After the movie, Cherry and Marcia realize that since their boyfirends drove off, they don't have a ride home. They agree to let Two-Bit drive them home. While they are walking to the car, they get jumped by Cherry and Marcia's boyfrieds, Randy and Bob, and their friends. The boys are ready to fight, but Cherry and Marcia get into the car and the socs peacefully drive away. Later on, Pony and Johnny are watching the stars in a vacant lot. The two both fall asleep and wake up hours later. Pony realizes that he broke curfew by hours, and returns home to a sleeping Soda and a very angry Darry. Darry yells at Pony, and things escalate to the point where Darry hits Pony. Pony is shocked and upset and runs back to the vacant lot and finds Johnny. The two run for a few blocks, then sit down and have a cigarette. They decide to walk for a few blocks, and then back and hopefully by then Pony will cool down enough to go home.
"Suddenly it was deathly quiet. We had all frozen. Nobody in my family had ever hit me. Nobody." This quote stands out because it shows that when Darry had hit pony, it was the first time. Pony was shocked and confused. This incident is the reason that he ran away, and the beginning of where his problems start. Thi shows that Darry's actions were completely unexpected and provides an explanation for Pony's choice to run away.
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