They Didn't Know

They said he would never walk again. They said he would be paralyzed. But they really didn't know.

A/N- This fic is set in the book but I gave the ending my own happily ever after kind of ending. I hate it that Pony lost his best friend and other buddy so I changed it! Hope you like it! It's set in Pony's POV.

Chapter one- What's going on?

I climbed the stairs of the hospital for the second time that day. I hated the quietness of the hospital because it's always scared me, but I don't mind it now. Not since I started seeing Johnny everyday. His burns were still bad, but they were slowly healing. He had been that way for over a month now and his strength was very slowly coming back. Dally and I thought he had died and Dal was still recovering from the gunshot he got from the police after he pulled his unloaded gun. He had been allowed to go home and he always asked about Johnny, but he never came to see him. I guess he just hated seeing him that way. I hated it still, but that didn't stop me from going to see him. The doc said he would have died if we hadn't been there for him. He slipped into a coma after me and Dal thought he had died, but when we brought Dallas to the hospital, the doc found us and told us what was going on.

But the best thing that had happened since we heard Johnny was going to live was the court hearing. Both of us were found not-guilty because it was self-defense. We had gone to tell Dally when we heard that Johnny was waking up and boy, did we run fast to his room! I walked down the hall. I knew my way around now. And everyone that worked on that floor knew me, too.

"Johnny?" I whispered as I walked into the room. You could never tell if Johnny was sleeping or just resting- he did both a lot lately.

"Yeah?" He asked and I was happy to see he was wide awake.

"Hey." I said. I went and pulled up a chair next to his hospital bed.

"What have you been up to today?" He asked.

"Nothin' much. Darry had to work and so did Soda so I was home alone." I answered.

"Welcome to my world." Johnny said with a grin and I knew he was feeling better.

"Dal come today?" He asked. He was always asking about Dallas. I guess he wanted to know if his hero cared enough to come see him.

"Nope. But he told me to tell you hi. He's still at home. Probably at the lot." I answered.

"Didya walk here, Pony?" Johnny asked when a clap of thunder shook the hospital room.

"Naw, I rode the bus." I said. Darry woulda killed me had I walked here in the rain.

"Why don'tcha get up and close that window, I'm freezin'." Johnny said and I climbed outta my chair to close the window that was across the room.

"It is kinda cold in here." I said as I closed it. The storm was getting to be a good one and I hated to shut it, but we couldn't risk Johnny getting sick.

"Thanks." Johnny said as I made my way back to the chair. On my way back, I accidentally hit Johnny's bed and hit his foot, too.

"Ow, Pony, that hurt!" Johnny said. Then he looked at me with the biggest look of shock and surprise that I almost laughed. I froze. Johnny wasn't have supposed to feel that! He was paralyzed from the middle of his back down where the beam in the burning church had hit him. So how could he know I accidentally hit his foot? And how could he have felt it?

"Johnny! You felt that?" I asked in shock.

"Yeah, I did, Pony." He said, not taking his eyes off of his foot.

"But how…" I started to ask.

"I dunno, Pone, I don't know." Johnny answered.

"See if you can move it!" I said. Johnny looked from his foot to me, them back at his foot. He moved it.

"Holy! Move the other one!" I said. I saw the sheet move where his left foot was.

"Can you feel them?" I asked.

"I guess I can if I'm movin' 'im!" Johnny said. He carefully moved his feet again. How could this be? The doc said he would be paralyzed! They said he would never walk again! Did they really know?

"Johnny! Don't you realize what this means!" I asked.

"I think it means I'll be able to walk again." Johnny said.

"It does! I'll be right back! I gotta tell the gang!" I said and ran out of the room leaving Johnny staring at his feet.