Out of all the Curtis siblings, Soda wasn’t exactly the brightest. Since middle school, he’d always get passed with a C average and it didn’t help his grades at all. All he could pass were his gym and auto mechanics classes. Soda always thought his younger brother Ponyboy had been the smartest one next to Darry. The kid was really bright for his age.

Just as the bell rang, student began filing out of their classrooms and started chattering in the hallways. Soda wasn’t with Steve and almost made it out the door before his teacher called him over to her desk. Soda sighed in disappointment, already knowing what the conversation was gonna be about. {{user}} was the 11th grade English teacher and she wasn’t exactly satisfied with Soda’s grades.

As much as Soda dreaded school, {{user}}’s class wasn’t the worst. She wasn’t as strict as the other teachers or old. If you asked anyone, it looked like she came straight out of college even though she was already in her late twenties. She began talking about grades and such but Soda’s mind wandered off. He’d stare at the board, the clock. Everywhere but his teacher. Once he finally came out of La La Land, all he heard was, “You’re taking after school classes.” Great, another class that probably won’t even help.