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The Trust Game:

Steve's Story

I was leaving the DX and headed home it was starting to get dark out. I've kept my trap shut about what had happened yesterday. I can't tell anyone, not even Soda..this would kill him. It was so bad that Two Bit and I hadn't even talked to each other. Whenever we did see each other around Darry or someone in the gang was there to make sure that we didn't try to kill each other. I'm not even kidding right now. If I ever find myself face to face with him I would probably strangle him. Funny that I mentioned that cause when I come to the end of the hall I find myself face to face with that bastard. Glaring at him I growl suddenly.

"Get out of the way or else."

"Is that a threat?"

"Man it's whatever you want it to be." He goes red with embarrassment or anger and brings his arm up as if to hit me. I on the other hand make no move at all; just stare at him. Go ahead and do it, I think. He was already driving me over the edge. At that I have a flashback to that night.

As Twp Bit began to start the car Ponyboy and I quickly hopped inside. We sped off unaware of the dangers we still faced ahead. I can remember after some point the car just speeding up.

"Slow down, man." I called out and Two Bit replied.

"It's not me." That freaked me out some because I looked out the window and saw we were driving on black ice. The road is so slick and up ahead I can see Lake Whitney frozen over but the car wasn't stopping any time soon. This wasn't good at all.

I can't swim

We could get stuck

Overall I just had that gut feeling

The crappy part about this whole thing was that there wasn't anything we could do. The Kid wasn't helping out wither when he started freaking out. He seriously needed to calm down because we were already under enough pressure as it was. Now was the time to make a decision; it was either find a way out or stay in the car and die. Yeah... not going to happen. So I unlocked the door and jumped for it. Luckily I landed in the soft snow and got out just in time. As for Leo and the kid? They weren't looking so hot.

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