I walked out of the bathroom and push my long brown hair out of my face. When I stepped out, I was enveloped by a bear hug almost crushing me. I laughed and tried to pull away from Darry.
"Shoot kid if you don't eat soon you'll miss school, c'mon get goin'" I ran into the kitchen and took cake from the plat Ponyboy was holding. I practically inhaled the cake and ran into my room grabbing my black chucks and pocketing the switchblade that Dally had grabbed from a store for me. Darry honked the horn and Ponyboy and I ran out of the door for the car. I saw Johnny walking down the street.
"Hey, Darry why don't we offer Johnnycake a ride?" Darry nodded and waked to Johnny, yelling at him to get into the car. Johnny jumped looking around for the person who had yelled at him. When he saw us, he smiled, walked over and hopped in the car.
We all got out of the car and headed for up the steps. Pony saw Cherry Valance, waved then walked over to her. This left Johnny and me. We both had the same homeroom since he was Cade and I was Curtis. I walked in to the room and eyes followed me. I had never had friends in school all my friends were the greasers I hang out with. Ever since last year when Ponyboy, Johnny, and Me were in the paper for being involved with the murder of that Soc. We had all been let off because self-defense. Johnny had just made it; if it weren't for the doctor willing to pay for an operation for his back, he would've been either dead or paralyzed for the rest of his life. I'm sure glad he's here, don't know what I'd do without him. He's the one I can tell anything. Ponyboy walked in mid-thought about Johnny. He smiled and sat down on the other side of me.
"How's Cherry?" I asked genuinely interested, 'cause she digs okay.
"Good, she actually talked to me in front of her Soc friends." He laughed and smiled. The first bell rang and we were off.
During third period, I went off to the girl's bathroom. When I was washing my hands when I heard a knock on the bathroom window. I went over to the window wondering if it was who I thought it was, and just as I thought, it was Dally. He smiled and asked me if I wanted to catch a coke at the Dingo. I told him it was a tuff idea and climbed out the window. Dally and I walked to the Dingo the sun beating down on us. We went through about three cokes and a pack of cigarettes together. When we were done, it was about time to get back to school. So, I ran to the window and had Dal help me back into the bathroom. I smiled at him then shut the window. I was almost going to come out of the bathroom when I heard two familiar voices, Cherry Valance and my brother, Ponyboy. They were talkin' about me too.
"She's just different ever since the Socs jumped her last week. It wasn't even that she got hurt they were off worse one had a bloody nose and two teeth missing, and the other's arm was broken. She just had a bloody nose and a couple of bruises. But she hasn't talked to Johnny since. He's going crazy trying to think what he did wrong. She won't talk to Soda either just me and Dally. I bet that's where she went off today, off with Dally." He trailed off.
"That's awful. Poor Soda I know they've been close for an awful long time. Johnny too she's about the only one who can get him to talk other than you? Ain't she?" Cherry asked then a third voice joined the group the voice of Johnny.