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Chapter 15: Dark and Stormy Night

Dally and Louis reached the house. Dally opened the door and Louis walked in. Johnny was sitting on the couch with Soda waiting for Louis. He sat up right when they entered the house.

"Where were you?" Johnny asked.

"I ran into the woods and got lost."

Dally then waved Soda outside. Soda comprehended and followed Dally outside while the other two were talking. They walked out onto the porch and Soda started.

"What's up?"

"I got another clue. It's not big though."

Soda raised his eyebrows. He had almost forgotten about Louis past. Dallas continued.

"I found him at Buck's place. He was looking for me. Some guy tried to make him slug down some beer, and Louis yelled 'Not again.' He must have drank before. Something must have happened."

Sodapop nodded. That made since. Dallas left soon, and Soda went to bed. Johnny stayed overnight again.

The rest of the week went by pretty fast. It was Friday night. On that day, Darry had to travel out real far to work on a special roof. His job provided transportation, so Darry didn't need the truck. The transportation back however was a bust and Darry needed a ride home. He called Soda from a pay phone.

"Hello," said Soda, picking up the phone. Louis, Johnny and Ponyboy were playing cards. They had just taught Louis how to play Go-Fish.

"Soda. I need you to get the truck and come pick me up. The transportation was a bust. The directions are on the refrigerator."

"Okay, Darry. See you in a minute."

Soda hung up the phone and turned his attention to the youngest in the house. He spoke up,

"Pony. I gotta pick up Darry from somewhere. It's pretty far, so you might have to sleep tonight without us. Is that okay?"

"Yeah."

"…Okay."

Soda was just worried that Ponyboy would have another nightmare. They lessened ever since Soda started sleeping with him. Soda got the directions, keys and ran out the door. Johnny decided to stay the night to keep Pony and Louis company.

Throughout the night. It started raining. At first it was just sprinkling, then it started raining hard. Louis got up to go use the restroom. Ponyboy saw this chance to see if Johnny knew anything about Louis' past. He scooted over to black-haired greaser.

"Johnny?"

"Yeah."

"Did Louis tell you anything about his past?"

Johnny froze. He remembered that Louis told him to keep it a secret. Johnny wanted to keep Louis as a friend.

"Um. N-no."

Pony looked at Johnny. He only stuttered when he was real nervous. It was all because of those socs. Before Ponyboy could say anything else, lightning struck; hard.

Both Ponyboy and Johnny jumped. It took both of them by surprise. Louis came running up to the living room.

"Are you alright?" asked Ponyboy looking at Louis' frightened face.

"I-I'm okay. The lightning just took me by surprise."

They decided to just continue their card game. There was nothing on television right now. The rain started to hit harder and lightning struck even more. Around their third, lightning struck hard and thunder rumbled like a gang fight. This impact caused the electricity to go out. All three teenagers screamed as they sat there in the darkness.

"What happened?" asked Louis.

"The power went out," answered Johnny.

The only light that shone was the lightning flashing through the window as well as a streetlight. It must have been only their house that went out. Ponyboy sat up.

"I'm going to the back to get a flashlight. I'll be right back."

Ponyboy walked towards the back of the house. Johnny was scared, but Louis was worse. He was real nervous. It reminded him what happened the last time his sight was pitch black. Louis got up and locked the door. Johnny didn't even bother to ask questions.

Ponyboy came back up to the front of the house. All he could find was a small flashlight. He clicked it on.

"I'm gonna turn it back off. I'll turn it back on, if we need it."

Johnny and Louis nodded and Ponyboy turned the only source of electricity off. Louis would have rather had the light on, but he knew what Ponyboy meant. He started to think if that was Drake in that car the other night. Drake drove a Dodge Charger. It was a fast muscle car.

Louis thoughts were interrupted the doorknob turning vigorously. Someone was trying to get in.

"Who locked the door?" asked Ponyboy standing back up.

"Don't open it!" yelled Louis.

Ponyboy turned back to Louis. He had a petrified look on his face. Ponyboy could see he was scared about something. The person then banged on the door, making Johnny and Louis both jump. Ponyboy looked at the door, then to Louis.

"Why can't I open it?"

"Because…because…"

Louis looked at Johnny.

"What's wrong?" asked Ponyboy.

The banging had stopped. Ponyboy sat back down with the other two boys.

"What's wrong?" repeated Ponyboy.

Louis sighed. He had to tell Ponyboy or else he might open the door. He didn't want to risk Drake getting to him.

"Okay…Some guy is after me-"

Louis was interuptted by a tap at the window. All three boys looked towards the window and froze. There was a man at the window tapping away. It was real scary. All three felt like they were in an actual horror movie.

They all shot up and ran towards Ponyboy and Sodapop's room. All three of them hid in there the entire night.