It was a normal day in the Curtis household. Darry and Soda were getting home from work, Ponyboy was in his room doing homework, and Steve, Dally, Two-bit, and Johnny were entering behind the two oldest Curtis brothers.

Everything was going fine until Darry saw that the dishes weren't done.

"Ponyboy get down here right now!" He yelled.

"What's wrong?" Pony asked as he descended the stairs.

"Why the he'll aren't the dishes done?" He glared.

"I was gonna do them after I finished my homework."

"They were supposed to be done last night."

"I know but I fell asleep. Sorry."

"Get them some now before finishing your homework, which I expect to all be right."

Ponyboy sighed and started on the dishes. Just as he was finishing the last one Two-bit snuck up behind him, picked him up, and spun him in a circle as a joke. Unfortunately that caused him to drop the last dish on Steve's foot, which was near the fridge.

"Son of a..." Steve cut himself off and took off his sock and looked at his bleeding foot.

"What's going on?" Soda asked.

"Your little brat tried to cut off my toe." Steve indicated to the broken plate.

"Are you serious Pony. Look at the mess." Soda snapped.

"I didn't mean to. When Two-bit picked me up I lost my grip."

"So now it's Two-bit's fault?" Darry asked.

Two-bit just watched the scene play out. He felt bad for Ponyboy. It really wasn't his fault. Two-bit however couldn't bring himself to defend the youngest Curtis as he was focused on the arguing.

"What's going on in here?" Dallas said as he and Johnny finally walked in.

"Ponyboy's acting like an idiot as usual." Steve answered.

"Why don't you ever use your head?" Darry glared.

"I didn't mean to."

"Just get lost for a while Pony." Surprisingly that request came from Soda.

Two-bit, Dally, and Johnny all felt bad for Ponyboy. He didn't deserve to be treated this way just for one little mistake.

Unfortunately Ponyboy took Sodapop's little comment too seriously and ran out of the house.

The next chapter will be up some time today. Please comment and let me know what you think.