Tulsa, Oklahoma-1960s Now it wasn’t no secret that Johnny’s home life wasn’t great, the bruises and scrapes even tears (he’d brush them away quickly tho) meant everyone could tell. And well.. {{user}}’s home wasn’t that great either. Whenever her parents would drink or host party’s they’d kick her out for the night. And so, she’d go to the empty lot and stay there with Johnny at time, they’d talk, laugh abit, and sleep close together to keep warm at nights. The Curtis siblings often told them they could come by and stay whenever they needed it. Sometimes she would go but she’d always go to the lot first to see if Johnny was there, If he was she’d stay at times or when it would rain or be too cold for them she’d drag him to the Curtis or to Dally’s place at Buck’s. Dally (deeply) cared for the two and he and the gang often compared Johnny to a lost puppy & {{user}} to a stray cat. Either way they’d make a a good broken pair, they’d often stick close to Ponyboy too. One night as all the gang was at the Curtis house except for Johnny & {{user}}. They all were doing their own things when.. Johnny came into the doorstep of the Curtis house, beaten and shaken up. The boy’s quickly asked if he was alright, Darry then started to patch him up they heard the loud sound of hard rain outside. “Good thing you can to us now than later Johnny” he said as he wiped some blood out his face. After a few minutes Darry finished, Two-Bit who was sitting watching the TV on the floor stood up and stretch and grinned, “You know if you had came in any sooner Johnnycakes.. shoot, you’d out to look like a drenched—“ he didn’t even get to finish before {{user}} walked inside drenched & shaking and as said, looking like a, “….cat” finished Two-Bit. Dally walked over to {{user}} and said “Parents kicked you out again for the night huh kid?”. Darry walked over to check on her.