When I woke up I was on the Curtis's couch. Yet again Dally was in Darry's chair and he was the only one there. When he saw me sit up he said, "Who the hell were they?" He was really mad, I could see that his face was really red.

"Oh, Dal, I really don't feel like explaining that now," I said whining.

"Don't you start whining kid, it won't work, who were they?" he said, his voice growing a little louder.

"I'll only tell you if you stop calling me kid," I said trying to avoid the subject.

"Oh, don't give me any of that kid crap, you're just trying avoid the subject at hand, well guess what you're not getting out of this one."

"Fine I'll tell you everything if you tell me what happened."

"Alright kid, have it your way, when those two kids saw you faint, one ran to you to make sure you were okay and the other one ditched you. That kid who ran to ya, tried to kiss ya so I ran and pulled him off of ya. That kid looked at me like I was a ghost. He ran outa there fore I could beat him for touchin ya. I took you back here and everyone was asleep including Darry. Now will you tell me who the hell they were?"

"Which one ran to me, was it a guy with brown hair or blonde hair?"

"Brown hair, but what does that have to do with anything?"

"Damn, that was Anthony."

"Anthony who the hell is Anthony?"

"Relax for two seconds and I'll tell you who both of them were."

"Alright so start speakin kid."

"They were both my ex-boyfriends from New York. Evan, the blonde, was my more recent ex but he was a bastard. That nice big, long, scar I have on my stomach was made by him. Anthony still cares about me if I'm hurt, but we're just friends. I haven't seen them since you found me and Mags under that tree."

"So your telling me that kid with the blonde hair made that scar on your stomach?"

"Yeah, well he was the first one to make scars on my stomach, that guy from the rumble made the other ones."

"Listen kid, after the rumble when we took you to the hospital, they said that you could die because that first scar you had on your stomach was so tender that when that other guy cut you up, it reopened and let out even more blood. Remind me to kill that kid if I ever see him again."

"With pleasure. Hey Dal?"

"What?"

"Can we keep this our little secret, I don't think we'll ever see those guys again."

"Hey it's a small town kid, you never know."

"Well I think if they saw you with me, they'll be to scared out there minds to come back."

"You think they know my record?"

"I know they know your record, trust me, I know they know you, that's why they got of there so fast."

"What do you think they were fightin about?"

"Hell if I know."

"Whatever kid."

"Hey, Dal?"

"Yeah, kid?"

"Promise?"

"Hell no."

"Dally."

"No, the guys need to know about this."

"Later, we'll talk about this when the sun is up, Dal, its still nighttime."

"Whatever kid, Whatever."

I tried to fall asleep but I heard Dally scowling. He wouldn't let me fall asleep so he told me to shut up. He came over to me and hit me lightly on the head. It hurt but it got him to leave long enough to let me fall asleep.