Macie's Point of View.

A/N: Hey! Sorry for not updating faster, I just didn't feel like it. Heh. ~Stay Pretty

"Johnny...?

"Johnnycake, you there?" The house was covered in dust and there were a few broken vases on the floor. The paint on the walls were peeling off and the blinds were crooked. Pots and pans were piling up in the sink and it reeked something awful. Mrs. Cade (my moms crazy sister) stormed out of her room and gave me a death glare. She pushed me out of her way and ran out the house. Coward.

"Johnny.." I thought. I flew up the stairs and walked into the room Mrs. Cade had previously been in. Oh good lord. Johnny was hunched up in a corner with blood dribbling down his temple.

"Oh, hi Macie." he huffed. Oh my lord. He could barley talk. I rushed over to him and pushed his hair out of his hair.

"We should take you to the hospital. That's a deep cut you know."

"Can't...pay...the...bills.."

"Then where are we going, 'cause I'm sure as heck not leaving you here."

"The Curtis house."

Now, I didn't know what he meant by the Curtis house. I had to help him up and practically carry him to my car. The Curtis house, well, it's where his friends live. It's a shabby, old, run down cot. I ran inside and started screaming,

"Pony..boy?" What kind of name was that. Some kid with reddish brown hair walked down the stairs and stared at me like I had two heads.

"Who...are you?" That's right, I haven't interduced my self yet.

"Macie. Johnny's. Cousin. Hurt. Car." Running into the house took a lot more out of me than I thought. Ponyboy rushed by me and went looking for Johnny. I decided to make my self at home, so I waited patiently on the couch. As soon as I touched the couch this blond girl came walking in from the kitchen. She had dark blue eyes and big bouncy curls. She had on a pair of jeans and a dark purple v-neck. It went well with her eyes.

"Who are you?" She asked. Well, this chick sure does know how to treat a guest.

"Johnny's Cousin. He got hurt so Ponyboy's helping him in." As soon as I said that, Ponyboy came in with Johnny on his side.

"Cheryl! Get the first aid-kit! Please.." Ponyboy said. He was leaning over Johnny and tried to see how many cuts he had. Cheryl scurried into the hall and hurried into a room.

"Aren't you going to help us?" Ponyboy looked at me like I had two heads again.

"You seem to have it under control." If I tried helping I'd mess him up even more. I went back to studying the house. It had the same horrible paint job as Johnny's house. It was a bit nicer, in furniture terms. Nothing was ripped out or reeking. They only had one hallway-Cheryl returned from it with a first-aid kid. Following her, was a big, muscular guy.

He had blazing, ice, blue eyes. He set his stare on me for a while before returning it to Johnny.

"He'll by alright." I thought. He always is. There's never a time he isn't okay.

"So, Cheryl, you Ponyboy's mom?" Her cheeks turned to a bright scarlet while she sheepishly said,

"Actually, I'm Darry's girlfriend." She motioned over at Darry and he gave her a smile – and I got a reassuring nod.

"So, Darry's his dad, and you're the soon to be step-mom?" Her cheeks still stayed a bright scarlet while she corrected me again.

"Actually, Darry's Ponyboy's brother. I'm just Darry's girlfriend. I live with him and help out around the house. Raising two teenage boys is mighty hard. Even for Darry." Darry's ice, blue eyes turned somber and he set his attention back on Johnnycake.

"What about his parents? Don't they do anything 'round here? Or are they physco like the rest of the parents in this neighborhood?" I had a big grin cast across my face; no one else thought it was funny.

"My parents died in an auto-wreck. They were the kindest people I ever knew." Ponyboy chipped in. Oh. Well I feel bad.

"I'm so sorr-"

"DID YOU SEE THAT CAR OUT THERE?" Two more teenage guys walked in and headed straight to the kitchen. It was the two boys from the DX station. The attractive one stopped in front of me and said hello. Through his eyes. There's a lot you can stay through your eyes.

The other teenage boy was the happy one. He was too happy.

"I made another chocolate cake, but it still needs to cool down before you can eat it!" Darry screeched.

"Are those your other brothers?" I asked.

"Soda is." They all said in unison.

"Maybe, we should interdouce her to the rest of the gang." Darry said.

"Wait, there's mor-"

"So, there was this really busty blond the other night. I was so close to -"

"TWO-BIT. SHUT UP." Cheryl screeched. Does she have something against blonds? Or a noise problem? I'm guessing the second one. The guy named Two-Bit looked around and saw that I was here. There was another guy with him and he had bright blond hair. He looked me down and settled down on the couch. Trying to get a good look at Johnny's cuts. Man crush.

"Well, who do we have here?" The man called Two-Bit said. Soda and his friend came back in the living room with chocolate all over their faces.

"I'm Macie. Johnny's cousin."