The Outsiders (Before Rumble)

Running Away

I was dreaming. Dreaming about the country, Mom and Dad what life used to be like before they died. I had fell asleep in the lot so Johnny had to wake me up I knew it had to be pretty late so I ran home. Johnny's parents didn't care what time he got home so he was fine I was pretty worried about what was going to happen to me when I got home, knowing Darry he's probably going to yell at me and start an argument.. 

      Darry slapped me for coming in the house late. I told him I was sorry, but all he does is yell so I decided that me and Johnny should run away. Cause I’m sick of just being thought as Darry and Soda’s kid brother. Darry doesn't really care about me, he just thinks of me as a pest. It seemed like a pretty good idea until I got sleepy and was freezing to death so we walked to the park. Where we just ran into trouble, Bob, Randy and some other Socs came and was waiting to beat us up for talking to Cherry and her friend. They put my head in the fountain and that’s when I realized I was drowning. Next thing I knew I was laying on my back on the pavement, then Johnny sitting on the ground and him telling me he killed Bob. So we went to go see only one that could help us Dallas Winston. He gave us a gun, fifty bucks and a pair of dry clothes. Now we are on a train heading for an abandoned church on Jay Mountain far away from the park, the gang, and the Socs before we get arrested for killing Bob. 

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The Rumble

Tonight is the rumble against the Socs and Darry told me he doesn’t think I should be in it knowing that I’m not feeling so hot. I’m going to be in it anyway cause then the rest of the gang is gonna think I’m chicken. I took a bunch of aspirins while Dally and Soda wasn’t looking cause I figured it would help till the end of the rumble. Dally is gonna be in the rumble too, despite him still being in the hospital. Dally asked for Two-bit’s pocketknife and he really gave it to him, I guess Dally really needed it cause he knows how much Two-Bits knife means to him for him to just ask for it. When everyone had arrived; us the Brumly Boys, Shepard’s Gang and the Socs, Darry went first, he fought a blond guy named Paul Holden. I knew Darry had to be ashamed to be representing us I just knew he had to be a little jealous. It was hard for me cause I was the youngest person there and I couldn’t find any Socs my size. I helped Dally out cause he was slugged by some Socs so I jumped on their back and guess what? The Socs ran away first and we won. We won the rumble.

The Gang

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   So Johnny died and Dally is pretty mad, so mad that he left me so I had to walk home by myself. I can’t believe that Johnny died he had to be in a vacant lot or something. Or something. I had convinced myself he wasn't dead even though deep deep down I knew what happened. I just felt as if I thought he was alive maybe it wouldn't hurt so much, even though it did. A lot. Then Dally had to go ahead, run from the cops, pull out his unloaded gun even though we knew it wasn't loaded and get himself killed. The gang and I knew it would happen sooner or later just not like this. Man why did he have to be so stupid. Dally knew the cops would think it was loaded and kill him, kill him right in front of us. Now Dallas and Johnny is dead, it is funny how so much could happen in so little time. Just last week we were at the movie theater with Cherry Valance talking. I feel much better than I did a while ago; being sick felt the worst and on top of all that Soda wasn't in the best of shape.

Report

      Yesterday during school I got my story back from Mr.Syme, I didn't really care what I got as long as I was would be able to pass English. Before he gave my story back he said it was one of my best work that he have seen all year. He told me that it could be no less than five papers but he seemed really surprised when I asked if I could write more. I was thinking about Johnny a lot lately and how he told me make sure Dally got to see a sunset. It’s too late now though. I don't think Dally would've looked at a sunset with me anyway, I'm reading a new book called "To Kill a Mockingbird". The Socs still bother us, but not as much as they used to since I cracked that pop bottle and showed them I was sick of them bothering us, Soda still bugging  about Sandy, he just really bummed out that she dumped him like that. I still kinda feel selfish because I wasn't caring about his problems but he always listened to mine. We all are going through a lot right now. As long as we have each other it really doesn't matter. If the judge would've put me and Soda in a boy’s home I don't know what I would've done.
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