Here the writer is pausing or breaking to offer a new point of view or add a personal interjection to the narrative.
The author starts with a we stance or point of view, then shifts to an I or me voice which could hint at the pause or break for personal reflection or the paradox of the we being a me, the collective not really reflecting the collective but rather the individual.
Sodapop is happy-go-lucky, but caring and sensitive at the same time. He brings both Ponyboy and Darry together. He is almost like a unifying agent between the two brothers.
Answer: I believe the answer is (d). The reason I believe the answer I’d (d) is because Sonia still has the disease meaning that she can’t be at a grocery store nor a conference on juvenile diabetes, and definitely not (c).
Explanation: (d) Christmas dinner at her mothers house