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Chapter 36

Anyone POV

Today, the Curtis' house was pretty normal. Ponyboy had to stay in bed, and he still felt like passing out when he moved to much. Sodapop couldn't walk very much. Darry said that he could only walk if it were for something important.

Mainly, Sodapop was in his room with Ponyboy. When Ponyboy wasn't asleep, Soda would talk to him.

Steve and Two-bit weren't there at the moment. They would be coming tomorrow.

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Bedtime finally came.

Ponyboy and Sodapop were already in bed. Darry was in their room for a bit, talking mainly to Soda.

After a while, Darry gave both of them a hug, and went to his own room.

Soda fell asleep while hugging his younger brother. Ponyboy was still sick, although he had gotten better. The only problem was that he was still passing out.

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Drake POV

After Shane told me his idea, I could tell right away that Colton and Luke didn't like it. The entire way home, they were trying to convince me out of it.

I finally snapped. I yelled at them. I said, "You guys are just like Mike. You're cowards!"

Colton said, "You used to be like this too, Drake. You were against Shane's ideas from the beginning!"

I sighed. He was right. I just said, "Yes, well that was a while ago. I was like Mike. I was stupid. Well, now is different. I've changed, and so has Mike. Mike grew soft. He's a coward."

Colton said, "What happened Drake? This isn't you."

I snapped back with, "I told you... I've changed! You guys are like Mike... Traitors."

They gasped, and Luke said, "We aren't helping you with the plan."

I said, "I didn't expect you to." It was true. They were going soft, like Mike. Whether they helped or not was up to them.

Either way, I was going to do this... Tonight.

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I knew where Ponyboy lived do to the incident at the cemetery. Luke and Colton went home, so that made my job a whole lot easier.

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I got to the house. It was dark outside, so that helped as well. I quietly lit a couple of matches, and set them in the ground where the house touched the ground.

I stood there for a second, and watched the flames slowly climb the side of the house. As soon as they got up to a good height, I ran away.

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