Tim wasn't going to step in, knowing his brother could hold his own until the boyfriend grabbed a pipe. The guy was two times as big and five years older than Curly, so the pipe was completely unnecessary. The boyfriend knocked Curly in the stomach with the pipe and Tim was pissed. Tim tapped the guy on the shoulder and decked him as he turned towards him. He didn't worry about the boyfriend's backup, knowing that the twins were covering his back. The twins would do stupid stuff like mess with his car or his girl but when it came down to it, they were as loyal as dogs. Great friends to have around in a pinch. Tim dodged the boyfriend as he swung the pipe at his head. He heard Dallas growl angrily behind him and suddenly felt sorry for whoever had incurred the twin's wrath. Tim hadn't been completely truthful earlier when he had said he wasn't hurting from his fight the night before and was slower than usual. The meat-head boyfriend caught him just above the elbow with the pipe. Tim swore violently, he was sure it was broken. The boyfriend was about to bring the pipe down on Tim's head when his kid brother jumped on the guy's back and choked him to unconsciousness.
"Yeah, that's what you get your stupid cheating bastard," Curly yelled spitting on the guy. "You okay Tim?"
"Son of bitch! Curly you stupid horny little kid, couldn't you just have kept your hands to yourself," Tim yelled nursing his arm. The scrap with the four backups had ended and the losers dragged their unconscious pal away. Dallas and Austin were fine, though Dallas had split his lip, again. He wiped the blood from his chin and spit the blood from his mouth.
"Oh man, I got blood on my shirt! I gotta work in like half an hour," Austin complained looking at the sleeve of his t-shirt.
"You can borrow mine. Let's split, I think the waitress forgot about our bill in the commotion," Dallas said heading down the street.
"You okay Tim?" Austin asked as they walked away.
"Fucking fine. I'm gonna go home and grab some pills. Thanks for the backup guys, talk to you later. Curly let's go," Tim walked away with a cowed Curly.
The twins continued on their way. Dallas, or one of the other gang members, usually walked with Austin to work. Though the shop wasn't too far into the soc's territory, it was still a constant threat.
The brother's traded shirts and Dallas left Austin at the front doors of the shop.
Ponyboy was glad to come out of him room at last, now that Dallas had left. Sodapop had the day off and they had planned on going to the movies. One with lots of action, to keep Soda occupied. The two walked to the theatre together and Pony couldn't help but notice how beautiful it was outside. The sun was shining bright and most of Tulsa seemed to be out and about today. The two of them snuck into the movie, since neither of them felt the need to pay. Money was much too scarce to waste.
After the movie the brothers decided to go to the park. The park was big and bright. The playground was filled with playing children and loving couples sat around the fountain Pony had almost drowned in. It was completely different than the way it had looked last night. Getting some ice-cream from the ice-cream truck the brothers sat in the grass enjoying the hot sun.
"It's really too bad Darry couldn't get the day off too," Soda commented wiping the chocolate from around his mouth with the back of his hand.
"Maybe sometime this summer the three of us could go to the country, like we used to before," Ponyboy said hopefully. He missed the days his parents would take him and his brothers to the country.
"Yeah, we'll see. That would be awesome," Soda got up from the ground. It was almost supper and Darry would be expecting some food when he got home.
