The Insiders

Part 3: Ponyboy's POV

I was walking around the neighbourhood when I saw a girl, about my age, with golden hair and brown eyes. She looked beautiful. She was in a hurry and she was walking fast and she bumped into a couple of socs in a bad mood. They were jumping her. I ran towards them and tried to get the socs away. They left her, I told her to run, but now they were after me. " I saw you in the news papers while ago" one of them said. "You could've looked better" another said. I tried backing away but they would just follow me. "Leave me alone" I said. But they pulled out a switchblade and ran closer to me. They threw me to the floor and cut my collarbone with the blade. I screamed, then suddenly I remember the last time I was jumped, they ran after Bob died. They have a weak spot. They're afraid of death. Then I yelled "you know such a shame i killed t hat friend of yours, what was his name, Bob?" After I said that, they looked at each other then ran away. I didn't think that would actually work... The girl came back after, even though I thought she left. "That was really brave of you, to Save me, thanks."  "No problem, I hate to see socs jumping beautiful girls like you." She looked down and giggled. Wow. She was amazing. "I'm Jasiah, but call me Jesse." She said. "Wow, Jasiah, that is a really beautiful name." I said as I stood there thinking about how someone this amazing could exist. "Oh, uh, I'm Ponyboy." "That's an original name." "My father was an original person, I've got a brother named Sodapop, it even says so on his birth certificate. why don't you Come to my house, you can meet him and the whole gang!" "Sure. I'd love to meet your friends."she said.