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CHAPTER 2- Shocking Discoveries

I still don't know why we didn't just chase after him. Maybe it was because we were just all mixed up at what had just happened or whatever, but it also could have been that we just expected him to come home. But after an hour or so of waiting, I started to get the feeling that it was real. That he really wasn't coming back. Every time I tried to tell Darry about this though he would just sit there like he was still in shock or something (which he most likely was). Then when I tried to take action myself, he would just stop me and say,

"Don't go out and look, he'll be back soon."

So I waited. Then when Darry finally fell asleep, I took advantage and snuck out to look for him. I went to the lot and every other place I could think of that he might go before I headed for the park. When I got there, I was aiming to find Ponyboy, but what I found scared me even more then I already was. There was a dead Soc lying by the fountain. Blood was all over him and inside the fountain. Dally was there too.

A/N: Let me just cut in here for a moment. Just thought I would let you know what Dally was doing at the park. Johnny & Ponyboy have just left and Dal thought he would go survey the damage. This is how Soda learns that Johnny and Ponyboy are missing. I'll get back to the story now. Sorry for interrupting.

It's a good thing that I was in the bushes completely hidden because next thing I know there were sirens and cops all over the place. I decided to stay and find out what had happened but now I regret doing that because what I heard just made me more spooked. I beat it out of there as fast as I could and ran all the way home to tell Darry what I had heard.

"Darry!" I screamed as soon as I got through the door.

He came running out of the Kitchen so quickly that I thought he wouldn't be able to stop.

"Soda take it easy. I'm right here man. Jeeze I haven't seen you this spooked in a long time kid what is it?"

I guess it was really obvious how spooked I really was because I was shaking like crazy and I think I was closer to tears than I had been since mom & dad died. To top it of I started stammering and I couldn't get all the words to my story out strait.

"D-d-dead… I-I-in Park. J-J-J-Johnny & P-P-Pony missing… B-B-Blood everywhere."

Those were the only words I managed to get out through my stammering and I said them pretty quickly to boot.

"Slow down and calm down Soda." Darry said as he tied to calm me down.

"Start over. Who's dead, what's this about Pony & Johnny missing and Whose Blood is it?"

After I thought I could talk without crying or stammering I told Darry everything. How I had gone out to look after he fell asleep and found the dead Soc in the park and about everything I had heard the cops and Dally say.

I was still shaking like crazy when I was finished but you would be too if you were as spooked as I was.

Darry was sort of quiet for a while after I finished. Then he said, "Man I never would have thought little old Johnny could ever kill someone."

" Me neither" I said. "Me neither. Guess life is full of Surprises like that though huh?"

"Guess so" I heard Darry say. But that's all we said for the rest of the night.

A/N: Sorry if my chapters are really short but it doesn't look that short when I am typing it. It might take me a while to post the next chapter, but that's because I need to get my thoughts strait for this one and I am about to begin writing another one. So bear with me and please review. I will also take any suggestions that you may have and will try to answer any question you may have.