Okay, I haven't been on here in such a long time, but I haven't forgotten! I've had a lot of stress and I thought I would blow some steam here….so here it goes. I hope this one is going to be good.

I don't own The Outsiders

(Ponyboy's POV)

Wow, I had such a hard day at school. And it wasn't even necessarily the homework or the tests. .I hate everyone. Well, maybe not everyone, but I hate them. I hate the Socs. They totally just like to pick on other people because they are so bored with their own pathetic lives so they have to pick on someone else's. They like to jump us because they get drunk in their spare time and are bored. They have so much money but waste it on useless things like betting and booze. It really is a wonder to me why society thinks they are so great. I mean, I'm not saying that greasers are heroes or anything, but neither are the Socs. I approached my street sign and turned the corner. I could see Johnny's house from here. I knew I could, but I chose not to look at it. It made me wince every time I looked at the house. Like someone punched me hard, or like there was a tight knot in my stomach. I don't like to think about Johnny. I haven't really talked about him since he died about two months ago. I really haven't moved on, although things at home seem to have been back to normal. I walked up the steps on my front porch and delayed going inside. Things were getting so boring around here. I pictured what was going on inside. Darry would be sitting in the kitchen reading the newspaper and Soda would be sitting on the couch with Steve watching TV. Sure enough, the door swung open and there was Soda on the couch with his best friend, watching some reality show. And Darry was in the kitchen reading the paper. How boring. I just headed to my room without saying a word. Halfway down the hallway, I heard Soda yell,

"Hey Pony!" I stopped and yelled back

"Hey Soda" I was tired even though it was only 2:30 I was tired. I got into my room and plopped onto my bed and pulled up the covers. I pulled the shades down from my bed and closed my eyes.

"Hurry Pony hurry!"

"Johnny wait…….wait…"

" Hurry Pony there almost onto you!"

"Don't let them get me Johnny"

"Pony watch out!"

"Pony! Pony! Ponyboy wake up. You're having another nightmare. Wake up, come on." Soda was shaking me gently and I was thankful it was Soda, not Darry. I looked around and I saw my sheets were soaked from my sweat. Soda wiped my forehead.

"It's okay, baby, it was just another night mare." He pulled me into his chest and I just rested there. It was a dream I kept having. It was where a few Socs were chasing me, some with guns, some with switchblade and plain out knives. Johnny was always way ahead of me and would go so far ahead that he disappeared, leaving me alone to face the Socs. It was terrible.

"You okay?"

"Yeah I think so. What time is it?"

"It's about 11:45. I was just heading to bed." I itched my head.

"I'm still tired. I'm going back to sleep."

"Really? No dinner?"

"No." I turned and pulled the covers up again.

"You know, I hope your not growing or nothing, because you're almost taller than me now." He gave a grin witch made me smile too.

"Yeah, I know. Goodnight."

"Night." He pulled the covers up to and hurled an arm across me.

"Come on Soda and Pony time to get up. Soda you have work and Pony you have school. I opened my eyes to see Soda in shorts wile shirtless. I closed me eyes again. I was still tired. Maybe I was growing. Soda shook me gently.

"Come on Pony I let you sleep for 20 more minutes. Come on." He started tickling my ribs and I sat straight up.

"Alright, alright I'm up! That was 20 minutes? It felt like 2 seconds."

"Yeah yeah come on you have like half an hour to get to school." Soda walked out of the room to the bathroom to put some grease in his hair.

Homeroom is always the hardest thing. It's because you're always tired and it's hard to stay awake. My homeroom is full of Socs. No joke. I'm the only non-Soc and it makes me feel kind of weird. I just sit in the back and put my head down. Some Soc wearing a yellow collar shirt turned around.

"Hey look at the little greaser. What a little nasty…" he went on and I just pretty much ignored him. There wasn't much I could do. There was so many of them and I didn't want to start a fight. I was trying to stay out of trouble. Darry doesn't like it when I get in trouble. I just sat there as they went on laughing at me. Finally the bell rang and I snatched up my notebook and pen and headed out the door. Outside, a group of Socy girls were standing there giggling. One I recognized as Katherine came up to me. She was giggling, but she managed to look me in the eye and say,

"Hey, Ponyboy, I was wondering if you would go out with me sometime or something." I hated it when they did this. They tried to make fun at me. I just politely pushed her out of the way and walked past. She came up to me again. She grabbed my arm and I tried to shake it off. "No, I'm serious. I really like you." She was grinning.

"Yeah sure." Was all I said. This actually made me feel like the dirt we walked on. I wasn't some alien or something. I was just as normal as they were, but poorer.

"No, really" she paused and giggled a little. "I sit by you in math, and you know, I think you're pretty cool. So maybe we can go out?"

"Alright. Fine." What was I getting myself into?

Ok. I hope it wasn't too bad. I've been on writer's block majorly and I hope I can get out of it. Please review!