Disclaimer: I am not S.E. Hinton so I do not own the outsiders or any of the characters. I only own Carried and the plot.

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-1 week latter-

Soda sat quietly as he started to write the gang letters, mainly Ponyboy but he wrote for everyone anyways:

Hey everyone

I wish I never got this stupid draft notice! We have to get up really early in mornings and train until night. I wish I could be back there with the guys and be able to work at the DX with Steve. Its really weird some of the guys here get so many weird letters, they were reading some to everyone that girls sent them… some of them are stupid. I miss you Ponyboy… I hate it here so much.

Love Soda

Soda put his pencil down and laid down in his bunk in the room he shared with five to twenty other guys. He leaned his head back and started to play with the letter. About five minutes latter when he was starting to doze off the 'mailman' walked into the room and everybody stood up and saluted him, including Soda.

"Sodapop Curtis, Erik Johansson, Kevin Orings, and Daniel Davits I have letters for you." The main saluted them back and handed out the mail. Soda walked over to him and he gave him Ponyboy's letter in switch for his. Looking through the letters that he received, three to be exact, one caught his eye though. From Sandy?

Dear Soda

I heard from Darry that you were in the War and I decided I should contact you and at least tell you that your babies fine. It is a she and I named her Mich-

Before Soda could read the whole name he threw the letter in the garbage. If he read that name, Sandy's kid's name, he would want her back and the baby. Looking at the other two letters he found an unfamiliar address and opened it up to see a females handwriting.

Hello Sodapop.

My name is Carrie. I am writing to you, as a pen pal you know? Anyways I saw your name on the list and immediately wanted to talk to you! I love your name it's so unique and that's awesome. Well I hope we can stay in touch… oh so that you know if you want I have contacted your family and your two brothers seem very sweet; Ponyboy and Darry. They said it would be nice to have someone else besides them to talk to you so you could waist time. Well besides that if you want to nowhere I got the pen pal address thing was from my school.

Sincerely Carrie

Soda sighed and looked at the girl's hand writing over and over again. He was always up for new friends and they where right; it was nice to talk to someone besides the guys! She seemed nice to and really caring if she was willing to right to some stranger to make them happy.

He stuck the letter in his pants and made a mental note to write back to her. Looking at the last letter it was from Steve opening it eagerly he began to read.

Hey Soda,

It's Steve if you where smart enough to figure that out. Yeah there is this new guy that took your job and man is he mean he told me to fuck off when I tried to talk to him, sure ain't no you. Anyways I broke up with Eve, she has gotten on my last nerve, She was flirting with Two-Bit in front of me and started bitching about how I was trying to sleep with one of her friends. Well I have my eye on this other girl her name is like Susie or something like that she's a doll… maybe I can get you a picture of her.

Steve

Sodapop chuckled, always like Steve to find a new broad. Tucking that note in this pocket too he lay back down on his bed and drifted off into a 'Peaceful' sleep.

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R&R the next chapter will be kind of dramatic...