*Johnny*

I felt my eye lids being spread apart, then surprisingly my vision was disturbed when a bright light shone in them.

"Ow! Hey!" I moved to sit up, but pain hit me, and I was forced back down. "Damn my head hurts." I groaned rubbing the sore part on the back of my neck.

"Shouldn't have moved so fast then." I man said placing the tiny flashlight into his pocket. "And don't do it again, you have a mild concussion, we wouldn't want you to hurt yourself and more then you have, alright? Now, what is your name?"

"Johnny, Johnny Cade." I stared at him, "Concussion?"

"Yes, don't you remember you and a friend of yours…" He continued to talk but I was too busy thinking to listen to him.

Friend? What friend…?

My eyes widen. Ponyboy!

I remembered him and I running to the park he was crying and stuff. Then to Socs came, Ponyboy spat at them and they chased us…that's all I remember.

"Where's Pony?"

I guess I interrupted him because he just stared at me. "You're friend?" I nodded, then winced. He then made a note on his clip board. " He is in ER being checked out-"

"ER, the emergency room? Why?" I interrupted him again.

He stared at me again, but this time it was a I'm-very-sorry look a look of pity.

"He was," the doctors was looking for the words, "Some people tried to drown him."

I shook my head, remembering the Socs dunking Pony in the parks fountain.

"…to call?"

I looked at the doctor, was he saying something?

"What?"

"I said, is there anyone we should inform about your friend?"

"Y-yes, his brothers."

"Alright," He took the pen back out of his pocket. "May I have their numbers?"

"N-no, I…" I took a deep breath "I think it would be better if I called."

The doctor slowly nodded and slid the table that had the dark gray colored phone on it, over to me. "Dial 9 for an outside line." He left then, saying nothing more.

It was like I was on auto-pilot or somethin'. I slowly dialed the number, my mind was fully on Ponyboy still until a voice cut through my thoughts.

"Curtis's place."

"Dally? That you? Why you over there?"

"Ah well. Ponyboys gone missin'."

"Dally…I'm callin' about Ponyboy…" I took a deep breath. "Put Darry or Sodapop on the line 'kay?"

"Alright…" There was a pause then movement, I heard Two-Bit in the background and Steve yelling something at him.

"…Hello, Johnny?"

I nearly jumped out of my skin when his voice came on the line like that. "Yea, its me. Oh Soda somethin' awful's happened!" Why was I getting all emotional now?

"Slow down Johnny! Now, what happened?"

"Ponyboy and I were in the park…the Socs came…they tried to drown Pony…and I was knocked out…Soda you guys just get down here quick. We're at TMC."

I heard the other line go dead, Soda probably didn't care about sports or school but he did care about his little brother. I hung up the phone, and pushed the table away form me. The room was making me sick…its was all egg shell white color…I didn't like it.

I climbed out of the bed and immediately got dizzy. Once I pulled myself together I made my way out of the room. In front of my room was a nurses station, I made my way to it, and peered over finding a bored looking nurse. "Ma'am?"

She didn't respond.

"Excuse me, miss?"

She looked up, "Yes?"

"Where's the Emergency room?"

"Its further down the hall, you turn left and there's two double doors. Can't miss it."

"Thanks." I don't even think she heard me, she seemed to involved in…whatever she was doing.

I went down the hallway, and turned left. She enough I was in front of two large double doors. "Maybe I should wait for the others…" I was getting second thoughts. No, for once I'm gonna be brave…just, for once.

I pushed through the double doors. The ER wasn't like how it was in the movies, there wasn't blood everywhere…body parts, none of that stuff.

I walked ahead, passing beds some empty and some had people in them.

"..Nothing we can do for him here, he needs to be moved into ICU." I peered in, and 3 doctors were surrounding a patient, I stepped forward some to get a better look.

I wasn't ready for what I saw. My friend, the only guys I'd call my best buddy, was laying on the bed a tube down his throat and IVs attached to him and other things...I didn't wanna look. He looked a pale green color…his lips were a light blue.

"We need to get a respirator on him stat, move him to ICU now!" They pushed the bed from the wall and forward, I had to jump out of the way from being ran over.

"No…" I moved forward, I wanted to run but I couldn't. "Pony!" I screamed, people stared about me but I didn't give a hoot. I moved forward again, I wanted to run…I had to. Me feet started working again, I was able to run out of the ER and down the hall…

… "I DON'T KNOW! I JUST GOT A CALL SAYING THAT MY LITTLE BROTHER WAS HERE! NOW WHERE THE HELL IS HE?"

"Sir…I'm not certain. All I know is that your brother is being moved from ER."

Dally saw me before the other noticed I was there. He walked-ran over to me, and grabbed me roughly by the shoulders. "Johnny what happened?" He others circled us in a second, and questions hit me like a bomb.

"Yo stop! If we don't shut our traps Johnnycakes won't open his."

I gave him a silent thank you, and then looked at me feet…my head was still pounding. "Me and Pony were in the lot…and uh he went home. Then he came running back he was crying and stuff…he said um…that…" I trailed off when I looked at Darry…he looked guilty. "So we went to the park…" I continued. "Some Socs came…they nearly drowned Ponyboy…and knocked me out…he's blue…he's still blue."

I felt weak and sick…I was gonna be sick. Two-Bit came to my rescue, he grabbed a small trash can that was sitting in front of the nurses station, and I threw up what was left of the popcorn I had eaten at the movies…

~*~*~

Alrigthy now…Please review