(Alright finally chapter 4. I'm really sorry for the long wait. I got exams and school stuff that haven't given me alot of time to wright. I'm also really sorry if this sucks. Soda's kinda out of charictor and the comebacks are bad. I had a bad case of wrighters block for some time. On another note thanks for the reviews! They make me feel really happy! I hope you guys like it. Again I'm sorry if this really sucks.)

CHAPTER 4

I was scared. Soda had nothing on him and I still wasn't feeling too great.

"Hey guys look what we found, Greasy trash!" The Soc said.

"Your outta your territory." I said mustering as much courage as I could. I winced remembering the last time I said that to a Soc. The Soc's grinned as my voice broke.

"Don't care. We can go wherever we want greaser!" A Soc said coldly.

"I don't want any trouble." Soda said sternly.

"Shut it Grease, We ain't looking for trouble. Just a little fun." The Soc said with a grin.

The Soc's stepped in a little more. I looked at them. Soda smiled. It made the Soc's mad.

"Go have fun elsewhere." Soda said coolly.

The Soc raised his eyebrows.

"Why are you too chicken to hang out with the big kids?" The Soc said. Soda's eyes went big. He got a mouthful of spit and spat it at the Soc's.

"Watch what you do greaser!" The Soc said, getting angry. I knew the only reason they hadn't beaten us up yet was they were trying to get a rise out of us. It was working on Soda. He looked mad.

"Watch what you call people, idiot!" Soda spat.

"Hey remember the kid who helped kill Bob?" One Soc asked another, loud enough for us to hear. "We got him good! I don't think he'll leave that lot for hours."

Soda's eyes widened. They were talking about Ponyboy.

"You better not have touched my brother!" Soda growled.

"Your brother? Oh dear, I never knew." The Soc said sarcastically. Soda lunged at the Soc. He got the Soc right in the nose. He squealed in pain as blood streamed down his face. I only got one glimpse of Soda before the other Soc's jumped on him. He looked amused.

I jumped on a Soc's back gripping his neck. I only held him for a couple seconds. He pushed me to the ground and I saw a Soc running at me. I jumped up and kicked him in the groin. The guy instantly fell over, moaning and groaning.

I turned back to the Soc who was punching Soda and jumped on his back. I punched the guy a few times in the nose. I'm pretty sure i broke it. I watched one Soc motion a retreat and the Soc's ran. I helped Soda up. He only had a few bruises and a split lip. He looked panicky. He was thinking about Pony, about the threat. He started out at a full out run toward the lot. I followed. When we got there, no one was there. Soda searched the entire lot. Then he sprinted again. I was starting to get tired following him. I could barely keep up. I wondered how he could go so fast when his foot was bummed. We ran to the school and saw Pony hanging out with friends. Soda sighed and sat in the field across from the school. I sat beside him. We waited for school to let out and we went over to pick Pony up.

"Hey pone!" Soda called. Pony looked up and smiled.

"Hey guys, what happened?" Pony asked looking at Soda's new bruises.

"Got jumped a little, no big deal." Soda said. Pony nodded.

"How was school?" I asked, changing the subject.

"Good, teachers where bugging me about where you were." Pony said. "They said you had a test to rewrite."

"Oh, they didn't bug you too much did they?" I asked.

"Nah, not too much. I told them you were sick." Pony said.

We started back to Pony's place when pony asked,

"Can we go see the new Paul Newman movie?" Pony looked over at me.

I shrugged "Sure."

"Pone I gotta go start supper." Soda said.

"Aww common Soda, me and Johnny will be alright. Right Johnny." He looked at me.

"Ya we'll be fine, it's just a movie." I said to Soda. Pony smiled. Soda still didn't look convinced. That's when Dally came strolling by. Pony smiled wide.

"Hey Dal, could you walk me and Johnnycake to the movies." Pony called. Dally looked over at us. He hadn't seemed to notice us till now.

"Sure." Dally shrugged. Soda seemed pleased but now Soda would be alone.

"What about you Soda, you'll be alone." I said. We were about two blocks away from their place and three blocks from the theater. Soda insisted he would be fine although he didn't look too sure of himself. Soon we finally let him go and he ran full tilt back to his house. We started toward the drive in. We stopped by the corner store and had fun around the store.

Dally snatched a pack of cools and I bought a bag of chips for the movie. The concession stand was too expensive. Once it started getting dark we slipped into the theater. It was feeling too much like the other time we went to the movies.

The people in front of us wouldn't stop talking. Pony looked annoyed and Dally had started kicking the people's chair. The people had started talking louder and Dally kicked one guy's chair so hard that the guy flew from the chair and hit the ground with a loud thud. The other guy looked at Dally and Dal kicked his chair too. They looked annoyed but moved to some other chairs. Dally was laughing.

Once the movie finished we started to walk home. Pony looked happy. The movie wasn't bad, there were some parts I didn't really understand. Just random things. I didn't bother pondering about it too much though.

We walked home with Dally rambling about something. He was mostly slurring his words though so I couldn't really understand him. He had gotten super drunk. Pony started laughing when he stopped and tried to give me a hug.

We got back to the Curtis's and flopped Dally on the couch. He fell asleep after a couple seconds. I went out for one last smoke and saw someone watching me from the lot. I could just see the outline but it was pretty clear it was a big man. I stared at him for a few seconds. I started getting fidgety. I was almost done my smoke so I just stood on the porch. 'Maybe I should get someone.' I thought. Darry or even Ponyboy would come out with me. I was almost finished and the person hasn't moved yet so... I don't have to worry. Yet.

(Alright I hope that wasn't too bad. Please review and I'll try to make the next chapter better. Any suggestions are welcomed! Please review!)