Summary: Its six month after the book but Ponyboy cant seem to move on. Will he ever be able to smile again ?

Author note: A big thank you to animalsare4life and Dreamer4lyf718 for their review. You guys are why I'm keeping this story alive. And I hope that you'll love this chapter Thank you again. And also sorry for the mistake I'm trying really hard not to make too many of them. But me being a French girl ... But I love English so ill do my best

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters they belong to S.E Hinton

Voila now on with the story.

Chapter 4

The day after Pony's Outburst

Soda Pov

The night before had left us all really shaky inside. I mean my little brother just announced that he though he was suppose to be the one dying. How the hell could he though something like that man. The look in his eyes when he said it. Well its scaring me something awful. He wasn't kidding I could felt it by the way he was crying . Broke my heart the way he was sobbing really. So much pain. Damn. I was crying myself and hell even Darry was. I kept remembering the way he had reach for Pony taking him in his arms so tenderly. And how Pony had begged him to make the pain away. While all I could do was reaching for them and holding them like there was no tomorrow. We didn't even notice when Steve and Two-bits left. All we knew was that when we stopped crying they weren't there anymore. We all slept together that night. Just like old times. But when the morning came. Pony was back to his old self. Probably feeling pretty embarrassed about his outburst and the fight. Which explain why me and Superman are sitting in front of the principal's office waiting. I had no idea why I had to be there but seem like the principal insisted that I had to came also.

Two-Bit Pov

The kid... well the kid is scaring me man. The power that he got over me is scary. Last night I left the Curtis home in hurry. Not because I felt like they need some privacy. Old Two bit never gave anyone privacy not when he could watch a good show. No the truth was that I couldn't bare to see the kid like this. He was looking so damn helpless. And the way he was crying was breaking something inside of me. And before I knew it. I had tears in my eyes. I couldn't even remember the last time I had cry. I though I had lost that capacity a long time ago. I like the kid. Hell lets just admit it I'm completely crazy about him. Bad thing shouldn't happen to him. He's so innocent and all. Always with a dreamy look on his face our buried in a book. Around our neighbourhood nobody is like him. He's the last beautiful thing in our side of the city. But the socs had to broke him also. Cause that's just what they did. They broke is spirit. That's why he fought with that soc in the school. Because he doesn't know how to react anymore. When I saw him fighting ... I wasn't proud or anything. All I could though about was that we were loosing him also. Loosing that beautiful innocent spirit. Just like we had lost Johnny. But I wont allow that. I love that kid too much to let them took all the feelings and emotion he got inside of himself. I don't want him to be like us. He deserve better than all this shit. From now on I'm watching over him. I'm sure that's what Johnny and Dally would have wanted. Yeah even Dally had a soft spot for the kid.

Steve Pov

Damn kid. Stupid kid. How come he's always in trouble. Soda doesn't need to have another worry on his mind man. Yeah maybe I'm being to harsh on that kid. But there just something about him... What the hell am I crying about anyway. Greasers don't cry. Greasers couldn't allow themselves to cry. What does he think he's doing screaming stuff like that anyway. Not that I care. No I'm just saying that for Soda. Soda is my best friend. And if the kid is loosing it... Soda and Darry will loose it also. So I got to protect the kid somehow. Not because I care about him. No don't care about anything anymore.. expect Soda

Darry Pov

Last night was a nightmare. I had never saw my little brother acting like that. And the stuff he was saying. What the hell was he talking about. My little one though he was suppose to be the one dying. How could he though something like that. If he was to die... I wouldn't survive. Soda wouldn't survive either. I just knew it. I love my brothers more than anything. But I always had a soft spot for Pony. He shouldn't be suffering this way. I kept thinking that somehow I failed him. When he was in my arms. He kept saying. Darry please take the pain away make it go away. And I couldn't do a damn thing about it. He was sounding so scared and hurt. This morning he was back to being cold. I wanted to talk to him but I didn't know what to say. So I let him go. But tonight I was going to tell him everything. Everything that i felt for him.

The door of the principal office suddenly opening put Darry out of his though. The director mention to them to come in. When Darry and Soda did they saw that Ponyboy's English teacher was here also. This meeting was going to be something. Darry could feel it.

A.N: Another chapter done. Well I like this one. I have a lot of idea. The next chapter is call The Meeting. So you know ... go review already -.-