"Hey you two! What's going on?" I looked up from the gospel of John thing that I was reading. Aaron had told me and Soda the night before to read a chapter a day. I had read the first four that morning. Ponyboy was reading a book for english class.

"Not much." I replied. "What happened to you last night?"

"Sorry kid, I forgot. I ended up going to a party at Buck's." Two-Bit replied. He flopped down next to me. "Pony, what's going on with Soda and Steve? I stopped at the DX station on my way here and they weren't joking around with each other like they usually do."

Ponyboy sighed and put down his book. "They had an argument this morning."

"You're kidding, right? I've never seen the two of them fight." Two-Bit looked at me.

"He's not kidding." I mumbled.

"What happened?" Two-Bit asked.

Again, Pony sighed. "Soda got a draft notice in the mail yesterday, and showed it to Chris last night. Steve was upset because Soda told Chris first and not him."

"Soda was drafted? How is he taking it?" For once Two-Bit was serious.

Pony looked at me, "You can probably answer better than I can. I only read the notice. He talked to you about it."

I shrugged. "He really didn't say much. Just looked worried when he had me read it. And he said it was why he decided to accept Jesus."

Two-Bit was rubbing his side burns. He tends to do that when he's thinking. "Soda accepted Jesus? What in the world does that mean?"

I told him about the previous night. The play and being in the room after. It felt strange sharing what had happened because I wasn't sure if he would understand. It was the first time I had felt uncomfortable talking about something, even though I was sure I had made the right decision.

"You accepted Jesus, too? Do you really think that's what everyone is searching for?" Two-Bit asked when I had finished. "What about you Pony?"

"I ended up staying here with Darry." Pony admitted. "I didn't feel comfortable going because I thought I'd be reminded of the fire up in Windrixville."

"But he's coming next week and Darry might join us, too." I added. "You can come with. That way you can decide for yourself if Jesus is what you're searching for."

"I'll think about it." Two-Bit yawned. He probably didn't sleep much the night before. I've heard about Buck's parties and I was glad I had never gone to one. Two-Bit got up from the couch and left without saying another word.

Pony looked at me, "Boy, Steve must really be mad at Soda."

"I don't think he's mad. I think he just doesn't want Soda to go to the war. He'd rather go himself." I replied softly.

"Yeah, I guess you're right. Steve may be a little jealous. Steve would do anything to get out of Tulsa. But that's no reason to be upset with Soda. He didn't decide to go into the war, he's being drafted. If it were up to Soda, he'd stay here." Pony said stretching his arms above his head.

I just nodded. I didn't know how to react and I was surprised that Pony was taking the idea of Soda going into the war as well as he was considering how close they were. But he's known for a while that Darry and Soda both had a chance of being drafted. Maybe that's why he could handle it. Or maybe he was having a hard time, but didn't want anyone else to know it. Greasers aren't known to show much emotion. I noticed that he had gone back to reading his book and decided not to ask him what he thought about the draft notice. I figured if he wanted he would tell me when he was ready.