A/N: This is the last chapter. I have had so much fun writing this and I hope that everyone had just as much fun reading it. I already have some ideas for a couple of more stories and will probably start on them soon. Thanks everyone and here we go.

Chapter Twelve

Pony's POV

Soda came home from the hospital after a couple of days and he was so excited he had said that the doctors and nurses wouldn't let him move around or get up much and it was just about to drive him crazy. I was glad too because our house just wasn't the same without Soda there. Darry had gone through with his promise to lock the door. Soda still tried to argue with him about it but he finally relented realizing that Darry was just protecting us and was still a little paranoid about what had happened. Now even in the house he wanted to know where we were and who we were with at all times. I thought he was going a little overboard but I wasn't about to say anything to him about it.

I knew part of it was because the police hadn't found Roger yet. Two-Bit had acted a little nervous around Soda after he came home, he kept apologizing for what had happened. But we all kept telling him that it wasn't his fault and finally after a couple of days he accepted I guess, cause he went back to his wisecracking self. Soda hadn't changed at all really the whole thing didn't seem to affect him that much at least that's what I thought until I found him on the back porch one day smoking.

"What are you doing smoking? Is something wrong?"

"Not really," he shrugged.

"Oh come on Soda I know you better than that. What's up?"

"It's just that well, I can't stop thinking about everything that happened. Sometimes I even have nightmares about him coming back. I don't know why either."

Soda was having nightmares? How come I had never heard him scream or wake up?

"I don't want it to be like this but that night I was so scared. I have never been that scared before. Then when I saw who it was, well that scared me even more. It scared me because he knew us, he knew that we didn't have a lot of money or valuables and yet it didn't matter. He wanted what little we had anyways. Plus we never really got a reason as to why he had done it. He never got caught so we couldn't ask him and he never explained it to anyone. All he told Two-Bit and his mom was that he needed the money. It just bugs me that's all."

"I know big brother, it bugs me too."

"Not to mention the fact that everyone else keeps blaming themselves for what happened. Two-Bit and Darry both think it's their fault but I don't, the only person I blame is Roger himself."

He was shaking a little and I put my arm around his shoulders to try and calm him down. I hadn't known that this was affecting him so much, he had seemed like his old self. I was wrong though he had just been keeping it all inside not wanting to worry us but I was glad that he was telling me now. We sat there for a few more minutes before Darry hollered at us that dinner was ready.

"Hey Pony,"Soda said before opening the door.

"Yeah?"

"I'm kinda glad that Darry locked the door," he smiled and went inside with me right behind him.

Soda's POV

It had been a few months since the break in and I was finally getting back to normal. I hadn't had a nightmare in weeks and my arm wasn't hurting anymore. I still wasn't able to use it as well as I had before but the doc said that I would be fully healed in another week or so. The police had found the car Roger had stolen in a little town about two hours from here called Hugo but they still hadn't found him yet. I was starting to accept the fact that he probably wouldn't be found and that I would never why he had done what he did. I was actually starting to get over it.

"Come on you two, up and at em!" Darry shouted from the kitchen.

I shook Ponyboy awake then rolled out of bed and headed for the shower. I got dressed and was carrying my shoes and socks with me when I strolled into the kitchen for breakfast. Everything was getting back to normal, Darry and Pony were sitting at the table eating breakfast and I sat down in my usual seat across from Pony.

"You better hurry and eat Soda or you're gonna make us late again,"Darry ordered rising from the table with his empty plate.

"Knock, knock," Two-Bit and Steve yelled before entering the house.

Darry had already unlocked the door that morning so they both just came strolling inside. I looked around the room and smilied everything was getting back to normal, we'd been through a lot but we'd made it through still in tact. We were gonna be just fine.

"Soda are you even listening to me?" Darry barked bringing me out of my thoughts.

"Um I'm sorry what did you say?" I stammered.

"I said if you aren't done with that plate in five minutes you're gonna have to find another way to work."

I gobbled down my eggs and jelly and chugged my chocolate milk. Ya, I thought, everything is gonna be just fine.

A/N: Well that's all folks. I hope you liked the ending. As always read and review please.