1 Okay, so this is the continuation of What War Does. Hope you guys like it!

3 years later

Soda's POV

I looked around at my new apartment. It wasn't that new. I had gotten it about a year ago. But I never got used to staring at these walls. At least Steve moved in with me. And Johnny bought an apartment right near mine. He had gotten a job, a pretty good one at that, working at some restaurant. Paid him well, and he finally got out of hell.

Darry was doing great. He had stopped drinking, in hopes that Pony would come back. But he never did. He broke our hearts. He's called. But it was always a bad connection, so we didn't pursue it. He only called every few months, but they stopped last year. I missed him. The whole gang missed him.

Dally refused to hang out with us if we were around Darry. He said that he was a traitor for what he did to Ponyboy. He didn't even care that Darry had stopped drinking. And since we hung out with Darry most of the time, he was hardly ever around.

The door open, and I was suddenly very happy not to be alone. I turned my head and saw Steve.

"Hey buddy, what's up?" Steve dropped next to me, and looked carefully at me again. He sighed.

"You're thinking about Pony again, aren't ya?" He looked closely at me, but I sunk away.

"Yeah. It's hard not to." He nodded, understanding what I was going through.

"Maybe you should get a girl. Get him off of your mind." I gave Steve a skeptical look.

"Do you think a girl would want to date a guy with a two and a half-year-old son?" As if on cue, I heard Josh's cries coming from the bedroom. I got up, and looked into his little room that was completely blue and green, filled with cars and books.

"Daddy?" He looked up at me. I loved him, but he had the same exact eyes as Pony. So every time I looked at him, I was forced to see Pony all over again. I picked Josh up from his bed, and set him on the floor. He loved to play with cars, because Steve practically shoved them at him. But he loved to read. Or, well he tried to. But that's the best he could do. Plus he could say full sentences. He gets it from Pony. Golly, Pony was reading the dictionary at three.

"Daddy, can I go see Uncle Johnny?" He had a funny lisps, since he was still learing how to talk.

"Yeah, but we got to get you dressed first." He quickly got up from his car on the floor, and looked through his clothes in his draws. I helped him get dressed, and ran him over to see Johnny.

I opened the door, and saw Johnny staring disbelievingly at a letter.

"Johnnycakes, what is it?" I was almost scared to know.

"Go check in your mail box Soda." I nodded, and left Josh in front of Johnny's T.V.

I went to the lobby, and opened my mailbox with my key, and took the mail out. A newspaper, bills, and...

This letter looked important. I went back upstairs, and sat next to Johnny. I opened the letter, and noticed a girl's handwriting:

You Are Invited To Ponyboy Curtis's Graduation

You must be Sodapop? Pony's older brother. Well I'm his girlfriend. He doesn't know that I sent these. But I know he wants you here, when he graduates. He got into college and everything. If you can come please call this number, and ask for Mary:

587-934 area code: 867

Thanks,

Mary

Sorry if it's short. I'm just really tired. I'll try to write more soon. Review.