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The Greasers Monologue

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It had been a few weeks since Johnny and Dally had passed and i’m ain’t gonna lie, it’s different. I don’t have my buddies anymore. We can’t live life the “gold” way. It is sad and life doesn’t feel right, but I have to live like this. Life ain’t getting any better. Gran passed and Darry is sick. We’re on a tight budget and can’t afford the things we used to. Sometimes i think about Johnny and Dally. I wonder what life would be like if they were still here. That thought eludes me though. It always takes me back to Mom and Pops. I never really thought life would become this hard. I mean living with 2 brothers you can’t expect a clean house. There is always laundry running and the bills are getting expensive. I don’t know how much longer we are …show more content…

Soda took us to a part in the woods. It was by some trees and a little river. “We should be safe here.” Soda looked confident in his plan. I could still tellWe then went a little farther and we saw the Greasers. They ran up to us with a big smile on their faces. They were yelling something but I wasn’t sure what they were yelling. Steve was the first one to get to us and he told us that the Greaser had good news. Two-Bit was the next one to reach us and he just stood there breathing pretty hard. After the other Greasers reached us Steve wanted to tell us the news. Steve was breathing very hard and he was super excited. “The boys home!” “What about the boys home?” said Soda with a smile. “It can’t take y'all in!” said Two-Bit. I didn’t get what they were saying. “What do you mean.” Steve jumped in the conversation. “Y’all didn’t do anything wrong, so they are letting one of us take y’all in.” I remember the happiness i had on my face. The joy I saw on Soda’s. It was amazing.It was Darry. Even though darry wasn’t here he was still watching over us and he wasn’t letting us go anywhere.He was sad and so was I, but life had to go on. We both had to except he was gone and there was nothing we could do about

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