"Little do you know im still haunted by the memmories"
1 month after everything happend
Ponyboy's POV
I was walking to the lot one day and I came allong the spot there Johnny and I sat the night I ran away, it brought back all of the memmories of that night. Everything came flooding back into my mind, I started to tear up a little. Iwalked up to a tree on he outside of the lot next to the spot and sat down by it, I resteed my head up aginst the tree.
Everything was going through my mind like what if i hadent run away? what if I didnt run into that burning building to save the kids? What if Johnny had lived?
I just sat there thinking about anything and everything. after a little while I got up I reached into my back pocket and grabbed my switchblade and started carving into the tree making sure not to make the letters too big and too deep. after I was dont I had carved...
"Stay Gold, Johnathan Cade Born Gold died Golden"
Into the tree, I took a last look at it and started walking back to the house. As I was walking home I was still thinking what if Johnny hadent died?
Like I miss him he was my best friend of course id miss him the worst thing was is that I knew what his father was doing to him and I couldn't do anything, witch broke my heart a little because I loved him like a brother and now hes... gone.
I finally got home and i was on my way up to my room "Hey Pony whats wrong, Your mopping around." Soda said to me
"Nothin' just thinkn' ya know." I replied
"thinkin' bout' what?" Soda asked
I sighed " thinkin' bout'... what if Johnny hadent died and what if I hadent ran away that night." I said looking my brother in the eye then looking at the ground
"Oh." was all Soda said
I nodded and went to my room, I closed the door and laied on my bed with my hands behing my head looking up at the cieling, I just laied there and thought, What if I hadent ran way that night would Johnny have killed Bob and would he have ended up dead?
I looked out the window and the sun was setting it looked like it did that morning in the church with Johnny
"Natures first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf's a flower,
but only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to greif,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay."
I said thinking of Johnny the whole time, He was the only one I ever saw a sunrise/sunset with I miss him so much.
with that I went to bed thinking of all the good times I had with Johnny.
By: Darci Freeman