Ponyboy got home from school and went straight to his room and shut the door locking it behind him. He sighed as he took off his baggy jacket and rubs his swollen stomach tears filling his eyes

"I can't hide this forever but, if I tell Darry we will fight again and we already promised Soda that we wouldn't fight anymore." he said to himself then jumps as there is a knock on the door

"Ponyboy open the door." Soda says from the other side as Pony scrambles to his feet and puts his jacket back on and opens the door. Soda gives him a strange look

"You alright Pone?" he just nods and sits down on the bed debating weather or not to tell him his secret. Soda shuts the door and sits on the bed next to him

"Pony is something bothering you?" he asked Pony nodded as he looks at his feet playing with his hands as Soda looks at him concerned

"What's bothering you Pone? You can tell me." He gently puts his hand under Ponyboys chin making him look at him as tears filled Ponys eyes

"P..please don't tell Darry." he said in a shaky voice and Soda just nodded as Pony stood up and took off his jacket revealing his swollen stomach. Soda sat there his eyes looked like they were about to pop out of his head as he stared at his youngest brothers stomach

"S...say something." Ponyboy whimpered hot tears streaming down his cheeks as he put his hands on his stomach. Soda got up and hugged him

"Whose's the father?" he said running his fingers through his brothers aburn hair. He just buried his face into Soda's chest his body trembling

"D...Dally" he chocked out between his muffled sobs. Soda held his brother close rubbing his back

"Shhhh it's okay Pone we will get through this but, we will have to tell Darry. I mean we can't hide this forever. Because he will find out eventually either from us telling him or when your water breaks in the middle of dinner or worse even at school then all the teachers would be involved." he said and Pony just nodded knowing his brother was right

"So it's settled we will go out there and tell him right now okay?" Pony thought for a second then nodded getting up and stood behind Soda as they walked out into the living room

"Darry can we talked to you for a minute?" Darry put the paper down

"Sure what do y'all need to talk to me about." he looked at them Soda looks at Ponyboy who was trembling and biting his nails

"Do you want me to tell him Pone?" he asked as Pony looked at him and nods to scared to say anything. Soda looked back at Darry

"Dar before I tell you well show you what's going on I need you to promise not to freakout." he just nodded as Soda stepped out from infront of Pony as Darry's eyes widen as he stared at Ponys swollen stomach he ran his fingers through his hair in frustration trying not to yell no matter how much he wanted to yell or throw something but he tried to keep his cool. Pony just looked down fidgeting with his hands tears streaming down his face

"D...Darry please say s..something." he looked at his oldest brother with pleading eyes

"What do you want me to say Pone? I am trying to think of why you would hide this from me and you told Soda did you not trust me enough to tell me?! Yeah I would have been pissed off that you would go and do something as stupid as getting yourself pregnant! We are already having enough trouble getting by with just the three of us and you decide to bring another mouth to feed into this house. Do you ever use your head!? Pony just looked down chocking back sobs

"I...I'm s..sorry Darry It's not like I planned on this to happen! This is why I never told you because you yell at me for every little thing! Plus I never told anyone Soda found out today and told me that I should tell you!" he yelled wiping his eyes

"Plus I didn't...tell you because I didn't want us to fight we promised Soda we wouldn't fight anymore and I knew as soon as I told you or if you found out we would." Darry just looked down feeling like a complete ass for yelling at him "Pone I'm sorry." he said hugging him tightly as he sobbed into his chest

"I...I w...wish I could have had the chance t..to tell Dally before he...he." Pony stopped and sobbed harder as Darry rubbed his back

"Shhhhhh it's okay Pone we will get through this we are all brothers we need to stick together no matter what." Pony looks up at Darry and nodded wiping his eyes. At dinner they all talked about the baby and how Darry and Soda may have to take on extra shifts to help support the baby. After dinner Ponyboy went to the lot and sat on the ground next to Dally's grave the gang requested for him and Johnny to be buried in the lot to make it feel like they are still there. Pony signed running his hand across the cold tombstone tears filling his eyes

"Hey Dally, it's been a while hasn't it? A whole lot has happened since you left Darry got a promotion we are still having a little trouble getting by though. Two-bit helps me and Soda around the house. I know hard to believe Two-bit cleaning anything but the Chocolate cake from our fridge. But the biggest thing that has happened is that...I'm p-pregnant Dally." He chocked out as sobs starts racking through his body

"I-I found out when we were at the h-hospital I was going to tell you when I came to see you but Two-bit was there and I got scared." He tries wiping his eyes on his sleeves but it doesn't do any good as the tears keep streaming down his face

"I-I know w-what you're thinking why would I fight if I knew I was pregnant...well I wasn't thinking I know that's a stupid answer, but I was scared and so much was going on that I wasn't thinking clearly. Then when you showed up and the rumble began I realized what I was doing and I made sure to protect my stomach at all costs. When the rumble was over and you dragged me with you to see Johnny I was going to tell you in the car ,but you were so mad that I decided not to that was the worst mistake of my life." He started sobbing looking at the ground as tears streaming heavily down his face

"I-if...I-I...would have known I wasn't going to see you again I-I would have told you. I regret never telling you because if I would have told you I was pregnant you might still be alive!" Pony laid on his side next to his grave and just sobs his heart out for what seems like hours until he starts to calm down

"I-I love you Dally even if you aren't here with me I will remember the times we had together and I will make sure our baby their father." He smiles weakly rubbing his belly and stands up
"I'll talk to you soon and next time I will have our baby with me." Pony turns his back to Dally's grave and heads home.