Sometimes, in life, you don't always recieve the things that you deserve. But that's the way it is. "Like it or lump it".

PONY'S POV

I don't remember a considerable amount of time after the kidnapping incident had come close to its end. Just the fact that it took a while until the doctors said that I was able to get out of the hospital. I remember the rest of this story quite well, actually... the beginning, the middle, the ending(sort of), which, to be honest with you, was a little too 'And they lived happily ever after...', so I don't ever really think twice about that part; because I know that it was a happy ending. What story doesn't have a happy ending? Besides, that was thirteen years ago. I'm older now... and one of the strongest althetes in the school. So, I don't think anyone could ever try to kidnap me! And I got Darry, Soda, the gang, and George. Yes, George is a part of the gang now; I think the gang liked him from the start, but he was pretty shy and nervous when he first started hangin' around them. Maybe the fact that he helped kidnap me contributed to that, but oh well. Now, he's married to this girl, Elizabeth, and has a kid of his own. Cute, adorable little tyke. He's got sandy blonde hair, like Elizabeth, but you could definitely tell that he's got the muddy brown eyes that his dad has. He's about five or six years old now.

Elizabeth is beautiful and intelligent. She's only about 5' 4", and thin, but she's really cool, and never really does pay attention to her height; she's pretty short compared to George and the rest of the gang. Her hair, like Kenneth's (the baby), is sandy blonde with hints of dark brown hair underneath and curls at the tips to form random ringlets (which of course, only makes her hair look even more stunning). She's got eyes a lot like Darry's except hers are more lighter and brighter. Her and George were practically made for each other. She can really make George laugh without trying that hard and normally he's unmoved by Two-Bit's many random jokes at two o' clock in the morning. Then again maybe it's because he normally puts his baby asleep(and falls asleep with him) at around ten o' clock.

George and Elizabeth met up at the Dingo seven years ago. Elizabeth had just broke up with her boyfriend who had apparently been cheating on her and two of his other former "girlfriends"; those kind of people make me sick with shame, especially when they're the same gender as I am. When she saw George she said she had felt something that she had never ever felt before. It was as if something told her that he was the one. George said that he couldn't stop staring at her through the two movies that he had stayed to "watch" .

Soda is still his old, happy-go-lucky self. He looks as if he's only aged three or four years, not thirteen; he's still got the soft, wheat-gold hair, and styles it the same way, too. He's grown maybe two inches, but that's it. I still make fun of him for it, since I'm about an inch away from being as tall as he is; but he just goes along with it and laughs his deep, hearty laugh. His wife, Charlotte, she's one of the nicest and classiest girls I've ever met before. She's got this petite side to her that she uses for first impressions and important events, but don't let that fool you. When she has to, she'll rip your arm off in a heartbeat, and she's got this tone of voice she sets aside only for when she's hacked off at you for some odd reason. One time, Steve forgot to close the refrigerator, so she marched over to his house at five o' clock in the morning just to yell at him and marched right back. Steve's house was 5 miles away, mind you. And also, Soda, Darry, and I had gone to bed about three hours before that. Yet we were awakened from her screams and threats; "YOU EVER LEAVE OUR HOUSE RUNNIN' THE COLD - AIR IN THE HOUSE, IMMA COME RIGHT BACK AND SLAP YOU LEFT AND RIGHT!" was all I needed to catch to know that it was Charlotte. I had laughed myself to sleep listening to her talk forty miles a minute to Soda about what she was going to do to Steve in the morning. Luckily her sleep had postponed her plans the following morning.

It was a pretty funny story how he met Charlotte. She was actually an intern at the resteraunt Two-Bit's mom was working at. She always had that kick in her step which was what drew Soda to her. And because Soda had that movie-star look, it wasn't that hard for Charlotte to recognize him either. Well, that and the fact that he spilled two cokes on her. Which one attracted her to him, no one knows!

Soda's little baby girl, Suzette, she's pretty cute. Her name was made to combine SODA and CHARLOTTE together. She's about seven years old, but I'm not bothered from the fact that being her uncle, I'm only seven years older than she is. She aint bothered by that either. She's got Charlotte's fiery-red, long hair. She's so small for seven, but so was Soda so I'm not surprised. She's picked up her mother's habits for yelling at any one of the gang that forgets something or does something a bit rude or embarrassing. But besides that, she's pretty nice. A little on the shy side though; but being around a bunch of boys, she'll probably grow out of that in no time. Plus, her mother is her biggest romodel, so following her actions around the gang, every bit of shyness in her system will disappear anyways.

Darry, well, let's just say that when he finally married everyone was relieved. His spouse, Bridget, she's probably the most strangest and wierdest girls I know. She's just four inches shorter than Darry, and she's got shoulder-length, dark-brown, wavy hair. Her eyes are almost as dark as Johnny's but in the light, you could see the slight brown pigment in them. She's got this detirmined set to her, like Darry(which is ironic), and she really does run the house when she's here. She's so weird, yet everything she says seems to sound so... well, so cool. She knows everything pretty well, and isn't really all that smart (not as smart as Darry, anyways), but there's this way she has that she uses to beat Darry at everything that comes up. Everyone, especially Two-Bit, thinks that it's real funny to watch her prove Darry's theories wrong. Sometimes they fight, but they always make up. I didn't really get that, so one time I asked them why they always fought when they were going to make up anyways. Bridget said that only true couples fight sometimes, because it meant that they had their own opinions still and didn't change themselves completely just for love. She said that when you married, you were allowed to fight sometimes, and that her and Darry still loved each other very much so. Darry agreed with her, and told me to run along after that. He's still got that muscular look to him, but his eyes had changed since mom and dad died. For as long as I could really remember, Darry had this invisible, bitter side to him that I could sometimes see; now, he seems content with the world, and laughs all the time. I'm real happy that he's this way now, not the way he used to be.

Darry's got a son and a daughter; twins, actually. His son, Jerrod, is about eleven years old, and has an everlasting love for two things: football and his family; he probably got that from Darry, since he loves me, Soda, and the gang(and the girls) and, of course, football. Jerrod looks exactly like Darry, but has Bridget's eyes, which makes him look just like dad, Darry said. He's energetic and loves to talk a lot. Darry thinks that he got that part of his personality from Bridget, since she always seems to tell us stories about her life and family. He loves to hang with the gang and especially his dad. He'd always throw a fit if he wasn't on Darry's team when it came to saturday's gang football games. He's getting to be pretty tall, which I kind of figured since both Bridget and Darry are pretty tall for their own genders. I love Jerrod, who likes to come to every track meet I have, even if it's only practice. He's a pretty awesome little guy.

Darry's daughter, Jerilyn, she's a sweet little girl, and loves to shadow Bridget when she's walking around the house doing chores or grocery shopping. Of course, she's the spittin' image of dad too, but her hair is real long, almost all the way down to her waist, which she mostly keeps it up. When she was five, she used to always put it up in ponytails and wear these little dresses. She loved to skip around and would never leave Darry's side. She's so cute! Plus, she likes to hang around Suzette. The only other person she trusts to keep herself safe besides Darry and Bridget is me. I feel so special. When Darry and the gang went somewhere to settle business (with socs) and Bridget went out with Charlotte and the other girls for a girls night out, I was always happy to baby sit everybody. The girls were all civilized anyways and were always interested in my homework. Jerrod and Two-Bit's boy, Chip, were both always rambunctious and sometimes rebellious to what I always said to them. But everytime I mentioned the fact that Darry was my brother, they always seemed to hush up a little.

Darry met Bridget at the high school I currently attend. Darry was there to pick up a couple things since Soda had dropped out by then and left some things. Bridget was a student teacher at the time and it's real funny because she was the student teacher to my current history teacher, Mr. Kavin, and he was truly shocked to hear I was related to her. Of course she was known as Ms. Skyler then and she really didn't have that much of an education before she started her work as a student teacher- she told me the whole story when I was eight. She said that when she saw Darry it was like he was the only thing in the room- and he was glowing. It was love at first sight. Darry claims he got lost and happened upon the room but he later admitted to the fact at seeing Bridget; when he saw her he just had to meet her or else he'd practically die.

Two-Bit's still got that caring, funny, and understanding trait to him that he always seems to punch into his jokes. Yes, he still cracks one every time he's inspired or everytime he thinks it'll lighten the mood; it always finds a way to lighten the mood. He married this girl, Setsuko, who was originally a japanese transfer for the U in downtown Oklahoma City. She set her mind on staying only for a couple months(seeing as how she had never been so far away from her home before), but after meeting Two-Bit she decided to stay permanently. They have two sons, Chip (who's real name is Hachirou) who's only four, and his older brother, who's eight, Zenshiro; he just goes by Zen. Zen's got Two-Bit's hair, but Setsuko's radient skin and eyes. He's picked up his father's habit of making up jokes on the spot, yet has his mother's squeaky laugh. Being the eight-year-old that he is, he's got some of his own things like the fact that he loves to play pretend, especially when dragons are involved; he also loves poetry, both writing it and reading it.

Chip has got his mother's soft black hair, but the rest of his looks are from Two-Bit. He's always quiet, except for when he's around Jerrod. He's always happy and energetic whenever he gets to hang around with one of his biggest romodels. Jerrod always seemed to set the hyper bomb off in little Chip whenever they're together. I thought that it was pretty cute that they were best buds like that.

Johnny Cade... Let me just say that the girl he chose to get into a relationship with was the perfect match for him; I do mean it literally when I say that she and him are a perfect match. Clarissa has really thick and curly strawberry-blonde hair. She wears glasses and has the most 'kindest laugh and perfect smile' as Johnny put it. She's small, but has a lot of energy in herself. She, like Bridget (both of which are best friends), loves to talk tremendously and is very outgoing. She's religious about nature and hiking. There's so many things I really didn't get about her, but somehow I love her just I did Bridget, Setsuko, Charlotte, Elizabeth and Kendall(Steve's rock greaser wife). Clarissa could be thoughtful and share her most innermost feelings with you one minute, and be blazing with excitement while screaming her head off the next. She's taught Johnny how to talk regularly again, and now he's gotten more and more comfortable around everybody. One time, he slapped Two-Bit for telling him this really embarrassing joke. It was real funny because then Clarissa and Bridget started laughing real hard while Jerilyn and Zen both started making fun of Two-Bit.

Johnny and Clarissa's little baby boy, Jett, is only three years old. He's the most adorable little thing! He's also very sensitive and clingy. He looks just like Johnny, which makes him so adorable! Since the gang and I have never seen baby pictures of Johnny, it was definitely something to "ooo..." and "aw..." over. Clarissa is two months pregnant with another baby boy. Jett loves to hang onto people's pants to stand upright; especially Clarissa's, but she's the mom so it isn't all that new. He can walk but he's still too used to crawling; he also loves to suck on his thumb and sneeze. He has the most cutest sneeze in the world, and I know I sound like such a girl, but I really do mean it! I've heard many baby sneezes and I've never heard one so small and cute like Jett's. Johnny LOVES to play with Jett after coming home from work. I go over to his house to play along as well; after all, his house is only about a block away from mine. Clarissa's always cooking up something eccentric and delicious everytime I come over. She is an AMAZING cook, as well as Johnny. Apparently no one knew that Johnny could cook so well until Clarissa came along and 'brought the talent out of him'.

When Johnny met Clarissa at the DX, it was pretty funny to watch him stutter over every word to her; he was filling in for Steve, who was busted up from a rumble the recent night. The gang were all snickering as Johnnycake fumbled with everything: the gas nozzle, the windshield wiper to clean the windshield of her car, and even her card. He must've dropped her card about ten times. Clarissa just giggled and waited patiently for him to get everything correct. Afterwards, she just pulled over, parked her car, and got out. She began talking to Johnny, and you could see he was extremely uncomfortable with talking to her. But he suddenly got into it and before we knew it, she gave him a small piece of paper out of her bag and left with a big smile on her face. It had her number on it. And that was the beginning of their beautiful relationship.

Ah Steve. He's changed a lot over the years that he's known me, and let me just say one word; CRAP. He used to have this hidden hate for me that he unleashes only when Soda is a little hacked at me for something. But now that he's older and more mature about everything(also being back from the Vietnam war including Soda), he's warmed up to me. Again, I feel special. He doesn't mind when I tag along with him and Soda on hangout nights. A lot of the times, he'll talk to me and include me in the conversations that he and Soda have. I know Soda's relieved about it. I told him about how I had this weird feeling that Steve hated me, and he grew worried. But now, there was nothing to worry about. Because everything was just fine.

Steve got married about a year after coming back from war; whereas Soda hadn't met Charlotte until a while after he came back. Steve's wife, Kendall, if I could describe her with five words they'd be: spicy, sassy, understanding, independent, and GREASY(there's a reason I capitalized all the letters in the word). She was just like Charlotte, except on a higher level. She was probably one of the number one greasiest girls in the niehgborhood too; she's got white-blonde streaks in her black shoulder-length hair. She always puts it up in a high ponytail and has a small pompadour in the front that highlights the white-blonde streak in her hair. She's got these dark navy blue eyes that sparkle in the sunlight. She understands everything, and offers the best advice. Though I don't see her that often, seeing as how their house is far away, it isn't very often I get usable advice that's really effective. She's about 5' , and loves to wear short skirts. But that's just her.

Steve's little girl, Ofira, she's pretty cool too. We just call her Fire, though. She looks just like Steve, and keeps her hair up in a tight ponytail with a pomp, just like Kendall. She loves to pull pranks on Two-Bit (the prankSTER) and eats lettuce like it was a plate of chocolate chip cookies. She's about thirteen, so she and I hang around each other when we can. She says I'm the only real friend she's ever had, and that I was "digable". She and I told each other lots of things that we could never really tell the gang or anyone, such as the fact that she's crushin on the school hearthrob, Thomas Smith. He's got blue eyes and blonde hair that turns to gold when he's outside on a cloudless day. I can see why she likes him; he's a pretty hot looking soc. The thing is, she HATES socs. Just like her parents. I didn't like them either, seeing as how one kidnapped me and dragged his younger brother into it. George was the only soc I liked, and I was fine with just that.

And last but not least, Dallas Winston. Being his age, he's a law-breaking delinquent prodigy. He's been thrown in jail about thirty times JUST for slapping a cop (and that was all just for kicks or on a dare). He's been to jail about sixty four times just in general! He's even got a record for having the most POLICE RECORDS! (how you could have more than 1, I really have no idea). He's grown to be a little bit more mature than he was back when, but besides the aging process and the rule-breaking, he hasn't changed a bit. Dally's wife, Serenity, she's a definite greaser all right, just like Kendall. I don't really like her, and she's pretty disgusting when it comes to her and Dally, but you know, not every couple you meet will make you like them. She's got medium brown hair (which she never fully combs all the way) and she's so heavy on the eyeliner and lipstick. But I guess she does that to make her hazel eyes pop out. She's about Elizabeth's height, and chews bubble gum like it was a regular meal. Like I said, I didn't really like her, but at least she wasn't as nasty as other girls I've met.

Dally's little girl, Zoe, is about five years old, Kenneth's age, and takes after Serenity's physical appearance. You could tell she was going to be more like Dally when she grows up because already she's a master pick-pocket. She always gives whatever it was that she stole back to the original owner, but sometimes she uses it a little before doing so. She scares me just a tad, but she's always liked me(or that's what Dally and Serenity keep saying) so I'm somewhat comforted at that fact.

There has been so many changes since my parents died. For starters, everyone got married (no duh), which meant that there would be some major housing arrangements. Darry was able to quit one of his jobs and start another for this teaching gig; his pay is way more than what anyone I've ever known has made from thier job. This means that he was able to pay off the mortgage for two months at a time and still have money left over. So, with the help of his roofing buddies from his first job, he was able to pull some strings and add on a second level to our original house. Though it's much more than what him or his co-workers have ever done, there were some people experienced in adding on levels to houses. Sure, it took all the extra money he's made, but it was well worth it. Now, his family is living there, along with Soda's and me. Soda's family occupied the second level, which has two rooms and a bathroom upstairs. Darry's family live in the bottom floor, Darry and Bridget occupying what used to be mom and dad's room, Jerrod and Jerilyn occupying Soda's room, and me getting my room all to myself again. My nightmares disappeared about a year ago, and that's the longest that it's ever been gone for, so Soda started sleeping with Charlotte in their room just to see what would happen. My nightmares didn't come back still. And everyone was grateful for that. Even Steve.

Two-Bit's house was right next door, where Jerrod, Chip, and Zen hung out every single day after school was over. Johnny's house was a block away (like I said), and Dally's house was a block from Johnny's. So we technically still live close together and get to hang out as much as possible.

Everything was all jim and dandy until saturday morning. That was when everything started going a bit, well, chaotic.

Sorry I had to retype one paragraph in this thing because it must've been way too confusing for you guys to comprehend! So, here it is, fixed and hopefully making more sense than it did! :)