Feelings

(11)

Darrell

Oh, man. I wish that I was closer to Pony. Maybe he would have been more open on these time of things, but I guess that there really isn't a time to point out something like that. My nickname may be Superman but how am I one, when I can't even save the closest person to me? I don't know how to save Pony from this internal pain he feels. I wish I really was Superman.

Steve

Damn. I never knew that this kid was this much trouble. I mean, I hate the kid, but my hate only goes so far. Maybe I should let up on him at least a little. But, it was his fault that he told Johnny to go by himself when he knew that Johnny's dad was always looking for him to use as a punching bag and that the Socs like beating Greasers up.

Now, I'm really thinking like a jackass. Of course I should be nicer to him. The kid had been through a lot in the past few years. Plus he only did it so that Johnny wouldn't get hurt. He knew what he was getting himself into.

I guess I'll lighten up on him but I'll still bash on him if he gets on my nerves. I'll just have to learn how to control it. Damn, that kid can be a handful, sometimes.

Keith (Two-Bit)

I wish I had a joke in this situation to lighten up the mood, but there really isn't something funny to say in a situation as serious as this. This is deep. Pony is a tough kid for holding something like that in for more than a year and still be the same normal boy. He's tougher than we give him credit for.

I envy the kid. He really is something special. He's got something going for him and he's tough. The boy is the perfect role model for a Greaser, and so is Johnny. Even when life beats them to a pulp, they are still able to stand up.

Dallas

My cigarette dropped out of my mouth when I heard what happened to Pony. This kid is something. I never noticed how much like Johnny he really is. He's just better at hiding it or did we never notice? We might have been too busy worrying about Johnny that we never paid much attention to the young Curtis. How could we have been so blind?

When you're a Greaser, you will always deal with struggles, but there is only so much that one can take. What is Pony's limit?

Johnny

I should have never left Pony alone that day if I knew that the Socs were going to catch up to him and hurt him. But, I would have never have guessed that they would torture him that much.

That day when Pony came back, he was only beat up and he was smiling. Everyone was at Pony's house, patching me up. I know that I looked worse than Pony but Pony was in more pain that me. No one ever knew though.

Darry had asked him, "What happened to you?"

"I got into a fight with some Socs. I know I look bad, but you should see the other guys." Pony gave us a smile that looked like Soda's million dollar smile. No one would have ever guessed that what we were told happened to him, did happen to him.

I should have been there to help him with those Socs. I shouldn't have left him even if he had asked. And it just makes it worse that he was doing it to save me. You never leave a Greaser to defend for himself especially if it's against Socs. It's all my fault. I should have been there. It's my fault.

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Sorry! I've been gone for so long! Plz forgive me?

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