First of all I hope you all had a very Happy Easter, and second of all I do not own The Outsiders, S.E. Hinton does.

Mrs. Curtis' Pov

I was siting in the living room with the boys when the phone rang. Soda was getting ready to go answer it when I got up.

"Don't worry honey I'll get it." I said. He sat back down.

"Okay, mom." He said. He hasn't talked much since Pony disappeared so anything he'd say would bring a little relief to me.

(Mrs. Curtis normal, Johnny bold )

"Hello." I said as I answered the phone.

"uumm h-hi Mrs. C-Curtis."Said the voice on the phone.

"Yes, who is this." I asked.

" Well, umm its Johnny." The voice replied. I was shocked.

"J-Johnny?" I stuttered.

"Yes, ma'am." He said. I wanted to break down crying. I was talking to Johnny. He knew where my baby was.

"Johnny honey, where's Pony? Where's my baby?" I asked almost crying.

"Well, umm he he's at the hospital." He sorta said sorta stuttered. My heart dropped.

"W-w-why what's w-wrong?" I cried into the phone. "Nevermind, don't tell me. Just tell me where you are."I said trying to calm down.

"Tulsa hospital." He said.

"Okay Johnny, we'll be there in a minute." I said, and hung up the phone.

"Boys get your shoes on now!" I yelled. Darry and Soda got their shoes on in record time. "Darry honey, please go get you're father out of the shed, and have him get the truck ready. Tell him I'll explain as soon as we've left okay?"

"Alright." He said, and ran out the door.

"Soda, are you ready honey?" I asked. I really wanted to get going.

"Yeah mom, I'm ready." He said.

"Okay honey lets go." I said as I was walking out the door. We all pilled into our truck, and headed off.

"Honey?" Asked Darrel.

"Hmm." I replied.

"Where are we going? I can't very well drive there if I don't know where there is." He said.

"Tulsa hospital." I stated. That aroused a whole bunch of questions.

"Why?" Asked soda before any one else could beat him to it.

"Well honey, you're brothers there." I said.

"What, are you serious?" Asked Darrel, tears forming in his eyes.

"Yeah, our baby's really there." I said, tears beginning to form in my eyes as well.

"Is he okay?" Everyone asked in unison.

"I don't know. I wish I did." I explained. The rest of the car ride was silent. Everybody was lost in thought. When we reached the hospital I ran in like the devil was after me.

"Exuse me, do you have any information on a Ponyboy Curtis? I'm his mother." I said to the woman at the front desk.

"No ma'am, I'm sorry. If you could have a seat over there a doctor will inform you of his condition when they're done." She said in a very sympathetic voice.

"Thank you." I said, and went to sit down by Johnny. "Johnny honey, please tell me what happened."

"Alright." He said, and his story began. When he was done telling me what happened I started bawling. I couldn't believe what he told me. My poor baby he shouldn't have had to go through all that he's only fourteen. I was so lost in what Johnny had just told me that I didn't realize my boys sit down with us. All of them had tear streaming down their face, and Darry had a Avery guilty expression on his face.

"Come here little buddy." Darrel said to our oldest before I had the chance. So I decided I would comfort Soda.

"Come here baby." I said to Soda. He moved by me curled up into a ball, and put his head in my lap.

"It'll be okay honey. Pony's a very tough kid, just like you. I said while stroking his hair. Before to long both boys had fallen asleep. I was glad that they did it was about a toe hour wait for the doctor. While we were waiting I tried to talk to Johnny, but he felt to bad. When the doctor finally came out I carefully got up trying not to wake Soda. Fortunately I didn't wake him.

"Hello I'm doctor Kirks, Ponyboy's doctor." He explained.

"Hi I'm Miriam but you can call me Mary, and this is my husband Darrel. How's Ponyboy?" I asked.

"Well Ponyboy has a case of bacterial pneumonia." He informed us.

"Is that bad?" I questioned.

"Well in most cases it can be treated with antibiotics, but his has gone without treatment for so long that he has developed a severe blood infection called sepsis. This infection is very dangerous, and can cause organ damage and death. He is in the ICU if you want to see him. I'm just going to inform you he is unconscious at the moment, and he's wearing an oxygen mask because he wasn't getting enough oxygen. Since its late, and you are probably eager to see you're son I'll inform you of whatever I didn't cover tomorrow. He's in room 128. Have a good night." He informed before walking off. We woke Soda ,and Darry, and started walking down the hall. When I turned around to see if Johnny was following I saw he was still in his seat.

"Come on Johnny." I said. He jumped up, and ran towards us. I put my arm around his shoulder and gave him a one arm hug. "You're family to honey." I told him as we walked down the hall to Pony's room.

A/n Thank you all for reading this, I hope you enjoyed the chapter. Please review guys, and thanks again. Y'all are the best!❤️💖