Dally:
We walked to our house, but neither of us where tired, so we just went to the lot. We sat there for a few minutes, silently. "What happened Delia?" I say trying to cover up my anger.
"The Socs. started to beat up Johnny and Ponyboy so I threw a punch and got thrown against a tree. I pretended to be knocked out" coward "in case things got worse. Then I saw Pony get drowned so I started to punch the guy drowning him, then they started to down me." Idiot "Right before my lungs started to burn they ran away, I guess they heard the fuzz or something. I pushed Pony out of the fountain and I fell back in and everything just went black." I was really mad; I can't believe she's been here for like a day or two and she nearly died! "Dally…." She sounded as if she were going to continue but she didn't.
"Listen you better wise up, Delia… you get tough like me and you don't get hurt. You look out for yourself and nothing can touch you." I realized what I had said may have been a bit harsh… alright really harsh, especially to say to my kid sister, if it where Pony it would be alright. She looked stunned or frightened. "Sorry Delia, I didn't mean it…"
She cut me off "You're right Dall, I wouldn't have nearly been drowned to death. Thanks." She got up and stormed off into the darkness and I went to sleep.
I woke up really early in the morning. I saw the sunrise and it was amazing, all the colors, the gold and the fog. It reminded me that there was still a small amount of good in this world, like Johnny. I just had a feeling that Ponyboy would kill someone one day, even though he was a good kid, there was just something about Johnny. I realized how cold it was and that I wasn't in the lot. I was near the fountain I was drenched and blood was all over my hands. "What the hell?" I couldn't remember anything that had happened with me over here. How could those Socs. even beat me up? Nothing made sense. I decided to go over to the Curtis' house since Darry always left the door unlocked. Maybe once I warmed up I would remember what happened. I stood up, found my coat which was in the fountain and started walking over to the Curtis', shivering.