I spent a real long time on this. But I hope you enjoy it. Some tension, suspicion, lying, and truth telling is going on. (: Review? Thanks!

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Ponyboy was walking through the park in the middle of the night.

Not a person was seen, no one else was at the park. He leaned up against a tree, and slid down and sat. He saw a familiar face walk near him.

"Johnny?" Pony said.

"Hey Ponyboy." Johnny smiled. Johnny sat next to Ponyboy against the tree. "Where's Dallas?" Pony asked. "Not sure." Johnny said, shrugging his shoulders.

"Ponyboy," Johnny began. "There's something wrong with Darry. Seriously wrong. You know what I mean?"

"He's been out of character." Pony said softly. "Yeah. Well it's just one thing that had been killing him inside." Johnny said, looking across the park. Pony sighed, and looked at Johnny. "Do you know what it is?" Johnny nodded. "Yeah."

Ponyboy sat up. "What is it?"

Johnny looked at him. "He had been thinking—''

"Wake up Ponyboy!" Soda jumped onto the bed. Ponyboy opened his eyes, finding Soda on the bed with his famous Sodapop Curtis smile. Ponyboy smiled back. "Way to start off the morning." "I know," he said with a light laugh. "Come on, Darry left breakfast for you."
"What do you mean he left breakfast for me?" Pony asked concerned.

"He let you sleep in." Soda got off of the bed. Ponyboy pushed his covers off of himself. When he looked out the window, the bright sun shined into his eyes. The sunlight threw a bright cover over almost everything in the room.

Ponyboy stepped out of bed, slid on a blank white t-shirt and gray sweatpants and walked out of the bedroom. Pony found a plate with eggs, bacon, and a cinnamon role with a cup of chocolate milk set right next to it. "Where's Darry?" Pony asked, sitting at the table.

Soda dropped himself on the couch. "Guessing buying food or something."

Ponyboy shrugged and ate the breakfast that had sat in front of him.

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Darry was driving up the quiet road on the Socs side of town.

His heart was racing faster than ever before and his head was rushing; he had never been like this. He didn't play any music on the drive; he just listened to the quiet beat the car was making driving on the rough road.

Darry pulled up to Paul's house, and just outside was Paul. "It seems like you have a choice if you're crawling back." Paul smirked. Darry sighed, and stepped out of the car. "I thought about it, and—'' Darry had cut himself off and thought about it one last time.

'What are you doing? Abandoning your brothers and friends? What if Pony and Soda get thrown in a boys home for your stupid action? What would happen to Two-Bit and Steve? The house? All of the memories of the full gang? Everything can be lost because of this action. THINK AGAIN DARREL. Think WISLEY. You're smarter than this. EXTREMELY smarter. COME ON DARREL CURTIS.'

"…And?" Paul said with irritation in his voice.

Darry snapped back into the conversation. "Why don't we just hang out for a little?" he said with disappointment.

Paul got a devious smile on his face. "There's the Darrel Curtis I knew."

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A few hours later…

"Soda," Ponyboy spoke up. Soda looked over at him. "I'm pretty sure that Darry isn't shopping for food."

It was almost sunset, and Darry had promised Ponyboy that on Sunday that Pony would at least get to show him a sunset. They weren't able to do anything yesterday due to the situation with Paul. Pony was beginning to get worried about Darry; he had been acting strange since the day before. Soda glanced out the door to see if Darry was back yet. As he thought, he wasn't. Soda sighed. "He tells us to be home before its late, well look who's gonna be home late…"

Ponyboy put his head in his hands. Soda walked over to the chair Pony was sitting on.

"You alright Pone?"

"My head's starting to hurt." He said softly.

"Here, I'll get you some aspirin and then you could try and take a nap."

Soda got up and walked over to the cabinet in the kitchen. He found the bottle that had read 'Aspirin; helps with the badest of headaches!' Soda grabbed a pill and a glass of water. He walked back into the family room, finding Ponyboy digging his nails into his head. "Pone, don't do that. You could scratch up your head." He told him.

"Sorry…" Pony said in a quiet tone.

Soda handed the pill and water to Pony. Ponyboy picked up his head and took the pill. After he had taken the pill, he headed to their bedroom and slipped into bed. He slowly…drifted off into…a…deep…sleep…

Ponyboy was at the destination where Dallas Winston had died right in front of the rest of the gang.

He watched Dallas walk toward him. "Hey Dally. It's been a while." He said with a small smile. Dally was smoking grass. "Hey kid." "Where've you been keeping yourself?" Pony asked him. "There's no time for that, Pone. This is pretty important." Dally said sternly.

Pony's emotions grew from peace and happiness to worry. "What is it?" "I'm guessing Johnny never told you, huh?" Dally asked Pony. Ponyboy was eager to hear what Dallas was going to tell him, especially since it was important. It was probably that one 'something' Johnny was trying to tell him, but Sodapop had waked him up. "Dally what is it?"

"Geez, calm yourself kid," Dallas lightly laughed. "You noticed that Dar was suspiciously out without telling you and Sodapop. Me and Johnny both can tell that you're both starting to worry."

"He would've told Soda to tell me where he was gone to." Pony spoke up. "Well," Dally began. "He won't be able to tell you because of something that's pretty damn un-expected." Pony's eyes grew big. "What is it?" Dally sighed. "I don't know how you're gonna take this Pone, but—''

"Pone, you awake?" a voice softly said.

Ponyboy groaned. "I ain't getting up."

"Come on. You gotta cook tonight." The soothing voice said in a quiet tone. "I don't feel good." He said with his sleepy voice. The person sighed. "I'll cook tonight, but you better cook tomorrow." "Is Dar back yet?" Pony asked. "No, but he called. Says hi and that he's out with an old friend. But he never told me who." They said.

'Is that what Johnny and Dally have been trying to tell me?' Pony thought in his head.

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"Come on Paul, I gotta leave." Darry laughed.

Paul and Darry were in the park tossing a football back and forth. "Leaving so soon?" he asked Darry. Darry and Paul walked down to the truck. "I got two brothers at home." Both boys were out of breath and ready to head home.

Both boys got into the blue beat-up pickup truck and headed back towards Paul's house to drop him off.

"What happened to your parents? Can't they just take care of them?" Paul asked.

Darry sighed. "They died in an auto wreck. It's my responsibility to watch out for them." "Sorry. I didn't know…" Paul's voice had trailed off.

When Darry pulled up to Paul's house, he said goodbye and headed home. He was probably thinking that they were eating dinner or they were done with dinner. One of them was probably going on.

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Sodapop stayed up until his brother came home. He knew that he wasn't suppose to stay up late because he had work the next day, but he didn't mind.

He watched some TV, but that was only making him even drowsier. He ended up lying on the couch staring at the roof. Ponyboy on the other hand was in bed fast asleep. Soda soon heard an engine roar just outside the house and he knew exactly was.

He stepped outside with his hands in his jean pockets.

When Darry noticed Sodapop on the porch he said, "Hey Soda, aren't you suppose to be in bed?" "I wanted to wait for you." He lightly smiled. "Come on, let's get to bed. We've got work in the morning and Pony's got school." Darry said. Both brothers walked into the house and into their rooms.

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"What did you wanna tell me, Dal?" Pony asked Dallas.

"Darry, your brother. He's seeing an old friend that's not a Greaser." Dally explained quickly. Pony's mouth dropped open in shock. "It's true." A small voice came from a distance. It was Johnny Cade. "You better tell Soda." "And Two-Bit and Steve." Dally added. Ponyboy was speechless.