((Thank you guys for reviewing :) I'm glad you all liked it. Naguabo as you know in the beginning of the book you do think that all Soc's are bad and that all the greasers are good and misunderstood. Pony's story changes how you see them and we will get there :) ro781727 Elizabeth isn't that girl and I don't know if she will ever be. I know she will grow to be more confident and strong. I do like the story you made up though. Her mother needs to be slapped lol Please keep reviewing guys.))

The Trust

I kept running up my old neighborhood. Tears streamed down my face. Was it my fault Bob was killed? Was he there because of me?

I could hear someone running after me and figured it was Soda.

"Elizabeth wait." I turned at the voice realizing it wasn't him but Randy.

Randy stopped in front of me. "Lizzie she was wrong."

I turned from him and he pulled me to him and hugged me.

"She was wrong. It was our fault. We went looking for those boys. We were drunk and we wanted to beat them up."

I shook my head and cried against him. How can this be real?

"Listen to me Elizabeth. It was not your fault. It was ours. We beat those greasers up sometimes. We drank and thought it was fun to hurt someone smaller then us. God! I don't know why we did it."

He sounded like he wanted to cry too.

"That night, we drank a little more than normal. We were mad at Sherry and Marsha. We went after those boys because they walked them home from the movies."

He pulled me away and made me look at him.

"Your brother was pushing that blonde kid under the water in the fountain. He….he was going to kill him Liz…..I didn't really know it at the time, but now I do…..if he kept going he would have…" Tears came to his eyes.

"That other kid saved his friend. When it happened…I didn't know what to do….I ran to get help…when the cops asked us what happened the other boys lied and I didn't say anything until the next day. I told them what really happened Lizzie."

I nodded and tears kept coming.

"It was our fault it happened…It was our fault." He let a few tears fall.

"Elizabeth?" Soda said softly.

I looked over at him and wondered how long he had been standing there listening.

Randy let me go and I went to Soda. He hugged me.

"I'm sorry Lizzie. I am truly sorry." Randy turned and walked back to the funeral home.

Soda put his arm around my shoulders and walked me back to the truck.

"You okay?"

"I…I don't know."

We got into the truck and went back home. I went back into my room and closed the door. I wanted to be alone and think. I curled up in bed and thought about the good times with my brother. We use to go to the movies all the time when we were younger. That was before he started drinking. I guess that was his way of leaving reality behind. He had to be everything our parents wanted him to be. A football star with a good gpa to play college ball. He was mister popular.

The Bob I knew when we were little was different. He didn't have as much pressure on him. He would play football for fun. I would cheer for him when he and his friends played. He never minded me being around him and his friends until he started high school. Bob told me that they were out too late for me to tag along. Now I know he just didn't want me to be around the drinking.

I needed to know what happened from Randy. He seemed so tortured by it. I couldn't say anything as he told me. I didn't know what to say. Dallas told us already what Randy had told the police, but I needed to hear it from him. He was there. Pony and Johnny had no choice, and I knew that they were hurting for what they had to do. My brother was going to hurt them. He was going to kill them.

I couldn't help but cry. I closed my eyes and made myself fall asleep. I had to stop thinking about it.

I was woken up by Soda opening my door.

"Liz? Are you hungry?" I looked up at his worried face.

He had brought me a plate with a sandwich on it.

I sat up and he came farther into the room and sat on my bed. I took the sandwich from him and started eating.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Soda said softly.

"Randy told me what happened. Dally was right. I knew he was, but I needed to hear it from someone who was there."

Soda nodded and put his arm around my shoulder.

I kept eating and Soda sat with me. "Randy was right about something else Liz. It wasn't your fault."

I nodded. "My mom wants it to be my fault Soda. She wants to blame someone."

"You are not the one to be blamed Liz. They are."

"I know." I gave him what I couldn't eat. "I think I'll just sleep Soda. It's been a long day."

He stood up. "Okay Liz. I'll be to bed soon."

"Soda please don't sleep on the floor. I'll be okay."

He hesitated. "Okay, but I will sleep on the couch on the other side of the wall. Please come get me if you need me."

"I will Soda."

He left me and I made up my mind. I needed to see the boys.

I looked up at the sky as I made my way toward the bar I found Dally in yesterday. It was 4am and I needed to hurry in case he left without me to see Pony and Johnny.

As I approached I see him leaning against a car smoking. He was talking to a man.

"Yeah I am going to borrow it. I'll bring it back."

They both laughed and went back into the bar. I knew that meant he stole the car, but at this point I didn't care. I got in the back and lay down in the floorboard. An old blanket was in the backseat and I laid it over me.

A few hours later I heard footsteps and the driver's side door open. Dally got in and started the car. We were on our way. It took a couple of hours to get where we were going. I stayed still while Dally left the car. After a few minutes, I sit up and look around. We are at an abandon church. I get out slowly and walk toward it. I hear them talking.

Soda left Pony a note. Dally was playing around with them. Making it feel like it wasn't a big deal.

"You guys hungry?" Dally asked.

Both the boys looked like they had lost weight. They agreed to go eat and that's when I appeared in the doorway.

"Elizabeth?" Pony saw me first.

"Hey." Pony ran to me and hugged me.

"Hey? Hey? What in the hell are you doing here!" Dally yelled.

"I wanted to see them."

Johnny wouldn't look at me.

"You had no business sneaking here. Soda and Darry are going to kill me."

I ignored him. "Johnny?"

He looked at me.

"I know what happened….."

He looked so sad.

"I know you didn't have a choice Johnny."

Johnny looked at me in surprise. He walked to me and hugged me tightly.

"I'm sorry Elizabeth." He teared up on me.

"I know Johnny. It's going to be okay." I hugged him back.

He looked at me hurrying to wipe his tears away.

"Let's go get some food." I told him and Pony.

"Good, then you can explain to me how you were able to sneak into my car."

"It's not your car Dally and it's not like it was hard."

We got into the car and he drove us to get food. He glared at me through the rearview mirror.

"Okay, stop doing that. I needed to see them."

"No you needed to stay home."

"Well I didn't and you aren't my guardian."

He sighed. "Darry and Soda are going to be furious."

"I'm sure they already are." Pony said looking at the ground.

"They are worried about you Pony. They are worried about both of you."

"Yeah." That's all he says as Dally stops and gets us food.

We eat as Dally tells us about Cherry. She came to him and told him she will tell the judge that it wasn't Pony's and Johnny's if they go to court.

"I want to turn myself in." Johnny said.

"What did you say?"

"You heard me man. It was self-defense. You said it yourself. Pony and Cherry can testify to that."

"No Johnny you aren't going to jail."

They argued all the way back to the church. Johnny made up his mind to go back and turn himself in. He didn't want to run anymore.

When we got back Pony was the first to see it. The church was on fire.

There were kids inside. Johnny ran toward it, and Pony and I followed. Dally yelled for us to come back, but we had to help the children.

Pony and Johnny ran in first. I was right behind them. We could hear the kids in the back of the church. Pony and Johnny started picking them up and putting them through the window. I handed one to Dally and he grabbed me and pulled me out.

"You stay there!"

He turned to help the boys and try to get them out. The church was going to collapse. The kids were safe now the boys were in danger. Pony was caught on fire and Dally pulled him through rolling him on the ground. The church groaned and started moving.

Johnny screamed.

"Johnny!" Dally went in after him and I ran after him fearing for them both. My arm caught on fire as I entered the burning building. The pain surged through my arm. I tried to put it out, but it was still there when I saw Dally carrying Johnny toward me. He moved me back out of the building and laid Johnny on the ground. He moved his hands over the flames on my jacketed arm.

I winced and started coughing. I took my jacket off, as the Church fell to the ground.

Dally looked at me. "I told you to stay put."

I ignored him looking at my friends. "Are they going to be okay?"

"I don't know."

I hear ambulance sirens approaching, and see that Dally is burnt and bruised. They both nearly got crushed by the house.

"Are you okay?"

"I'll be fine. I'm more worried about you and that nasty burn on your arm."

"It's not that bad." I lied and coughed as the paramedics put oxygen on all of us.

He picked up Pony. "He passed out from the smoke. He will be just fine. We should get you all checked out at the hospital."

The other paramedic picked Johnny up. "He is pretty bad. Let's get him to the hospital quickly."

We were all rushed to the hospital. Dally, Johnny, and Pony was put in a stretcher. They let me sit next to Dally in his ambulance because my arm was the only thing really hurt.

"You better never do that to me again." Dally said.

I just nodded at him.

As we approached the hospital I looked down at him.

"Dally, Johnny looked pretty bad."

"I know." I could hear the worry in his voice.