Ponyboy's POV:

The light from the Sun peeked through the window that was on the other side of the room. Soda's hand was wrapped around my stomach in a protective manner as he slept by my side. The clock on the far side of the room was barely visible in the somewhat dim lighting. Realizing what time it was I groaned and shook Soda's shoulder. His let out a groan and shifted slightly before relaxing once again. Realizing that I would have to get Darry to wake him up I pulled myself out of his grasp and walked out the door.

School had ended almost 2 weeks ago because of Summer vacation. That meant I would get to spend the Summer with my brothers. Looking around I noticed that no one was up yet except for me. Even Darry wasn't up yet. Looking towards the stairs and back at the door I did something I never thought I would do again, I went out to the lot without a blade.

Things had changed since the fire in Windrixville. Dally and Johnny have gotten closer than ever. It almost made me jealous. I know I have the rest of the gang and all but none of us have a connection like Johnny and Dally. I've been trying to get closer to people while at the same time pushing them away. My brothers have failed to notice the distance that has been growing between us over the past few months. Sometimes I wish they would. I need a shoulder to lean on sometimes.

My mind was wandering to the fire in Windrixville and everything that had happened afterward. The beating I took from the Socs had almost knocked me on my ass for a few days. Johnny had actually believed he was going to die and Dally did something that almost got him killed.

I wasn't paying attention to where I was going and ended up running into some of the Socs that had it out for the gang. The leader, Jacob, had brown hair that spiked at the tips and steel blue eyes that almost always seemed a cold gray. His gang wasn't much better, though. They all seemed pretty threatening and even managed to make jump once or twice. I know it sounds odd that someone like me would be able to get scared by some Soc but you haven't seen some of the battles that we had gotten into with their gang. I was almost killed at one point.

"If it isn't Ponyboy Cutis. What are you going out her on your own handsome? Shouldn't your brothers be with you?" My mouth opened but no words came out. My hand was shaking violently as he reached over and ran a finger behind my ear. A shudder escaped me which made him chuckle slightly. His eyes stared into mine for a moment before he turned to his gang and waved them off. It was official, it was just the two of us now. One 16-year-old against a 14-year-old. "I wonder how easy it would be to get you to open up a bit."

Pulling me closer to him he wrapped an arm around my waist and used the other to push hair behind my ear. His face was dangerously close to mine and I was afraid for my life. He started to laugh slightly as I struggled against his grasp. he pulled my face towards his and he locked his lips with my own. I kept struggling and fighting against his grasp but he wouldn't stop. He started to lift my shirt up and take it off of me. The air whipped around my bare skin as he pulled me even closer. When he let go he dropped me to the ground and pulled out a switch.

"Let's see how you can handle pain." He chuckled slightly and started cutting my arms. I started struggling against him as he kept making the cuts. When he decided the lower half of my left arm was dealt with he moved to the top half and started to carve his name carefully into my arm. My shouts of pain seemed to be going to deaf ears as he continued with his "fun".

"Soda, Two-Bit, Darry, help!" My shouts faded into nothing as the tell boy once again rammed his lips into mine. A chuckle escaped his throat as he lifted me up off the ground. I was violently shaking as he started to move his hands up my back and lock me in his embrace. My shouts of help seemed to be pointless by this point. I was starting to feel weaker and weaker with every passing second as he abused the fact that no one could save me. That's when I heard it. The sound of people running towards me. The sound of people's bodies hitting the ground and then struggling to get up as they continued to get beaten. Jacob placed me on the ground gently as he turned to fight the gang. Opening my eyes and lifting myself up I watched as everyone turned against him. He let out a low growl and ran. That's when I saw them, Steve and Dally's golden eyes.

A feeling of warmth passed over me as I was picked up bridal style and carried back home. The quiet words that were spoken between the gang kept me awake. Groaning slightly I changed my position so that I could see the person carrying me. I was surprised when I saw that it was Two-Bit. His gray eyes had a golden tint to them as he held me close to him the low growl that escaped his throat was followed by him mumbling something that I couldn't quite hear. I heard a screen door open and the sound of someone shouting. My wounds were cleaned up and taken care of and aspirin was handed to me. Gladly taking it I managed to sit up and look around to see the worried glances from the rest of the gang.

"What happened to ya Pony? You look awful." I turned toward Johnny and flinched when I saw how nervous and worried he was. I couldn't help but sigh and start contemplating what I was going to say.

"I ran into Jacob's gang when I went out this morning. He forced me to have a make out session with him before cutting my arm. He took my shirt off and started to move his hands up my back. He had cut my arms as you guys can already tell." They all gave each other worried glances and I saw a look in Dally's eyes that I wish I never had... lust. He wanted something from me and I don't know what it was Darry gave him a look and he shook his head back and forth.

Sodopop's POV

I stared at Pony and wished at that second that I could tell him everything. I wanted him to know that the gang wasn't human. The look in his eyes when he saw Dal's golden eyes made me wonder if what we were doing was right. If it was a good thing that we were hiding our true selves from him. He didn't deserve that. He didn't deserve the secrets that we were keeping from him. I can't stand it anymore.

A sharp pain hit my side and I stared at where the purple plant hit me. I gulped slightly and gave Darry a look that said "help". He stared at me for a moment before seeing the plant on my side. His eyes widened and he pulled it off and chucked it away from me as far as he was able to. I gave him a nod and turned back towards Pony who had gotten lost in thought. Motioning for Darry and the others to follow I left Two-Bit and Pony in the living room by themselves.

A/N: Hey guys! I hope you guys liked this chapter. I'll try to update as soon as I can. I don't own The Outsiders or any of the characters except for Jacob's gang. I'm not sure what else to say. Please review and give me some ideas. If I choose the idea a short story will be posted down here for you guys to read it. Thanks for reading this chapter and I can't wait until I can get the next one started. By beloved greasers and socs.