Chapter 5

Chapter 5

I WOKE UP LATE IN the afternoon. For a second I didn't know where I was. You know how it is,

when

you wake up in a strange place and wonder where in the world you are, until memory comes

rushing over

you like a wave. I half convinced myself that I had dreamed everything that had happened the

night before.

I'm really home in bed, I thought. It's late and both Darry and Sodapop are up. Darry's cooking

breakfast,