12. Life is beautiful!
And Pony also went to school again. Darry talked with Pony's teachers and the principal of the school and explained them what caused Pony's worse results.
The teachers showed some understanding and weren't that strict with his grades. Besides Pony should do extra homework, which he also did as full satisfaction of his teachers.
One day Pony would set off with Two-Bit at the end of a school day to the car, where Steve and Soda already waited for them to drive home. There he met with David.
"Aw, what do you know? I even thought you would be dead long ago! What a pity! Couldn't you simply die at least? Then we would lose one of your sorts again..." he sneered.
"Hey, damned Soc! Leave him alone or else..." Two-Bit defended Pony.
But Pony meant, "Stop it, Two-Bit. Soda was just right. He ain't worth this.
By the way, I don't wanna do ya the favour and die!
Actually Socs are the loser.
They're only interested in their cars, their looks, money and other useless stuff. They believe they could allow and buy everythin' with their money. But there they ain't any idea, how it really looks like!
It ain't the money what counts, but true friendship!
'cause ya can't buy this with money! Ya can't buy true friends for all money of the world. And as long as they don't understand this, they always wanna be the losers for me. And we're the winner, even if we've got less than they. But we've got friendship and as long as we've got that, we're even richer than the Socs.
And I don't wanna get involved in these rivals ever again, 'cause it's no use anyhow. Johnny also realized this when he died. And he really shouldn't die in vain.
I wanna keep his wish and stay gold, whatever this means. But I guess I know it...
And I don't wanna judge the different between Socs and Greasers any longer. Never ever again!
My life's much too important for me to worry about that!
These useless fights, they're simply unimportant. They're really a waste of time!
But maybe ya wanna realize one day that ya ain't any part better than we with your shit money. That we're just people, quite ordinary people, all of us...
And maybe it wanna be peace between our kinds sometime, too.
That's what I always wished!" With that Pony turned away and walked past David to the car, where Steve and Soda even got out and watched this scene with mixed feelings.
David stared behind Pony puzzled. He couldn't believe what he heard.
He expected to make Pony angry with that, so that this one would start a fight again and would be expelled from school for that reason.
But he couldn't believe that Pony refused him now this way.
So he stared behind Pony and Two-Bit, who followed Pony, speechless.
He probably must look for another victim, that he could give hell.
And with this thoughts David gritted his teeth and turned away.
"Hey Pony! What's the matter? Did David attack ya again? Has he done somethin' to ya?" Steve asked worried, when Two-Bit and Pony came closer to them.
"Aw yeah, but it ain't that bad!" Pony replied shrugging.
"This damned Soc!" Two-Bit grumbled. "I'd like to beat his trap!"
"Well, rather not, Two-Bit. He really ain't worth it!" Pony meant and climbed on the back seat.
"Um, maybe you're right..." Two- Bit thought about and scratched his head.
"Definitely I am!" Pony said and smiled.
"But ya know what? Pony handled that guy really tuff! As said, I'd like to beat him up! And what did Pony? He made a speech! But what speech, boy! And this guy was flabbergasted! That even knocked me out!" Two-Bit grinned, while he also got in and they drove off.
Behind them the sun set and dipped everything in its golden rays!