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Johnny pov.

I walked to Pony's house with Steve, Dally and Two-Bit. They waited outside my house for me before heading to Pony's. Two-Bit had a grin on his face the whole way there and every now and then he would burst out laughing and we would just stare at him. We arrived at Pony's earlier than normal. Dally walked in first followed by Steve, me and then Two-Bit normally Two-Bit would be the first on though the door but he was acting weirder than normal. Darry, Soda and Pony were all standing around. We went in and had a seat on the couch and Two-Bit sat on the chair. But the three Curtis remained standing.

"Him." What in the world was Darry talking about he pointed toward Two-Bit. Two-Bit of course wasn't paying attention. Then out of nowhere, Darry pushed Two-Bit out of the chair. He landed with a 'thump' and he stayed on the ground.

"Would ya'll care to explain what is going on?" Steve asked. Then he went over there and pulled Two-Bit up.

"So do you think it is funny now Two-Bit? Waking us up at one in the morning!" He woke them up at one no wonder they were mad. Darry pushed him down on the ground then he went and got him a cup of coffee. Steve looked toward Two-Bit.

"How did you wake them?"

"I set Darry's alarm clock to wake them up." Dally looked at Two-Bit.

"Nice." I looked at Pony he looked tired.

"I'm goin' to school see ya'll later." Pony got up and grabbed his backpack and football bag.

"Hey I'll come with ya'." I grabbed my backpack.

"You want a ride Pony?" Two-Bit asked. He was going to get his car.

"Nope. Bye."

"Bye Pony. Bye Johnny." Soda yelled.

"Bye." We left the house and started to walk to school.

"How are you Johnny?"

"I'm good. How are you?"

"Good."

"So what happened his morning?"

"Darry woke me and Soda up and we got dressed and ate. It didn't seem right like something was wrong. Soda and me had washed the dishes and we waiting on you guys to come over. Darry said he was going to look outside but me and Soda ended falling asleep on the table. Darry woke us up and told us to go back to bed."

"Man that stinks."

"Yea."

"Hey Pony" I heard a girl yell we stopped it was Alexis. "Hey Johnny."

"Hey Alexis." Pony told her he smiled.

"Hey Alexis." I smiled at her.

"Pony are you okay? I heard what happened Saturday after you took me home."

"Yea I'm fine Alexis, don't worry."

"Are you sure?" She looked at me.

"Yes Alexis I wouldn't lie to you."

"Okay we better get going."

Pony walked in the middle of us. We arrived at school on time and even before the rest of the guys. School went like it always did to me. Slow. I don't get why teacher push stuff out so fast. Then once you get interested they go on to something total different. I already failed one grade and I told Pony I would most likely fail this year. However he said that he would help me and so if there was something at school I didn't get me and Pony would talk about it. My grades started to get better. The final bell rang setting us on our way. I went and met up with Two-Bit and Steve like I did at lunch. Pony had said he was going to start his homework during lunch and he had practice in the afternoons.

"So Johnny where are you going?"

"Can you drop me off at the lot?"

"Yea sure Johnny." They dropped me off at the lot and then drove off. I sat on the bench and looked across the lot. Pony should be home soon I wonder if he has a lot of homework? The good thing is that I didn't so maybe Darry would let him come to the lot for a while. That is if he wanted to.

Ponys pov

School went by like normal. At lunch I worked on my homework from my first few classes since I knew what I had to do. So I would only have to my work from my last few classes. In English, I turned in my paper and after the final bell rang I went to my locker and got my stuff. After I changed, I went to the field for practice. When I walk on the field most of the Socs had a shock look on their face. Ha they thought I wouldn't come. Rick saw me and came over to me.

"Pony what are you doing here?"

"Well I thought I was on the team or has something changed?"

"No you're on the team but from what I heard that you're hands got pretty cut up."

"I'm fine." The coach then walked out and told us to go running. Practice went by like it normal did. I threw the ball even further and caught it, even thought at first it hurt but I put that behind me and concentrated on football. We ran a few plays and then couch called practice.

"You ready to go Rookie."

"Yup." We got in his car and he started toward my house.

"You don't let things get in your way do you?" Yea if people are in my way in football, I got them out of my way.

"What do you mean?"

"Well your hands are hurt and yet you act like nothing's wrong."

"What good would it do to whine about it? That won't do anything." We pulled up to my house.

"Yea you're right. Take care Rookie."

"Thanks for the ride Rick." I was still early when I got home. I got my bag and went inside. Darry was in the kitchen and Johnny was on the couch. Soda and Steve were still at work, Two-Bit and Dally were who knows where. I could have sworn Darry would have killed Two-Bit this morning. When Darry said 'him' me and Soda knew that it was Two-Bit. All I have to say is he better not try it again.

"Hey Pony."

"Hey Johnny." I walked into the kitchen and Darry was getting the chicken out of the refrigerator.

"Hey Darry do you think that I could go to the lot for a little while?"

"Don't you have homework?" He looked at me.

"I did it at lunch."

"Yea but be back in an hour and see if Johnny will go with you."

"Okay thanks Darry." I walked into the living room, where Johnny was watching TV.

"Hey Johnny you want to head to the lot for a while." He got up.

"Yea let's go." The lot wasn't too far from the house, we sat on the bench. I looked around. I wonder what this lot would say if it could talk.

"What are you thinking 'bout Pony?"

"Ya'll think it's dump."

"No I won't."

"I was think about what the lot would say if it could talk." I at Johnny.

"I don't know it would have a lot of stories."

"Yup. Like all the football games and rumbles. I think we should go I don't want to push my luck with Darry."

"Yea well we'll have to finish this talk later."

"You bet we will."

We walked back to the house and the rest of the gang was there. We had arrived just in time, Darry was taking the chicken out of the oven. We all sat down and ate, talking about random things. Afterward the gang left and I took a shower. Then I headed to bed and so did Soda and Darry.

"So how was practice?"

"Good. How was work?"

"Good. So have you talked to Alexis?"

"Yea she came up to me and Johnny when we were walking to school and she yelled our names. She asked if I was okay."

"What did you tell her?"

"That I was fine. It took a while to convince her."

"Well you better get to sleep."

"Okay. Night Soda."

"Night Pony."

I rolled over and fell asleep looking out the window. I couldn't see the stars or the moon for the cloud cover but I fell asleep anyways.

I would really appreciate getting more reviews and any advice. I know Dally does seem a little soft but just wait until the rumble. I would like to thank who ever Yes is, WordsANDpaper, and for the review.