Disclaimer: I don't own the Outsiders (even though I want to) S.E Hinton does

Summery: When Ponyboy runs out Soda gets sent away. Will he escape or will he have to live with the family of Socs that took him in? Read on to find out.

Lies I Told Myself

CHAPTER 1- How It All Began

A/N: I will start off when Ponyboy comes home form the lot (from the perspective of Sodapop) and take it from there.

"Where the hell you been! Do you know what time it is!"

Hi, I'm Sodapop Patrick Curtis. You can call me Soda for Short. I'm currently asleep on the couch, (fully clothed in my DX shirt and jeans) but I will wake up very soon because of Darry's constant yelling. Yea that's him yelling at the moment. Darrel Shaynne Curtis Jr. You can call him Darry for short, everyone one does. The person he just happens to be yelling at is our little brother Ponyboy Michael Curtis. Pony for short. I know your itching to get on with the story so here you go.

P.S. Darry will most likely be yelling for the rest of this chapter. Enjoy!

"Well its 2:00 in the morning kiddo." Darry was yelling.

I was suddenly jolted awake by this and decided to find out myself. " Hey Pony where ya been?" I asked.

His answer was short and to the point.

"I fell asleep in the lot."

Of coarse, as usual, this wasn't enough for Darry.

"You what!" he yelled back.

"I was talking to Johnny and I fell asleep in the lot. I'm sorry." Pony answered.

"Well, while you were 'asleep in the lot' did it ever occur to you that your brothers might be scared to death worrying about you? Huh? And hey I can't even call the cops cause you two would be thrown in a boys-home so fast it would make your head spin." was Darry's answer to this.

They wouldn't throw us in a boys-home I thought. I thought wrong of coarse, but we'll get to that later. Anyway, Darry and Ponyboy's arguing finally broke into my thoughts.

"I said I didn't mean to" Ponyboy answered real quite like.

Darry's voice started to rise.

"I DIDN'T MEAN TO, I FORGOT THAT'S ALL I EVER HEAR OUTA YOU!"

"Hey come on Darry…"I started to say, but Darry cut me off with

"SHUT UP! I'M SICK AND TIRED OF YOU STICKING UP FOR HIM ALL THE TIME!"

I went quite but now it was Ponyboy's turn to yell.

"DON'T YOU YELL AT HIM!" he screamed back at Darry.

By now Darry was so fed up and absent-minded that I don't even think he knows why he did what he did next. But next thing I know though Darry had hit Pony so hard that he was up against the door and Darry's hand was turning red.

"Ponyboy…" Darry began sort of soft and gentle like, but suddenly Pony ran out like the Devil was after him with Darry yelling back at him.

"PONYBOY COME BACK! I DIDN'T MEAN TO!"

But it was to late. Ponyboy was gone and I was just standing there dumbstruck at what had just happened.

A/N: That's it for the first chapter. I'm already working on the second one and I hope to have it up soon. Please review. I can take any kind of harshness so be honest.