A/N: Thanks for the reviews!! Thanks especially to Lil Chaos Angel!! It's ok if you didn't review the other chapter, I understand. I'm not feeling too good today :S but I really wanted to finish Change!! Thanks again!! Now on with the show........lol

Chapter 22- Looking Tuff

** Ponyboy's POV **

" Ow!" I yelled while Darry put some iodine stuff on a cut on my chin.

" Sorry Ponyboy, This stuff will heal it." Darry replied, while putting a Band-Aid over it.

" Do I have to wear a Band-Aid? The cuts make me look tuff." I said, I got off the table and went to the bathroom to look at my face.

" Do you want the cut to get infected kiddo?" I sighed. Darry was always right. My face wasn't that bad as I thought it would be. I got a nice shiner. Which Two-Bit said looked tuff enough. He always thought bruises and scratches were tuff looking. I had a scar on my cheek, which as you know Darry made me put a Band-Aid over. And some other scars on my face.

" You feeling ok?" I jumped. I didn't know that Sodapop was standing in the door way. I looked at him. He looked really sad. I didn't know what happened between Darry and him after they chased eachother around. I was hoping things were ok. Sodapop seemed back to his normal self, he hugged me and all, which I really didn't he would. I felt warm when he hugged me. Like at night when he would put his arm around me while sleeping. It always made me feel safe when Soda was around me, but for this past month it I was more scared being around Soda. I wanted to yell at him for acting like he was for the past couple of months, I wanted to cry cause of him, I wanted to hug him for being safe. It's like I wanted to express a lot of emotions around Soda. I was really mixed up.

" Ponyboy can I talk to you in our room?" Sodapop asked. I nodded my head yes, and followed him in the room. I hope he wasn't gonna yell at me or anything.