🌴: SICK PONY

(Obvious things are stated for the boat)

Ponyboy Curtis was never the one to get sick, when illnesses went around in school he did not catch them. But when he did get sick, his older brothers always made a big fuss.

Their parents had died just a year ago in a car wreck, leaving him in the care of his brothers; 16 year old Sodapop and 20 year old Darry. The gang (Johnny Cade, Dallas Winston, Steve Randle and Two-Bit Mathews a long with the Curtis brothers) often brought him stuff they knew would cheer him up, like books that they would read to him as he was falling asleep, or a nice cold glass of Pepsi. But this time he had contracted pneumonia. Meaning he was not only delirious but he needed a LOT of rest.

Sodapop was in the room, only he and Darry had gone in for the past three days. The rest didn’t want to get pneumonia, Pony was sitting up in the bed that he and Soda shared- with extra blankets belonging to Darry and maybe Two-Bit’s mom too. Sodapop was feeding him a soup that the doctor had recommended but they had never made.

“What is it?” Pony asked weakly, he was short of breath despite just laying in bed. Sodapop hummed and stirred the soup on the plate “Ginger and garlic broth.” Pony scrunched his nose and frowned. “Mom, you know I don’t like ginger..” Pony said, and Soda almost dropped the plate.

Mom..

He knew he looked like his mother, he knew that well. With the same blond hair and face features and everything, but this was new. He was snapped out his thoughts when Darry opened the door with an orange bottle on his hands “I forgot to give him these, would you?” He asked, handing Soda the bottle. But Pony spoke up “Dad! Mom is trynna force me to eat ginger..” he complained and Darry froze- so did the rest of the gang who were outside in the living room, but Pony was loud enough for them to hear. Darry had always heard he looked like his dad’s brother or something.

But did they really look that alike?