Ponyboy Curtis...

Socs

Dally helped us get settled in and clean up a bit. He then informed us of our fathers recent death and said he had been staying here. Dally picked me up over his shoulder and carried me into my room and tossed me onto my old bed.

"Ya know this is where I slept when you were gone..." He smiled down at me. There it was, the time for him to hit on me. Soon he'll be telling me I'm like his sister.

"Maybe I should sleep on the couch then..."I said messing with him.

"Hey dally!" Johnny yelled from the kitchen.

"Go on Dallas..." He hates when I call him that.

"I prefer dal or dally, kid!" He said getting up. I got a shower and changed into my old clean clothes. For the first time in awhile I felt soo clean. This was as clean as I had been in the past 3-4 years. I straightened my hair and did my make up just so I could use all my old things. I put on perfume and everything, I was so excited to have all my stuff back.

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Soon, I heard a group of guys walk in the front door. It must be Johnny's old friends. I was nervous to meet them since I only have once when I was 11. They might not like me and I won't be able to hang out with them again. Dally came into my room and pulled me out, introducing them all to me. They said everyone was there except the oldest Curtis brother so I almost met everybody. We played cards and watched cartoons and joked around all night and I became very comfortable with the Guys right away.

"Lets go to the park" said soda-pop. We all got up and walked outside. The dark cool air chilled my bare arms as we walked along the road. Johnny's friends were crazy and I loved it. Dally told all of them stories about coming to visit Johnny as we walked, making sure he told embarrassing things about me as often as he could. They lagged and joked about the stories which made me feel excepted into the ground at last. Johnny would watch me every once-in-a-while to make sure I was doing okay and keeping up. Once we got to the park, Soda put his arm around me and walked me over to the monkey bars.

"You ever do 'em?" He asked.

"Yeah- corse I have" I said.

"My lil brother here can hold on 'em for hours ya know?" He said.

"So can Emily here...we used to have contests like that" said Johnny.

"We'll let see now!" Said dally pulling me and pony to the bars.

"Go ahead we'll count for ya guys! Ready...go!"

Pony and I grabbed onto them and held on facing each other. After about a minuet and a half my arms started feeling weak. Pony didn't seem to be struggling at all. The boys started placing bets on who would win. Pony looked and noticed my hands were slipping slowly. He then looked into my eyes and smiled at me. He let go of the bars and fell to his knees.

"Awe man...I gotta stop smoking.." He said wiping himself off. The guys all shouted and laughed at the game and traded cigarettes because of the bets. I walked over to pony who walked over and sat on a swing. I sat in the swing next to him.

"Why'd you do that?" I asked.

"What?" He asked taking out a cigarette and lighting it. I reached for one and took his lighter, smoking with him.

"Let go...I know you didn't have to.." I said.

"Yeah...it was just gettin boring I guess...I didn't feel like Keepin myself up any longer..." He said blowing out smoke. I started shivering and rubbing my arms to keep warm.

"Here..." He said putting his jacked on me. He walked away before I had time to say thanks. Ponyboy confused me. He was so quiet one second, sweet the next, then he'd just leave me. He was so cute though, and Im starting to take a liking to him.

"Common Emily!" Yelled two-bit. I ran over and out out my smoke.

"Lets go home.." Johnny said. We started walking down the street when a blue mustang pulled up behind us.

"Uh-oh...stay cool guys..." Dally said.

"Hey honey...what are you doin with these hoods? Why don't you hop in the back, we'll show you a good time.." They yelled. Dally grabbed my arm and pulled me up to him, making me walking faster. They got out of their car and walked up behind us. All of us stopped and turned to them.

"What do ya say, babe?" he said.

"Watch it Bob." Yelled Johnny.

"I ain't talking to you, hood!" He said then looked back at me with a smile.

"Common now these are greasers! Don't you know what greasers are? They're white trash with greasy hair..." They guys standing beside him laughed.

"And you're a soc...but I know what socs are..." I said stepping towards him.

"What?.." He asked smiling.

"White trash with mustangs and money." I then spit on him and ran back behind Johnny. Bob and his group started throwing punches at us so we fought back. Dal turned around and grabbed pony.

"Take her home now Ponyboy!"

Pony grabbed my hand and ran home with me. He let go when we got to the door and caught our breaths.

"You alright?" He asked me.

"Yeah...you?" I asked.

"I think so...common.." He said opening the door for me. I tried talking to him but he kept his head down and turned away from me.

"Pony...what's wrong?"

He didn't answer me.

"Pony..." I said sitting next to him. I tilted his chin up and gently made him look at me. His right cheek had a cut on it that had blood seeping out.

"Pony! Why didn't you tell me?" I said pulling him to the kitchen table.

"I don't know...didn't want to bother you I guess.." He said sitting in the table. I wet a towel and walked over to him. I stood between his thighs and looked at the cut again before touching it. He starred at me but I pretended I didn't notice him smile at me. I lightly dapped the cut, making pony wince.

"Sorry..." I said with puppy dog eyes. He smiled at me.

"It's alright...just stung a little." He said. I cleaned it out and dried his cheek.

"There..." I said once done. We made eye contact as I stood between his legs. I was short so we were eye level.

"Thank you..." He said under his breath. We drifted closer to each other but stopped and backed away when the front door swung open.

"Emily quick take a look at this." Johnny said. They carried in Dally who got cut up from a switch blade. I ripped off his shirt that had blood seeping threw it. Dally smiled at me.

"I like when you tear me clothes off" he said.

"Shut up" I said smiling at him. Pony stood behind me with the rest of the boys.

"Johnny go get the white bag in my drawer. Pony go get a wet towel." I said. When they returned with what I needed I cleaned the wounds and stitched up the bad cut he had on him stomach.

"Ahh thanks em...you're the best sister I've never had..." He said messing up my hair.