Sorry, this is one of my shortest chapter yet. Just to let you know ahead of time.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Outsiders

The gang came up and around me and Rick.

"So Pony is this why you didn't come home with us? I thought your coach wanted to talk to you." Two-Bit asked.

"Yea he did then we decided to watch the JV's game."

"Well what's the score?" Steve asked and I started to look at eh scoreboard when Darry and Dally blocked my view.

"haha so you haven't been watching the game." The whole gang and Rick laughed great I could feel my ears getting red.

"No I was talking okay."

"It's okay Pony but I didn't know you were into girls." Soda told me as he took a seat by me.

"Hey Pony is that the coach?" Rick asked as he pointed over to the field house. Yup that was him which meant we would have to go.

"Yeah, we got to go. See ya'll later."

"Bye good luck." They all said that at the same time like they had practiced it or something.

"Yea Pony don't get distracted and be looking at the cheerleader and get hit on the head."

"Very funny Two-Bit and if I did get hit on the head at least I wouldn't go brain dead like you would." I told him as me and Rick left and went into the field house. The JV game was over and I looked at the score board 28 to 7 we lost. It was getting dark and by the time we would started to play it would be dark. The rest of the guys from the team began to show and soon the whole team was there and then the coach started to talk.

"Okay we need to go out there and try to score some points. I know you guys can do it you just have to put a foot forward and make it reality. I have seen what you guys can do at practice. Just let's go out there and show Marshall what we are made up of. Okay let's get out there and play some ball."

"Yea." We yelled back.

"Pony you and Rick are in front." Me and Rick went to the door with our helmets in our hand.

"What does he mean we are in front nothing except we go out the door first."

We got out to the door of the field house it was dark except for the lights pointing on the field. The time we had been in the been in the locker room was enough time for the field's yard lines to be redone. The home bleachers were full and there was even some people even standing by the fence and others on the ground outside of the fenced in field.

"Okay boys lets got." He walked out the door and me and Rick followed him and the others went on both sides of us. Wow there were a lot of people here yelling and cheering for us. I looked up at the bleachers and tried to find the gang. It took a minute then I saw them and when Soda saw me he waved. Then Steve whispered something to him which was most likely 'you know he can't see you'. Darry was sitting beside him with Dally on the other side with Johnny beside him. They looked cool and it looked like they were either looking for me or at something near the team. I looked at Johnny as he looked at me I think and I smiled. Two-Bit was sitting next to Steve who was next to Soda of course. We walked to the bench and as they played the national anthem. Then the gamed they were visiting team, we had to kick off to them.

"Okay Pony you're the punter so try to get the ball far as you can down the field. Okay guys let's see what you can do." We put our helmets on and the defense headed off to the field. Coach had said that I would play offence and defense. I punted the ball and it went passed the fifty-yard line and all the way to the twenty-yard line. One of the opposing teams caught it and started toward us. Then we all moved toward them. I saw the guy with the ball so I ran toward him dogging their offence players. I ran toward him and tackled him. The referee blew his whistle and then some of my teammates patted me on my back before we huddled.

"Okay don't let them get pasted me." Randy told us.

There quarterback was getting to throw the ball to one of his players that was open since I was closer to the quarterback I went and ran up to him again and tackled him. As I did this the ball fell out of his hands. Then the people around the ball quit trying to tackle each other and went for the ball but I jumped off their quarterback and jumped on it and several people jumped on top of me. Man, so this is what the bottom of the pile felt like. I heard a loud whistle and the people started to get off. I got up off the ground, I guess those football games at the lot helped, everyone around me had their helmets off. So I took my helmet off and handed the ball to the referee. Then everyone was going back to their side lines. Rick came over to me.

"Great job Pony." I just smiled.

"Okay guys we have to hold them. This is the first time this year that the opposite team hasn't had a point by now." He looked at me "Great job just pass the ball to whoever's open."

"Okay" we all went out on two the field with our helmets. We had sixty yards to go to make a touchdown. Rick took the ball and got ready to toss it to me.

"Down, Set.." I didn't even hear the next thing he said because the ball was in my hands and I saw one of my teammates open about thirty yards away and so I threw it and he caught it and was tackled. But he caught it. We lined up again without huddling. Rick hiked the ball to me and I looked there was no one open and a couple of huge guys were coming toward me so I ran toward the end zone. I dogged people as they tried to tackle me. The whole time all I heard was "Run Pony." I kept going. Soon I crossed the end zone light. Soon all of the offence players on the team were over toward me patting me on the back. Rick put his hand around my shoulders. Then I looked up at the bleachers and I went to where the gang was sitting. They were all yelling along with everyone else in the stands. I looked down in front of the stands and I saw Alexis and she was cheering and for some reason I thought she was just cheering for me and not like the whole team like she was really doing.

"Great job Pony, I told you that you could do it. Now go kick a field goal. I walked out to the field with the team and Rick held the ball as I took a couple steps back then went and cleared the field goal. I then I had kick the ball to them like I had to do in the middle of the game. I kicked to them and they didn't get very far because we tackled them. They now had four tries to gain ten yards. We didn't let them so the ball was turned over to us. When I got the ball I threw it to Randy and then he was tackled. The next time I threw it to someone else who fumbled it when they were tackled. It went back and forth like this for a while until Marshall had the ball and somehow pasted four of our guys. I couldn't help since I was on the other side of the field. They made and touchdown and the field goal. Great now the score was tied. They then kicked the ball to us and Adam, who happened to be Paul Holden's younger brother, and he took off. While he was starting to run I tackled guy after guy trying to distract them and keep them from going after Adam. But Adam was tacked and fumbled the ball. Then they managed to throw the ball to one of their players who Jared was supposed to be guarding. Great now it was half time and the score was 7 to 14. We all went into the field house.

"Come on guys we can come back at least we have some points on the scoreboard." We went out to the field while the cheerleaders were still cheering. The rest of the half was same by the ball just going back and forth. We had the ball and were at the fifty-yard line and there was no one I could pass the ball to so I took off running and made a touchdown and then I made the field goal. The bleachers and cheerleaders were going nuts. I looked up at the clock we only had a minute left and it was the other teams ball. I knew that they would make a touchdown. We lined up and then instead of going after the ball I looked and saw one of the guys open and the quarterback looking at him. I ran toward him and then the quarterback threw the ball I jumped up and caught it. I started to run the opposite way I was going and I glanced up at the clock it showed that I thirty second left I had seventy yards to the end zone. I took off and I had a people following me but I kept running. Somehow, I made it to the end zone just as a whistle blew. Did I just make the winning touchdown? I was met by the whole football team yelling and jumping up and down. Soon the cheerleaders were over by us. I saw Alexis and she was jumping up and down with Cara and Mady. Then the gang came over along with several of the players parents. I wonder what they were going to say?

Sorry for leaving it here but I wanted to put Alexis and the gang reaction in the next chapter. Another reason is that it is midnight and I am tired so I will try to update tomorrow. I just want to thank