I swear, I don't think I have ever been so scared in my life. Maybe when I was being drowned or when my two best buddies died, but right now, I was terrified. I straitened myself up and turned into my bedroom. I got down on my knees and prayed to god her parents wouldn't do anything to her when she got home. I shuddered and it ran through my whole body. I thought about her eyes. They were almost exactly the same to Johnny's, except for the color. But they held the same fear as his did.

I crept over to my bed and lay down on it with my hands behind my head. I soon sat up and stripped off my shirt and lay back down. Sighing heavily, I turned over to my side and anticipated until the morning came.

Finally, the time came to walk to school. I couldn't wait to get there and learn more about Memory. The more I thought about her, the prettier she seemed. Maybe she was always beautiful, and I had just been to angry to see that. I bounded up the steps to school and ran to my English class. I sat down and waited for her to come.

But she never came.

Now that I had finally gotten to school, I wanted to go home. I needed time to think, without having to worry about zoning. I raised my hand, and he teacher called on me.

" Can I go to the nurse? I'm not feeling too well." He nodded and I got up as quickly as I could, without blowing my cover.

It wasn't all a lie. I felt nervous, and I had a huge case of butterfly stomach. I bounded down the halls, and walked into the nurses office. I told her I felt like I was going to throw up, and she nodded pointing to a seat by the window. I glanced outside of the window and saw it was raining heavily.

I needed to convince her. I slowly put my finger in my mouth and hit my gag reflex, and immediately vomited. I heard her say something to someone on the phone and when she came back in, she saw me shuddering with vomit on the ground. She grimaced slightly, and told me my brother wanted to talk to me.

" Darry?"

hey kid, how you feeling?

"Not so hot, just made a mess on the nurses floor."

Do you need me to pick you up, or are you OK walking home?

"Naw I'm fine. I can walk." I said and hung up the phone. Then I turned to the nurse and told her I was going home. She nodded and gave me a note to give to the lady at the front desk.

As soon as I was in school, I was running out of it. I ran home, even though I was still shaky from vomiting. I bounded up the steps to my house and found Memory sleeping on the couch. I sat on the edge and put a hand on her back but she flinched away.

" Ponyboy, don't touch my back, arms, stomach, or face." She said. Then she turned over and let me see that she had two black eyes, a cut on her cheek, and a few bruises on her neck. She smiled weekly, and put her hand on my thigh.

" They do hit me Ponyboy. Every day. Every night. And it hurts. I couldn't breath the time he hit me this time. I passed out, and woke up here. I don't really know what happened, but I knew it was you. So I…" Her voice cracked and she turned a horrid white color.

" Pony, I think I'm gunna be sick." She said and reached her arms out to me. I took the hint and carried her to the bathroom. I even held her hair back for her while she was.

She sat in front of the toilet trembling. Eventually, I picked her up and carried her to my room. She lied on the bed, and asked me to come lay next to her. Then she slung her arm across me and rested her head on my shoulder and told me what happened.

" When I got home last night, my daddy was drinking, of course when is he not right? Anyway, I was on my way up to my room when he grabbed me. He started hitting me and cursing at me. Finally he…" She looked up at me and scooted to where my ace was, she put her mouth close to my ear and whispered, "He took me Ponyboy Stole my innocents." I felt something wet land on my ear and noticed she was crying, but who wouldn't be?

" It's ok, but you can't live with him anymore." I stuttered, trying not to cry too. Se scooted closer to me until she was on top of me. I didn't mind, she was freezing though. She clutched handfuls of my shirt and sobbed next to my face. She kept clutching and releasing her hands, as she continued to sob. Memory was sobbing so hard, she couldn't breathe. I sat up bringing her with me, and allowed her to rest her head on my shoulder while she sat in my lap.

Right at that moment, we formed a bond. I wondered what Johnny would think if he saw this. I wonder if he would kill his father. I knew I would kill my father if he ever did anything to my sister. But I found that the closer she edged to me, the calmer she became. She snuggled into my embrace, and breathed deeply. I was glad that I had showered this morning, I know its dumb to be thinking about it, but I think I'm falling in love with her.

I scolded myself, how could I all in love, I'm too young… right?

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