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Hey readers I just wanted to let you know I wrote a one-shot called "Two-Bit's Minnie," I'd love for you all to give me some feedback on it, so go check it out! Once again thanks for the reviews, they're greatly appreciated. Lastly, the language is a little courser this chapter.

Sunkissedchris

(JPOV)

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I knew I couldn't talk them out of it.

The gang were all determined to beat the crap out of the Socs who jumped me and Ponyboy. They didn't want to wait for the rumble on Friday either, too personal. I knew it was a lost argument the minute I saw Soda's face, fury twisted his features every time anyone mentioned those guys.

Therefore, I'd spent the last hour getting interrogated by the gang as I sat on the couch in the Curtis' livingroom. What do they look like? Do you know their names? How big were they? Who had the switch? Why'd they want to jump you guys at all? Same questions a hundred times. The interrogation was making me nervous. I didn't like thinking about what had happened just a couple nights ago.

I need a smoke and I need one now.

This was the first time we had left Pony alone. He'd slept all day and I think the few times he did wake up, he didn't even realize who he was talking to or what he was talking about. The medicine they gave him made him high.

I have to admit, Pony says some really hilarious stuff when he's high. Two-Bit tried joking with him, the jokes were so bad I can't even think about them without feeling dirty, were completely lost on Pony. He was so out of it.

One of the funnier things that he said was when he was cursing out his health teacher, he was so mad at him all because his teacher always stressed how bad drugs were.

Flashback (earlier the same day)

"What a lying son of a bitch." The conversation ceased, we all were looking at Pony, I was nervous he was going to start chattering about the other night. I really didn't want to think about that yet or the fact he'd almost died.

"Who?" Soda asked, everyone thinking he was talking about the Socs.

"Mr. Howard." Pony looked really annoyed.

"Your health teacher?! Why in the world are you thinking about him?" Darry looked at him like he had grown a second head right before his eyes.

"Because he's a liar. He tells us all how bad drugs are, and he sure as hell doesn't know what he's talking about. Morphine is the best fucking thing that ever happened to me and he tells us how bad drugs are! Either he's a lying son of a bitch or doesn't know anything, who the fuck does he think he's kidding? These drugs are great!" He looked so pissed and disgusted about his teacher by the end of his speech.

I burst out laughing.

What he said hadn't been that funny but how out of character he was acting was. Pony doesn't curse much (Darry would cream him anyway) and he's almost as quiet as I am, so to hear him so wound up 'cause he thinks drugs are fantastic is, well he will be hearing of it for a long time as long as Tow-Bit and Steve are around.

Not to mention Pony thinks drugs are the dumbest thing a person can do, excluding cigarettes though.

I could hear the gang talking about different strategies they were going to use tonight. If Ponyboy finds out he is going to flip. I knew it'd be bad if he found out, hell there is no if about it only when, someone will slip up.

I know Pone wouldn't want any of us going after those guys. The fact they hurt him so bad would seem like a good enough reason to stay away from those bastards but, that fact only encouraged his brothers, Dally, Steve (surprisingly who was the one who brought this all up tonight), and Two-Bit.

I didn't know whether to go to the hospital to stay with Pony and wait for 'em all to come back and tell me what happened or to go with 'em tonight.

I knew I wasn't ready to face them Socs yet, I was going to the hospital, where every time I looked at my best buddy I knew I would feel guilty 'cause this isn't what he'd want.

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(SPOV)

I was going to beat they're fucking asses to the moon.

I was so mad, I was right out furious. I hated whoever did this to Ponyboy. No one touches my baby brother and gets away with it. The thing I was worrying about tonight wasn't the actual fight, we would win, I had enough fight in me to win single handedly, not to mention Darry was itching to beat someone up just as bad as me.

I was worried about what Pony was going to think about this. He could do real well in a fight and stuck up for those he cared about, but he wasn't too fond about unnecessary violence. The gang and I may believe this is necessary but Pony wouldn't, especially since the rumbles on Friday.

I knew Johnny was against this too. I wasn't sure if he was against it 'cause he was worried about us getting hurt, which I know he is scared of them shit Socs, or if he was worried about the same thing I was worried about, Pony not liking this.

Oh well, if Pony gets mad, he'll get over it and those Socs deserve everything they get and then some.