Chapter 1

A/N: I don't own the Outsiders, that belongs to S.E. Hinton. Hopefully the characters won't be way OOC. If they are I apologize for that. Enjoy and rate and comment! All of the characters are alive!

16 year old Ponyboy Curtis was walking home from school, when he saw a little dog that had black spots on it. He walked over to it, picked it up and decided to take him home. I wonder what Darry's going to say. He thought as he walked to his house.

When he got to the house, the first thing that he did was get food for the dog. As he was doing this, he heard Darry's pickup coming up the road, he ran and hid the dog in his and his brother's room. He ran into the living room and was there when his brothers came in the door.

"Hey Pony, how was school today?" Darry asked as he put his stuff down.

"School was just like every other day." Pony replied.

Soda came in and put his stuff in his room, screamed and ran out of the room. "Pony, why is there a puppy in our room?"

Darry glared at his youngest brother. "You brought a dog in this house?"

Pony shrunk down at Darry's glare. "I'm sorry. He looked so lonely, I couldn't leave him there. He didn't have a collar. Can I keep him please?"

Darry looked at Ponyboy and then at the dog. "I'll have to think about. Ok, Little Buddy?"

Ponyboy wanted to argue with Darry, but he knew better, so he went to bed and hoped that the dog was going to be his.

Ponyboy wanted to argue with Darry, but he knew better, so he went to bed and hoped that the dog was going to be his.

After Pony left for bed, Darry and Soda were just sitting there staring at each other. "What are you going to do about the dog?" Soda asked as he picked up the dog and held it.

"I don't know. I know that he's been wanting a dog his whole life. But I don't know if I should let him." Darry said as he looked at the dog.

"I'm don't know either. But I do know that Pone will be really happy if you let him keep it." Soda said.

Just then the door opened and Johnny came in the room. "Hey." he said as he came in. "Why are you holding a puppy, Soda?" he asked as he saw the dog in Soda's arms.

"Pony found it on his way home from school. I'm trying to decide whether or not he's going to keep it or not." Darry said.

Johnny grew silent and started to pet the dog. As Darry watched Soda and Johnny play with the dog, he knew that it was going to be difficult deciding whether or not they should keep it. On the one hand it would make Pony happy, but on the other hand it would mean an extra mouth to feed.

Darry decided that he'd think about it more tomorrow so after telling Soda that it was time for him to go to bed and telling Johnny that he'd see him in the morning, he went to bed thinking about the dog and what is decision was going to be.