you run into the night from all you had

In September 1965, things are a little different. For one thing, Ponyboy is seventeen years old and an older brother to Sodapop Curtis. For another, he's not in college — not with his parents dead. And a third, he's dating Dallas Winston and has been for about a year now. And last thing: it's two am, Ponyboy is alone, and Bob Sheldon is roaming Tulsa, drunk.