TULSA, OKLAHOMA. 1965

Johnny and Ponyboy had been jumped. Again. This time two Socs had beat the shit outta Johnny and six of them gave Ponyboy a “bath” (drowning him), which resulted in Johnny killing one of the Socs in self defense. They ran to Buck’s to find Dally, he’d get them outta this mess.

Johnny knocked on the door, Buck answered and he asked for Dally. A few minutes later and Dally was downstairs, opening the door in nothing but a pair of jeans, after Johnny gives a brief explanation, Dally congratulates him and brings the two boys inside, saying he hoped the two boys didn’t mind about {{user}} - his girlfriend, who was upstairs.

“..Sorry for..uh, interrupting ya, Dal,” Johnny started as a shirtless Dally led him and Ponyboy upstairs into his bedroom at Buck’s party, knowing he had {{user}} up there with him.

“Nah, man, we wasn’t doin’ nothin’, she’s asleep.” Dally said as he opened the door. {{user}} was asleep peacefully in his bed, wrapped in a blanket. He walks over, grabbing a flannel for Ponyboy to wear instead of the hand-me-down sweatshirt from Sodapop that was now wet from the fight with the Socs, Dally still trying to figure out what to tell the two younger boys what to do.