Disclaimer: I do not own the Outsiders.

Note about chapter 12.: Ponyboy had to write a journal of a historic person for his English class, and he chose to do it on Jack the Ripper.

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Two-Bit woke at about 1:14 pm monday afternoon with no memory of the night before. He sat up and looked around, noticing he wasn't in his bedroom. He was in the living room at the Curtis house. He stood up and stretched, then went into the bathroom. He was surprised by what he saw in the mirror. There was dirt on his face...and neck. He looked down at his clothes and noticed they had new stains of grass and dirt.. He took of his shirt and found more smudges of dirt and dried mud. He shrugged, I just take a shower.. he thought.

He stripped down and got into the shower and turned on the water.. He sighed, and started to hum, but ended up singing,"Mr. Sandman, bring me a dre-e-eam ,bung, bung, bung, bung. Make him the cutest that I've ever se-e-een ,bung, bung, bung, bung. Give him two lips like roses and clo-o-o-ver ,bung, bung, bung, bung. Then tell him that his lonesome nights are o-o-over. Sandman, I'm so alone Don't have nobody to call my own Please turn on your magic beam Mr. Sandman, bring me a dre-e-eam.Bung, bung, bung, bung"

He started to rub the shampoo in his hair, "Mr. Sandman, bring me a dree-e-e-eam. Make him the cutest that I've ever seen. Give him the word that I'm not a rover Then tell him that his lonesome nights are o-o-over. Sandman, I'm so alone. Don't have nobody to call my own .Please turn on your magic be-e-eam Mr. Sandman, bring me a dre-e-eam. "

By this time, Two-Bit had washed the shampoo out of his hair and stepped out of the shower and started to dry off and get dressed, "Mr. Sandman bring us a dre-e-eam Give him a pair of eyes with a "come-hither" gleam. Give him a lonely heart like Pagliacci And lots of wavy hair like Liberace-e-e-e Mr Sandman, someone to hold ,someone to hold, Would be so peachy before we're too old. So please turn on your magic be-e-eam .Mr Sandman, bring us, please, please, please Mr Sandman, bring us a Dre-Ahhh!"

Two-Bit had opened the door and noticed Darry standing across the hall.Darry always seems to the be the one catching Two-Bit doing embarrassing things. His arms were folded and the look on his face was one Two-Bit see's all the time, and everything he see's that look , he expects Darry to say something like, 'Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Darrel S. Curtis, genius. I am not selling anything nor am I working my way through college, so let's get down to basics, you are a greaser and I am going to beat you up. Now don't try to get away, I am more muscular, more cunning, faster and larger than you are and I am a genius, while you could hardly pass the entrance examinations to kindergarten, so I'm going to give you the customary two minutes to say your prayers.'

" The Chordettes, Two-Bit?"

"Shouldn't you be at work?" Two-Bit asked.

"I got a day off...I told you that yesterday." He shook his head, and walked away. Two-Bit could of sworn he heard him say, "Being a genius certainly has its advantages."

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Disclaimer #2: Mr. Sandman belongs to the Chordettes and the quotes (originally said by Wile. E Coyote, in Operation: Rabbit) belong to Chuck Jones.