Disclaimer; I don't own The Outsiders, but it'd be kinda cool if I did.

When I stepped out into the bright sunlight, from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and some tape. I sighed as I listened to my little brother blabber on about something that happened at school. The kid just wouldn't shut up. I groaned as we walked on.

"Hey Pony?" he suddenly said as we were walking back home.

"What now?" I groaned. I was getting tired of him asking me questions. I know he's curious about everything, but out of all people, why'd he have to bug me? Why couldn't he bug Darry or Soda, or better yet, Steve?

"What's two times two?" he asked me innocently.

"Four." I answered hastily. He looked up at me with his big hazel eyes which were full of confusion.

"No? Isn't it six?" Oh for the love of God, kill me now.

"No," I said while rolling my eyes. "It's four. If you would stop sleeping during class, you would know it's four."

He cocked his eyebrow, "How the fuck is it four?" Oh great. I see he's been hanging out with Dally again.

I gave him a stern glare, which he mimicked back at me almost perfectly.

"Stop cussin', if Darry hears you, he'll flip."

"What Darry won't know, won't kill him." he replied coolly.

I sighed irritated. "Stop gettin' mouthy." He was obviously enjoying annoying me.

"Geez, Pone, when'd you turn into Darry." I glared at him, which he equally returned. Man, this kid never stops, does he.

"Nicky, can you once in your life, just shut up?" I was ready to slap the kid.

Nicky in return looked up at me, with his eerily similar Sodapop grin.

"Nope."

I clenched my teeth as we continued walking, Nicky now whistling the Mickey Mouse tune.

Two-Bit once said that if Darry, Soda, and I were to have a kid, it'd be Nicky. Of course we looked at him weirdly, but I can't help but say it's true. He's defiantly a mixture between us. He has curly chestnut brown hair, and big hazel eyes. He might not look much like us, but he sure as hell acts like a Curtis.

He's a lot like Soda. He's restless, hyper, and absolutely hates school.

But then again, he's also like Darry, because he tries to be tough, and he has glare down to a T. It's actually really creepy if you've seen it in person.

Lot of people say he's like me too since he has my sarcastic remarks, and forgetfulness. I don't really see it, since he's an annoying brat who bothers me to no end.

But that's Nicky, our six, almost seven year old brother. We never get along though. Soda says it's because we're too alike, but I beg to differ. He's just too immature. Everyone keeps telling me that I was exactly like him when I was six, but I don't believe it. I especially hate it when they call him a mini Pony because of how crazy he acts. From what I remember when I was six, I wasn't ever as obnoxious as he is.

Speaking of hating, one thing Nicky hates is to be called Nicky. When he was born, our grandpa had just passed away, so mom named him after our grandfather, Nicolas. However when he was two, dad gave him the nickname Snickers, since he always was eating one. Nicky was overjoyed with that name, because he always wanted a cool name like mine and Soda's. Don't ask me why though, he's a weird kid. When our parents died, we kind of stopped calling him Snickers, and just called him Nicky. I guess we haven't called him Snickers in a while because it reminded us of dad, and it hurt too much to think of him. Hell, even 5 months later it still hurt to think about them.

Just as we were walking down the street, I noticed a red Corvair trailing us. Oh shit. I grew more anxious as they were getting closer and closer. I guess Nicky noticed them too because now he was starting to walk a little faster, but it was no use. I heard footsteps behind us, and before I knew it, we were getting tackled onto the ground. They had me and Nicky pinned to the ground in seconds.

"Need a haircut greaser?" A Soc I didn't recognize said as he menacingly brought the blade to my throat.

"Leave him alone, stupid head!" Oh no.

The Socs gave their attention to Nicky, who was staring at them intently with his hazel eyes, despite being pinned on the ground.

The Soc that held the blade was starting to laugh, and not a good kind of laugh either.

"Aw, look, it's baby greaser. Should we give him a haircut too?" Before I could react, the Soc poked his blade into Nicky's neck, causing it to bleed. Nicky cried out in shock and I started screaming for Soda, Darry, anybody.

"Someone shut them up!" I felt a something being shoved in my mouth. I tried to scream, but it was useless. Then I heard another set of yells, and heard footsteps coming from the distance. In a second, the Socs jumped up, and ran back to their cars.

I sat up, and helped Nicky up. He looked terrified. His normally wide eyes were even wider and he was pale. But as soon as he saw the gang, his color seemed to come back.

In a flash, Darry was next to us, looking us over, very concerned.

"Are y'all alright?" he asked as he pulled me up a little to gruffly for my liking. I nodded, and watched as he examined Nicky's cut.

"How about you?" Darry asked him as he checked the cut over. Nicky swatted his hands away and huffed.

"I'm fine Dar, stop touchin' me." I rolled my eyes as Soda came over looking really worried.

"Are y'all okay?" he asked as he looked us over too. His eyes widened when he got a glimpse at Nicky's cut. In an instant he kneeled down and examined it.

Just like before, Nicky swatted Soda's hand away, getting very annoyed at people touching him.

"I'm fine Soda. It's just a cut."

Soda chuckled. "Just a cut huh? It looks mighty painful for it to be just a cut." Nicky shrugged until a thought came into his mind that made his eyes light up.

"Do you think it'll scar?" he asked excitedly. Soda gave him a strange look, and grinned.

"I don't know baby, maybe if you're lucky."

"That'd be so tuff!" he exclaimed as he got up and started walking, bouncing with each step. He turned around after he was a few steps away. "And don't call me baby!"

Soda laughed as we started walking back home. He looked over at Darry who sighed exasperated.

"Looks like we got ourselves a mini hood, huh Dar?"

Darry looked at him wearily. "Don't even bring it up Soda." Soda gave him his famous grin, and Darry couldn't help but grin back. Soda got me in a headlock and ruffled my hair.

"And how's my other baby brother?" He joked as I started to re-comb my hair.

"I'm fine, just a little shaken up is all." Soda looked at me sympathetically before he patted my back. By then, Dallas was next to us, walking. The rest of the gang were in the back, except for Two-Bit who was chatting with Nicky about his cut. I nodded my greeting to him before he lit up a cigarette.

"Hey Dal, I didn't know you got out of the cooler."

He exhaled the smoke, "Yea, got off for good behavior." I nodded again. By then Johnny showed up by my side and we started chatting a little before Dally interrupted.

"Hey, I was thinking about going to the drive-in tomorrow night to hunt some action. Y'all wanna go?" he motioned over to Johnny and I. Before I could answer, Darry stepped in,

"No he can't, he has to watch Nicky and finish his homework." He said all the while staring at me. I rolled my eyes.

"Come on Dar, just tonight?"

"No Ponyboy, you still need to finish your book report and you promised me you'd watch Nicky."

I heaved a sigh and looked over at Dally. "Guess not."

Dallas looked over at Johnny who had been quiet this whole time.

"How about you Johnnycakes?" he said as he finished off his cigarette.

"Sorry Dal, but I think I'll pass," he said quietly. "I think I'll stay with Pony."

Dallas shrugged. "Suit yourself."

I wasn't thrilled about having to watch my brother, but atleast I had Johnny to keep me company. Besides, how hard could it be?

A/n: Yeah, yeah I know new story, I couldn't help it. But I've been writing this since January, trying to get Nicky's personality down just right is really hard, so I hope y'all enjoyed it. ;) What'd y'all think? If y'all didn't like it, I'll delete it, and we'll never speak of it again haha. But idk, to me it's a little refreshing to see another brother, rather than a sister. BTW; Trapped will be updated sometime this week, so keep a heads up! Also; if y'all have a question about anything, feel free to ask me on my account! The link is on my profile. Even if you don't have an account, you can still ask me questions! J Thanks for reading! I know it's a little short, but next will be longer, I promise!