I do not own THE OUTSIDERS

It was only a week before the 31st of October. The sky was dark and the only lights were the stars and lamps from inside the houses nearby. I took my cigarette and threw it at the ground realizing there was no more to smoke it, so cold

"I hope I ain't too late," I said chattering my teeth as a cold gust wind slapped against my body. Darry told me to be back by ten, and it really looked like eleven. But the days change as the weather changes. When it's winter, the days go dark fast. In the summer, the sun lasts long. But since it was getting close to Winter, the days go by faster.

When I looked at my house, all the lights were on. Shit"

Darry gave me a look that meant I was in trouble. So close

"Pony spied the wrong house, if he wanted to see some action, he could have spied on the house next to me. Now there's real action over there."

I chuckled silently while everybody else groaned. Two-bit always goofing off. I heard Darry and Soda argue some more, I knew at that point that Steve and Two-bit were already gone. Every time Darry argued with either me or Soda, everybody else would leave. It's been like ever since. I leaned against the door and sighed imaging what Darry would be saying to me. The lecture he would be giving me.

Minutes passed by, I had my legs up to my chest while my chin rested on my knees. It was only a matter of seconds before Darry knocked on my door and told me to go in the living room. But as I kept waiting for that to happen, my eyes closed and before I knew it, I fell asleep.

X*X*X*X

I gently knocked on Pony's door, but he didn't open. When I called his name, he didn't answer. I looked at Soda, and he sighed.

"Pony, c'mon, open upI fell asleep. Guess I didn't hear you. Sorry"

"But I told him before ten. He was home around eleven. He knows the rules."

Soda rolled his eyes at me and turned around to leave, "Ok, night Darry.."

"Night Soda."

My mind was working already on the talk I was going to have with Pony tomorrow. Why was he late anyways? He was only going to the movies, well, at least that's what he told me.