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Chapter 12
Pony and Two-Bit walked a few doors down to Johnny's room. He was lying in bed, but looked pretty strong and better than Nikki.
"Hey y'all" He said mustering a smile
"Hey Johnny" said Two-Bit "How you feeling?"
"Alright" Johnny replied then turned to look at both of them. "How's Nikki?"
Pony bit his lip sadly. "She passed out before we left."
Johnny shook his head pityingly. "I owe it to her big time. She could've let the roof fall on me. Better me than a little seven-year-old girl."
"She doesn't regret it" Pony told him "I mean, what she did"
"She just don't like any greasers killed or hurt" Two-Bit added
Johnny smiled briefly. "Yeah, I've had the nurse check on her, day and night, I don't know if she told you that."
"Yeah, she did" Pony said with a smile of gratitude. "Thanks Johnny"
"Your folks ever bother to come see you?" Two-Bit asked with a hint of disgust
For some reason Johnny chuckled. "Yeah, the old man tried to come in to see me earlier this morning, but when I heard his footsteps in the hall, I heard someone yell 'You're not his father, you thickheaded creep!' Next thing I knew, wheels were turning and he was screaming all the way down the hall."
Pony and Two-Bit burst out laughing. "Nikki?" guessed Pony
Johnny nodded smiling. "The doc said she shouldn't let her anger rise to ease her energy, but let her off just that one time since she was helping me."
"She's a really brave girl" Two-Bit stated
The three of them talked some more about the article in the paper, letting Johnny know about the rumble and just caught up on everyday regular stuff.
"Hey, the doc said I should get better soon" Johnny told them as they were getting up to go visit Dally. He seemed very cheerful about that.
Two-Bit smiled happy for him. "That's great Johnnycake. Stay strong."
Pony smiled and waved. "See ya Johnny"
-OUTSIDERS RULE!!!!!!!-
"What happened to your gown?" a nurse asked Dally in his room
"I threw it away" said Dally
She rolled her eyes. "I can't wait till you're outta here."
"Get out, just get out, you're making my stomach sick" he said
"How ya doing?" asked Two-Bit
"Hey, how ya doing man?" asked Dally
"Pretty good" said Two-Bit
"Man, this place is giving me the creeps" said Dally as he stood up "I want out!" He slammed the room door shut then came back and crawled into bed. "Nikki doing okay?"
"She passed out before we left" Two-Bit said
"And Johnny? He's fine, ain't he?" Dally asked
"Yeah" Pony replied "He's okay"
"Heard about the rumble man. Tim Shephard came in earlier and started in on it." Dally continued "Nikki would want us to win! Get even with those Socs."
Pony and Two-Bit nodded solemnly and said their goodbyes leaving him to rest.
"Oh and Pony" Dally added reaching to the nightstand for a notebook "Some people found this in the back of the car"
Pony took it and read the cover. His eyes softened in surprise when he read 'My Book of Everything.... By: Nicole Curtis' on the front.
"Thought you might wanna have it" Dally said feeling a sense of sympathy for his friend.
Pony let out a shaky nod. "Thanks Dal"
Pony and Two-Bit were outside waiting for the bus to pick them up. Pony looked kind of pale and weak.
"You okay Pony?" Two-Bit asked. He felt his forehead. "You feel kind of hot."
"I'm okay" Pony said "Don't tell Darry okay Two-Bit? I'll take a bunch of aspirins when I get home."
"Alright" said Two-Bit "Darry'll kill me if he finds out that you're sick and you go ahead and fight in the rumble."
"Keep your trap shut and he won't find anything out!" Pony snapped moving the notebook on his lap in a protective way.
"You know the only thing keeping Darry from being a Soc is us?" Two-Bit said handing Pony a quarter as the bus pulled up
"Yeah, I know" Pony replied
They got on and took a seat next to each other.
"Tonight...I don't like it one bit" Pony said leaning his head against the window
"We're gonna stomp down those Socs hard. Everything'll be alright" Two-Bit said trying to assure Ponyboy
Author's Note: Will it Two-Bit? Will it really be alright? Only YOU can find out!!!!!!!! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!