Pocket Knives

Chapter Twenty Three

Dally's POV

Angela and Neda begged me to take them with me, but nonetheless I still refused... No matter.  How much. It annoyed the crap outta me!

"I told you two, no way" I finished, Darry and Mitch got the two girls and apologized, I sighed, this is the best time to go up, it's 7 am.. I borrowed Buck's car and drove up to the church, it was a few hours dive but I got there by 11 am so I broke down a few boards to get in, I slowly walked in and shook Ponyboy awake.

"Hey sleeping beauty, wake up" I chuckled, they had both cut their hair and Ponyboy bleached his hair, I wondered how long it took Johnnycake to convince him to do that, Pony practically worshipped his hair like geez!

"Hey Dal" Pony said, I heard something drop from behind me, I turned around to see Johnny on the ground, he got up, stretching slightly. "You okay Johnnycake?" I asked, he just nodded. a

Neda's POV

I can't believe it! Angela and I went back to Buck's and Dally was gone, along with Buck's car.. Hailey said she had no idea where he went and it defiantly wasn't pleasant that we are waiting for our boyfriends to get back.

we all sat in the lot, looking up at the clouds, it was some what calming, but It would be a lot better if Johnny , Ponyboy and Dally where here. I know I sound cheesy but whatever.

Gilbert's POV

I walked through the Curtis house, looking for chocolate cake when all of a sudden my music folder fell out of the fridge...okay? I looked through it, making sure the music was all in place, all of the songs were in place except, Fur Elise by Beethoven, I nearly had a heart attack, yeah, sure I knew most of it by heart on the piano but where.did.it.go?

I let out a girly- MANLY scream before Soda ran in scared for life.

"WHAT'S WRONG?" He yelled, I breathing became faster.

"I can't find my sheet music" I said dramatically, Soda walked out with a death glare on his face. What's up with him?

Hailey's POV

"Come on girls, I think I know where Dally's headed" I said, leading them to Tim Shepards place, I knocked on the door. Curly answered the door.

"Oh hey Hailstorm" he said, I laughed.

"Hey Curly, I was wondering if we could borrow you that tuff lookin car of yours?" I chuckled. He smiled and nodded, throwing me the keys. "Thanks man! I owe you one!" I yelled, Neda and Angela followed me, we got into the car a sped off, moving as fast as we could. It was surprising that we got to the church so quickly, Dally was already there but we smelt smoke and saw Ponyboy and Johnny running towards the church and two teachers I guess were freaking out. I pulled up and got out.

"DALLY!" I screamed, getting his attention, I motioned to the girls but he grasped my hand before I could run in.

"It's too dangerous. I'm not losing you" he said straight out, I glared at him, seeing Neda and Angela running in as fast as they could, my eyes widened, I turned to Dally with seriousness painted on my face.

"I'm no losing my friends" I said, pushing him away and running towards the church, I grabbed one of the kids and thankfully they didn't bite.. I don't like kids but for some reason they like me.. I never got the concept of that fact, but there wasn't any time to think of anything else but to help these kids. With team work, we got the kids out safely and Pony was being dragged out by Dally,  Angela walked out , I got out and so did Neda, but where was Johnny? We heard screaming coming from the church ... We got all the kids out... That was Johnny, Neda ran in and I ran in as well to drag Johnny out.. He passed out, he was burnt badly from what I could see but the orange translucent flames slightly prevented me from seeing him to good. I grabbed his right arm and Neda grabbed his left one. We pulled him out to meet a few ambulances. In a heartbeat Johnny , Neda, Angela , Dally , Ponyboy and I were all loaded into separate ambulances. I laid down while they tended to my burns which I had no idea I had. The more you know I guess.

Ponyboy's POV

I woke up quickly, trying to get up.

"Woah, I'd lay down if I were you" am unfamiliar voice said, I turned to see the fat teacher from the church.

"Where's, Johnny, Dally, Angela, Neda and Hailey?!" I panicked, he breathed out.

"Their all in ambulances behind us" he finished, I sighed in relief a bit, I hoped they were okay.

"How are they" I asked

"Who's who?" He asked, I sighed.

"Dally's the one who looks like a JD, Johnny is the other guy who was with me, Angela is a small dirty blonde girl, Neda is the brunette and Hailey is the taller dirty blonde girl" I finished, he chuckled and replied.

"The rough looking kid, his arm in burnt but that's it. The small blonde is fine, no burns, just smoke on her face. The taller blonde, has a pretty bad burn on her back but she'll be fine. The brunette girl is fine and your friend Johnny...." He stopped "he ain't lookin so good, his back might be broken" he said, I sighed, but didn't panic, I felt to shocked to panic at all... Was this all real? Or was this a messed up dream? Before I knew it we were at the hospital and I was dragged in and checked out immediately, so I sat in the waiting room, lighting a smoke with the guy who was in the ambulance, turns out his name is Jerry. "You shouldn't do that you know" he said, I raised an eyebrow.

"why?" I asked, I was cut off by a poke on my shoulder, I turned to see Angela, I got up and smiled, wrapping my arms around her waist, kissing her.

"You have no idea how long five days was without you" I hugged her, I heard her giggle.

"You have no idea how much I've missed you" she said back. Jerry smiled.

"Young love" he chuckled, I rolled my eyes but kept them locked with Angela's. She looked so sleepy, it was real cute but I was just glad I had her in my arms.