AN: Thought about writing another fic. I wonder how this one will go. Feel free to leave helpful comments, like spelling, grammar, punctuation, and etc. (I know I'm pretty bad at that. But I see many people here who can help.) Oh and Johnny and Dally are not dead, just to make it easy for me. I tried to write one without them. But I kept mentioning them. So they're not dead.

Declaimer: I don't own the Outsiders, SE Hinton does. But I do own Valarie Martin.

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Ch. 1- Still Living

September 1966

Johnny sat up on the hospital bed; there was only one thing on his mind. How was he alive? He looked down at his hands, in disbelieve. How was it possible to still be alive?

"Glory, a miracle came upon me." Johnny said out loud to himself. He still had a tad bit of pain in his back. But sooner or later it'll go away.

The door to Johnny's room slowly opened. Ponyboy peered in with both Sodapop and Steve behind him.

"How are you doing, Johnnycake?" Ponyboy asked, as he walked over to the bed. "Good, I guess." Johnny said in his usual low voice.

"How's Dallas doing? Is he okay?" Johnny asked for his friend. Ponyboy shrugged. "Don't know? We were going to see him, after you."

Johnny sight and looked over at Sodapop and Steve. He notices Soda's expression; he didn't have that happy-go-lucky smile on him. But Johnny didn't bother asking.

"Hey where, ol' Two-bit go?" Steve asked. Ponyboy and Sodapop shrugged. "I thought he was with us?" Sodapop said.

"Young man, those wheelchairs are patients!" A nurse yelled on the other side. Ponyboy began to laugh.

"Shouldn't have bothered asking, now I know where he's at." Steve said. Johnny wanted join in the laugh but couldn't, he felt pain when he tried.

Just a few seconds Two-bit came in, with one of his famous grins. "How's it going, Johnnykid!" Johnny lightly smiled.

"I'm doing alright." Johnny said. Two-bit made his way, and leaned against the wall. "Hey ya'll how about we go see, Dally now?" Steve asked.

"Alright well, we'll come back Johnny." Soda before Steve, Two-bit, and him left. Ponyboy stayed wanting to talk to Johnny, about some things.

"Geez, some things happened when we're gone at Windrixville." Ponyboy said. Johnny looked at him, puzzled.

"Really?" Johnny asked cocking an eyebrow. "Like what?" Ponyboy sat back agents, the chair he sat in.

"Remember Soda's girl, Sandy?" Ponyboy questioned. "Yeah." Johnny simple answered.

"Just so happens, that Sandy got pregnant off of some other guy." Johnny's eyes widen in surprise.

"Sure don't sound like, Sandy." Johnny said. "Since she got pregnant, she moved to Florida to live with her grandmother."

"And then Soda, tired to send her a letter. But Sandy mailed it back, unopened." Ponyboy said lastly.

"Mmm… No wonder Soda didn't have a smile on his face." Johnny said lowly. Ponyboy sight and nodded.

"Oh and another thing, we got new neighbors." Ponyboy said. "And glory, can those people yell. Every night I can hear a man and women hollering at each other."

Johnny looked down; it remained him of his parents. Always hollering at each other. Or even worse at him.

"So did the doctor tell you, when you're getting out?" Ponyboy asked Johnny.

"He said maybe in a couple of days. They still have run a few tests on me." Johnny explained. Ponyboy nodded, and then Soda came into the room.

"Hey Pone, we're leaving." He said. Ponyboy got up, and looked over at Johnny. "Well I see ya later, Johnnycake." Johnny light nodded his head and looked down.

"See ya tomorrow, Johnny." Soda said before Ponyboy and he left.

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AN: Okay hopefully this is a decent start. (I know the chapter was pretty short. I won't let that happen again.) I don't introduce my OFC character right away. Not till chapter 2 or 3. I kind of don't know how to bring her into the story XD but anyways hopefully this was good. And seriously I don't want her to be all Mary Sueish.