Alone

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Meh… I'm not sure what drove me to wrote this, and it's kind of pointless since I doubt anyone will review.. But I watched 'The Outsiders' for the first time last night, and it inspired me.. I guess.

So I ended up reading most of the book today..

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Johnny lay in the old lot, staring off into space.

His parents were in a fight. Again.

Not that it was much of a surprise, considering they fought almost every night.. But he just wished maybe someday there would be some quiet. A gust up wind blew by and he shivered, and zipped up his jacket. He got up, tired of the cold.

Maybe he could crash at the Curtis's house tonight.. He slowly walked down the road to the familiar house, and opened the door quietly. No one was up, so he decided to plop down on the couch.

When he woke up, Darry was reading the paper in the kitchen. "Mornin' Johnny." He said, flipping to the next page. Johnny mumbled a small reply, which sounded funny because he was still half asleep. The screen door emitted a loud 'BANG' as Steve walked in, followed by Two-Bit, with his usual cocky grin on his face.

"Where's Soda? We need to leave," Steve said. Darry shrugged. "I think he's getting dressed. Why do you need him? It's Saturday. You guys shouldn't have work." His eyes never left the paper as he spoke to the two, and Two-Bit frowned. "Oh come on, Superman. We were gonna play football in the lot." He looked over at Johnny. "You wunna play JohnnyCake?" Johnny stood up sleepily, and shook his head.

"Oh…. Come on," Two-Bit said, grinning. "It'll be fun," Soda walked downstairs, and smiled. "'Sup guys?" Two-bit piped up before anyone else could. "We were going to go play football in the lot, wunna join us Soda?" Soda nodded eagerly, and him and Two-Bit raced outside. Johnny yawned, rubbing sleep from his eyes.

"Oh yeah.." Steve said, starting up a conversation. "Shepard and Dallas got in a big fight last night." Darry shook his head. "They get in fights all the time, though." Johnny listened intently, waiting to see if Dally won. "Hmm.. Yeah, but this one's different. Shepard had got a new gang member who thought Dally was really going to kill him, and ended up stabbing him with a switch." Darry looked up. "Is he alright?" Steve shrugged. "He won't let anyone near him, and he won't go to the hospital either."

Johnny looked pale for a minute, and then Pony came down the stairs. "Morning.." He said, looking at Johnny. "Hey Johnny. What's with you? Your pale." Johnny shook his head. "It's nothing.." Steve looked over. "Ah, Pony. Your finally awake, we're going to go play football in the lot, come on." He said as he walked out the door, and the two reluctantly followed.

Once out at the lot, Steve and Two-Bit had their usual fight about who would be on who's team. When Soda finally broke the fight, it was Johnny and Pony with Soda, and Steve and Two-Bit on teams. When the game started, Steve kept fighting over the ball, and they kept tackling each other instead of the other team. Pony snatched the ball from the ground when they tackled each other, and scored a point. Soda eventually broke up the little, 'fight'. And they continued playing until dark.

When the game was over, Soda flopped down to the ground and declared, "Who wants chocolate cake?" And everyone eagerly ran inside.

All Except Johnny and Ponyboy.

"Don't'cha want to come in, Johnny? It's getting cold." Pony said, zipping up his jacket. "Um.. No. Thanks." Johnny said in his usual quiet voice. "I think I'll head back to my parent's house." Pony nodded. "Well, if you decide you don't want to stay there, you can always come back." Pony said smiling, as he walked up the porch steps. "See ya." Johnny waved. "Bye Pony."

Johnny quickly walked down the streets, making sure to keep out of sight just in case any Socs were near.

The small dark haired boy moved into an alley as a car drove, by and stepped back out. He took the turn to Buck's place, thinking Dallas might be there. 'I'll only stay for a minute,' he thought silently. 'And make sure he's alright.'

He slowly strode up to Buck's place, a party going on obviously. He rang the bell, and was greeted by Buck. He was drunk, and had trouble seeing Johnny, because he kept glancing around.

"Um…" Johnny's small voice started, and Buck looked down at him raising a brow. "Is Dallas here?" Buck thought for a minute, and nodded. "Yeah.. He's upstairs in his room.." Johnny nodded. "Can I go see him?" He frowned. "Why?" Johnny thought for a minute. "Just tell him Johnny's here to see him. He'll let me in."

Buck shrugged. "Yeah.. Whatever kid. Go in." Johnny quickly walked in, stepping over drunks and who knows what else, and walked up the stairs.

Johnny stopped at the rows of doors and pondered which one was Dallas's.

He finally decided on the last door, and knocked on it.

"Who is it?" Came a gruff voice.

Definitely not Dallas.

He quickly moved to the next door, and knocked on it.

"What?"

"Dallas?" Johnny said, testing to make sure if it was him.

"Oh.. Hey kid. What do you want?"

Yup, that was Dallas.

"Oh… Um…" Johnny said, trying to fit the right words in his mouth. What would he tell Dallas? That he was worried about him? That he came to check up on him?.. Well, he couldn't say that. Dallas might get mad or something.

He cleared his throat. "Just to uh… Visit."

"Well, come on in. Don't stand out there all night," Dallas ordered.

Johnny nodded and put his hand on the door knob, and opened the door.

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And that's where I stop. I'm not sure if I'll continue this, but if someone reviews and gives me some pointers or something, I'd be very obliged.