I jerk my head up to see 5 tall socs hovering above me. First my parents now I might just see them.
"So you guys want to hang out with trash here he looks pretty lonely?" A soc asks his friends.
"Of course we can give him a 'Make –over' so he will look "better."One of them replied.
One of them pinned me against the wall. I screamed until one of them shoved a rag in my mouth. It tasted like alcohol and tobacco I tried to hide my fear. One of them swiftly pulled out their switch blade. I gulped I hoped they might have a heart. They one with the blade dug it into my leg I squeezed my eyes shut.
The pain delayed I didn't feel any pain but I felt the blood trickle out. Then it hit me like a bullet it seized my body like you were being shocked. I willed myself not to cry I felt him prod my stomach with the blade. If it hadn't been for the rag I would have screamed. I felt the tears pour down like a waterfall as soon as the Soc slit my stomach. I felt the blood run down my stomach like the cut was a faucet in the bathroom.
I might get to see mom and dad again I thought to myself. They punched and kicked me I went numb I blocked out the pain. They threatened me and laughed as tried to scream. They put the blood covered knife next to my throat.
My blood turned ice cold would they really kill me.
"Now how is this fair?" A voice says.
"This doesn't concern you!" One of them spat.
"Well it does if you think about it. I'm a greaser and he's a greaser." Says the guy again punching the one with the knife.
They let me go devoting their anger to the greaser I pull the rag out of my mouth. I crawl backwards but I realize that I'm already against the wall. It was getting dark Darry and Soda would be worried out of their minds.
I squirted at the greaser and it shocked me. It was Tim Sheppard. I guess he was on his way to our house. I try to stand up but fail and plop back down onto the ground. The socs ran to their car Tim made his way over to me.
"How bad are ya kid?" He asks sounding a little annoyed.
"I think I can make it home." I say standing up I reach into my pocket for my cigarettes but I forgot I gave them to Dallas.
I walk on my shaky legs to my house. Tim had to help me walk because I would not stop shaking. We reach the stairs leading up to the door. I try to make walk them by myself but fail and my leg decided to bleed again.
I gasp and clutch my leg Tim stares at me with wide eyes.
"My leg." I choke out.
"Were doing this my way now." He says swooping me up into his arms.
He kicks open the door we walk into a pacing Darry Soda has his face in his hands. Johnny was huddled on the couch Dally had the door frame in a death grip. Steve was staring at Soda Two-bit was for once not smiling. At first they didn't notice us then Tim 'Coughed' there head turned towards us.
"What the hell happened Sheppard?" Dal asks his eyes blazing in rage.
"Saved his butt from socs they had a knife up to the kid's neck when I found them. You should be kissing my shoes Winston." Tim snaps.
"Whatever gives em here." Dal's says stretching his arms out for some odd reason I clung to Tim.
"Pony let go." Soda says peeling my hands off of Tim's shirt.
Tim places me in Dal's arms who glanced down at me looking at the blood spots that are growing bigger on my shirt. He places me on the couch and takes off my shirt.
"My...leg."I say gasping in between words.
"They cut his leg up Darry."Steve says I felt weird here I am in extreme pain the part that bugs me is that I'm half naked I almost laugh at myself.
"Soda get the first aid kit we can't afford going to the hospital now." Darry snaps.
"They had it out for this kid by the looks of it." Tim says pointing at my leg.
"Pony did you know who the Socs where?"Dal asks ignoring Tim .
"Keith, Joe Randy..." I say off the top of my head.
"Dal we can talk to him later."Darry says.
I lay there while they get the stuff out. They gently touch the cotton ball with the cleaning stuff on my cut.
"AH!"I scream at the top of my lungs.
"Sh Pony." Soda sooths me.
Then Darry does it again I bite my lip until it bleeds. Then they wrap my cuts. I realized that I was shaking everyone crowded around me besides Tim.
"Pony your alright."Johnny whispers to me.
"Hey guys I think he just wants to breathe and sleep." Tim chuckles.
"Yeah you guys are crowding the kid." Steve chimes in.
Dal smacked Steve then Tim upside the head.
"Don't hit me Winston." Tim says smacking him back they glare at each other.
Soda helps me to our room and I curl up and fall asleep.
I wake up screaming at the top of my lungs. Soon a hand is on my shoulder as I start crying.
"Pony shh." Soda whispered to me.
"They..They chased me." I whisper to him.
Soda hugs me and strokes my hair until I fall asleep again. I have to see them when school starts.
(Week later.)
In school people always picked on me or just plain ignored me. Darry had woke me up I found my locker wasn't to far from Two-bit and Johnny but Steve was right next to me.
"Hey grease." Someone hisses at me.
I ignore them and open my locker to have it slammed shut. I whip around and shove the person responsible to the ground. Steve watched with interest I realized it was Keith from a week ago or so.
"I just wanted to warn you."He says shoving me.
"Bob notices how you look at cherry and he not a fan you see. " He growls
"I will lay off just go away." I say shoving him and he knocks a girl down.
"Dumb greaser." He growls stalking off.
I grab my books and head off to my class. I sit down at a empty desk. I open my sketch book and doodle until I notice I was drawing the soc. I gasp a little and turn the page I start to draw again I draw a girl.
She has shoulder length hair she was pretty I heard the chair next to me scoot out. I look over to see a girl with blonde and blue icy eyes she was a little tan. She's was a cheerleader I saw her once at a game Darry dragged me too. If you could manage a girl version of Dallas this is her.
"What you staring at kid?" She snaps.
"You." I say without thinking.
"Well at least you honest." She giggles.
I didn't care much for girls but she doesn't look so bad had to be a soc. I scoot over to the edge of the table and keep drawing. I draw Soda and Steve working on a car. Soda says I could be an artist and an author but I don't think so. I hear the teacher call the class I look up then I feel a paper ball hit me in the head.
"Leave me alone will ya." I hiss at the socs behind me then I stop dead in my tracks it was Keith and Randy from a week ago or so.
I turn back to the teacher after grabbing the note off the floor.
I unfolded the note wow they even are threatening me in notes now. In the note somewhere it said how good I look after are makeover we will have to do it again. I heard the bell ring I fold the note up and stuff it in my pocket and gather my stuff.
I get to my locker and someone leans in by my ear.
"Hope you enjoyed are little note."Someone says.
I open my locker and stuff everything in my book bag. I sling it over my shoulder and walk outside to Steve's car.
"Ponyboy!" Some yells at me.
"What?" I say turning around.
"Ponyboy can we talk?" Cherry says running up to me.
"Sure." I say glancing around for Bob.
"I heard Bob sent his friend to warn you off."She starts.
"Don't worry about it really." I say.
"No I feel bad I mean we barley even see each other he's just jealous." She says.
"How you did get that?" She asks tracing her finger over the scar on my throat from when the knife slipped.
"I got jumped." I say flatly trying to push it out of my mind.
"Oh but don't let Bob scare you." She says trying to change to topic.
"Cherry." I say getting mad.
"Pony he's trying to scare you I know." She says.
"Just get out of here and let it go every second you stand here you oh so precious rep is going down!"I shout at her half mocking her.
I saw tears slid down her cheeks I regretted yelling at her.
"Hey greaser!"I heard someone yell.
I look over to see Bob coming to Cherry's side. He put his hands on her waist.
"Why don't you go sit in the car?" Bob says not taking his eyes off me.
"Ok." She says running off to his car.
"So you made my girl cry greaser?" He asks.
"Steve!" I yell.
I turn around to see Steve and them coming towards me. Then hands push me to the ground and Bob kicks me.
"Keep your grimy hands away from are friend." Hiss Steve as Two-bit helps me up.
"We will settle this later greaser!" Bob yells at me as he walks away.
I walk to the car with them and we drive back to my house.
I walk inside and sit on the couch. I wish I never skipped a grade it would have saved me some trouble.
"He zoned out."Someone says.
"Pony!" Someone hissed and smacked the back of my head.
"Oh what?" I say turning to Steve.
"We talk in the car just get in."He growls.
I get in expecting an ambush of questions from them. Well I was spot on they exploded with questions.
"What was that about Pone?" Two-bit asks.
"Bob thinks I like cherry and she tried to tell me that he was just jealous. But I yelled at her and he got mad and so on." I explain.
"What's in your pocket?" Johnny asks me in a whisper.
"Nothing." I lie.
"Let me see it." Johnny says leaning over and grabbing the note.
"Johnny!" I say trying to get it back.
"Well now none of you have it HA!" Two-bit chuckles opening the paper.
"Two-bit!" I shout.
"If you won't let me read maybe we will just read it out loud to the gang."Steve suggests.
"Once you read you do it anyway." I mutter did I mention that they said they would kill me I wasn't scare though.
"Holy..." Two-bit mutters.
"What's it say?"Steve asks.
"It's a threat note from the bastards who jumped Pony a week ago.