2 weeks with no electronics really changes u…. anywayssss heeey what's up! Idk how I came up with this idea but u know, I think too much so, here it is.

Ponyboy:13

Johnny:16

Dally:17

Steve:17

Soda:16

Darry:19

Twobit:18

DISCLAIMER: I. DO. NOT. OWN. THE. OUTSIDERS.

Chapter 1: Framed

(Steve's POV)

"Hey Sodapop!" Ponyboy said as he entered the DX.

He drives me crazy. Always bugging soda at work. Always annoying me. Hah, even making Dar suffer. He needs to pay for actions.

"Hey pony!" Sodapop smiled at the sight of pony. "What're ya doing here?"

"Well, figured I'd come here and just chill for a little while. And plus your my big bro. Just wanted to stop and see you for a bit." Pony smiled slightly. I rolled my eyes at his comment. He's so pathetic. Always using that innocent kid act. It's so annoying and clearly fake.

"Wow, I'm flattered." Soda joked. "Haha, anyways I'm getting off at 6 today, gatta pay bills soon and we are runnin' low on cash." Soda said running his hand threw his hair. Pony frowned at that comment.

It's all Pony's fault that soda has to work so hard. Soda's already exhausted and working full hours at age 16. At this rate he'll work himself to death. All. Pony's. Fault.

"I'm sorry soda…" Pony replied quietly looking down. He looked awful sad and guilty. Which he should be. He's breaking soda.

"It's not your fault pone," soda smiled. "Don't feel bad. Anything for your health. I don't care if u needed even more stitches health is first."

Pony walked up and hugged soda.

Last week he was being an idiot and tripped over the tv cord, causing a long deep cut to form on his leg. I heard him scream from the kitchen. Best sound I've heard in a while. Anyways I hate him.

Haha, it was sickening. I'm sick and tired of pony always hurting the gang, especially Soda. He's exhausted and he needs a break but all pony does is whine and complain.

I need to find a way to get rid of him.

"Alright I-I'll catch you later Soda!" Pony smiled and waved as he left the DX.

Perfect.

I might not be as smart as pony was at his age, but I'm smarter than he is at the moment. I'm not just some stupid greaser who smokes all day and steals beers, I'm pretty smart. I just choose not to show it.

Pony gets all the credit for being smart though. Always stealing the spotlight from everyone else. Everyone loves him because he's the "baby" of the gang. I don't care how old he is, he's an annoying brat who should be punished.

And I know just the way to do it… get him erased permanently.

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(3rd person POV)

Steve told soda he had to leave early for work to do something at his house for his dad so he wouldn't get mad. Before he left, he took a rope out of the garage of the DX and a coke. Of course making sure soda didn't see it.

Steve actually started heading towards bucks place first. If you didn't order alcohol there your drink was always drugged.

"Perfect…" Steve thought.

Finally Steve had all the things he needed for his plan. He was smiling the widest grin anyone's ever seen. He started heading towards to Curtis house to meet pony there.

"It's time to get rid of you once and for all…" he said quietly to himself as he smirked evilly.

Once he arrived at the house he hid his stuff so pony wouldn't see it. He brought the coke with him though.

SLAM

"Aye ponyboy! Come 'ere I got somethin' important to tell ya!" Steve yelled from the living room.

"What do you want Steve." Pony groaned as he walked towards the living room.

"First of all I bought you a coke." Steve said handing it to pony who took it in a heartbeat. "And second I actually want to talk to you."

"Thanks for the coke Steve, now what cha wanna talk about?" Pony said as he started drinking the coke.

"Well I wanted to talk about-"

Steve kept rambling about different things, he knew that pony would be out of it, so soon he wouldn't care. And he was right.

"Steve I don't feel so good…" pony said as he was swaying on his feet back and forth.

After a bit, he collapsed.

Steve smiled brightly. His plan was coming together perfectly.

Steve then walked over to the bathroom and grabbed a razor that soda used to shave with. He broke it and took only the part that cuts out or it.

As he walked back over to pony, he felt very happy. This was the best thing that has happened in his life. And he was ready for it.

Steve knelt down and grabbed Pony's wrists. He cut them all the way up to his shoulders to make it look like he cut himself. He also mixed salt and water together on the counter and put it on Pony's face so that when it dries it would look like tear tracks.

After he got the preparation done, he took one of Pony's writings and wrote pony suicide note looking at his writings to imitate Pony's writing style.

Steve laughed evilly, now all he has to do was tie a noose and hang it on the rod that runs through the living room ceiling. It was almost 6 so he had to do this quickly. He hung the noose up, then carried Pony's body towards it. He put pony head through the hole and hesitated to let pony go.

He deserves it. Right?

"Bye, bye Ponyboy." He whispered in his ear. He let go of pony and let him hang.

He pulled up a chair underneath pony so it looks more real. He tipped it over also, putting the note right next to it.

Steve then ran out of the back door of the house as fast as he could. He couldn't be spotted.

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(Soda's POV)

"Finally, it's 6! Work is so tiring.." I thought. I was finally off and really happy about it. But first I wanted to round up the gang so they could all hang out, excluding Steve. He had some things to take care of with his dad.

Darry's probably on his way home by now so I figured I'd meet him there. So I just called up the gang to meet me outside of our house in 3 minutes. I ran home cause I was very happy. I don't know, today I was just real, hm, joyful.

About 3 minutes later the gang and I were all outside of the house. Darry had just pulled up as Johnny and Dally approached us.

"Hey Dar!"I yelled as I smiled and waved.

"Hey little buddy, lets head inside, it's getting cold." Darry stated.

We all just started walking up the stairs to our house, but I suddenly felt a cold chill shoot up my spine. I ignored it and walked in.

When I stepped into the living room, what I saw was horrifying.

My baby brother was hanging by his neck, unmoving on a rope. He had cuts going all up his arms. His face was red and his lips were blue. All the life in his eyes were nearly drained. His bright dancing green eyes now turning to a dull grey. His finger tips were turning a ugly purple shade. My heart just broke at the sight. I started hyperventilating. I felt like I couldn't breathe. I couldn't believe my eyes.

"PONY! NO NO NO! PONY, PONYBOY!" I screamed at the top of my lungs. I was crying harder than I've ever cried before.

"NO! NO PONY! WHY!?" I screamed. I tried to get him off of the noose but it was no use. I kept screaming at the top of my lungs, my vision blurred with tears.

"PONYBOY! NO! WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS!? PONY!" I screamed once more.

I felt every ounce of happiness leave my body. I couldn't take the sight. My little, 13 year old brother had hung himself. I don't know why he would do it…until I spotted a note on the floor. Still sobbing I picked it up and read it in my head.

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(Darry's POV)

The whole gang was at our house as I pulled up, well excluding Steve. I went outside and greeted everyone telling them we should go inside. We all walked up to the door but before anyone opened it I felt a chill go down my arms. It was weird. Figured it was just because I was cold.

We all walked into the house but what we saw was something I hoped to never see in my life. Ponyboy was hanging in the living room by his neck. It didn't look like he was breathing. I saw the tear marks on his cheeks, and cuts on his arms that looked awful.

My baby brother had hung himself.

He looked dead. I could feel tears start to stream down my face. Soda was screaming and sobbing at the top of his lungs. He tried to get Pony off with all the strength he had. His attempts were useless.

Soon I let out a few sobs. Then I got an idea.

"Twobit give me your switchblade, now!" I yelled through handed it to me without hesitation. I ran over to pony and started sawing the rope. It took a bit but it worked and I caught pony before he hit the floor.

I set him down gently while taking the noose of of his neck. I was sobbing harshly now. Pony began convulsing on the ground, and I felt the most helpless I've ever felt in my life. He still wasn't breathing and I saw the red mark the rope made around his neck. It was the worst thing I've ever seen in my life.

I began to sob harshly holding Pony's head in my lap and the floor. I knew that one of the gang already called the paramedics so I made no attempt to move.

"Pony, baby…why? We need you pony why would you do this?" I cried in a soft voice. My body wracking violently with sobs.

"Pony we all love you so much! Why would you do this to us!?" I screamed. I felt my mental barrier break and I was now in hysterics.

I cried hard. So hard in fact that I began to gag. I didn't care anymore, all I wanted was for Pony to be happy, but he had tried to kill himself. His convulsions became more violent and the last bit of his sparkling green eyes were almost all gone. Thankfully I heard the ambulance pull up.

They took pony and strapped him to the stretcher to prevent him from moving so much. And in an instant they took him away.

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(Johnny's POV)

The gang and I all decided to meet up at the Curtis house for the night so I just decided to go. Not like I had anywhere to be.

Dal decided to come also. It was going to be a great night. Once we all got there we greeted each other and then walked to the door. I saw that everyone slightly paused before opening the door, which was odd. Something just seemed off.

Once we opened the door, everyone froze in their tracks. Soda began screaming, and Darry crying. The rest of the gang staring at what was before them.

Ponyboy tried to commit suicide by hanging himself. My best friend in the whole wide world was hanging there, lifeless. Presumably Dead. He usually always tells me when he's sad, but I guess the smile on his face easily hid what he was feeling. I never thought that pony would do this. He's only 13! He felt the need to end his life at such a young age. I felt horrible with the fact he felt like he couldn't talk to me about this. Maybe if I had made him feel more like he could trust me this wouldn't of happened.

I began to silently sob as I saw Darry begin to saw the rope with Twobit switch blade. Eventually it became to much for me to handle, and my vision filled with black dots.

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(Twobit's POV)

The gang and I all walked up to the door ready to go in. The good feeling I had instantly gone. Opening the door, it revealed the most disturbing sight I've ever seen.

The boy I loved like a brother so much was, well so I thought, dead. No movement at all. And it looked as if he killed himself. There were cuts on his arms running all the way up to his shoulders. I never thought I'd see anything more horrible in my whole life. Tears began leaking from my eyes, I made no attempt to wipe them away. Soda was screaming and blaming himself for this and Darry was sobbing into his palms.

Darry soon turned around and asked me for my switch blade. I took it out and gave it to him in an instant. He sounded broken, he sounded like we was 15 more so than 19. I'd never seen Darry in this state before.

I ran to the phone right after that and called the paramedics. Once I turned around again I saw Darry in hysterics holding Pony's head in his lap as pony convulsed. Superman finally broke, shedding all the feelings he's been holding in for years. He and soda were in hysterics and they needed someone to be strong for them. I needed to stop crying and help.

Just as I was going to try and comfort them I saw someone fall.

It was Johnny. He had fainted, probably from being over whelmed. I ran over to him and lifted him up. Dally then realized what had happened and took Johnny from my arms.

Dally looked broken. He looked hurt, ashamed, angry, confused. He looked like he was filled with grief. Yet he never shed a tear. He brought Johnny up to his chest real tight and stared down at pony.

The sight was too depressing so I turned away and silently cried. The paramedics came eventually, taking Pony away from Darry. That completely broke him. Broke me too.

I could no longer hold in the sobs that were threatening to escape my lips. My little brother, might be dead. And he was murdered. Murdered by himself.

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(Dally's POV)

We all soon arrived at the Curtis house. It was a real boring day so I was not really minding the meet up. It's usually like that anyways. We all walked up to the door, but with slight hesitation. I have no idea why but I didn't pay much mind to it.

Once we stepped foot into the house everyone gasped. Ponyboy was hanging by a noose. He had tried to kill himself.

"You stupid idiot!" I thought. "YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT. NEVER USED YOUR HEAD." I said under my breath.

I felt my eyes begin to sting from tears. I don't know why that was happening. I keep telling myself I don't care about him, but you can't lie to someone who won't listen. I do care about Pony, I love him like a brother.

I knew that I couldn't hide my expressions anymore, but I could hide the tears. I had to stay tough. I shed tears for nobody. Soda was screaming and yelling, while superman was sobbing harshly. They've been through so much, I don't know if they can take this.

Twobit had handed Darry his beloved switchblade and then called 911. Darry was sawing at the rope and soon pony fell into his arms. He was convulsing very violently. It was the hardest thing to watch in my entire life.

I've seen people die, I've seen murderers. But nothing could prepare me for this.

"This is what heart brake feels like…" I thought to myself. Soon I saw someone fall in my peripheral vision.

Johnny!

I ran over to Twobit who was holding him and too him out of his arms. I pulled Johnny close to me and held him like there was no tomorrow. I couldn't look at Johnny right now. I would break. I looked back at pony and he was convulsing even more violently than before.

I was sure I was ganna crack when all of a sudden the paramedics burst through the door taking pony onto the stretcher and rushing him out to the ambulance.