Danger

Disclaimer: All of the 'Outsiders' characters belong to S.E. Hinton.

Chapter 1: A Hint

Sodapop

"Hello?" I said groggily into the phone. I squinted my sleepy eyes at the clock. It was 6:28 a.m. Oops! We slept in!

"Soda." a raspy voice said.

"Uh-huh. Who is this?"

Heavy breathing was heard for a second, then the voice continued, "Do you die fast?"

"Pardon?" I asked, sure I hadn't heard correctly.

"We'll find out." Click. I shrugged. It was probably one of the guy's ideas of a joke.

"Darry!" I yelled, "Wake up!" I heard my older brother come runnin' down the hallway.

"Shit!" he yelled, "We slept in. again. Stupid alarm clocks!"

I chuckled as I walked into the living room. I was surprised to see Pony, Dally, Two-Bit, Steve and Johnny all there.

"Whada you guys doin' up this early on a Saturday?"

"Cartoons." Two-Bit said without taking his eyes off the TV screen.

"How come you didn't wake us up?!" I asked.

"Didn't check the time." Steve replied as he munched on popcorn.

"How come you didn't answer the phone?" They all shrugged.

"Who was it?" Pony asked without emotion.

I shuddered at the memory of the mysterious phone call. It couldn't have been the guys. They were all here and we only had one phone line, "Wrong number." I lied.

"Soda!" Darry yelled, "Are you getting ready?"

"Yea.yea.." I sighed as I went to get ready.

Sorry this chapter is so short. Next one will be longer! Hope you like!