Darry's face turns serious. "You know my rule about him not going to Buck's." Donna cuts in. "I told them they should take him, it'll be good for him to get out of his room."
Darry sighs but knows better then to argue with his mother. "If your so worried, why not tag along. Actually how about everyone goes. We can snag Johnny from his place and go, I bet he'd rather be anywhere then there either way." Two-Bit says. "Fine." Darry sighs.
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Dallas pounds on Pony's door before pushing it open to find him hunched over his desk, reading a text book.
"Put that down and get up cause we're goin' ta Buck's!" He explains excitedly. Ponyboy looks over at Dallas with confusion. "What do you mean? I'm not allowed to go to Buck's." He closes his book. "Well your mom said you could and Darry is coming too, so your goin'."
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After they got Ponyboy up and out of the house, they stopped by Johnny's place and picked him up without his parents noticing (I'm to lazy to write all that) =]
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"This is going to be blazing!" Soda exclaims. "Yeah, you know I heard the Shepard gang is going to be there." Steve comments. "Shepherds? I haven't seen them in awhile." Dallas says. "They haven't been out for awhile because Curly was in the reformatorium, but he's out now, so their celebrating." Steve adds. This finally catches Pony's attention. "Curly's going to be there?" The Greasers glance at him, none of them necessarily like when Ponyboy hangs out with Curly Shepard. "I don't want you to be around him tonight, Pony." Darry says firmly. He doesn't trust Curly at all after all the times he's got Ponyboy hurt or in trouble.
"Why not, he's my friend." Ponyboy's face scrunches up slightly. "He's a bad influence and I don't want you around him." Darry states. Pony mutters something to quiet for anyone to hear right before they arrive at Buck's.
They all walk in, going to their respective spots. Soda and Steve go to try and pick up girls. Two-Bit, Dallas and Johnny go to the drink table. Johnny's only there because he doesn't know anyone but them. And Darry waits by the door. He thinks Pony went with them to the drink table.
But Pony got lost going through the crowd and lost them, so now he's sitting on a stool in a less crowded area, sipping on some punch that's basically just alcohol, he doesn't like it but he couldn't find anything else to drink, like at all, and he didn't want to go anywhere near the skin because someone was throwing up in it.
Pony is just sitting there, trying to mind his own business when a drunk Curly stumbles over and grabs onto his arm.
"Baby Curtis!" Curly exclaims drunkenly. Pony's eyes widen as he sees Curly. "Curly, jeez I haven't seen you in months." Curly giggles. "Yep, they let me out thinking I have reformed, but I'm just gonna do that shit again." He grins widely. Pony goes to speak when Curly cuts him off. "Hey, you want to go out on the porch, it's so crowded in here." Before Pony can even answer, Curly grabs his wrist and drags him outside.
Curly and Ponyboy sit down and Curly notices that Pony's shaking slightly. "You cold?" He asks. "Yeah just a bit, tank top and jeans was not the right combo for this cold night." He chuckles softly. Suddenly Curly takes off his jacket and wraps it around Ponyboy. Pony feels his face warm up as Curly puts his jacket around him, not just because it's warm, but because it's Curly's Jacket. Before he can stop himself, Pony finds himself quietly sniffing it to see if it smells like him, it does. The lingering smell of booze, dirt and Camel cigarettes. A different smell to his own brand of Kools.
"Thanks." Pony says, then Curly doubles over and pukes over the side of the porch. "Jeez, your drunk off your ass. Hold on let's go take you to a bathroom." Pony's nose scrunches in disgust but he wraps his arm around Curly and helps him back inside and upstairs to the only bathroom he knows.
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Meanwhile, before Curly took Pony.
Dallas and Johnny were alone at the drink table as Two-Bit ran off after pulling down some girls skirt and stealing a man's shoe. They were scouting around for Pony because they hadn't seen him, when they saw Curly stumble over to him and drag him outside. The one boy that Pony wasn't supposed to be around tonight. Seeing this, not only did it anger Dallas and worry Johnny, but it stirred a hidden jealousy that they both try to keep down. But Dallas knew he needed to tell the gang when he saw the pair going upstairs. "Oh hell no, Curly just took Pony upstairs, what if he like takes advantage of him or something. Come on Johnny, we're going to get the gang and stopping this before it starts."
They go looking around for the other Greasers, they find Darry unmoved from his spot near the door. Soda and Steve they found watching a group play beer pong, and they finally found Two-Bit drunkenly inspecting a brass goose statue. They tell the group what they saw and the reactions are expected. With Darry being the most livid as they all storm upstairs.
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Back with Ponyboy and Curly.
Pony helped Curly to the bathroom where he processed to vomit more in the toilet as Pony held his hair back and rubbed his back. "Yeah, just get it all out." Pony says, trying to hide the disgust he feels as the smell of vomit harasses his nose. Once Curly finishes he wipes his mouth and flushes the toilet. "I need to lay down…" He mumbles. Ponyboy helps him back up and looks around the hallway till he finds an empty bedroom.
He pushes open the door with his foot and helps Curly hobble into the room and over to the bed. He sits Curly down onto the bed and sits down next to him. He looks down to notice that q lookthere's a bit of vomit on Curly's shirt. "Curly, you should take off your shirt, you got vomit on it." Curly nods and starts taking his shirt off. And of course it's right at that moment when the door is slammed open and in walks the gang. Pony flinches at the loud noise with a quiet 'jeez' only to look over and see his friends and brothers.
"Ponyboy Michael Curtis! What the hell are you doing in here with Curly Shepard?!" Darry shouts only to look over and see Curly taking off his shirt. "What the hell were you two about to do?!" He is red in the face, the rest of the gang also doesn't look happy. "What are you talking about, Curly throw up, I was just helping him." Ponyboy says, confused. "That sure ain't what looks like is happenin'." Soda adds with a stern, borderline angry tone which shakes Ponyboy, Sodas never angry, rarely.
"I'm just helping him lay down, he just puked his guts out in the toilet, he need sto lay down." Ponyboy say, his voice quieter. "I don't care, we're all leaving now. Get up let's go." Dall commands. Ponyboy looks back at Curly laying down who gives him a look that says 'Go, I'll be fine', nodding slightly, Ponyboy stands up and walk over to them.
The gang leaves the party, they walk back home in silence. Once they arrive home, Mr. Curtis is watching the television and Mrs. Curtis is sewing a whole in her dress. They look up as the boys enter. "How was it boys?" Mrs. Curtis asks softly. "It was good, Mrs. Donna." Steve answers for everyone. "Ponyboy snuck off with that Shepard boy." Darry brings up. "I was just helping him, he was sick." Pony trys to defend himself. "If he was just helping them there was no harm done, right." She smiles. "Now boys, off to bed." The Greasers all nod and all go to a sleeping place, they all sleep over often.
Chapter 2: The jacket
Notes:
God, rereading what I wrote bugs me so much because I see all the mistakes and things I could have add, but I'm to lazy to go back and fix it.
ANYWAYS here's another chapter.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
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The next morning
As the sun breaks through his curtains, Ponyboy wakes up and stretches. He looks over to see Johnny still sleeping then he notices Curly's Jacket, he's still wearing it - he never gave it back last night. He'll give it back next time he sees Curly, if he'll ever be allowed to again. He doesn't bother taking off the jacket, he doesn't want to. He gets up carefully as to not wake Johnny then leaves the bedroom.
As he goes down the hall he can smell breakfast and hear people's voices. As he rounds the corner her sees his mom in the kitchen cooking, his dad sitting at the table drinking coffee and reading the newspaper. Steve and Dally are talking, someone is in the shower who he assumes to be Soda because Two-Bit is still passed out on the couch.
Dally sees Pony come into the room. "Well look who's finally awake." He says sarcastically. Ponyboy rolls his eyes slightly and goes into the kitchen. "What are you makin' mom?" He opens the fridge and grabs out the milk carton. "We ran out of chocolate cake because Keith (Two-Bit) ate all of it last night when he was drunk, so I'm makin' another." Donna smiles. "Of course he did." Pony chuckles softly as he pours himself a cup of milk.
Two-Bit wakes up and stumbles off the couch into the kitchen, yawning and stretching his arms about his head as he snatches the milk carton from Pony as he goes to put it away, taking a sip straight from the carton. He puts it away in the fridge and that's when he gets a good look at Ponyboy. "Who's jacket you wearin' Pony?" He asked curiously. Ponyboy looks down at the jacket, Two-Bit is one of the ones who doesn't dislike Curly as much as the others, but he still doesn't want to say it. "This is mine, I don't know what your talkin' 'bout. All that alcohol must still be in your brain." Pony say taking a sip from his cup. "I ain't drunk anymore, and I know that ain't yours, never seen you wearin' it before." Dallas notices the conversation and walks over, his eyebrows scrunched together in jealously. "That's cause it's Curly Shepherds." He says, his voice tight.
Two-Bit raises an eyebrow. "How'd ya get that, Pony?" He asks, questioning. "He gave it to me when we was outside because I was cold." Pony feels his face heat up a bit. "Alright." Two-Bit says suspiciously. "You should take it off." Dallas says, keeping his jealousy low. "Why? It's comfortable and he wanted me to have it." Pony answered, confused. "Shepard ain't no good to be around." Dallas then adds. "Tim's fine, but Curly is trouble. He's always doin' things that get him sent to reformatory, and he's got you hurt or in trouble to many times." "He's my friend, and we were just jokin' around those times.' Ponyboy says, as stubborn as he is. "So y'all were just jokin' when he dragged y'a to go rob a liquor store wit him?" Dallas raises his eyebrow. "Okay that's one time that what we did was actually trouble, but I like hangin' round 'im." Ponyboy holds back saying more about how he actually feels about Curly.
Dallas goes to say more but is cut off when Donna interrupts. "I think it's alright, I met this Shepard boy and he ain't seen like no harm, and Pony seems to enjoy being around him. Don't worry sweetie, you can keep bein' friends with him." She rubs Pony's back and he smiles. "Thank you mom."
Time skip, Pony at school now.
Ponyboys sitting in boring history class when Curly come in late. His teacher rolls his eyes as Curly enters, he's either never here or always late. "Why are you late to my classroom, Mr. Shepard?" His teacher looks at Curly with a stern face. "Oh it's the weirdest thing Mr. Assman, I was gonna show up on time but then I remembered that I'd rather get shot, then have to deal with a lecture from you about how I'm finally on time and it's a 'miracle'." Curly snickers slightly. The teacher sighs heavily and just points to his seat. "Just sit down, no use in sending you down to the office, you'll just ditch school. And it's Mr. Ackman, not that obscenity you keep saying." He turns back to the board as Curly walks to his seat.
Curly slides into the desk behind Ponyboy and puts his feet up on the back of Pony's chair. "Get your feet off my chair, your poking me." Pony pushes his feet off and turns back to the lesson. Curly chuckles and leans back with his hands behind his head.
After only five minutes Curly sighs loudly and leans forward. "Hey baby Curtis, wanna get outta here?" He smirks slightly. Ponyboy turns to look at him. "Ditch class, I don't know. I don't wanna get in trouble." Curly rolls his eyes. "You won't get in trouble, and this class isn't important anyway, it's just English. Like I already know how to read and write. So come on." Pony looks hesitate. "Yeah, I guess. Sure why not. But how are we gonna get out of here? I don't wanna get in trouble." Curly smirks. "I thought you'd never ask. So you'll ask to go to the office saying you don't feel good and I'll do something to get in trouble and get sent out." He grins mischievously. "But how are we going to get out once we're out of the classroom?" Curly scoffs. "Easy, just distract the office lady and sign you out." Pony nods, "okay."
Ponyboy packs up all his stuff and raises his hand and tells the teacher he doesn't feel well and being the goody two-shoes he is, the teacher let's him go. As for Curly, he just flips a desk and gets sent out. •_• Well Curly goes down and see Pony waiting for him and smirks. "How are we going to distract the office lady?" Pony asks, looking around nervously as if they might be caught any second. "Simple, I'll be right back." Curly walks into the men's bathroom the comes back a bit later. "What did you do?" Pony asks, looking suspicious. "Go tell the lady that the men's bathroom mirror is shattered." He smirks. Pony facepalms. "You broke the mirror?" Curly's grin widen. "Just go tell her."
Ponyboy goes up to the office lady and tells her that the mirrors shattered and she gets up, grabs a broom and goes to the bathroom. Curly comes over once she leaves and goes into the office and just signs out the sign out sheet for both of them. "Let's go." Curly says, smiling as he puts the pen down and comes out from behind the desk. "And your sure I'm not going to get in trouble for this?" Pony asks, following him out the door. "As long as we don't get caught, now come on. Let's go for a spin in my car." Curly and Ponyboy get in Curly's car, it's a crappy convertible but Pony still thinks it's cool that Curly's got a car.
They drive to Dairy Queen and get two ice creams and park in the parking lot to eat them.
Curly pulls the car to a stop in a parking space using one hands, the other getting dropped on by his melting chocolate ice cream. He looks over at Ponyboy who's already chowing down on his strawberry vanilla swirl. He licks the ice cream that's dripping down his hand off first before digging in to his own. After awhile of eating their ice cream Pony looks over and sees Curly's got it all over his chin and nose. "It's all over your face, here move your ice cream I'll clean it." He grabs a napkin and scoots close and without waiting for an answer, starts wiping the ice cream off Curly's face.
Curly moves his ice cream to talk when Pony says something and suddenly Pony's wiping his face with a napkin. His face blushes red at how close he is to him. After what feels like an eternity, Ponyboy pulls back and smiles, looking at Curly's now clean face. Curly clears his throat loudly as he collects himself and trys to think of something teasing to say. "Needed to get a closer look at my face, baby Curtis?" He says teasingly. Ponyboy blushes realizing what he'd done. "I was just wiping off the ice cream." He mumbles, turning back to his own ice cream to avoid the awkward conversation.
The boys sit there for awhile longer eating their ice cream and once they finish Curly starts driving again. "So what do you wanna do now, baby Curtis?" He glaces over at Ponyboy while keeping an eye on the road. "How about we go see movie?" Pony suggests. Curly smiles and makes a turn that leads to the movie house. They arrive at the theater and get tickets to a new movie starring Paul Newman. The one pony wanted to watch. They get popcorn and soda and go into the theater.
After the movie is over they come out of the theater and back to the car. Pony is rambling about Paul Newman and Curly is just listening, happy to hear his interests. "You want me to take you home now?" Curly says as he starts the car and gently interrupts Pony. Pony's eyes widen. "Oh shit, home. What time is it?" Curly thinks for a moment. "We gotta to the theater at 1 and it was around 2 hours and 30 minutes. So sometime around 3:30." Pony leans back. "I'm usually home before, darry's going to know somethings up. And that's if the school didn't call and ask when I got signed out, jeez I'm going to be in big trouble." Curly chuckles softly. "I'll be there." Pony smiles. "No offense Curly, but you know that no one in my gang particularly likes you." Curly laughs. "Oh I know, I can practically feel the daggers they glare at me whenever I'm around." He stops laughing. "So do you want me to take you home? I could smuggle you into my house, not like Tim would notice." He grins. "No snuggling needed, just drive me home and I'll try and think of an excuse."
Curly nods and drives to the Curtis house and stops a bit away from it. He turns to pony. "You got your excuse?" Pony nods. "Yep, I'm going to say that we had a fire drill alarm right at the end of the day and we were held back for a bit and only got out a couple minutes ago. And if the school called and asked if he signed me out then I'll just have to try and bullshit something so I don't get in as much trouble. Wish me luck." He gets out of the car. "Wishing you all the luck." Curly smirks. Ponyboy gets out of the car and goes over to his house and opens the door.
Notes:
I actually might make this one a bigger priority because I'm still in my purly faze.
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