HEEEEEEYYYY! IM BACKKK! I know you probs don't care about me, only the story but. Just wanted to make sure u know I'm not dead. Sorry for the long wait. Love u guys! Hope u enjoy!

DISCLAIMER: I DON'T OWN THE OUTSIDERS

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO THANK THE NIGHT NINJA FOR HELPING ME WITH THIS CHAPTERR. LOVE U!

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(Pony's POV)

2 days later

Don't eat Pony, you'll get fat.

But I am hungry..

What's the point in eating If you're going to leave soon

I'm starving, I don't want to die like this.

You'll get fat

I don't care I'm hungry.

My friends have been helping me a lot lately. They kept me busy. Whenever I missed my brothers it the gang they replayed images of the bad things they did to me. They kept me from being heartbroken again. They are the best friends I've ever had.

But I haven't eaten in 4 days now, and it's really getting to me. I don't want to die from starvation. That would make my death seem like an accident and it was too long and painful.

My jaw and leg were killing me. They got worse as the days went on. But I needed to get food. I didn't care if anyone was home or if they saw me. I needed to eat.

Slowly crawling out of my bed, I stumbled forward running into the door this falling onto the floor with a resounding crack from my arm.

"Great." I thought. I didn't care how many bones I've broken, I was hungry and I needed food. I could feel myself getting weaker by the minute.

Again, I tried to stand up. Successfully this time. As I stepped out into the hallway leading up to the kitchen I realized how painful this would be. Every step I took felt as if I were crushed by a 10000 pound weight. It was unbearable.

As I was limping, I did not realize that Darry was standing in the living room watching me. His eyes full of sadness and despair. Full of hurt.

Once I made it to the kitchen I collapsed to the ground with an agonizing scream. I couldn't take this pain anymore. It was driving me insane.

Soon, pony. Soon it will all go away.

I know.

Don't eat, pony. You'll get fat.

Not like I can anyways! My jaw is broken. I am hungry though and I don't want to die this way!

Don't eat, pony. You'll get fat.

Please shut up!

Don't eat, pony you'll get fat.

I CANT!

Don't eat, po-

"SHUT UP! SHUT UP! SHUT UP!" I screamed. I couldn't take these hunger pains anymore, but since I couldn't eat I just grabbed a warm Pepsi from the ground. It hurt to much to stand up.

After drinking all the contents, I began to silently cry. I cannot take this pain anymore. I couldn't take it in the first place.

Soon, very soon ponyboy.

"Soon isn't soon enough…" I whispered as I drifted to sleep on the kitchen floor.

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(3rd person POV)

Darry began to get worried, as he heard no sound coming from the kitchen.

"P-Ponyboy…?" He said quietly, but loud enough so that if someone was in the kitchen they could hear.

"Pony…" He tried again. Nothing. He was getting worried now. He slowly walked to the kitchen, being careful not to step in anything that would make noise.

Once he saw Pony he freaked out. He ran over to him and put a hand on his chest to see if he was breathing. Slowly he let out a sigh of relief, but he couldn't help but notice how weird his ribs felt and how easy they were to feel. He lifted up his shirt and saw how skinny he was getting and gasped.

"Oh Pone…. Baby I promise this'll get better. Just hang on for me ok?" He whispered in his sleeping brothers ear.

Slowly he lifted up pony and brought him back to his bed room.

He got pony an ice pack for his leg, which he could see was swelling an awful lot. He also brought in a bottle of water and 3 aspirins and set it on Ponyboy's desk. Darry hated seeing his brother suffer like this, and he couldn't believe how the gang was treating him.

"I love you Ponyboy…" Darry said before kissing him on the forehead and leaving.

"I love you too, Darry…" Pony said drowsily.

Pony heard everything Darry had said, and saw what he did for him. Too bad his mind was in a state where he still felt empty.

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Later that afternoon, Soda and Twobit were hanging out together just the two of them. They rarely hung out by themselves but it was nice when it happened.

"Hey Soda, I know right now this is a sensitive topic right now but… hows Pone doin'?" Twobit questioned.

Sodas smile was instantly wiped off of his face. He turned and stared at Twobit dead in the eyes and said, "Pony is not my concern. Don't you ever bring him up again. I don't care about that piece of shit and I'm sick and tired of his attitude."

"Ya know, Soda. I thought you were a real good guy. But right now you're being an asshole! Your brothers going through a dark time right now and you're mad that he went off on you. He went off on you because it's OUR fault he's like this. We broke him, Soda. YOU, broke him Soda. This is all our faults and you decide you hate the kid cause of a mistake he made? What kind of brother are you?" Twobit retaliated.

Soda slapped Twobit across the face for his last comment. He was livid with him.

"Hit me all you want Soda, but you know it's true!" Twobit yelled in Sodas face. Soon after he ran off, leaving Soda wide eyed and incredibly sorry.

"What have I done…?"

HEEEEY. OK I KNOW THIS CHAPTER US SHORT BUT BELIEVE IT OR NOT ITS OVER 1,000 WORDS LIKE I PROMISED. ANYWAYS LOVE U GUYS! BYEEEEE!