"So where exactly is it that we're going?" I finally had the guts to ask as the car was starting to head up a steep hill. "I mean we've been driving forever." I exaggerated. Actually just glancing at my watch it'd only been about forty five minutes.

"You might blab,"

"As if!" I snorted.

Dally smirked. "I don't care. When you go back you can at least say to anyone you saw Ponyboy and Johnny but you won't have a clue where it is so you can't tell or even hint to them 'cause your hopeless with directions."

You know he really did have a valid point. I cussed to him and he just roared with laughter. Crossing my arms huffily I stared out the window at the scenery which was passing us at amazing speeds. It was more like blurs of colours rather than something like a tree as they all blended in, since well since when would Dally ever drive like a normal person instead of a maniac? Never. Well actually maybe when he got his license, but that hardly lasted long!

"Are we there yet?" I whined closing my eyes and leaning back against the chair. What can I say I was impatient and I felt sick. God I swear he was most definitely the worst of them all hen it came to speeding! I can't wait 'til I get my own car…then I'll never have to experience carsickness ever again.

"Yeah we are." Dally said as the car screeched to a stop outside what looked like a ruin and a huge dust cloud seemed to engulf the trees behind the car and I started coughing and he rolled his eyes at me.

Stumbling out of the car coughing Dally let out a whistle. Our gangs signal. I find personally that it would help if I was able to whistle but they don't care whether or not I can do it. Trust me I've pointed this out to them they pretty much said something like 'Your point?'

Dally sauntered into the building, well I think it's a church, I'll ask him later, ahead of me and I could hear him laugh loudly and say something that sounding like 'Well lookie here at blondie!' Which was you know weird, I followed him cautiously and I could see him up ahead of me.

"Oh and there's also someone else here," Dally shrugged. "The psychopath would've killed me otherwise."

"Psychopath?" Johnny and Ponyboy spoke out in unison. I could even picture the confusion on their faces.

I stepped into the dirty disgusting looking room and stepped out from behind Dally. You know if I see a rat in here damn Ponyboy I am not staying in here! But my thoughts of rats were sidetracked as soon as I spotted my Ponyboy with his new short blonde hair. Then I shrieked.

"Ponyboy!" I cried out flinging my arms around him and squeezing him right. "Oh my god boy you scared us so much! Don't you ever do that again!" I wailed getting tearful staring him in the eye. "What have you done to your hair? It's short! And blonde!" I said with a slight laugh as Ponyboy stared back at me. "And you Johnny!" I shirked as his eyes widened and he took a step back as I pounced on him with a hug. "Boy don't you ever do that again now! Ad look at your tuff hair to!"

"Jesus Christ shut up!" Dally said loudly. "You were quiet all week now you won't shut your trap."

"Oh shut up Winston," I replied looking at the two of them. "We were all so worried. Don't you ever try run away again!"

"Pixie?" Ponyboy spoke up.

I turned to look at him, "Yeah honey?"

"I'm not your honey," he hissed. Oh yeah! The motherly thing…well damn him he had no idea what the past week was like! "Please like calm down."

"Oh." I whispered flushing slightly. "But I'm so glad to see you! The past week was hell without the two of you!"

"Yeah she suspected me right away, jumped down my neck." Dally butted in and the two boys shared a look. "Soon as they all saw that body she," he said pointing to me. "Thought it was me that knew. Guess she does have a brain in her after all."

I pulled a face. "Well I was right wasn't I!"

"You think too much Pixie." Johnny said in that whispered voice of his.

I grinned.

"You two wanna go to the Dairy Queen or somethin'?" Dally asked. "You must be hungry."

"Yes!" Ponyboy and Johnny chorused loudly and very eagerly following Dally back out to the car.

I trailed after them. I was too excited by the fact I was seeing these two to really think about my stomach right now. I could wait 'til later to eat. Right now I was focusing every energy into talking to these two and convincing them to get their butts back to Tulsa.

Johnny was sitting up front with Dally and they, Johnny and Pony, were talking to him about something or other. Again my attention seemed to disappear and I was just staring at the newly blonde headed Ponyboy. A smile lit my face as I watched him. I shouldn't be smiling. I mean the situation was so serious but it'd been so long since I'd seen him and it just made me want to smile and hug him. And he'd probably kill me if I tried to hug him again so I'd resist from doing that and stick to the goofy grin plastered across my face.

Ignoring Dallas' look of annoyance when I'd refused to eat something his focus suddenly turned back to Johnny. Then again so did mine and Pony's. You know for a boy that barely strung together five sentences in a day he sure was talking a lot. But apparently I was the only one in awe of that. The other two were actually focused on his words. Which apparently went along the line of he wanted to turn himself in.

"Are you serious Johnny?" I whispered one Dally had done his yelling and cussing and had pulled back out onto the road. "You're actually willing to do that?"

Johnny nodded vaguely and I felt my eyes swim with tears. Boy he sure was thoughtful and sweet sometimes! I tried not to smile much though as my thoughts were drifting to the consequences they'll both get into and well the maybe relocation of Ponyboy and I to boys and girls homes, respectively of course.

"Can anyone else smell smoke?" I asked breaking the uncomfortable silence like a knife.

"I can," Ponyboy said as the car skidded yet again to a halt a dust cloud engulfing the trees behind us.

"Oh my god the church!" I shrieked a hand clamped to my mouth in shock.

Without a second thought I watched Johnny and Ponyboy fly from the car to the church where pandemonium was breaking lose. A woman kept crying out that some children were stuck in there and a man seemed to be filling in the two on the situation. I watched on terrified as Ponyboy and Johnny ran into the house without hesitation. Dally was cursing bloody murder at them to come back and to stop being stupid. He glanced back to me but I wasn't there.

I'd jumped out of the car and ran to the burning church. Stopping metres away from it seeing the two scramble inside I ran after them ignoring the horrible curses flying my way from Dallas Winston.

"Johnny! Ponyboy watch out!" I cried out putting a hand over my mouth, I was coughing loudly, and my eyes were stinging from all the smoke and ash in the air.

I crawled through the broken window and I felt Dally grab my leg but I shook him off. My hand still over my mouth I slowly made my way through the burning church. Ponyboy and Johnny were shoving a bunch of little kids out of the window but I was still in shock that it was burning down to help. Ponyboy shook his head and told me to get out but I could barely hear him from the splintering of the wooden beams above our head.

"They're all out now get your asses out here before I skin you!" Dally roared from the window angrily. His blue eyes were blazing.

"Ponyboy!" I screamed as the beam above us which was burning cracked loudly and his back was sprayed with fire. I don't think he heard. "Pony get out!" I shouted.

I was too far away. But I think he saw the fear in my green eyes because he climbed out the window and I watched Dally put the fire out by hitting his back but Ponyboy didn't stand up after that. Johnny was making his way back to the window covering his mouth with his arm as the beam above us cracked again and the two of us screamed as it came crumbling down.

"JOHNNY!" My voice screamed mingling with Dallys.

"Johnny! Pixie!" I heard Dally shouting from somewhere near me.

I started coughing loudly. Fire was surrounding me. I couldn't even see Johnny anymore because of the thickness of the smoke. I kept coughing and my eyes were watering. Everything was blurring into the same orangey red glow. I was petrified. And I was sure if anyone glanced at me for a second they'd be able to tell. My voice was choking up it was like I couldn't even shout.

"Dally?" I said as loudly as I could muster as I heard another beam above me crack. "Dally!" I screamed with all the effort I could muster before the beam cracked again and a splitting pain ran through my leg as my body hit my floor and my head slammed against something hard and I blacked out.