Title: Leave Me Where I Am
Author: Acoustic Heart
Disclaimer: I do not own the Outsiders and I do not claim to. No profit is being made from this story.

Warnings: This story does contain rape. There may be a possible slash relationship in the future.

A/N: Oh my good golly gosh! Again, thank you for all the reviews, if I could hug all of you I would! AND sorry that it took so long to update!

SORRY FOR THE REPEAT CHAPTER LAST TIME!

(Told in Dally's point of view)

Chapter 4

The four of us sat in the living room, no one breathed, no one moved, I was pretty sure Darry was standing there unblinking.

Soda sat in the arm chair, me and Johnny sat on the couch and Darry stood across, from us, arms folded over his chest, a stern look on his face.

That face didn't work in just scaring Pony.

"Look, just tell us where the hell you brought him then what happened and where you think he might be." Soda started.

"No, first I want you to tell me what the hell you were thinking bringing my kid brother any place but the theater, or the drive, or hell, even Bucks." Darry said. I looked at him dead in the eye,

"I just want you to know how sorry I really am."

"Enough of that already just tell me what the hell happened." He snapped.

Johnny was fidgeting nervously; did he think Darry would blame him for making Pony run off like that?

"I, I took him and Johnny to a party." I started.

Darry looked like he was about to launch at me from his seat.

"It was just a little house party, honest, it wasn't even that far away either!" I said, trying to defend myself.

"Do you honestly think you're descelating my anger?" He yelled getting to his feet.

"I, well, no, Darry, but-"

"No Dallas! No! There are no buts I actually trusted you with my baby brothers life, Dallas. I trusted that you would actually look after him and not disprespect me or my wishes!" He was yelling so loud at me Johnny started to get a lilted scared, which, luckily, Soda took note of.

"Darry, bring your voice down a little, yelling and hollering isn't gonna solve anything." Soda pleaded with his older brother.

Darry turned to face him.

"What, so no you're going to take his side?"

Soda sighed. "No, Darry, I agree with ya a hundred and ten percent. I'm just saying that you need to calm down just a little, for the sake of everyone else."

Thankfully Darry understood, he looked back over at where me and Johnny were sitting.

"Finish your story." He commanded me and sat back down.

"Anyways, we went inside it everything seemed to go fine, he didn't make any sort of comment indicating he really didn't want to go inside that house, the only comment he made about the entire thing was that you wouldn't like the fact I was taking him to a party-"

"You think so?" Darry cut in sarcastically.

"Darry, let 'em finish." Soda told him.

"He took a drink, from my friend Zach, the one who was holding the party-"

"You let him have alcohol?" Darry looked like he was about to get up out of his seat again.

"Geez, Darry, would you just sit down and listen." Soda scolded, though he wasn't exactly shooting me pleasant looks.

Darry sat down again and rubbed his hands over his face.

"I kept an eye on him for a bit, the Johnny starting drinking and I started to keep an eye on him. The last time I saw Pony was when he got himself another drink. That was at least two hours before we finally noticed him missing." I finished, keeping the part about him and Johnny getting into a fight out of it.

"That's it? You have absolutely no idea if he left, or how he left, or if he even left on his own account?" Darry asked he was calmer than before, just staring down at his hands. But I could tell it wouldn't be long before another outburst from him…or another fist to the face.

"Ye-" I started.

"No." I was cut off by Johnny this time.

Soda and Darry both looked at him, surprised.

Johnny was usually the innocent one.

"I was the last one he talked to. I was sort of drunk, drunk enough to not be myself but not drunk enough to forget everything that happened. Anyways, I was talking to a girl, some blonde girl whose name I didn't even get. She was being all flirty, and I felt all relaxed, ya know?" He paused.

He was sitting there rigid, not looking a anyone, but I noticed his grip tightened on the fabric of the couch.

"Out of nowhere Ponyboy shows up, grabbing onto my arm desperately, I didn't notice then or I did but I just didn't acknowledge it but he was absolutely frantic about something," He paused again, this time it was to chock back a cry, his knuckles where turning white from how tightly he was fisting the couch.

"He said something to me, something about how we had to leave. I just, I just told him to stop being a baby and try to enjoy himself a little then, I, I turned away from him." He finished still not looking at anyone.

Soda came over and sat next to Johnny, I couldn't take my eyes off of how hard he was holding onto that couch.

"Johnny, you were drinking, you weren't thinking clearly. Ok? I know you would never intentionally hurt Pony or let him get hurt." He said, slinging an arm over Johnny's shoulders.

Darry sighed. I looked up at him, he was standing again, pacing, running a hand over his face.

"So he could have been hurt at the party? Something could have happened to him there? He could still be there?"

I shook my head.

"I doubt anything could have happened to him there, the people there wouldn't actually want to hurt anyone, it was just a group of people looking to have some fun." I told him, not even trying to defend myself, but I was being honest. I wouldn't take him or Johnny to a place I didn't think was safe.

"There are sick people out there Dally! Their idea of fun could be anything!" He shouted.

"Wait; so there could be a chance Pony's still at the house?" Soda asked.

Both me and Johnny shook our heads.

"No, we talked to some girl before we left, said she saw him leave the house entirely." I sighed.

"We have to try and find him." Darry said looking up at the ceiling.

"Find who?"

We looked over to see Two-bit coming in the house, dragging Steve along with him.

"Guys, Pony's missing." Soda informed them softly.

No one said anything else.

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A/N: I didn't know how to end this chapter :p