Why are you back?

Disclaimer: I don't own the outsiders. My only character is Brigette.

Chapter 6:

Ponyboy POV:

I might have been overacting when Darry and Soda were talking to me, but I doubt it. Truthfully they were probably thinking something along lines, and Angie wasn't like that. She was a nice girl with a bad reputation because of her brothers. A knock on the door broke into my thoughts.

"Ponyboy, dinner's ready." Soda's voice came from the hall.

"I'm not hungry." I said.

"come on Pone" he pleaded.

"nope" I said, and I heard Soda walking away. A few minutes later there was another knock on the door.

"I said, I'm not hungry Soda." I said.

"it's me, Johnny, can I come in?" he asked.

"oh, ya sure as long as no one else comes in with you." I told him, really meaning Steve, Soda or Darry, anyone else was fine.

"don't you think you're blowing this a little out of proportion?" he asked.

"nope, you and I and everyone else that knows them and Angie knows that that's what they were really worried about." I said simply.

"maybe, but only cause they care about you. And if you and Angie are really serious then you know they won't break you up, they'll just be careful to know when you're going out."

"I don't know. I just wish that they could trust me and Angie." I told him.

"ya, I guess, but come on you can't just starve because of this."

"who said I was gonna starve?" I asked mischievously.

"what are you thinking?" he asked cautiously.

"I'll be back around 11:00, tell Darry and Soda that I'm not hungry and I'm pretty upset and I don't want to see anyone tonight. K?" I said as I began to open the window and climb out.

"Ponyboy what do you think you're doing?" Johnny asked in a whisper.

"going to see Angie and warn her, I mean if Darry and Soda know, then it shouldn't be long til Tim and Curly will." I told him, before jumping out and walking running around the side of the house careful not to let anyone see me.

Darry POV:

I was a little worried about Ponyboy for the rest of the night. I didn't realize it until Johnny said he didn't want to see anyone tonight, but Pony was really upset with me and Soda. I really didn't want to go against his will, but I had to see him, I had to make this at least a little bit right. I mean Pony and I had been doing really good with rekindling our relationship and I didn't want this to break all our hard work. So when Johnny went to the kitchen to get Dally a beer I headed for Pony's and Soda's room, as I walked in a saw a figure on the bed. I came beside the bed and sat down on a chair I pulled the covers back ready to talk to Pony and found a bunch of pillows!

"Johnny where's Ponyboy?" I asked coming back into the room. Just as Johnny was coming back from the kitchen.

"what are you talking about?" he asked.

"I went in there to talk to him and I found a bunch of pillows. Where is he?" I asked again.

"he went to see Angie, he said he owed her a warning that Tim and Curly were going to find out about them, and that the next few weeks weren't going to be very smooth going." He said looking down at the ground. I felt bad, I understood why Ponyboy wanted to leave, and if he needed a walk I would have let him, I just couldn't believe that he thought Soda and I were so mad at him that we wouldn't let him even go out to talk to her or anything.

I looked at Soda and I could see in his eyes that he felt the same. Just as I was about to suggest that we go look for him, Tim, Curly and Tim's gang came through the door.

"WHERE'S ANGIE?" Tim asked, more like yelled I guess.

"I don't know. Where's Ponyboy? He went over to talk to Angie earlier." I asked, hoping he knew the whereabouts of my brother.

"he came and asked to see Angie, I told him we were leaving and that he could find her in her room. Then we left to go jump some socs or something, and heard about Pony and Angie, we came home and they were gone, we thought they were here." Curly said.

"They're missing?" Soda asked terrified.

"I'm sure they're fine." Dally said obviously trying to calm us down. "they're smart kids, I bet if we searched the town then we'd find them by tomorrow morning." And with that we all left to go find Ponyboy and Angela. Soda, Sandy, Brigette and I went together, Dally and Johnny went together, Two-Bit and Steve were together, Tim and Curly were together, and then there was Tim's gang.

I know this was a short chapter, but I promise the next one will be longer. Chapter 7 will be up soon, please R&R.