Disclaimer: Me no own nothing except Mr.Scoldman

A/N: Here is where my plot starts to come into play.

Chapter 4- Life Gets Worse

I got from the table to answer the door. I now regret doing that because it changed my life. When I answered it there was a man standing there that I had never seen before.

"Hello" he asked. "I'm looking for a Mr. Darrel Curtis. Is he here?"

"Yea" I said. " I'll get him. One minute."

I went back inside to get Darry and then sat back down.

I heard Darry walking to the door and decided that I would try to get something out of the conversation.

"Hello" Darry said.

"Hello, I am Mr. Scoldman and I am here to talk to you about your brothers. May I come in?"

"Yea, sure I'll be with you in a moment." Darry responded.

I knew what was happening so I cleaned up and went into my room. I left the door open a crack so that I could still hear what was going on. After Darry sat down, Mr. Scoldman started the conversation.

"Now Darrel" he began, "I am here to talk about your little situation."

"Situation?" Darry asked, " What are you talking about?"

"Come now my boy the story is out, you don't need to hide anymore."

Judging by the look on Darry's face either he really didn't know what Mr. Scoldman meant, or he just didn't want to let on that he did. Either way, Mr. Scoldman sighed and explained it to him.

"We know about Ponyboy running away and his friend killing that nice boy in the park."

If Mr. Scoldman actually thought that the Socs were nice, humph, he needed to put up some secret cameras around town so he can see what they do to us. Anyway, by now I new what was going to happen and I started shaking again. Yea I new what was coming long before Mr. Scoldman said it. Coincidently, it was the next thing he said.

"Now I don't want to cross paths or argue with you about this" he said glancing slightly at Darry's muscles, "but we think that, considering what happened last night, two children is just too much for you to handle."

Yep, that was how I knew. How I knew what? How I knew that it was over. That they were gona split us up.

A/N: Isn't that awful. To find out more about what happens to the Curtis's, read the next chapter entitled It Finally Happened (coming soon to a near you) Please review and tell me what you think. I will also take any advice you might have and I will definitely try to answer your questions too.