"Ok…" said Dally.
Just then Sodapop walked over and said, "Hi guys," then, noticing Mike, said, "Oh. Who's this?"
"I'm Mike," said Mike.
"Your parent's name you that?"
"No."
"They care that you're fighting five strangers in a park?" asked Ponyboy.
"They wouldn't know," she answered.
"Where do you live?" Dally asked, suspiciously.
"I don't know if I should answer that, you look like you might hunt me down and kill me later."
"I bet your parents aren't even with you," Dally supplied.
"You're right. I left Seattle because my parents wanted to send me to boarding school in Switzerland, for being such a rebel. Also, they're abusive. My whole life has been an endless string of tragedy but I still manage to have a heart of gold beneath this rough, yet stunningly beautiful exterior."
Dally looked at the bizarre person with the cowboy hat and boots and wondered why, despite her earlier reticence, she had decided to tell them practically her whole life story. He also wondered why she was wearing a cowboy hat and cowboy boots but that was less important. "So how do you plan on surviving here with no home and no one to take care of you?"
"I don't need your help."
"I wasn't offering."
"Oh." Mike looked vaguely confused. She quickly recovered, tossed her honey colored hair over her shoulder and said, "So, Ponyboy, you're probably going to offer to let me live with you, Soda and Darry but I'm a big girl. I can take care of myself."
"Actually no, I wasn't" Pony answered.
She looked confused again and turned to Johnny, "Johnny?" she asked.
"No," he said.
"I have a question," said Soda, "How did you know all of our names?"
"No reason," she replied and ran away.
"That was very strange," said Dally.
"Yeah, what was with that outfit?" asked Soda.
"I guess she thought she'd find some cowboys around here," Dally laughed.