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Disclaim- I do not own The Outsiders, but I own Jamie and Shane and this story!

Chapter 4

Pony's POV

I woke up and Soda's arm was still around me. I gently moved it, trying to not wake him up. So much for that.

"Hey Pony." He said, looking at me with a big smile.

"Hey Soda. I know it's early, but what should I do about Jamie? I am just so worried about her. I wonder how her parents don't know." I looked at the ceiling. I guess Soda could tell I was real upset, because he said

"It'll be okay, buddy. We'll figure something out. Here, I'll go tell Darry right now." I sat up. I wasn't a baby. I could go.

"nah, I'll go." I walked down the hall way in my underwear, but I didn't care. Darry was still in bed, but he was awake. I sat at the end.

"Hey Dar, I've got a problem. Soda says you can help."

"Okay, shoot" I told him exactly what I told Soda. He got a concerned look on his quickly aged face.

"That aint right. No siree bub. I'm gonna go have it out with this guy."

"Oh, no. Darry don't. Please. I wasn't even supposed to tell Soda."

"Well, Pony, these kind of things are where you have to tell someone." He looked at me real good and then put some clothes on. "Come on get dressed. Get Soda and the gang. We're gonna go beat this guy up." Darry sure has been acting funny lately. He doesn't really believe in fighting. But I didn't argue. I hated seeing Jamie like this. I think I actually might be starting to like her. But I didn't tell anyone that. I told Soda and he got all riled up.

"Yes! A fight! We are gonna kick their"

"Soda, its just one guy, relax" I said hotly.

"Hey, don't get smart with me, kid" he said, getting mad. He could be so happy one moment and be so mad the next. "I'm gonna go get Steve and everyone else" Everyone was in our living room within 20 minutes. I thought they were really over reacting to all this. Well, I mean Jamie was important, but they were getting kicks out of this. That aint right either. They piled into Darry's truck and Steve's car and were headed down the road. It only took about a little more than 10 minutes to get there. Why weren't her parents ever there? Darry knocked on the door, and started saying something to him. Shane stepped out onto the porch and shut the door behind him. Then the rest of the gang got out, including me. Then out of nowhere, Dally punched Shane so hard he fell off of the porch. He got back up and punched him in the stomach, like he did to me. Was that all he knew how to do? Then Jamie opened the door.

"What's going on here?" she almost yelled. We all stopped and looked at her. "Ponyboy you said you wouldn't tell anyone!" she started crying, and I hated to see that. I hated to see any girl cry. Then Shane shouted,

"Jamie! Get back in the house, NOW! I thought I told you to stay there and don't come outside?" he started to get back up on the porch, but Darry pulled him down.

"You'd better leave this girl alone. Got it? Now get lost!" he said in a very stern voice. Way to go Darry. I think Shane was starting to cry. He ran into a car and drove off down the road. I was hoping he wasn't coming back.

"what a baby" Dally said.

"All right," Soda said. "Pony, go in and talk to her." Just what I was going to do. I opened the door and she was sitting on the couch. She gave me a look. I honestly didn't know how to take it.

"Pony, how could you tell them? Now look, Shane is gone, and it's all your fault." She can't be serious. We just saved her. Shane was doing terrible things to her.

"What are you talking about? Shane was mistreating you. A girl shouldn't be treated like that. A human being shouldn't be treated like that. Where are your parents, anyways?"

"They work all day. They don't come home until late. They think I'm home alone."

"Okay, so tell me what happened from the beginning. I want to hear it all." I sounded so much like a parent it scared me. Usually I was the one who was being lectured. Now it was the exact opposite.

"Well, about a year ago, I met Shane at a party. I didn't mind that he was older and we went out. We had a lot of fun together, and my parents liked him a lot. He got good grades in school, and had a great life at home, and everything was good. Then one day, he told me that his dad had died. He was real close to his dad. He took it pretty rough. That's when it all began. He was mad, and was taking it out on me. But I was convinced that deep down he really did love me, like he did before. But he always hit me, and I thought it was okay. My parents didn't know since they both work full time. He told me that if I really loved him, I wouldn't tell anyone, so I didn't." wow, this was a lot to take in at once.

"well, do you still love him? I mean, after all the bad things that have happened?" I asked. I was falling for her every moment.

"I don't know. I'm so confused." She started to cry and put her head in her hands. Like I said, I hated to see girls cry, so I moved over to her and put my arm around her.

"It's ok. Do you want to come to my house, just incase he comes back?" I hope I wasn't rushing things.

"Yeah, he'll come back. He always does. But I can't stay too long unless I tell my parents." She said wiping her tears. I opened the door for her, and the gang was standing there, smiling.

"So, Pony does got himself a girlie!" Two-Bit said. I didn't even care. Jamie was coming to my house!

So? I think we need to get rid of this Shane guy. Tell me what you think, I update really fast, remember? Review!!!