Icicle awoke alone. Nobody was in the church. She shot up and realised that she had Dally's leather jacket on her and Johnny's jean one too. She smiled and slowly stood up as she slipped on the leather jacket. She looked around and found no one which made her worry.
"Blaze!?" No reply. She slowly walked outside and saw her sister and the boys sitting out back, Blaze leaning against Johnny. She let out a soft sigh and looked over her shoulder.
"I wish Two where here..." She whispered softly. She went back inside quickly and curled up in a corner and she felt her eyes water. Icicle had never felt more homesick in her life. At that moment she wanted nothing more then for this to be some vivid dream and that she'd wake up in her nice warm bed. But she knew this wasn't a dream. She knew this wasn't a lie and worse yet; She knew Johnny had killed someone. She let the tears openly roll down her cheeks and she began to sob softly into her knees. Footsteps alerted her that someone else was there but she didn't care. She continued to sob softly as the person sat down next to her.
"Hey what's wrong Ice?" Ponyboy asked softly. Icicle remained silent and leaned into Ponyboy softly as she continued to cry softly. He tightly wrapped his arms around her and tried his best to convert her. It sorta works as she was slowly crying herself to sleep again. Ponyboy kept a tight hold on her as she drifted into a dreamlike state.

~a few hours later~

Icicle awoke with a start. Everyone was sitting at the table playing Poker. Icicle let out a sigh of relief and stood up slowly. She was still wrapped up in Dally's jacket, which smelt strongly of him. She wished it was Twobits smell but found Dally's rather calming. Blaze noticed her first.
"Hey Ice your finally awake!" She giggled. Only Ponyboy knew she was awake anytime before now. She smiled at her sister and sat down next to Ponyboy. She rested her head on his shoulder and hummed softly. Blaze smiled and joined in. Soon both girls were singing and having a blast. It almost made Icicle forget about being homesick. Almost. She suddenly stopped singing and stood up.
"You alright Ice...?" Johnny asked softly. Icicle looked back at him shook her head and walked out. She sat on the back steps as she hear the others talking inside. She noticed the tuffs of hair everywhere and looked back inside to see the boys still playing Poker. Bly then had she realised that they cut their hair. She rolled her eyes and hugged her knees to her chest again. She felt someone sit next to her and jumped. She looked over to see Blaze grinning like a cat.
"Scared ya didn't I." She smiled and looked up to the Sky. "Sure is pretty up here." Her voice was soft.
"Yeah... Reminds me of home." Icicle spoke both of their feelings.
"Do... Do you think Dad misses us Blaze...?" Icicle looked at her calmly.
"I don't know Ice. I really don't even think he wanted us there in the first place..." Blaze said calmly. Icicle nodded and looked away again.

~I'm drawing this to an end. Sorry this chapter took so long but you'll find chapter 10 on The_Outsiders_101_  page. She is an amazing writer and I'm glad to be working with her on this story. Also as a side note I'm going out of town tomorrow and won't be back until late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning.
Stay tuned with The_Outsiders_101_ for the next chapter.~