Sorry another short chapter. Please forgive me. =(

Disclaimer: I don't own the Outsiders.

Ponys pov

Curly and Tim had left and we had ate dinner. The gang ate with us and then they all left. So it was just me, Darry and Soda. It was getting late so I went to the back room and packed my stuff for football practice. It was getting late and I needed to take a shower. I walked back into the living room.

"Hey I'm goin' take a shower and then go to bed."

"Okay Pony. Are you sure you're felling okay." Soda asked me for about the hundredth time that night.

"Yea I am fine."

"Well Pony if your hands hurt you don't have to go to practice I can talk to the coach." Coach Winters and Darry always had a good relationship and he would listen to him.

"No then the Socs would be winning." I went and got some clothes and went to take a shower. I took off the bandages that Dally had put on earlier. I pulled them off of my stomach and my then unwrapped my hands. Then I jumped in the shower. The water pouring down hurt my stomach and hands but I toughed it out. After I was done I cleaned my cuts and rewrapped my hands. I went to the bedroom and laid down on the bed tomorrow was going to be a long day. Right after I laid down Soda came in and changed his clothes an got in the bed.

"Do you really want to go to practice tomorrow?"

"Yea Soda I do."

"But why I mean you're really good and you don't need to go."

"I guess."

"Please tell me why Pony." I turned so we would be facing face to face. I usually tell Soda everything.

"Well if I don't go then those Socs will think that I'm too scared or hurt to play. Then they will brag to the other Scos that they are the ones that made it that way. Then the Socs on the team will be my spot. So once I decide to play the Socs will just come find me again and knew knows what they would do then. Like you and the gang say I can be stubborn and I'm not going to let some Socs bet me. Ya' dig?"

"Yeah now I do. I don't get why you and Darry still go all out for sports. But It's not a bad thing I wish that I could be smart and athletic."

I yawned "You are smart and athletic. You also bet me and Darry in one category."

"You need to go to sleep but what category are you talking about?" I couldn't help but yawn again.

"You got the movie star looks." My eyes were almost closed.

"I guess but Darry has muscles and you have good looks too."

"Yea right."

"Go to sleep Pony."

"Night Soda."

"Night Pony."

I woke up to Darry yelling mine and Soda's names. We got up and Soda went to take a shower. Since I took one last night I just got dressed in a pair of jeans, a royal blue tee shirt, socks and shoes. Then I went into the kitchen to help Darry fix breakfast. He had the cake on the table. I grabbed the eggs out of the refrigerator and started to crack them in a pan while Darry set the table. I finished the cooking and Soda came out of the bathroom. We sat down to breakfast and surprisingly none of the gang was here.

"Man it's really quite." Darry had been the first one to speak since he yelled our names this morning.

Darry pov

It was just too quite this morning. I had been the only one to talk this morning. They didn't even answer my question. I still looked like the world was asleep, I couldn't even hear any cars, birds or anything coming from outside. When my alarm goes off in the morning I wake Pony and Soda, while I start cooking.

"Yeah" "Yup" was all that I got out of them.

"What's up guys?" I looked at them they seemed alright.

"I was wondering where the guys are."

"I don't know Soda but they will be here in no time."

"I know. Well Pony you're normally quite but never this quite." Ever since mom and dad died Pony has been quiet as Johnny if not quieter than him. Pony was never as loud as Soda but never this quiet.

"I don't know it just doesn't fell like morning. Like there's no bird or anything. Oh well maybe I'm just losing it." He and Soda laughed after he said that. Well if Pony was noticing it then something must be wrong. I got up to go see what was going on outside.

"Where ya' goin Darry?" Soda asked me yawning. Now something had to be going on if Soda is yawning. Hs is like our own personal Energizer Bunny always going, going and going, and never slowing down.

"I goin' look outside."

"Why you going to do that?"

"Well Pony as you said it's too quiet. So I want to see if there's something going on we don't know about." They both nodded and started to wash the dishes. Before I looked outside I went into the bath room to shave so I wouldn't be late. I hadn't heard any noise coming out of there so I got worried. I walked in there to find Soda and Pony with their heads down on the table like first graders do for quiet time. There is no way that they could be asleep or could they, walking closer I was that it was true. I walked over to the door and looked out to see nothing but pitch black. What in the world it was never dark at this time of day. I went and looked at the clock in the living room it read 1:21. 1:21 in the morning, why in the world had my alarm went off. Man Soda and Pony are going to be mad at me. I went back into the kitchen to find Pony and Soda still asleep at the table. I went over and shook Soda on the shoulder.

"Hey little buddy wake up." He opened his eyes and looked at me.

"Oh gosh Darry sorry I didn't mean to fall asleep."

"No Soda you'll never guess what time it is."

"What?"

"About 1:22."

"You mean I missed work," He then looked over to see that Pony was asleep. "and Pony missed school?"

"No I mean 1:22 am."

"How did that happen?"

"I don't know I think we should go back to bed."

"Yeah." I shook Pony's shoulder like I had done Soda's.

"Hey Pony honey ya' need to wake up." His green eye flew open.

"Oh man sorry Darry, Soda. I .."

"Pony stop it's 1:22 in the morning."

"Wait Soda why didn't ya'll wake me. Now I have school work to do and I missed practice."

"Gosh Pony you and Soda are just alike. It's 1:22 Monday morning."

"Oh so now what?" How in the world did he look fully wake, wasn't he asleep a few seconds ago.

"We go to back to bed."Soda told him. Pony got up and he and Soda went into the back to bed. Before Pony entered the room he stopped and turned toward me.

"Have a good morning Darry." Pony yawned and went to bed. I walked to my room and looked at my clock and it had been set forward. Now who in the world would have done that? Not Pony or Soda. Johnny wouldn't have done anything like that to Pony and Steve wouldn't have done it to Soda. Dally stayed in the living room yesterday but Two-Bit didn't. I swear when I see him he's going to wish he hadn't had done that. I fixed my alarm clock and went back to sleep.

Beep, Beep, Beep.

I turned off the clock and got up. I noticed that I went back to sleep wearing my work cloths. I walked into the boys room. They both were fully clothed and even had shoes on. Soda had his arm draped over Ponyboy who was facing the wall. They might as well get a few more minutes of sleep. I went and go today's paper and sat in the living room and started to read it. Normal I would have to wait until after work but I had nothing better to do. After about ten minutes I decided that I need to wake up Soda and Pony.

"Are you sure this time Darry?" Soda asked.

"Yea I am now get up."

"Okay were up." They got out of bed and they went into the bathroom and fixed their hair. They then came into the living room. I heard the gang walking up to the door. Man is Two-Bit going to get it.

Please review. I was thinking on starting another Outsiders story but I think I'm going to wait a couple of days before posting it.