I know that Johnny was way to hyper in the last chapter, & I knew that some of you would probably complain. Well I like Johnny and I thought that he could be a little out there for once, you cant keep to yourself all the time.. Besides he was only with soda and Pony.

So deal

Darrys POV

I came home from a tiring day of work with yet again more back pains, I was hoping that both of my younger brothers would be in bed. But those hopes were lost when I found that Sodapop was up and making dinner, which I guessed was for me.

"Hey Soda, shouldn't you be in bed?"I asked massaging my shoulder while he wasn't looking

"I thought you'd be hungry"he stated turning around with a plate of food in his hand and setting it on the table

"thanks little buddy"I said taking my seat in front of the food, I looked down at the plate and frowned. It was just an ordinary meal, nothing bizarre at all, unless the inside had coloring, which he did once before. I cut the meat but it was regular on the inside, I set my fork and knife down.

"Soda, is something bothering you?"I asked a bit worried, I know the whole thing with Pony has been stressful but he's seemed to be taken it okay, until now.

"No, Dar I have to tell you something"he said taking a seat from across the table

"what is it?"I asked feeling my body get hot

"It's Ponyboy.."

"What's wrong with my baby brother? Is he alright?"I asked frantically

"I don't know Darry, I brought him to the doctor and everything, and he said to just let him be, I don't know"Soda looked down

"Sodapop, what's wrong with him?"I asked getting angry and upset at the same time

"oh, he ain't hurt Darry if that's what your thinking, just sort of lost from reality"

"what do you mean?"

"Like he don't respond to a thing, he cant hear or see any of us, I guess. The doc said it was temporary, something about his brain working too hard, it sort of shut down for a while"Soda was looking nervous, frustrated and confused and I immediately felt bad for shouting at him

"sorry for yelling Sodapop, where is he?"

"In our room"

I got up about to go and see him, when he appeared in the kitchen, looking very spacey and frightened.

"Ponyboy? Pony?"

"He cant hear you Dar"Soda said from the table, not looking at Ponyboy but still down at his shoes

Pony walked toward the opposite wall from us in the kitchen with his hands out in front of him. He touched the wall like their was something there, he stayed like that for a little with his mouth moving like he was talking, but nothing was coming out.

I watched him intently, this was my first time seeing him like this and I don't know how long Sodas known about it. I realized then that I haven't been home nearly enough, I don't even realize the things going on with my baby brother, I suddenly felt a pang of guilt.

I jumped 3 feet in the air when Ponyboy suddenly screamed and jerked away from the wall, he was on the floor now and sliding back to the other side of the kitchen. His eyes were transfixed on something that neither one of us could see and he looked scared out of his mind. I looked at Soda to see if this has happened before, but he looked as startled as I was, we both ran for Pony.

"Pony! It's alright calm down, everything's alright!"I said trying to calm him

Ponyboys eyes were wide and a steady stream of tears was trickling down his cheeks and over his mouth.

"Pony what do you see!"Soda asked sitting in front of Ponyboy and giving me nervous looks

Pony was shaking with tremendous force and wiggling like he wanted to get out of our grasps and away from whatever he saw in front of him. I grabbed his two arms and I shook him hard to try to snap him out of it, but it wasn't working. His breathing quickened into big gasps and he grabbed sodas pants leg and held it tight. He started making noises like he was being choked to death and his face looked like he was too. He couldn't breath, he cant breath, I had no clue what to do, it's hard to think when your baby brother is killing himself with his mind.

"Soda! What do we do?"I yelled

"what about the breathing machine, think it'll help?"Soda asked frantic

I nodded and Soda ran for the machine that was in the room

"breath Pony, breath honey, every things alright. Please try Pony, breath, breath!"I pleaded as Ponys face grew more and more breathless and pained

Soda came back with the machine and quickly got it started, I quickly put the mask over Ponys face and he immediately started getting air and breathing more with big gasps.

Soda felt Ponys heart beat and said it was extremely fast, I felt his pulse it was extremely high, too high.

"Doctor?"Soda asked

"no, no, I think he'll make it fine out of this one. Their isn't much the doctor could do now anyway"I told him, I could feel my heart beating rapidly

"something serious could have happened tonight, do you realize that?"I asked Soda

Soda just nodded and took his younger brother into his lap, I felt his pulse and saw that it was steadily returning to normal, along with his heart rate and body temperature.

I let out a sigh of relief and patted Sodas shoulder

"he's fine Soda, he fine"

"please don't let that happen again Pony, I cant loose you"I heard Soda say in a whisper

Pony had fallen asleep and lay limply in Sodas lap, I picked Pony up off of him and brought him into his room, soda followed solemnly. I placed Pony down gently and brushed at his hair that was wet with sweat, he was getting younger and younger looking as each day passes.

"Goodnight Dar"Soda said and he put his arm over Pony and held him tight, the machine gave off a steady hum that would put soda asleep in a second

"night Soda"I walked out of their room and into mine, and I said a long prayer that night at the fact that I could have lost Pony tonight, and I couldn't bare the thought of what I would have done if I did. And the question that was burning in my mind.. If I hadn't come home, what would have happened? Would things have been different in any way? I guess things like that we never know.

Tomorrow.

Ponyboys POV

I opened my eyes and shot up quickly, too quickly and my head was spinning so I closed my eyes and opened it again to see my room take shape. I looked next to me to find that Soda wasn't in there with me and I wondered what time it was. I felt something on my face and took it off, realizing what is was all the memories came flooding back. Of the car accident, hospitals, my head being so empty, the fear, the anger, now I felt great, and I realized that I remember everything! Everything that I have forgotten was back but I felt like things that recently happened I couldn't remember, like I don't recall anything in the past few days I don't think. It was startling having your memory just rush past you, kinda like when you die and people say their whole life flashes before their eyes. That's sort of how it was but I wasn't dying, the rush of memory sort of gave me a headache. Is this a dream? Or am I actually returning to my normal self, I felt better than great now. I got up and made my way to the kitchen, I heard a faint sound like the tv was on but it wasn't at it's usual loud volume.

I walked in and realized that the whole gang was there, they were all sleeping and scattered all over the floor, couch and chairs.

"Sleepover?"I asked myself as I headed into to the kitchen

I decided to let them all sleep, they all looked like they haven't slept in days, especially Soda and Darry and I couldn't help but feel that it was my fault. I wondered why I felt so weak if I got my memory back. My legs suddenly gave way and I had to sit on the floor of the kitchen, I felt silly and was glade the gang was asleep. I tried to get up several times but found my body extremely hopeless.

"Ponyboy?"I heard Dallys voice come from the living room and footsteps walking toward me

"they never said you would come out of bed, all they said was that you were in some sort of daze and be careful if you ever get up. They never said anything about when you get up though, god why am I the one that has to deal with this. Alright come here Ponyboy" I was confused. What had happened to me in the past days that I cant remember? Something about me being in a daze, whatever that means. And why is Dally talking to me like I am a baby or something?

"Dallas"I said quietly

"w-what, they said you don't talk, or even realize people are there"Dally said out loud but I think he was talking to himself, like he was the only person in the room

"Dally, what happened to me?"

"Pony? Your awake!"Dally seemed really surprised and I wondered if I've been sleeping for a while.

"Yeah but what happened? Why cant I move?"I asked turning to face him, that alone took quite a lot of energy

The look of Dallys face was haunting, it was like seeing a long lost fiend, Two-bit, johnny, Dally, Soda, Darry and even Steve, I cant wait to see them all again.

"alright how much to you remember?"Dally asked now taking a seat with me on the kitchen floor

"the accident, I know that I lost memory but I don't remember much else"I answered

"well, I didnt know much either, I haven't been around here too much lately, but ill try to explain it to you. Alright, Soda said something about your brain working too hard to remember, so it shut down and you were all out of it. Like you didnt even realize that people were in the room with you and you didnt respond to a thing or talk. That's that last state you've been in and you've been asleep for three days, so we all thought you were still like that"Dally said explaining what happened to me the best he could

"wow, I must have put a lot of stress on over them , huh?"I asked referring to Soda and Darry

"oh, no don't think that Ponyboy, you're alright now and that's all that matters"Dally said comfortable like and I smiled

"now, there you go, I haven't seen one of those in a long time"Dally said gently pushing my head

"let's tell the gang, I bet your brothers will be jumping off the walls, we better glue down all the important nick knacks"Dally chuckled at his own joke as he stood up

"sure thing Dally"I tried to stand up with Dally but their was something wrong with me and I was getting nervous

"dally why cant I get up?"

"I guess its form being in the house all this time, im sure you'll snap out of it"Dall grabbed my arm and hauled me to my feet, I leaned on him as we walked into the living room with the gang soundlessly asleep.

Dally got everyone awake and told them the news, I was greeted with hugs and joyous faces, some were relieved and taken by surprise, like they thought I was never gonna snap out of it then Soda and Steve started war whoops and some of the others joined in.

"Pony, oh thank god!"Soda grabbed me in a hug and stayed like that for a while, I felt like a toy as I was passed around being hugged by everyone, even Steve showed sympathy for me being better and all. But I think he was just happy that this might take a lot of stress off Soda.

"I thought it was the end for you"Darry said burying his face in my shoulder

"I was really scared"he said in sobs

I hugged him tightly and realized that I really did cause so much pain and agony, stress to Darry and Soda, it's not everyday Darry willingly cries in front of other people, actually its never.

The rest of the night was filled with occasional "im glade your alright Ponyboy" and "I don't know what I would do without you" and all I could think about was what a great group of friends I have, I would never trade them for anything in the world. Ever.

The next day

I felt sick, but not too sick so I didnt tell Darry or Soda, I never want to worry them again. I woke up earlier than anyone else and felt particularly tired, even though it wasn't the falling asleep kind. I felt sort of hot and cold at the same time and my whole body felt numb and I couldn't move to well. So I sat down on the couch, I felt sort of a cold sweat coming on and wondered if this was just a small side affect of this whole thing. I sure hoped it was.

"Ponyboy, what are you doing up?"Soda asked then he paused as he really looked me over

"Pony? Are you feeling alright?"he asked stepping closer to me

"yeah im fine, why do you ask?"I asked him trying to look better, but I doubted it was working because now I felt my whole body shivering. I never thought it was possible for someone to feel so many things at once. I was hot, cold, sweaty, shivering and tired but awake.

"Pony, your shivering and your lips are turning purple!"then he felt my forehead

"but your burning up!"he exclaimed

I really hoped this wasn't gonna happen

"Soda, could you bring me into the bathroom?"my voice sounded hoarse now, what have I done to make myself this way?

"Sure thing kido"he lifted me to my feet and I leaned on him as he brought me into the bathroom, there I leaned over the toilet and threw up.

"The patch!"Soda left quickly and then came back in no time with something in his hand

I was done throwing up, and now laying on the bathroom floor, he told me that this would take just a second. He lifted up my shirt and placed something on my stomach then he told me to stay still and took out a shot.

"What's that for Soda?"I asked

he gently eased the needle into my side and then pulled my shirt back down

"well the patch is for your immune system, since the accident it hasn't worked properly and it needs extra anti-bodies to help fight off disease. And the shot, is just some medicine that goes along with it"

"im in pretty bad shape, aren't I Soda"it was more like a statement than a question, Soda just lifted me to my feet and brought me back to the couch and laid me down, I guessed that Darry had already gone to work.

"Listen Pony, I have to go to work soon so Two-bits gonna come here and watch you"

I was fourteen years old, far from a baby, but I had no desirable strength to try and argue.

Before Two-bit arrived Soda came over and hugged me for a long time

"ill be back soon alright?"

"Its fine Soda"I answered

"if theirs anything wrong you call me and ill be home in a second"he gave me a quick kiss on the top of my head as we heard footsteps running up the porch

"later Ponyboy"he said from the door and then ran the few blocks to the DX.

"Hey, hey Ponayyy!"Two-bit shouted as he entered, I just smiled.

So, is this the end of the Curtis brothers problems, or was Ponyboy getting his memory back just the beginning?

I guess we'll find out :

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