Disclaimer: S.E. Hinton owns The Outsiders
It's easy to understand why my brothers and I are so close. Even before our parents were killed in that car accident, we still had a better relationship than most siblings do. And after our parents died, I knew Darry was always trying to protect us, and Pony, well, when he understood that, we all got along much better. The only thing that sometimes caused some tension in our house was my friendship with Steve. I knew my brothers loved him as one of the guys because he'd always been around just like Dally, Johnny and Two-Bit, but they certainly didn't get along with him as well as they'd gotten along with Johnny, and he certainly isn't as funny as Two-Bit. But he's my best friend, and even though I know he sometimes drives the other two nuts, I know there's more to him than the other two see. Maybe that's because he trusts me enough by now, so I know why he feels like he has to act so hard and tough all the time⦠in the house he lives in, he really has no choice. The only time I'd seen him break was when we were all too late to save Dally, and none of us could keep it together that night... we lost two friends at once. Most of the time, though, Steve did a pretty good job of hiding whatever was bugging him. Most of the time...
