Pony and Johnny were sittin' at the house, waitin' for Soda. "You sure you don't mind if I come?" Johnny asked.
"No problem. Anyway, you wanna get away from your dad,"
"Nah, Pony. No, I don't. I still feel like he's my dad, he's my family, even though he beats me," Johnny was feeling like shit. He had just gotten his daily beating from his dad. He wanted to get away from it too.
Pony walked up the street to the park. That was where Soda had said he was goin'. We had a few minutes. And if Suzy showed up, Johnny was still on the steps.
"Hey, there's a soc," Pony muttered to himself. A soc was walking up the street. It must've been Bob. It seems that the only soc that messes with the greasers is Bob and Randy.
Pony spotted Soda. He was comin' right toward the car that the soc had.
"No, Soda!" Pony screamed. He started to run, but he was getting nowhere. He seemed so far away from Soda. Soda, Pony thought, what are you doing?
Pony had a feelin' that Soda didn't know what was happening 'till the knife hit his arm. Pony heard him cuss and scream, and started to run faster towards him.
Suzy was walking over to the block right now. She was goin' to meet Soda. She had dressed casual. Some jeans, and a buttoned shirt did fine for a night with the friends. Maybe, she thought, Dally will be there.
She found Johnny on the porch. He was sittin' there, lookin' up the street. Gosh, Johnny thought, maybe they're in trouble. Pony had left a few minutes ago to go up the street. He didn't know how long it would take.
Suzy tapped Johnny's shoulder, and he jumped. "Who?"
"Johnny, it's alright," Suzy said, backing up. Sandy had told her last year that he was a little jumpy.
Suddenly, they both heard a scream.
"What the hell was that?" Suzy jumped, and started to run. Johnny followed, not as fast. He was falling back. When him and Suzy reached the park, Pony was already there.
There were four socs, beating them both up. They both had knives. "Soda!" Suzy screamed. She was crying by now, as well as sweating from the run.
They were both putting up a fight. Johnny was scared to even get near them. "C'mon, Johnny!" Suzy and Johnny both went in. They didn't try to fight Johnny. Man, Suzy thought, I didn't know Johnny could fight too well.
Johnny got Bob up against the car. He was sluggin' him, until we heard a deep voice. Suzy's first instinct was that it was Dally. It wasn't the case this time. It was Darry.
Johnny dropped the Soc, and looked at his hands like he was poisoned. He was moaning.
The Socs dropped Soda and Pony and got in the car. They drove off.
"Soda!" Suzy screamed. The sight of him lying on the grass there just made her go berserk.
She was crying uncontrollably. Darry took her arm and held her. She was running in place. Wow, Darry thought, this girl really cares about Soda.
Sylvia was in Dallas's car with him. Dallas was driving. Sylvia squinted out the car window.
"Where the hell we going?" She asked in outrage. She stuck her head out the window.
"The Dingo. Where else?" Dallas said, getting ready to kick her out of the car. She was really startin' to get on his nerves. Ever since she found out that Suzy was back in town, she had been real nervous.
Sylvia was ready to jump out the car by now. Dallas was getting to be an asshole, she thought. "I don't wanta go to the Dingo,"
"Where do you wanna go?"
"The drive-in," Sylvia stated, loud and clear. She saw how Dallas clenched his fists on the driving wheel, and backed up in the seat.
Oh, Dallas thought, this girl is going to really get me goin'.
"Fine. We'll go to the drive-in," Dallas said, gritted his teeth, and turned around. "But I'm not paying. You're gonna have to sneak in."
"You sure you wanna still go to the drive-in?" Soda wasn't hurt bad, but his shoulder was a little cut. It was like that time Suzy got struck with the Socs knife, before Dallas stepped out.
"We can go back to your house," Suzy offered, being totally generous.
"Naw, I wanna go to the drive-in." His hand tightened around Suzy's.