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Warning: Language

Chapter 6

"So...he went to the DX, again?" Darry asked Sodapop. Soda nodded.

"Just like last time, I found him crying in a barrel of tires." He said, worried. Soda rested his head on the palms of his hands. Worried and slightly annoyed. Soda really was taking the roll of "mother" towards Ponyboy. Darry huffed, chewing on his bottom lip.

"That would explain the phone call from the school, but what about the Socs?" Darry asked.

Soda shrugged. "I don't know Darry, I'm so nervous to leave him alone I'm scared he-Where are you going?!" Soda asked, looking at Ponyboy who was down the hall.

"I'm sorry, I forgot that I needed permission to take a piss!" Ponyboy screamed back.

Soda sighed. "I'm scared that behind every closed door, he's gonna' start cutting himself again!"

Darry took in a deep breath. He began to think back to when Ponyboy started this behavior. He couldn't really remember when. He huffed, he hated his memory.

"Does anyone else know why Pony's been acting this way?" Darry asked. Sodapop shrugged, he knew he certainally noticed it. Darry had gotten a hold of Two-bit and asked if he go pick up Johnny and Steve to bring them over. Dallas was already over crashing on the couch. Everyone was baffled by Ponyboy's actions as well. Dallas offered to teach the kid how to defend himself and Two-bit and Johnny offered to watch him more closley in school.

And this came from Steve: "I could pick him up from school more"

Sodapop sighed sadly while Darry and the rest of the gang talked about Pony's behavior.

Soda slipped out of the room and walked to his and Ponyboy's there he saw Ponyboy curled up in the bed and he looked to be cold and shivering. Sodapop frowned and sat at the edge of the bed.

"Honey? How are you?" He asked.

"...Fine." Ponyboy mumbled.

"Do you want to talk about it?" Soda asked.

"...No."

Soda wasn't going to let this go. He laid on the bed next to Ponyboy and wrapped his arms around Ponyboy. He was scared. He was angry. He couldn't figure out what to do. He knew somthing happened to Ponyboy and Ponyboy wasn't telling him what. Ponyboy used to tell him everything-EVERYTHING!

"Pony...Remember the secret we kept?" Soda smiled.

"We kept a lot of secrets, Sodapop."

"I know, that's what I'm saying. I think the most famous one was when I told you to not talk about the paint spill I did in the grage." Soda laughed, remembering that he was been eight years old and after his father told him to stay away from the grage as to not come incontact with paint-fumes, he had disobayed and "helped" paint the garage. Of course Ponyboy found out and Soda made him promise not to tell anyone.

"...I guess." Ponyboy sighed.

Soda frowned.

"Pony...you can tell me...anything."

"Anything?"

"Anything."

Ponyboy thought for a moment, Soda even had his hopes up high, but they fell once Ponyboy sighed again, falling to sleep. Soda couldn't take it anymore, he too closed his eyes. Tomorrow would be another day.

Ponyboy's eyebrow twitched and he turned around suddenly.

"Will you stop?!" He nearly yelled in the hallway at school. two-bit looked to the side then behind him and innocently pointed at himself.

"Who? Me?"

"Yes, you, Two-bit!" Ponyboy was pissed. "Leave me alone and quit following me!"

"Can't" Two-bit smiled. "Darry's paying me in booze to make sure nothin' happens to you in school" He folded his arms behind his head, grinning.

Ponyboy growled. Darry.

"Well, I'll pay you in cash to leave me the hell alone!" Ponyboy offered dangerously.

"...Ponyboy, you and I know that I'll take your offer and Darry's." Two-bit laughed. Ponyboy rolled his eyes walking away. But Two-bit only followed the younger greaser.

"Fuckin' Darry." Ponyboy's green eyes almost turned red.

"Tee, hee" Two-bit snickered. "This idea's great. Soda told me to follow the kid and It's be "darry's fault" Oh, God,classic" Of course no one heard him, but he still spoke quietly.

Oh? So now Ponyboy's got body gaurds?

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-Kylelover101