The mistake- chapter 1
HEY GUYSSSSS! I've been kinda obsessed with reading fanfictions about Ponyboy being ignored, sooooo I decided to write my own like that! They usually all end the same but I want this one to be different. Hope you guys enjoy! Please review! It's greatly appreciated!
DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN THE OUTSIDERS. Sadly. ;(
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(Pony's POV)
"Oh hey, Johnny!" I greeted as he walked towards me in the cafeteria.
"Hey Pony, I uh, I need your help with my uh- homework…" He said quietly.
"Sure. What's it on?" I asked. Johnny usually asked me to help him, so I wasn't very surprised.
"Chemistry. I can't memorize these. I just don't get it, when will we ever need to know about chemistry in life?" Johnny said sounding annoyed.
"I don't know man, but yeah. Just walk home with me after school to my house."
After school ended, I waited for Johnny outside of the school. He was taking longer than usual which was odd, but I didn't pay much attention too it. As Socs walked past me in front of the school they kept calling me "Greaser!" And threw papers. It didn't feel too good to be bullied by the rich kids and not have anyone there to do anything about it, but what can you do? That's the life of a greaser. You better get used to it, or be tormented for being a crybaby by everyone in school.
Eventually Johnny did show up. He had a hint of anger in his eyes, which was very strange considering the fact Johnny was never angry.
"Hey, you ok Johnny?" I asked in a concerned voice.
"I'm fine Pony. Let's just not talk about this." Johnny replied in a soft voice.
We walked home in silence, looking at our feet as we went down the streets. Suddenly a red mustang was on our tail following us slowly. Before we knew it, they got out of the mustang and surrounded us.
"Hey greasers!" The dark brown haired Soc said. "You need a haircut?" He asked in a monotone voice walking closer to us, with an evil smirk on his face. All of the Socs then pulled out their blades, which scared the crap out of Johnny and I. We couldn't show them we were afraid, we had to act tuff. So we just stared at them with a blank expression on our faces.
"Not ganna say anythin'? Fine. I'll make you scream instead." The doc said as he lunged towards Johnny.
Everything that happened next seemed to be in slow motion. The Soc lunged at Johnny with is switch blade in hand. He grabbed Johnny 's wrist tightly and before I could do anything, he stabbed Johnny with the switch blade right into the center of his chest. Johnny then fell to the ground with a blood curdling scream escaping his lips.
"JOHNNY!" I screamed. I've never been so angry in my life. I lunged at that soc, beating him up so badly that I think I heard his ribs break.
"Let's get out of here!" One of them yelled.
They all ran into the mustang and drove off in seconds.
My attention then went straight to Johnny. He was laying real still on the ground. He was breathing though, which was a good thing. I knew we weren't too far from the house so I knew we could make it.
"C'mon Johnny, we gatta get you too the house!" I yelled panicky. "Johnny! I need you to open your eyes!"
He opened his eyes slightly, which was good enough for me. "Ok Johnny I'm going to carry you to our house." I said. I was pretty small, and I knew I would need a little help carrying Johnny.
"I'm going to need you to help me ok?" Johnny nodded ever so slightly.
I helped Johnny stand up, he howled in pain several we got him up I basically carried him the whole way to the house. Once we got to the house, Johnny passed out. Panicking, I called Soda at the DX.
"Hello, how can I help you?" Steve said from the other line.
"STEVE GET SODA ON THE PHONE, NOW! IT'S PONYBOY, TELL HIM IT'S AN EMERGENCY!" I screamed through the phone.
"Are you fucking kiding m- you know what, fine. This better not be a joke." Steve replied angrily.
"Ponyboy?" Soda said through the phone.
"Soda, some Socs jumped us and stabbed Johnny! He just fainted and I don't know what to do!"
"WHAT!? Ok, call 911 and I'll be there in 5 minutes."
"Ok…"
I hung up the phone and dialed 911, my hands shaking profusely. I told the operator everything, and they told me to apply pressure to the wound. I did as I was told until someone burst through the door, making me jump. It was Soda.
"Oh, god. Pony, did you call 911!?" He yelled.
"Y-yeah I did, uh… they said they'd be here soon and to apply pressure to the wound.." I said, my voice shaking with fear.
Moments later the ambulance pulled up, banging on our door. Sodapop opened the door to let them in. The EMT's first checked for a pulse on Johnny, which there was but it was weak. I felt so useless and guilty just watching him instead of helping. But what could I do?
The EMT's then loaded Johnny onto the ambulance and drove away, siren blaring in the distance.
"PONY CALL EVERYONE AND TELL THEM TO MEET AT THE HOSPITAL NOW." Soda yelled as he ran out the door. I got down to business as soon as he stepped foot out of the house. I first called Dally, and told him to round up the gang to meet at the hospital.
After I was done calling Dally I hung up the phone and sprinted towards the hospital. I ran faster than I ever had before, I wasn't running for myself. I was running for Johnny.
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(3rd Person POV)
"Shit! DANG IT Johnny!" Dally yelled as he hung up the phone. He proceeded to call Steve, then Twobit, and last Darry.
Dally ran to the hospital, and bumped into Steve on the way there so they sprinted the rest of the way there together.
At the hospital, they saw Pony and Soda sitting in the waiting room. Dally immediately ran up to Pony and pulled him up by the collar of his shirt.
"What the fuck happened to Johnny, Ponyboy? Tell me right now or I'll beat your head in!" He screamed, eyes full of rage.
"W-we were wal-walking home from school and s-some soc-cs came up to us with switch blades a-an-and stabbed him!" Ponyboy said with tears in his eyes. He'd never seen Dally so mad in his whole life.
"FUCKIN' Socs." Dallas said under his breath. He proceeded to throw Ponyboy back in his seat, not really paying much mind to the fact that Pony hit his head on the wall as he threw him down into the chair. Ponyboy wimpered which only got Dally even more upset.
"Shut up, Ponyboy! You think that hurt!? Imagine how much pain Johnny's in right now."
"I'm sorry Dally…" Pony said quietly as he held his head.
A few minutes later the rest of the gang came in the waiting room. Again, Pony repeated what happened to Johnny, they all had anger in their eyes.
The gang waited there for hours without any information on Johnny, until a doctor finally appears in the waiting room.
"Family of Jonathan Cade?" She asked.
The gang all stood up and walked towards the doctor.
"You're his family…?" She asked hesitantly.
"We're the most family he's got, so please how is he?" Dally asked. Everyone was shocked. Dally never said please. Nobody said anything though, he was already in a bad mood.
"Ok well when he was stabbed, the knife was removed which was bad because it increased the amount of blood loss. The knife when he was stabbed cut so deep that it reached his heart which we had to give his surgery for. Plus a few broken ribs, shock, and exhaustion." She said. "In his room we have him hooked up to a breathing tube and an IV to give him medicine he needs. No removing the IV for any reason, if it's removed it could be life threatening." She concluded.
The gang was silent for a little bit until Sodapop asked, "Can we see him now?"
"Yes, he's in room 306. 3rd floor, and then take a right down the long hallway." She said looking up from her clipboard with a bored expression on her face.
The gang headed to Johnny's room and walked in. Johnny looked awful. His face was pale as a ghost and he looked dead. Everyone seemed to notice this but kept quiet. They were sure to steer clear of all the tubes around him as they approached the bed.
"Oh god…" Steve said under his breath, taking off his DX cap and rubbing his head. The rest of them just stared. Ponyboy didn't think he could look at Johnny any more so he started to walk away slowly. He didn't look where he was going and tripped over Johnny's IV tube, which then broke apart. Suddenly the heart monitor started beeping like crazy and everyone started to panic and pressed the help bottom to get a doctor.
Suddenly a bunch of doctors and nurses ran into the room shooing the gang out so they could go their work. The second they got out into the hallway, Dally punch ponyboy in the face so hard he heard a crack.
"OWWWW!" Ponyboy screamed as he held his mouth.
"YOU FUCKING ASS HOLE! LOOK WHAT YOU DID YOU COULD OF JUST KILLED JOHNNY, AND WHO KNOWS MAYBE YOU DID! DARRY'S RIGHT, YOU NEVER USE YOUR FUCKING HEAD AND IT CAN COST US JOHNNY'S LIFE!" Dally screamed as he punched Ponyboy again, this time in the stomach. Ponyboy bent over clutching his stomach.
"YOU DESERVE EVERY OUNCE OF PAIN YOU GET AND I HOPE YOU FUCKING DIE!" Dally screamed. He was livid. He proceeded to grab Pony and throw him into the wall, and then kick him 2 more times on his ribs.
Everyone else just watched as Dally beat up Ponyboy, glaring at pony as he covered his head with his arms in a pathetic attempt to protect it. Once Dally was done. Pony was sobbing harshly. He couldn't believe that nobody even tried to stop him.
"I-I'm so sorry! It was an accident! I-" pony was interrupted.
"Accident my ass! This is all your fault!" Steve screamed as he shoved Pony.
"Pony you can walk home yourself. We don't hang out with dip-shits like you." Surprisingly this came from Soda. Ponyboy couldn't believe that this was happening. Now Soda hates him?
"What have I done…"Ponyboy thought before looking up and watching the gang walk out without him. "Why don't I ever use my head…."
Hope you liked the first chapter! Please review and tell me how it is so far! Hope you guys have a great day!