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Chapter 9: The Worries

Johnny walked through the streets towards the Curtis house. He couldn't wait until tomorrow. Surely, the word would have been all over town.

He reached the Curtis house and jumped the first two steps of the porch. He went to the door and walked on through. He was a little disappointed in the scene. No one was in the living room. He decided that he would just wait for him and he dropped on the couch

"Johnny?"

Johnny looked towards the kitchen, where that voice had come from. It was Ponyboy. He walked through the doorway and looked at him.

"Where's everyone else?" asked Johnny.

"They're all looking for you. There's a rumor going on around that someone that looked like you got arrested."

Johnny smiled.

"It's true," he said.

Ponyboy looked at him with a confused expression. It was a big shock for him.

"Wha-What? What did you do?"

"Rob two socs."

"Are you feeling okay?"

"Never better."

That was the truth. Johnny loved this feeling. Taking everyone by surprise and acting like an actual hood. But Ponyboy was lost for words. Johnny took advantage of this.

"Look. I'm a little tired right now. I'll answer your questions later on."

"O-okay. Holler if you need anything."

Ponyboy walked back to his room. Johnny lied out on the couch. He had taken both Curly and Pony by surprise. He couldn't wait to see what the rest of the gang's face looked like. He closed his eyes and went to sleep.

"Is his head hot or something?"

"No."

Johnny's eyes opened to see Darry with his hand on his forehead. Darry noticed him and took his hand off. Johnny sat up.

It was just Darry, Two-Bit and Soda in the living room. The rest of the gang must either still be looking for him, or went on home. Sodapop spoke first

"Johnny. Ponyboy told us that the rumor about you getting arrested was true."

"It is," replied Johnny simply.

"Why'd you do it?" asked Darry. Johnny shrugged.

"I'm just tired of socs picking on me."

"But did you have to rob them?"

"They have plenty of money. I got seventy-three dollars from them."

"Mind if I borrow a couple?" asked Two-Bit.

"Go home, Two-Bit!" said Darry in a firm voice.

"Yes sir," said Two-Bit and he jolted out the door before Darry could reach him.

"I'm going to head home too," said Johnny getting up. He walked out the door and yelled,

"Night."

He wasn't too surprised that the oldest Curtis brothers didn't say anything. They were probably too shocked to speak words. Just like Ponyboy.

Johnny walked along whistling. He was going to head home and go to sleep. In his own bed. His mom or dad weren't going to kick him out this time. But he never reached the house.

A cop car pulled alongside Johnny. It didn't have its sirens on, so Johnny thought it was nothing serious.

"Don't move."

Johnny froze and slowly turned his head to see who was in the car. It was Franklin. He had a gun pointed towards Johnny.

"Get on the ground. Any fast moves, and I'll shoot."

Johnny obeyed. He thought that he was going to die. Seriously. He heard what Dally said about Franklin. He hated greasers. And he getting out the cooler that day didn't make the relationship with Franklin get any better. He once again, put handcuffs on Johnny.

Franklin picked Johnny up by his jeans jacket and threw Johnny in the trunk of the car. Franklin looked down at Johnny's frightened face. He smiled and closed the trunk.

Johnny was getting more nervous as the car drove off. He didn't know what was going to happen. The car finally stopped and Franklin opened the trunk. He picked Johnny up and dragged him into the woods. When they reached a certain spot, Franklin threw Johnny into a tree. The small greaser's head pains kicked in.

"You think you can just slide with me," yelled Franklin and he punched Johnny right into the mouth. That was a hard punch as he almost knocked a tooth loose.

The cop continued to give Johnny more slugs and Johnny was just about to pass out. His head bobbed around a little, trying to hang on to consciousness. Franklin just smiled. He took off the handcuffs and said,

"See you around town."

The cop walked off and left Johnny there. He took one last glace at the backside of the cop and passed out cold.