24. Life's what ya gonna make of it!
Three days ago was Patrick's funeral. On his tombstone stood:
Here lies: Patrick Smith, 1948 – 1966
He lived in poor relations, also drugs chose his life! He gave everythin' for freedom and friendship! He died young but as hero! We're never gonna forget ya! Rest in peace, ya friends!
"Tell me, Natalie, ya guess that Patrick's fine now?" Anna asked her sister.
This one glanced into the sky and said, "Yeah, I believe that Patrick live a better life now, up there in heaven! He's happy and carefree now, I guess. And Kat's probably also with him." And the both looked up and smiled.
"Aw, Pony!" Johnny sighed. "We've to thank Patrick, 'cause he reunited us again!"
"Well, not completely only 'cause of him! Actually we owed it to Isabell. She would that we come to the factory, so that we could talk. But Patrick took his part to it, too, that's right!" Pony meant thoughtfully.
"It's gettin' dark! Come on, let's go inside!" Johnny said and rose.
Pony agreed to him, "Yeah, ok! Certainly the others already wait for us and maybe they think that we ran away!" Pony had to laugh after that.
Johnny laughed too and reached out his to Pony. Still laughing Ponyboy took it and got up as well from the porch in front of the house and they walked inside where the others really await them!
In this night Johnny could sleep as good as never ever before.
He learnt and saw some things in the time he was in Oklahoma City. And for this reason he understood that friendship was the main thin' in life, in his life.
This one who didn't have any friends is poor.
He'd got friends, the best friends one could imagine.
They would risk their life for him; they even searched for him for miles!
So finally they've got more than the Socs!
He wouldn't be scared by them or his old man any longer. He decided that, even if this would get hard. But he'd got friends, which were there for him!
These thoughts made his life a bit more bearable!
THE END
A/N: Thanks to all those who reviewed this story and also thanks to those who read it so far :)
and sorry once again for my bad grammar and the errors and so on, but as I said english isn't my native language...