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well, I didn't want to repeat the names on and on...
but now I've corrected it, maybe it was too confusing with "this one"...

well, here's the next chapter, I hope I won't disappoint you or something like that...


3. New hope

There Ponyboy suddenly stopped; the eyes wide open.
When Johnny noticed it he followed the viewing direction, in expectation of new trouble with Socs.
But there weren't any Socs that awakened Pony's attention.
He stared straight at a pretty young woman and a man, which roamed arm in arm along the street.

Johnny turned to his buddy surprised, "Hey Pony, what's the matter?"

Without taking the look from the both Pony answered, "Johnny, who's that?"

Johnny shortly looked at the both and explained, "That's Selena. She's, um, a whore and the guy's her pimp, Mike. He's regarded as very hot-tempered and violent. By the way, he's supposed to be quite a gambler. And she's known everywhere..."
And he shrugged.
"But why ya wanna know that? What's up?"

"She looks like her." Ponyboy murmured, while he still stared at the woman and her pimp.

"She looks like 'who'?" Johnny asked and watched Pony frowning.

But he didn't receive any answer to it, because in this moment Pony's look turned into a sort of shock, rage and unbelief and Johnny turned around again.
He just got how the woman held her cheek and glanced ashamed to the ground while the man said something to her and then kept on walking with fast and vigorous steps without waiting for the woman.

Johnny just would say something, when Pony spoke up, "He... he has beat her! He has beat her only 'cause she has smiled to a young man!"

There Johnny suddenly understood that Pony's behaviour had something to do with the woman; but he still didn't know what the matter was.

"I've to go behind her. I've to go to her. I've to talk to her..." Pony said and followed the woman.

"Um, Pony, wait. I guess this ain't a good idea..." Johnny tried to keep him from doing that.

"Why not?" Pony asked.

"Well, 'cause... 'cause she..."

"Aw, ya mean only 'cause she's a whore she's supposed to be a worse person, huh?"

"Nope, of course she ain't a worse person than we are, but..."

"Great, then this would be cleared." Pony decided and walked straight up to the house where Selena and her pimp disappeared into.

"Pony, please, talk sense! Such place ain't nothin' for us! Come on, let's go again!"

"No, Johnny, I can't go again now. I've just to see her once more and I wanna talk to with her."

"If that ain't cause us any trouble..." Johnny murmured.

"Ya don't need to come with me. Ya can wait in front of the door."

"Or better far away from it... And we both should do that.
We better should disappear quickly, 'cause I've got very bad feelings 'bout that thin'."

But Pony wouldn't be discouraged from his plan.
He would see this woman; he just had to do it!

Because this woman pretty looked like his mother - for him at least!