Chapter Three

It was late morning by the time I woke up. I looked over the side of the bed to find Ponyboy sprawled on the floor; the blankets thrown off him. Sodapop must have already been awake because he wasn't there and the voice downstairs talking to Darry sounded like his. I just decided to lie there watching Ponyboy sleep when someone came bolting into the room. It was Sodapop.

"Glory, Ponyboy!" he said, when he saw his id brother was still sleeping. He looked at me with an alarmed look in his eye.

"Taylor!" he cried, "We have to get you out of here!" I looked at him; feeling like this was an unreal dream.

"Huh?" I asked, still a little groggy. "What's going on?" Darry came rushing into the room next.

"Ponyboy!" he yelled; flipping his brother's blankets off of him. "We have to get Taylor out of here!" I sat there speechless, not asking again what was wrong.

"Huh?" Ponyboy sat up rubbing his eyes. "What's going on?" Soda glanced at me. "Taylor," he said. "Your parents are looking for you, and I think they know you're here! They're drunk as hell and are out of control! They're already harassing Two-Bit over you. They think he kidnapped you. They're calling the fuzz and everything!" He looked at the ceiling and said. "We never had this problem with Johnny…"

I took one look at him and punched him in the nose. Nobody talks like that to Taylor Cade, even if it wasn't directed at me. His nose started bleeding.

"What the----!" he cried.

I grabbed Ponyboy's arm. "Let's go!" I told him. "We're getting out of here."

Ponyboy looked back at the bleeding Soda and the shocked Darry. Darry told Ponyboy something; probably a hiding place. Ponyboy muttered, "Windrixville…" and I knew that was where we were headed. But we didn't make it out the door…

OH SNAP! XD It's going to get really good, from what I'm planning. REVIEW PLEASE!