The Outsiders Monologue

A/N: I don't own The Outsiders. S.E. Hinton does.

I also don't own the idea, it was requested to me by the wonderful Amanda. Thank you so much! I hope I did this idea justice.

Enjoy, y'all!

Cap and Gown

"You ready to go, Ponyboy?"

The teenager emerged from his room in black dress pants, a white shirt and tie. He had on his crimson cap on and his gown folded over his arm.

"Ready, Dar."

Darry couldn't believe this moment was finally here. His little brother was graduating at the young age of sixteen-going-on-seventeen.

Darry couldn't help but feel a swell of pride as he looked at his little brother, all grown up, siting in the back seat. If Darry squinted he could still see the thin little kid he used to know, but when he opened

"But the most important lesson I learned didn't come from a textbook. It came from my two older brothers. Especially Darry, who taught me the value of hard work and pushed me to become the best person I could be. He's the reason I'm up here."

Darry didn't know how to react, he felt nothing but love and happiness for the man his brother had become.

After the ceremony was over, Ponyboy ran over to where his brothers and friends waited. Surprisingly, the first person he ran to and hugged was Darry.

"You did us real proud, kiddo. I'm real proud of you," Darry told him.

"You did dad proud. Thank you, Darry," was Ponyboy's surprising response as the two brothers pulled away from their hug.

"Good job, kiddo!" Soda exclaimed, giving Ponyboy his own hug. Ponyboy's face broke out into a wide grin.

"Thanks, Soda."

From here on out, nothing could stop him. Ponyboy had finally done it; he graduated. He had his entire life ahead of him, all thanks to the one man who had given up everything to give him the opportunity to get out of Tulsa. He hadn't appreciated him when he was younger, but looking back now with a more mature set of eyes, the young man knew how much his older brother had given up for