Disclaimer: If I magically owed all of it I wouldn't be writing fanfiction right now. Actually I probably would. I still don't own any of it.

Thank you to all my wonderful reviewers ;) !!!!!! I'm sorry for not updating for awhile, but I'm updating now, so it's all good! Anyway, I'm sure you all noticed Artemis's little 'message' at the end of the last chapter, just so you all know I WAS going to delete that. But I'm an idiot and forgot. Hope you enjoy this chapter! It's from Ponyboy's POV :P


I awoke to an annoying beeping sound. Everything was a little blurry and I had to blink a couple times before regaining proper vision.

What happened...? I thought to myself. The last thing I remembered was sitting in the waiting room with Soda and Darry waiting for my arm to be fixed. After that all my memories were sorta hazy. I remember someone calling my name and another person crying for help. After that I don't remember anything.

I looked around trying to find out clues to what had happened. My right arm was in a cast and my left hand had a bunch of needles in it. I was also wearing an oxygen mask. Looking around the room I noticed that the room looked similar to that of a hospital room.... The gang was there and I figure that I could just ask one of them what happened. I open my mouth to speak but quickly closed it, realizing that the oxygen mask was stopping me from being able to talk. I reached up with my good arm to take it off.

"Oh no, don't," Ordered a strict voice that I recognized as Steve's. Just then Darry went over to the bed I was lying in. He started babbling on, begging for my forgiveness. At the moment I wasn't paying attention to what he was saying, all I wanted to know was what happened. So I reached up towards my face for a second time and before anyone could stop me, I pulled off the mask.

"Oh, Ponyboy! You weren't supposed to do that! You were supposed to keep that on!" Soda scolded. But he sounded relieved.

"W-what happened?" I questioned, my voice shaky and weak.

"What do you mean, 'what happened'?!" Darry said, he looked shocked that I didn't remember anything.

"Um, well... all I remember was sitting in the waiting room at the hospital with you and Soda. Then everything got all hazy and I remember someone calling my name and another person crying for help and then I woke up here." That was pretty much the extent of my memories.

"Pony, you don't remember going into shock?" Soda asked softly. He sounded kinda surprised.

"Um, no I don... Wait, What!? I went into shock!?" I responded. When had that happened!? I guess that would explain the oxygen mask...

"You went into circulatory shock, Pon, You had us real worried" Darry said in a soft tone. "I guess you wouldn't remember, you were pretty out of it. You were rushed into emergency surgery."

"Huh," Was the only response I could think of.

"I'm sorry Ponyboy, it's all my fault you're stuck in here," Darry said looking guilty.

"No, it wasn't your fault. It wasn't anybody's fault. I know you're sorry for hitting me and I know that you love me, but before you start apologizing for that, stop. You're already forgiven," I told Darry.

"Thanks, little buddy." A small smile played on his lips.

"Look on the the bright side, Pony, You'll be outta here in a couple days," Two-bit broke in, trying to lighten the mood.

"Well, that's an up. Is there any other great things that I need to know?" I asked, jokingly.

"Oh! I got one! When you went into shock you turned a shade of blue I've never seen before!" Soda said brightly.

A nurse came in and told me I needed my sleep. She told the gang that if they wanted to stay the night she'd make an exception, but they had to let me get my sleep. She then asked me if I was in any pain. I had been so caught up in talking with everyone that I hadn't really noticed, but now that it was mentioned did have quite a bit of pain in my right arm.

"My right arm really hurts," I quietly admitted, nodding sheepishly. The nurse smiled kindly at me.

"Alright then, I'm going to hook you up to another IV machine. This one will have some pain medication in it but, the medication will make you very drowsy." She informed me as she prepared the IV. Oh no. I had never been good with needles.

"Couldn't we just mix it with the medication I'm getting in that one?" I asked desperately as she cleaned my arm off in another place, preparing it for the prick.

"Sorry, I can't do that. You can't just mix them around." She said. I was about to pulled away when she jabbed the needle into my skin quickly. I winced at the pain. As the medication began to inject it's self into I felt my eyelids become heavy. I soon fell asleep.


So there you have it, Chapter 5! Please review :D! Next chapter I'm not sure who's point of view to put it in, so I'm open for suggestions ;D. Thanks for editing Atriums and don't you dare write another one of you 'messages.

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