We've been driving for a while. I noticed the surroundings as changed. Everything became a lot nice and fancier. I saw a car driving close to the mustang. It was Two-bits' Cati. We pulled up in a garage. The garage door was mostly close. It was open by a foot from the ground. The trunk open and two socs grabbed me. They brought me over to a chair where another soc was standing behind with rope. He forcefully sat me down and I was tied up. The 4th soc put rag in my mouth and tied a tie over it. "Looks like we're gonna have fun tonight, boys." One of them said as he was waving his knife. He dragged it from one side of my jaw line to another. All of the boys were facing me with their back against the garage. I herd a noise but I wasn't sure what it was. Next thing I know, Two-bit, Steve, Darry and Soda had all of the socs in headlocks and started punching them. Pony open the garage door and untied me. Darry told us go to the car. Me and Pony ran to the car. He jumped in the back seat as I went into the driver's seat. I started the car up and wait for the boys. Everyone ran and jumped in as I sped down the road. "Aren't they gonna get us?" I asked. Two-bit started to laugh. "What's so funny, two?" I asked once again. "All of us slid under the door. Each one of us sliced a tier open. They won't be getting any where." he said. Once we got to the house, Darry noticed I was bleeding. He dragged me into the kitchen and fixed me up. "Thanks guys for everything. I don't know where I would be without y'all." I said. The boys came over to me and given me a group hug. While Darry was making dinner, all of us watching Mickey Mouse. I never really understood why Darry pays for the TV bill. It seems like the only thing on TV is Mickey Mouse. Dinner was pasta. Me and the boys went to dinning room and had dinner. I decided to leave when dessert came out. Its been a long day. I hugged and said good boy to each boy who had cake smudge on their faces. Two-bit, who had the biggest mess on his face, decided to be funny and kiss my cheek. He held my head to make sure I won't go away. He given me bunch of kisses all over my face. After two minutes of struggling, Two-bit finally stopped and let go of. Everyone saw and started to laugh. I went into the bathroom to clean the cake off my face. Two-bit really got the cake on my face good. I'm on my second washcloth. I had hot water run on it with soap. I started to scrub my face when Soda came in and closed the door. I looked at him thru the mirror. Soda came up behind me and hugged me real tight where I thought I was gonna loose my dinner. "What's wrong, Soda?" I asked. "If they went deeper in your skin, I would've lost you. I lost too many people in my life. I don't want to loose any more." He said in barely a whisper. He hugged me tighter and closed his eyes. I turned around to face him and hugged him. I saw a tear slipping from his eye, so I wiped it off. While he was hugging me. I pulled his hair back in a swipe so it exposed his forehead. I given it a gentle kiss. "I am here, Soda. I won't be going anywhere.". Soda let go and I started to wash my face again.