"wake up soda!" I woke up with ponyboy shaking me.

"what time is it?" I said, rubbing my eyes.

"its eleven! In the morning! C'mon! She's leaving!" he said.

"Don't I have to go to work?" I said, thinking that I was at home and that he was talking about my mom.

"Later! Lets go! Someone else is gonna get this room!"

I hastily ran out the door; and I met Trishan fussing with some nurse about riding a wheelchair.

" I said I don't need no wheelchair!" she said, pushing the thing away and walking down the hall.

"its just until you-UGH! I give up!" the nurse said.

I took her downstairs and Darry was already there with the car. When she got home, she took a long shower because they didn't offer one at the hospital.

She came out with only a towel and jeans on. She ran to my room and shut the door. And then she came out of my room and into Ponyboy's and shut the door.

"TWO-BIT!" she yelled and came out, really angry.

She met up with Two-bit who was sitting on the kitchen table, pretending that he didn't do anything.

"where the hell did you put my bag?" she said, she was really angry.

"its in the car." he said, still acting like it wasn't the full joke.

She ran outside and ran into my room. She then came out still in the towel and jeans," OKAY TWO-BIT! I need my bras!" she said.

He then brought out a small bag from under the table.

"you little pervert," she said giving him a hit over the head and stomping back into my room.

He was laughing his head off when she left.

She came out," here's your new year present." She said, giving him another hit on the head. "AW.I didn't know you were that poor." He said.

"hey..i'll run you over with the mustang if you force me to." She said.

"yeah...yeah...yeah...go ahead and try," he said, feeling no real threat.

"Fine..wait outside on the middle of the street," she said and ran out.

We waited outside, and then hear a screech around the corner. Its was Trish with a crazy grin on her face, she let the engine roar.

She made it run full force to Two-bit, stopping only an inch away from the cowering Two-bit, without breaking a sweat.

"scared?" she asked.

"no..I aint scared," he lied and ran over to drool over the old, rusty mustang. It was old but it was still a mustang.

"hey.how could you afford this?" I asked.

"David's dad gave it, he was that rich. But im thinking of throwing it anyway... this crap is almost dead." She said, gesturing to the others to move so she could bring it into the drive way.

I went inside with the guys," Can I use the phone? It's a quick conversation." She asked.

"go ahead," Darry answered, lying down to do sit-ups." Hey soda. Hold my feet, and I'll hold yours when its my turn. You haven't been working out in weeks!'"

I sat there, holding his feet and eavesdropping on her conversation.

"hi Mr. H., is Alex there?" she asked.

"ALEX?!?!" I thought.