My new penname is LoveMyCrazyFriends… just so you all know

"Are you sure you're okay?" Darry asked. "You seemed confused."

"I'm fine, honest."

"Okay." Darry seemed reluctant saying this, almost as if he knew I was just talking to Johnny.

We talked awhile, about pretty much nothing. Steve and Two-Bit came by to visit then they left. Soon the doctor came in and asked my brothers to leave.

"So Ponyboy, how do you feel?" he asked.

"Okay I guess." I mean how did he think I felt, I was just about killed.

"Your brother told me that you thought you saw your friend Johnny right before you passed out. Is that true?" Damn it Darry.

"Yes I did. And I didn't think I saw him, I did see him." I waited for the lecture on how that was impossible. But that never came.

"I see. Did he say anything?" I just looked at him. "Well, you see, I had an experience very much like the one you experienced. When my little girl was born, she was very ill. She lived to be five and then died. It was a peaceful death, she died in her sleep. Then, one year later I was driving home from work when a drunk driver ran into me. It was a bad accident and I thought that I was surely going to die. Then I saw something peculiar, blonde hair. So I looked closer and there was my little girl.

"She looked at me with tears in her eyes and a bright smile on her face. She said 'Hi Daddy. You're going to be okay, 'cause I'm here to protect you. I'm your guardian angel.' Now, whenever I'm having a bad day or need help, she's right at my side."

I looked at him in awe, he didn't think I was crazy, he believed me.

"No." I said, "Johnny didn't say anything, but he looked upset that I walked home by myself. He was just here, I was talking to him. But he had to leave because my brothers were gonna come in my room. He said he'd be back."

"Did he? Well, I think that if I leave, your friend will come back." He turned to leave. "If you need anything, give me a call. Oh, and Ponyboy, angels do exist." And with that, he left.

I waited for Johnny to come and within five minutes he was in the same chair, as if he never left.

"Wow, that doctor was nice." He said.

"Yeah, he was."

"Now, you said you had some questions for me?"

"Yeah." I didn't know where to begin, I had so many. "Did you see my parents?"

"Yeah Pony. And they're real proud of you." I smiled.

"Will you tell them I miss them? And that I-I miss them?"

"Sure thing Pone."

"Thanks. What's heaven like?"

"It's real nice." Johnny seemed excited that I asked this question. "No one is hurt or angry or anything. You see? My scars are all gone! And it's so beautiful. I like heaven."

"Why did you come back to save me?" I asked.

"I saved you once, I wasn't about to let you die." He looked serious. "Besides, I'm your guardian angel, it's my job and I wouldn't change it for anything."

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