.::I do not own The Outsider::.

"Vengeance is mine, mine, mine
To forgive is divine
Not as rewarding I find
Because vengeance is mine..."

Soda paced around the living room, It was already night time. Ponyboy was already asleep stirring slightly. Darry had informed him of what Laura the therapist had said. How Ponyboy was still sad over the death of his parents, of how he needed more attention, on how he needed to be kept busy.

Soda shook his head angry at himself for feeling like a lousy brother to Ponyboy. How-why? God damnit I shouldn't have taken the other shift. Damn it damn it! My 'lil baby sad... He remembered how Pony had cried day after day for weeks weeping for his Mother and Father making himself sick. Fevers, vomit, diarrhea were the consequences of his depression. Maybe now he wasn't that depressed but he was still sad. Darry laid a hand on Soda's shoulder, "Look, I'm going to ask for two days off a week, my boss won't mind. He says I work too hard as it is. You can still keep working your extra shift so that we can take him out more. Since he likes movies so much I was thinking we could all go to the movies. He hasn't gone to the movies."

That was Darry to you, planning ahead having so many solutions in such little time.

"Yeah," Soda said enthusiastically, "and I'll tell the guys if they can take him out too once in a while."

Darry wasn't too fond of the idea, "First they have to tell us where they're going to take him. "

"Oh! And Sandy told me she could baby sit too. Glory I love her more now!"

His older brother rolled his eyes smirking, "All right all right I think we can do this. God Sodapop...I-I felt so...bad when she told me he needed attention, that he felt unwanted. I love our little brother so much. I thought I was doing a good job but..."

"Me too Dar, I feel so lousy. He's just so young...We're gonna get through this ok?" He looked at the drawing Pony had done back with Laura, "He made me handsome in this."

"Yep you actually look better in this drawing than in real life."

Soda gave him a soft punch to his arm laughing quietly, "Well I'm going to bed, goodnight Dar."

"Good night."

Walking into his room his eyes laid upon sleeping Ponyboy, his hands stretched out snoring lightly. Sodapop put on his pajamas then as quietly as he could then laid down on his side facing his small brother. Gently he caressed his cheek, a knot in his throat was beginning to form and in a quivering whisperhe said, "I'm so sorry baby...From now on I'm gonna make sure...we are gonna make sure you'll feel better ok?" His lips brushed Pony's forehead.

"Night Pone."

"Johnny! You came fow me!"

The dark skinned boy took his hand waving goodbye at the woman who was watching over him. The little boy walked along with him babbling away on how his morning was in day care. The smoke in the strangers hand dropped to the ground crushed by his shoe then tried discreetly tried following them as far as the stranger could go without trespassing the Greaser territory.

"So Chewy gave me dis dwawing of a dog! She wikes doggies. I told her I wike doggies too but I can't have one becos Dawy won't let me!"

Cherry? The Valence's kid. Hmm...Interesting.

Finally coming to a halt, both of them walked further down east side where there were homes that didn't compare to the west side houses. Frowning, the stranger would need help of friends or other contacts to know where that little boy lived. Seeing on how the Valence's girl interacted with the kid it would be an advantage to the stranger. Walking away, already in mind was a plan to get back...to set free of the fire inside of the stranger growing more and more every day from a certain day in which it couldn't be forgotten easily. One way or another the unknown person was going to drown down out his fire...

Soon...

(Sorry for any grammar mistakes)