Dally drove like a mad-man to Dairy Queen. He skipped a bunch of red lights and almost got us killed like 60 times. He took sharp turns which nearly got me thrown out of the car since I wasn't wearing a seatbelt.
Finally, we made it to Dairy Queen.
Pony ordered 2 hamburgers with a side of fries.
Johnny ordered 12 chicken nuggets with a chicken burger.
Dally ordered a hamburger and a side of fries.
I ordered a grilled cheese.
Once we got our food, Pony and Johnny stuffed it into their mouths like they had never seen food before. They ate like pigs.
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Dally and me also caught the boys up with what was going on during the week. We told them about the big rumble coming up, Cherry the spy, the murder, looking for them and stuff like that.
They listened eagerly and didn't say anything because their mouths were stuffed with burgers. When they were done eating, Pony had a bit of sauce on his face. So I, to embarrass him and just for fun, licked my thumb and wiped off all of the sauce on his face. He scrunched his face back and pushed my hand away saying, "Olive! I ain't a little kid!" and that made me, Dally and Johnny all chuckle.
Then we all started driving back when Pony said, "Shoot! I forgot something at the old church!" Typical Ponyboy. We all sighed and drove back to the church. On the way there, we were all silent until Johnny piped up and said, "We're turning ourselves in."
That made all of us look at him, like he was crazy.
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"What?" I asked.
"Ya, heard me. We're turning ourselves in. " Johnny said and we all stare at him in disbelief, "Look, I got a good chance of bein' let off easy. I ain't got no record with the fuzz and Ponyboy and Cherry can testify that it was self-defense. Plus, I don't aim to stay in that church all my life."
I swallowed and then said, "I mean, if that's what you think is the right thing to do, then you should do just that."
Then Dallas slammed the steering wheel and said, "Dammit Johnny! I give you a gun, a hideout! And what do you do, sure you use all that stuff but in the end it's worth nothin'! Nothing man!"
"Dallas, don't yell at him! This ain't his fault!" I snapped at him.
He smacked the steering wheel again and swore under his breath, but kept on driving.
"We won't tell them that you helped us Dal, we'll give you back the gun and what's left of the money, so you don't get in trouble. Okay?" Johnny said.
"Fine." he said, bluntly and none of said anything for the rest of the ride.
We drive up the hill to the church, when something started stinging my nose. It was a strong smell of a campfire.
