I had fallen asleep on Mickey's shoulder, so I didn't notice when we arrived at the house. I woke up and I was on the couch. I looked around and Dally was on the couch next to me. I crawled over to him and sat on his lap and snuggled into him. He didn't stop me, so I ended up grabbing a blanket and cuddled into him and fell back asleep.

A few hours later I woke up to a lot of yelling. I was still on Dally's lap. I opened my eyes slowly to see 4 new faces. I hugged Dally tight and Mickey started talking. "Zoe it's ok this is our gang." He pointed to a really tall guy, "This is Darrel but we call him Darry." Darry looked nice. Mickey continued talking "This is Steve." He pointed to a guy wearing a DX shirt and with chocolate cake all over his face. He looked mean and he scared me. Mickey Continued, "This is Sodapop, he's Darry's younger brother and we call him Soda." I giggled at his name. "Finally we have the youngest Curtis" I perked up at the mention of their last name, "This here is Ponyboy, aka Pony." He pointed to a boy reading a book.

I realized that I couldn't find my teddy. "Mickey have you seen my teddy?" "Oh yeah, it fell on the floor while you were sleeping, here" Mickey handed me my teddy and I hugged it, as if I lost it 3 years ago. "Does your teddy have a name?" Darry asked me while kneeling down to my level. I nodded. "What is it?" Soda asked me... at least I think it was Soda. "Pony Soda." I said smiling. Everyone except Dally, Mickey and Johnny laughed. "Why did you name him that?" Darry asked "When my mom and I went to my first horse back riding lesson, when I was 3, we bought this teddy and I named it Pony. Then one night when my mom and I went out to dinner I spilled Pepsi on it and I added Soda to the name" I smiled and Darry asked me "Where is your mom?" "She died last year. I'm looking for my dad." "Where did you used to live?" "Texas." "How do you know your dad lives here?" "My mom said so before she died" "Oh..." Dally stepped in "Dar she doesn't have a place to stay can she stay here?" "Sure does she need clothes or anything?" "I have a few clothes in my suitcase but I might have outgrown them." "Ok... what's your name sweetheart?" "My name is Zoe" "How old are you?" "7" "Ok. You can stay here as long as you need and I'll help you find your dad." "Thank you Darry." "You're welcome." I smiled widely.

I think I found my new family... that is until I find my dad.