Lost in The Outsiders

Chapter 6: One Piece Of The Puzzle

Ponyboy opened the door, and 2 boys looked up at him. They both were older than him, I could tell. One looked like he was a couple years older than Ponyboy and the other one looked significantly older than both of them. As he walked in, I stayed in the doorway, feeling a little nervous and unwelcome.

"Hey Ponyboy, where ya been?" The older one asked.

"I was with Johnny and Dal." he replied. "And get this-" he looked back at me, "we found this girl who's from Pennsylvania, and she doesn't even know how she got here."

I peered behind Ponyboy slightly.

"Hi.." I mumbled.

He walked into the living room, taking my hand since I was shy, and lead me inside. He had me sit down next to him and another boy on their couch.

"What's your name?" The older one asked.

"Oh yeah" Ponyboy rubbed his head. "I forgot to ask."

"Im Madaline, but you can just call me Maddy." I said.

"These are my brothers." He said, gesturing to them. "This is Sodapop" he pointed to the one sitting next to me. Sodapop smiled at me.

"And this is Darry, or Darrel, he takes care of me and Soda."

I waved.

"So your from Pennsylvania?" Darry asked

"Yep" I replied

"And you don't know how you ended up in Oklahoma? Do you remember anything?"

"No I don't really, maybe my memory will come back to me soon."

"Hopefully. Your welcome to stay here if you'd like." Darry offered.

"Oh, I couldn't burden you.."

"It won't be a burden, plus, I can't just leave a girl out on the street like that."

"I really appreciate it" I smiled

"No problem."

"So how old are you, Maddy?" Sodapop added.

"Oh, I'm 13" I mentioned.

"Oh, not too much younger than Pony. Were you born in 52' or 53'?"

"What?"

Soda repeated himself.

"I wasent born in either.."

"Oh, then when were you born?"

"2001.."

"What?" Everyone looked at me.

"I was born in 2001.." I started getting scared. "What year is it?" I staggered. Everyone's eyes were glued on me.

"It's 1966" Ponyboy mumbled.

"1966?!" I squealed.

I put my hands on my head and started freaking out.

1966, I thought. How the hell did I get here, this isn't possible, I'm just dreaming.

Ponyboy wrapped his arms around me.

"It's okay," he reassured me. "We're confused too, this is crazy."

"How am I going to get home now? I'm in Oklahoma, miles away from where I live, and, uh, not to mention, IM BACK IN TIME 48 YEARS!" I yelled.

"Listen, it really is okay," Soda said. "We can all try to figure this out. It couldn't be that hard to find out."

"Does it bring any memories back to you?" Darry brought up.