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Chapter 11

Pony kept on reading seeing as his friends weren't gonna answer his question. "Now they're thinking of puttin' me and Soda in a boys' home?" He slammed the paper on the dining room table

"Aw, Pony they don't do that to heroes." Steve told him "Hey, where is Soda and Super-dope anyhow?"

Pony went to the bathroom to wash up just as Darry snuck up on Steve and lifted him up.

"Super what?" he asked

"All brawn, no brain" Steve mumbled as he ate his chocolate cake

"Hey Darry, have you seen my DX shirt somewhere?" Soda asked padding along after coming out of the shower

"No"

"How about my jeans?" Soda asked

"Yeah, they're in my closet" Darry said

"You heard about that juvenile court thing?" Pony asked Darry

"Yeah, the cops told me last night" Darry said as he put on his jacket

Soda then was announcing his party plans for when all the greasers finished the feud between them and the Socs.

"Pony? Pony?" Darry called Ponyboy back in when he saw he wandered out on the porch

Ponyboy came back inside and stood next to Two-Bit who was engrossed in Mickey Mouse.

"Ya know, maybe I oughta take the day off, I'd hate to leave you here by yourself." said Darry

"I'll be okay, I've stayed by myself plenty of times" Pony said "Besides, we can't afford it."

"Yeah, but you've had a rough night, I really should stay." Darry said

"Don't worry bout it Darry, I'll baby sit him" Two-Bit said with a playful grin

Ponyboy took a swing at his friend, but somehow ended up in a headlock on the floor.

"You'd better think about getting a job Two-Bit" Steve chastised

"Two-Bit, lay off!" Darry ordered firmly, but was smiling

"Yeah Two-Bit, lay off" Pony agreed smirking standing back up "Lazy bum"

"Make sure you do the dishes then you can visit Nikki" Darry instructed with a sad smile as he mentioned Nikki

Pony smiled sadly "Right"

With that the twenty year old walked out of the door followed by Soda and Steve.

Pony headed towards the table. "Let's clean up the house"

"Shoot, this house ain't messy" Two-Bit argued "You should see my house"

"I have, and if you had the sense of a billy goat you'd start cleaning up your house instead of bummin' round ours" Pony said

"Kid, if I did that my mom would die of shock" Two-Bit said. He took a tray of food with him to the TV and kept watching lazily.

After the dishes were washed and the house looked semi-clean Pony and Two-Bit headed out.

Two-Bit was rambling on about a story that happened the other night as they were walking backwards on the road. They arrived at a Tasty-Freeze when a blue mustang was seen driving behind them. Pony recognized the car and looked fearful.

"Come on, let's go in" Two-Bit guided him to the entrance

Pony followed with no hesitation, but right before they went in Two-Bit changed his mind. "Wait a minute, let's see what they want"

"Why do you wanna see what they want?" Pony asked confused closing the door

They then heard car doors slam and four Socs came out heading towards them.

"No jazz before the rumble, you know the rule ape face" Two-Bit said confidently

"We know" the tall black-haired one known as Randy said. He turned to Pony "I wanna talk to you"

"Go ahead, I'll keep an eye on him" Two-Bit gave a nod as Pony looked at him for help

Pony followed Randy out as a Soc was heard saying "Speaking of the rumble pal" to Two-Bit.

Randy leaned against the mustang coolly. "I read about you in the paper" he said "Your sister sure is somethin' to do somethin' like that."

Pony gave a small nod. "So we're really superheroes, huh?"

"That's what they say" Randy answered "I would've let those little kids burn to death."

"You might've done the same thing" Pony said "A lot of those kids were older than Nicole"

"I just don't do what greasers do, I guess" said Randy

"Doesn't matter if you're a greaser" Pony said just as Two-Bit was teasing Randy's friends

"Come on, let's talk inside" Randy said

The two of them got in the Mustang.

"My friends are thinking that I was off my rocker" Randy said "You know your sister might die?"

Pony nodded, but he didn't wanna believe it. "Yeah"

"And tonight, people are gonna get hurt or maybe killed, you know?" Randy continued "You can't win, even if you whip us. You'll still be where you were before. Greasers with greasers and Socs with Socs."

Pony said nothing, he just looked at him.

"Thanks greaser" Randy said acknowledging that the conversation was done

Pony opened the car door and got out.

"I meant, thanks kid" Randy corrected quickly

"My name's Ponyboy, Randy" Pony said

He walked over to Two-Bit who was apparently done with his jokes.

"So what'd Mr. Super-Soc had to say?" Two-Bit asked as they walked off

"He ain't a Soc. He's just a guy that wanted to talk" Pony said

Pony and Two-Bit arrived at the hospital a few minutes later. They got to Nikki's floor and walked to the nurse's station.

"What room is Nicole Curtis in?" Two-Bit asked

The nurse looked up and noticed their greasy appearances. "Sorry she can't have any visitors, doctor's orders."

Two-Bit smiled and placed a hand on Pony's shoulder. "This is her brother and..."

"Sorry, the doctor specifically said not to let her have any visitors" the nurse interrupted curtly

The two boys looked disbelievingly at each other and began to beg and plead desperately.

"Let them go in nurse" a doctor said coming up to us. He turned to Pony and Two-Bit "She's been asking for you"

The nurse nodded obediently and the boys walked in the room.

They found Nikki lying on the hospital bed looking barely conscious, weak and burnt all over.

"Hey Nikki" Two-Bit cooed softly

Nikki looked up at them and smiled weakly. "Hey guys"

It affected Pony deeply to see his little baby sister all weak and bruised like this. He tried to speak, but couldn't.

"How they treating you?" Two-Bit asked

Nikki didn't answer.

"Look uh," Two-Bit got the paper out of his pocket and unfolded. "You have a picture in the paper. For saving those kids."

"Really?" Her eyes widened in surprise "I just helped"

Two-Bit and Pony looked at each other uncertainly. "Guess you can look at it later" Two-Bit placed it on the table "You want us to get you anything?"

"A book" Nikki said

Pony smiled knowingly looking at Two-Bit. "I know just what to get her. Can you get a copy of Bridge to Terabithia?"

"Okay, no problem, don't ya'll run off now" Two-Bit said cheerfully and left the room

Ponyboy moved over to where Two-Bit was and sat in a chair. "Heard from Dal or Johnny?"

"Yeah, Johnny's okay, but he still isn't good to walk yet so he has the nurse tell him how I'm doing whenever she comes. Dally, too." Nikki replied

Pony smiled briefly. "Everyone's been talking about how brave you were."

Nikki let out a breath and restrained a whimper.

"Nikki? You okay?" asked Pony worriedly. He thought his sister was crying.

"Yeah, my whole back hurts" Nikki replied

Pony bit his lip sadly. "You'll be alright. The greasers won't be the same without ya."

"The doctor says I won't be able to walk again because of my back." Nikki said then gently arched her head to give him a harsh look. "And don't say that again!"

Pony was taken aback, but nodded obediently. He knew from experience that no matter what the greasers had to face, Nikki wanted them to go on with being greasers, cause that's who they are. "Yes, ma'am"

Nikki smiled "Good, now go visit Johnny and Dally. You can't spend all your time with your sister."

Pony smiled and stood up. He wanted to hold her in his arms or kiss her head so badly, but he was afraid he was gonna hurt her. "Bye Nic"

Nikki held out her hand to him, but then passed out.

"Nikki?!" Pony asked worriedly.

"What's the matter with Nikki?" asked Two-Bit coming in

"It's alright, she just passed out" the nurse said coming in after

"She wants us to see Johnny and Dally" Pony told his friend

Two-Bit nodded "Alright" he handed the book to the nurse "Can you make sure she gets this?"

The nurse nodded and took it as they went out.

Author's Note: Oh, wow, look a really long chapter. AWW!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THIS STORY!!!!!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!