This idea just dawned on me. I hope you like it.
Disclaimer: I do not own the Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Chapter one
Ponyboy was a successful man. Despite his rough childhood, his good grades got him into an Ivy League college. He married a nice young lady he met in college one day. They married, and settled in a small town in Connecticut, far away from where Pony had grown up. He liked it that way.
Ponyboy looked into the mirror one day. His reflection, a young handsome man, looked back at him. He looked down at his children, Katie, and Caleb, both three years of age. Twins they were. He knew what he had to do. For his sake. For his wife's sake. For his children's sake.
He brushed passed his children, who were awaiting a good bye hug from their before he went off to work as a lawyer. He took down an old suitcase and filled it with jeans and t-shirts. Clothes he wore as a child, a teenager.
He picked up his suitcase, and pulled his coat on. He went downstairs, and started to open the front door.
" Where are you going?" Katie asked.
" On a trip," Pony answered.
" Will you be back soon?" Caleb asked his father.
" Sure I will," He lied to his son. His only son.
Ponyboy opened the door to his house and went outside into he icy air. He took a deep breath, and climbed into his car. He started the engine, and took off to the place where so many good times where spent as bad.
" Where's daddy?" Pony's wife, July asked as she came down the stairs.
" He went on a trip," Katie answered.
July took a deep breath, and tears started to well up in her eyes. He had been talking about this ' trip' for a long time now. She didn't think he would actually go through it.
" Go get ready for school," she barked. " Now."
Her children hurried past her, and into their rooms. They had never dressed themselves before.
The twins returned downstairs a few minutes later. Katie was in a shirt and skirt that didn't match, and Caleb's pants were on backwards. Katie took a brush and tried to comb her hair, but only succeeded in making it worse.
July saw her twins' sorry attempts to dress themselves, and laughed between sobs.
" Are you okay, Mommy," Katie asked.
" Yeah, I'm fine," she smiled to her little girl. " Are you guys ready for school?"
" Yeah," Caleb said. " Will daddy pick us up from school?"
" No he won't," his mother responded. " get in the car."
They got into the car, and they were off to nursery school.
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