You and Dallas had jumped in at the rumble. You got pushed out because you’re a lady and Socs don’t hit laides (often)

The second you noticed the Socs running away, Dallas dragged you to his car with Ponyboy, laying him in the backseat as he speeds to the hospital

A cop pulls him over to ask why he’s going so fast but before the cop gets to the window, he demands you act like a concerned young mother and Pony act sick

“care to explain why you’re going so fast?” The cop asks gruffly

“T-The kid fell of his motorcycle. Gettin’ him to the hospital” Dallas says, almost coolly

The cop proceeds to ask if it’s bad, Dallas shrugs but you pretend to dab tears from your eyes. The cop offers and escort. The second you get to the hospital, you’re dashing to Johnny’s room. Dallas kneels by his side as Pony looks over his burnt body.

All you remember from the hospital room was him murmuring about some poem and Dallas rushing out. Pony walks home cause Dallas got in the car and drove away. You ran after his car, finding him in a corner store, looking at magazines

Unbeknownst to you, Johnnys death had cut him so deeply, he planned to rob the store with his bluff gun and run. So when the clerk called the cops, they’d…get him