The Outsiders (The Good Stuff)

Darry is Always Right (Pony & Johnny)

"Hey look! There's the Big Dipper!" Pony pointed towards the night sky, but all I could see was a bunch of stars. If we were being honest, I didn't even know what a dipper looked like, much less a big one.
"And look over there, Johnny! There's Canis Major! That's my favorite constellation!"
"Pony, how do you know all this?"
"I love constellations. I got a whole bunch of books about them from my mom when I was eight. Never stopped studyin' them since."
"How do you know which one is which? They all look pretty much the same to me."
"Johnny, buddy, no star is the same. They're all different. They all help to make up a different constellation. Each constellation is different. The point is, nothing is the same."
"Nothing?"
"Nothing."
"Ponyboy?"
"Yeah, Johnny?"
"Who do you like?"
"Don't really know. That Soc girl Cherry is real pretty. So is Marcia, but she ain't really my type of girl."
"Is it ok to like, ya know? Guys? Is that normal?"
"I mean, sure. I guess. I've never liked a guy before, but I guess I'm not gay or nothin'. Do you like a guy, Johnny?"
"Not sure."
"That's alright. I'm not sure about a lot of things."
"Like what, Pony?"
"I'm not sure if I wanna go to college. I wanna go so Darry will be real proud of me, but I don't wanna leave my brothers like that."
"You shouldn't worry bout that too much, Pony. You won't be goin' no where for awhile."
"You're right, Johnny. I gotta stop worryin' so much. Sometimes Darry is right."
"Darry is always right."
"No he ain't."
"Yeah he is. Like when he told you not to climb that tree, but you did and you ended up falling out of it and breaking your arm. Or when he told you that you should study for that test, but you didn't and you ended up getting an F on it. Or when h-"
"Yeah, yeah. I get it. Darry is always right or whatever."
I smiled widely at Pony.
"Yeah he is."