He gives them some money and a gun and tells them to get on a train to Windrixville and hide out in a deserted church. Panicked, Ponyboy and Johnny find Dally, who they know will help them. They are jumped by Bob, Randy, and other Socs, and during the fight Johnny stabs and kills Bob to stop him from drowning Ponyboy in a fountain. Ponyboy runs home, but when Darry scolds him and hits him for the first time, he goes back to find Johnny. Later that night, Ponyboy and Johnny accidentally fall asleep in their favorite vacant lot.

On the walk home, Bob Sheldon and Randy Adderson, the girls' boyfriends, accost the group and take the girls home. Ponyboy makes a connection with Cherry because they can both appreciate sunsets it is a bond that crosses their social boundaries and links their worlds. One night at the drive-in theater, Ponyboy, Johnny, Two-Bit, and Dally meet Cherry Valance and Marcia, two Soc girls whose boyfriends have left them there. The other members of the Greaser gang are Johnny Cade, Dally Winston, Two-Bit Mathews, and Steve Randle.

Other than being financially and socially disadvantaged, the Greasers' main problem is getting jumped by the Socs, the rich kids from the West Side.

They are all members of a Greaser gang, meaning they are considered hoods or juvenile delinquents by society. Ponyboy Curtis, the fourteen-year-old narrator, lives with his older brothers Sodapop and Darry, since their parents passed away in a car accident.

The outsiders chapter 2 summary