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Soda's POV

When I woke up I was really confused. I wasn't in the nurses' office anymore. The room I was in had white walls with pale yellow curtains hanging over a large window. I glanced to my right to find an IV hooked up to my arm. I frowned. A hospital?

The door opened and a nurse walked in. She looked to be in her early twenties with died blond hair and too much makeup. When she saw me a soft smile came to her face.

"Well it's about time you woke up," she said as she walked over to me.

"Why am I here?" I demanded.

"For protection. When the nurse at the home found you on the floor you were mumbling something about someone trying to smother you. That and you were running a very high fever and you were dehydrated," she answered.

"Oh."

I heard yelling coming from outside the door and I jerked my head in that direction. I listen carefully to the voices.

"You have to let us in, we're his brothers!"

I knew that voice, it was Darry! The nurse left the room and pushed myself into a sitting position. How'd Darry find out I was here? He didn't even know that they split me and Ponyboy up.

The door burst open and Darry came running in, a scared looking Ponyboy right behind him. When my brothers' saw me they came over to the bed and tackled me in a big hug. A few tears trickled down my cheeks and I was smiling so hard my jaw was aching. After a few moments Darry pulled away, put Pony stayed right beside me.

"What are you doing here?" I demanded.

"I was coming home from my late job when I found our baby brother here hitching rides. He told me everything that happened. I'm sorry all this happened, but I plan to get it all straightened out," Darry assured me.

I sighed in relief. Now that Darry was here everything was going to be alright. Just then the door flew open again and Ms. Spencer came storming in with a cop right behind her. I felt Ponyboy stiffen beside me and I gave his hand a squeeze. Darry turned to face them.

"Darryl Curtis, I should have known you had something to do with this," Ms. Spencer mused, "I just got a call from the Mr. Damon saying that Ponyboy had run off and I figured this is where he would come. But it looks like he went to get you first."

"Ms. Spencer, I found Ponyboy on the side of the road and when he told me what happened to Sodapop I wasn't going to just take him back. Also you separated two brothers, I believe that's against the law when they're in a boys' home," Darry said, his voice calm and cool.

Ms. Spencer maintained eye contact with Darry, not even moving. I bit my lip and pulled Pony a little closer. Ms. Spencer turned to the cop and nodded. The guy stepped forward.

"Darryl Curtis, you are under arrest for interfering with the state," the cop said.

My eyes widened and I jumped from the bed, ripping the IV from my arm. It hurt, but I pushed the pain aside.

"No, you can't arrest him, he didn't do anything!" I yelled.

"Sodapop, stay out of this," Ms. Spencer snapped.

"No! If you arrest him what will happen to me and Pony? You can't split us up again, I won't let you!"

"Hush Sodapop!" Ms. Spencer commanded.

The cop snapped handcuffs on Darry and started to lead him out of the room. I looked over at Ponyboy to see him shaking. Anger boiled in my blood and I charged at the cop. I ran into him with enough force to make him stumble. While he was off balance I tackled him to the ground.

"Soda stop!" Darry yelled.

But I didn't. I punched him in the face and kept throwing kicks and hits. I heard yelling and then people were trying to pull me off the guy, but I refused to move. I stiffen as I felt a needle sink into the back of my neck. My vision went blurry and I fell back as a wave of drowsiness washed over me. I fought to stay conscious, but it was no use and I dropped off into a drugged sleep.

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