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Ponyboy's POV

It was a warm night and the sun was just getting ready to set. I pushed the sleeves of my jacket up my forearms as I walked down the street. It was Friday night, I was walking over to Lisa's house. I smiled to myself as I thought about her. For a long time I didn't know what love was; I had always heard about it from Soda but I had never felt it before. Whenever I'm with Lisa, I feel like I'm in love. I was taking her to the movies tonight to see 'A Fistful of Dollars'. Lisa wasn't like any girl I had ever met. Yes, she's beautiful; she has long brown hair that she likes to wear down, she has hazel eyes that make me want to melt every time I look into them and she has a smile that can light up the night sky, but I also love the qualities that she possesses.

She loves movies and not just romantic or girly ones, she loves all movies; she had begged me to take her to see this movie and when I said I'd take her she smiled that amazing smile. Lisa only lived a few blocks away from me so the trip from my house to hers didn't take long. I turned down her street and started jogging, I was just too excited to see her. I slowed down as I approached her drive way there were no cars around, her parents must be out or something. I ran my hand along the side of my hair, making sure it was all okay then knocked on the door. At first there was no reply so I knocked again, a little louder this time.

"Lisa?" I said, searching the house for any movement. She might still be getting ready, I thought to myself. I twisted the door handle, it was open so I went inside. "Lisa? It's Ponyboy." I called out into the house. I had been over a few times and I knew the place pretty well; I walked over to the kitchen where their dinner table was. I walked around the table and went to enter the kitchen when I saw something on the floor. At first I had no idea what I was looking at, then suddenly my mind clicked and I realised.

Blood. That was the first thing I noticed. Then I saw the body that it was slowly pouring from. "Lisa!" I yelled, running over to her then dropping to her side. She was so beaten up and bloody; I thought she was dead there was so much blood. I didn't know what to do, tears quickly filled my eyes then started flowing down my cheeks. I was afraid to touch her and she wasn't responding to me. I sat there and cried for a few moments, thinking of what I should do. Darry, I ran to their house phone and dialed my home number.
As it rang I watched Lisa. Who could have done this? I took a deep breath as my chest began to ache; I felt like being sick. Finally, after what felt like eternity, someone picked up. "Hello?" I knew it was Sodapop from that hint of joy in his voice that always seemed to be there. "Soda! W-where's Darry?" I said while trying not to sob. "Ponyboy? What's wron-" I couldn't have a conversation with him right now, so I but in. "Soda! Put Darry on the phone!" I raised my voice a little but my words were dripping with urgency.

Without saying a word Soda passed the phone over to Darry. "Ponyboy, what's wrong?" Darry's strong voice came over the phone. "Darry," I sobbed. "It's Lisa. Someone's beaten her up and she's bleeding real bad. I-I think she's dead." I couldn't contain myself, I let it all pour out. Darry paused for a moment then spoke again, keeping his voice steady and calm. "Pony, listen to me. You need to get her into her shower and rinse her off; try and find where the blood is coming from. You need to try and stop the blood from flowing so we can save her." I nodded then realised that he couldn't see me so I just said yep. "Hurry Pony but stay calm. Soda and I will be over in a minute." With that he hung up.

I dropped the phone and let it hang loosely on it's chord. As quickly and as gently as I could, I picked Lisa up and rushed her to the bathroom. I sat her in the bath then turned on the shower head above her. I sat on the outside of the tub; I grabbed a small towel and wet it so I could start cleaning her up. I wiped my face with my sleeves then ever so softly started wiping away the blood. I did this until Darry and Soda showed up. They burst through the door and called out to me. "Ponyboy?" Darry's voiced boomed throughout the house. "In here!" I yelled back then turned back to Lisa.

They eventually found the room we were in; even though there were two of us, I felt so alone. Darry moved me aside and attended to Lisa straight away. I stood up and slowly backed away. Soda stopped me and gave me a hug. He pulled away and then looked over at Lisa. "Who do you think did this?" Soda asked. I thought about it long and hard, I narrowed it down to one person; her Dad. "Christ, I think it was her Dad." I said looking over at Lisa, who was no longer covered in blood. She had been bleeding from her lip, her arms and from a scratch on her forehead. I covered my mouth and looked away.

"She's alive Ponyboy, she's just had a very big...beating. We'll take her over to our house so we can take care of her." Darry said as he rinsed the towel that was covered with her blood and turned off the shower. "Do you think she needs a hospital?" Soda asked softly. I looked at Darry, waiting for an answer. "She should be fine with us for now but we'll keep an eye on her and we'll take her down if she doesn't wake up." Darry leaned into the bath and scooped Lisa up into his arms then carried her out the door. My stomach dropped at how lifeless she looked. Soda put an arm around me and lead me out the door. I hopped into the back seat of our small car, Darry placed Lisa next to me and told me to watch over her. I nodded, shifting in my seat so I was holding her in my arms as we pulled out of the driveway and left her home, if she could even call it that anymore. I lightly ran my fingers over her face, avoiding her cuts and bruises. I examined her broken face; I pulled my hand away from her and closed it into a fist. I was instantly filled with anger; why would he do this?!