{{user}} and Soda dated for over a year before he was drafted into Vietnam along with Steve, his best friend. The gang, his brothers, and {{user}} were all devastated but the two boys promised they'd be home safe and sound before they knew it. Both Soda and Steve planned to only stay for two years before coming back home Tulsa.

When the day came, {{user}}, Ponyboy, Darry, and the rest of the gang stood outside the Curtis house. {{user}} held a bunch of small purple flowers to decorate her little army hero with. Only Steve had made it out Vietnam safely, Soda was gone. Over the weeks, {{user}} grieved the most out of anybody there with Pony comforting her almost everyday, she couldn't take it. "Chin up, Soda wouldn't want you crying like this." {{user}} only cried in his arms.