All rights belong to S.E. Hinton! Dally's POV in this chapter has been rewritten, he was very OOC, so I hope this is better. Chapter 2 will be up tomorrow.

*Pony*

When I woke up it was cold, in fact I was freezing. I thought that was weird because it wasnt that cold yesterday, actually it felt real good. I was havin' a little trouble breathing, and my chest hurt. I felt a worried stare on me.

"Glory Pony, are ya alright?" Soda sounded worried, more worried than I had thought he would be.

"I'm fine, why?" I lied, I just don't like seeing Soda worry. Plus it was probably just a cold.

"Well, you shakin' like a leaf, and its like 86 degrees in here." Wow, I didn't know it was so warm. It sure didn't feel warm.

"I just got the chills Soda, I'm fine really. Go eat breakfast, I'll be there in a bit." His look of worry faded, and his movie star grin spread across his face.

"Alright kiddo, just hurry up, or you won't get nothin'." I smiled at him, and got out of bed. My chest hurt a little more, but I wrote it off. After getting dressed I walked into the kitchen. The whole gang was there. Man, I forgot it was Saturday. We always play football on Saturday's.

"Hurry up, kid. I want to play some ball." Dally explained. I ate a little, but I just wasn't hungry. I moved my food around to make it look lolike I'd eaten more than I had.

"Okay, let's go play some football!" I shouted enthusiastically.

"Pony and I get Darry!" Johnny was quick to speak for Darry since both of us were pretty small, and Darry was the best player. Soda, Dally, and Steve were on a team, and Two-Bit, Darry, Johnny, and I were on a team. We started with the ball, Darry had come up with the plan. We'd make them think we were gonna go easy, but we had a real great plan. Two-Bit was going to QB to Darry who would then ball fake it to Johnny, but really handing it to me to run a button hook, and throw it back to Darry at the touchdown line. We got all set up, everything was working. Soda's team had no clue what we were doing. After Darry's ball fake they all ran after Johnny, leaving the field safe for me. I did the button hook, and threw it to Darry.

"Woohoo, touchdown, and in the first down too." Two-Bit was doing a victory dance. Soda's team was sulking, and hadn't noticed Darry throw them the ball, which just so happened to hit Dally in the back of the head.

"Shit." Dally looked like he was about to beat someone until he saw it was Darry. Instead he just turned and huddled with his team. I got to cover Dally, Two-Bit and Johnny had Soda, and Darry had Steve. Dally took off at a full sprint, but I was faster. I was getting dizzy though. Dally started to trip, and ended up knocking me down with him. The world seemed to spin around, and I was having a real hard time breathing. In a matter of seconds the colors blurred to darkness. 'Maybe this wasn't just a cold.' Was the last thing I thought.

*Dally*

I tripped, taking the kid down with me. I got up, but Pony stayed down. He closed his eyes, and seemed to have trouble getting air. Thinking I only knocked the wind out of him I gave him a minute. When he still didn't get up I was getting irritated.

"Stop bein' lazy, kid." I tried pulling him up by his arm. His hand was limp, actually his whole body was. "Oh, hell." I whispered, now I'm gonna get my ass handed to me by Darry. "Darry, come get the kid." I shouted, keeping my cool composure. Darry, Soda, Johnny, and Two-Bit ran over. Steve on the other hand scowled, and slowly made his way towards us.

"Two-Bit, go get my truck." Darry tossed him the keys, and Two-Bit took off. Both Curtis brother kneeled down by Pony. Johnny stood back, not really sure what to do. Soda was goin' on about how he shouldn't have listened to Pony, how he knew he something was wrong. Darry scooped Pony up, and started walking to the street where Two-Bit had just parked the truck. Soda, Johnny, Darry, and Two-Bit sat in the cab of the truck while Steve and I occupied the bed. Steve just krpt mumbling grumpily to himself. Somethin' about how Pony gets all the attention. I swear Darry ran every light and stop sign. I know he was worried, but damn. We made it to the hospital in 8 minutes. Some nurses had taken Pony after we'd gotten there leaving Darry to fill out some stupid ass papers. I got so bored waiting I was just about to go smash some Soc's heads in for fun to kill time. Then some old guy came.

"Curtis family?" The old man came to tell us about Ponyboy.

"Finally, damn." I said with a yawn. This earned be a death glare from Darry.

"Pony has a case of pnuemonia. Right now were giving him I.V. antibiotics to help fight it. We want him to stay here for a couple of days, then he can go home with oral antibiotics. Let me take you to him." I never did catch the guys name. I just wasnt that interested. Im not a big fan of playing nice. He left us outside a room. An older women whith light brown hair was stang in front of it.

"Darrel Curtis?" Darry nodded extending his hand for introduction. She didn't accept it, just glared. "I do not think you're a fit guardian. Anybody would've been able to see he was sick. He probably even told you, but you weren't paying attention." Soda made a choked sound. Darry was about to speak, but I beat him to it.

"Pony acted fine this morning, just ask him when he wakes up. Actually how about you just leave ya worthless piece of... now before you cause trouble you can't get out of." I glared daggers at her. Her eyes seemed to turn scared, man I love it when people fear me. She walked out without another word. Darry silently thanked me, then we proceeded to Pony's room. He was hooked up to an I.V. and had oxygen tubes in his nose.

"Pony." Soda said. I don't honestly think he expected an answer. Pony squirmed a little, and opened his eyes.

"Hi guys," he smiled. His brothers talked to him for a while, as did Johnny and Two-Bit. Well Two-Bit mainly told him jokes and whined about missing Mickey in a childish way. This caused Pony to laugh, and cough he coughed for quite awhile, and when he was done he had blood on his hand. Soda freaked out, but Darry stayed calm. I was a little worried, but when ya get a rep ya gotta keep it, and I ain't gotta rep for bein' a softie. Darry had gone to talk to a doctor, and I was getting bored again so I figured I'll talk to Pony.

"I thought you were tough, damn." I joked with him. He shrugged, but smiled.

"I am tough, just you wait." He threatened. Just then Darry walked in.

"The Dr. said its normal in bad cases, and not to worry." Darry informed, earning a confused look from a tired Ponyboy.

"Go to sleep kiddo" Darry told Pony, who was already half way there.

"Next weekend your team is goin' down." I smile, he just shook his head in a you only whish manner and fell asleep. "Damn kid"

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