I had caught word that some new Socs had moved into town, as I walked down a street in town. A small stone was being tossed up and down in my hand when I heard it from a Soc who just got off of the phone in a convenience store when I was barely out the door. He had wanted me to hear, and I knew that the Socs would come out tonight and celebrate. And by celebrate, I mean pick a fight with one or two of us Greaser's and get drunk. And us Greaser's, we do the same, but more on a lesser level than what they do.

I gently hummed a tune from a show that I saw last night, and stopped at the street corner. Cars bustled on by as I waited for traffic to clear, and I would hear the words 'Greaser' be yelled out to me, but I ignored'em. Their words have no meaning to me, not matter what they say, I'm proud for who I am. And no one can change that but me.

Stay gold Pony.

I'll stay gold, Johnny, I'll always stay gold. I can promise you that. And I'll make sure that no matter what happens, I'll do my best to hold on to that promise. Just watch over me, and if I start to turn brass, give me a warning when I do.

The cars stopped rolling by a couple of minutes later, and I walked across the street to the other side. I walked down to the old railroad, and threw the rock with the rest of the others that lay by the track. The whistle of a train was soon blowing, and I walked a few feet away from the tracks to give me a good few feet from the oncoming train.

I turned down onto a road, and headed down the long street. I made a couple of turns here and there, and soon arrived at my house. Soda was home since today was his day off, but Darry, he was out working today. I shoved open the gate and closed it shut behind me, and walked up the steps of my house. The screen door slammed shut, and I threw my bag onto the trunk that I always threw my school stuff on.

"You're home early, Pony, if Darry caught ya, he would tell you go straight back to school right now. But I'm not Darry, so why ya home early?"

"Today's June 6th Soda, it's a half day for everyone at school. No homework and no grades to worry about for nearly three whole months. And Darry can take it easier on me and not have to worry about my grades until the first week of school starts."

"But he will be waiting for ya report in the mail, which takes about one or two weeks to come. So he is going to be wondering did my little brother passed all his classes with A's?, did he make a B?, or did he fail? But that's just Darry wondering about your education, cause he knows a good education can help you make a good future."

I laughed a small bit at Soda, as he was lying down full length on the couch in our living room. I kind of shook my head at him, and just sat down on the floor and stared at the TV. There was a western movie on right now, and I knew Soda was rooting for the good guy to catch the bad guy in his head.

"Oh Soda, I heard from a Soc that two new Socs came into town. Think there might be trouble going on tonight?"

"Pony, best that you stay indoors tonight, and if you do go outside make sure that you stay hidden. New Socs and old Socs hanging out, drinking and driving around, we are going to be in hell. Now why don't we get off our lazy asses and tell the other's so they can get ready and be on the defense. We don't want any surprises coming our way, and if we see Darry just tell him you will try to stay indoors and if you do go out, you will stay pretty much hidden or go to the movies. Now come, up and away we go."

I got off the floor and he just rolled off the couch laughing his head off when he hit the floor with a small bang. Jumping to his feet, I turned off the TV and we both marched happily out of our house. Soda was jumping a bit all around cause he had been cramped in the house all day waiting for me to get home, and so he had a bunch of energy to burn off.

Steve Randall soon came upon our path and the three of us hung back as we saw a group of Socs walk on by. They shot death glares at us, and I could see a few throw some smirks at us. Tonight is gonna be one hell of a nightmare, that is for certain.

We walked by the main street ice cream store, and just by looking through the window I saw Cherry and Marcia sitting at a table, each with an ice cream sundae, happily talking and laughing. I turned my head away and quickly caught up to Soda and Steve. The two of them didn't ask me why I stopped, cause they saw me staring at Cherry. They both knew I was crushing on her.

"So Soda, where we heading to anyway?"

"The Shepard's place. Tim and his gang can help us out with taking down the Socs tonight, Pony. Plus Angela, she has the a number from another group of Greaser's, so she can get us some help."

Steve and Soda soon started to a whistle a tune while they kind of goofed off around me, and we started to pick on each other. I managed to grab Soda into a headlock until Steve grabbed me and kind of threw me onto his shoulder. Some people looked at us like we were crazy, but after a bit we kind of toned down roughing each other up.

"Hey ya Two-Bit! Stop trying to pick up that girl there, she ain't gonna go with ya anywhere!"

"Quit your wise talking Soda, will ya? Why not go bother someone else who is trying to get a pretty little gal?"

I looked over in the direction that Soda was staring in, and saw Two-Bit across with the street leaning on a brick with talking to a girl. She laughed a small bit at Two-Bit and Soda arguing, Two-Bit just showed her a small polite grin. Good grief! When did Two-Bit start to become a gentleman?

Two-Bit crossed the street along with the girl, and one or two cars honked at them as they crossed. The girl that came with Two-Bit had short curly brown hair, deep green eyes, and freckles that dazzled all over her cheeks. Gosh was she pretty, no wonder Two-Bit was being a gentleman.

"Everyone, this is Christy, she transferred here three weeks ago due to her pop getting a job here. So whatcha boys up too?"

"Just spreading the news that the Socs are gonna try to torture us tonight, Two-Bit. They just got two new members, and we were gonna informed Tim Shepard and his sis Angela."

"Leave me to telling Shepard and his baby sister, Pony. Pony, you need to keep on the low side of this after all of the stuff that you pulled this school year, here. Soda, you watch him and make sure he do nothing stupid, you hear me? Don't want Darry to lose ya both, cause he almost did lose ya both once, here."

I just nodded my head at Two-Bit, and he soon walked off with an arm around Christie. Soda made that noise that horses make behind Two-Bits back, while Steve just blew a kiss at him. I broke out into a laugh, and they did too. Do we have a weird way of showing how we can make fun of someone without them knowing.

"You three better not being doing anything stupid behind me back that involves me right now."

I could feel my eyes grow wide, and the three of us took off running. We did not want to face Two-Bit and his favorite black handle switchblade.