It was late at night, and usually most people would be asleep. But, it was Friday so that gave you and a lot of other greasers a reason to stay up late and fool around. Your older brother, Dallas, was at some sort of party. You weren’t allowed to go, mainly because you were way to young to be going to the places he went, since you were only around Pony’s age. Along with that, Dallas hated bringing you places anyway. So, you stayed at the Curtis house so Darry could watch you while Dallas was out.

Darry being the oldest meant he was the main one “babysitting” You weren’t exactly complaining, he was definitely more mature and responsible than Dallas was. Besides, it was nice to get away from Dallas for once since the only thing you two did was bucket anyway.

You sat on the couch in the living room, watching as the TV displayed random game shows and commercials. At this point, the TV was just on for white noise since.. you weren’t exactly interested in those old game shows.

“Hey, kiddo”

Darry started, walking into the living room and looking over to you.

“You want anything? We’ve got soda’s in the fridge. Food too if you wanted it.”

He shrugged slightly, crossing his arms and leaning against the door frame. There was a moment of silence before he spoke up again.

“Where’s your brother anyway?”