So this is the final chapter, yes everyone dies but the family is reunited in heaven. This chapter contains my interpretation of what heaven should be and mean, also a few antics of teenage boys being teenage boys. Hope you liked the story and love this chapter.

Two boys protecting five greasers at once was never going to be enough. Ponyboy had a rotten feeling about today the minute he woke up. Dally had a client today, one that was rather volatile, Steve had been having problems with the car jack in the shop and Darry lately had been complaining that his work needed new ladders. It had all happened so fast, Pony and Johnny were helping Two-Bit in a hostage standoff when all of a sudden they felt a prickle on the back of their necks, escalated five times.

"They're all in trouble at once?!" exclaimed Johnny

"We can't protect them all at the same time!" exclaimed Ponyboy

"Pony we have a choice, save two of them and leave them to deal with the deaths of the other 3 or let all of them die at once and our job is over, either way most of their times are up" said Johnny. Pony sighed, both of them were exhausted, over a decade of keeping his family safe and now he couldn't protect them. Johnny put his wing around his husband

"It might be for the best, they miss us and they all live unpredictable lives, lets just let this happen and all of them will be with us soon" said Johnny softly pulling Ponyboy close to him. It all seemed to happen at once. The car Steve was working on fell on him, the ladder broke under Darry, Two-Bit was shot, Dally's client stabbed him with a switchblade he snuck in and Soda was shot in an armed robbery. The souls of their family met them in the air.

"PONYBOY!" shouted Darry and Soda grabbing their little brother in a hug. Pony smiled, it had been way too long since he had been hugged by his brothers

"Hey Johnny Cake" said Dally drawing Johnny into a hug

"Hey Dal" said Johnny softly. The gang was back together again.

"We should probably go to the after life now" said Two-Bit. Pony and Johnny smiled

"Yeah, let's go" said Pony relaxing in the arms of his brothers

"Johnny get over here, you're family too" said Darry. Johnny smiled and joined the hug.

"You two haven't aged a bit" laughed Steve

"I know, Two-Bit kindly kept reminding us of that fact every year" said Johnny

"Little Johnny cakes has a bit of spunk now" laughed Dally

"Yeah, I guess I do" said Johnny. The seven of them arrived at the gates.

"Quick question Johnny, When exactly did you and Pony get married and who's last name did you take?" asked Two-Bit

"Grease, found a wedding being performed took copies of the rings and I took Pony's last name" said Johnny

"Where did you honeymoon?" asked Steve wiggling his eyebrows

"Florida" said Ponyboy with a laugh

"Did you see Sandy?" asked Soda

"Yeah, let me tell you something Soda, it's a good thing she's off your hands, she was in jail for prostitution, her son lives with her grandparents and he's a little terror, the kid definitely isn't yours Soda" said Pony

"It's ok, I'm over her now" said Soda

"Well from what I saw last time I was up here there are plenty of eligible bacheloretes up here" said Pony

"I'll see" said Soda. Suddenly their parents engulfed the boys in a hug

"Mom! Dad!" exclaimed Soda and Darry. The three brothers plus Johnny hugged their parents.

"Pony, Johnny go rest, you've earned it" said Mrs. Curtis. Ponyboy nodded and him and Johnny walked over to a nice soft looking cloud. They flopped down and snuggled close before going to sleep.

"So, Who's up for a game of football!" exclaimed Darrel Sr. rubbing his hands together excitedly

"Darrel! They just got here, let them relax a bit" exclaimed Mrs. Curtis

"I'm up for a little football" said Dally. Mrs. Curtis rolled her eyes

"Boys" she whispered shaking her head. As the five boys plus her husband went off to play she went over to where he youngest son and son in law were sleeping. She smiled at how peaceful the two looked all snuggled up entangled in each other's arms and wings. She ran her fingers through her son's hair

"I'm so proud of you my baby" she whispered, hearing the laughter of her other two boys and their friends. She kissed Pony's forehead and brushed his long hair out of his face before doing the same for Johnny. She went to go join a few of her friends who were talking about still living celebrities. Suddenly the football flew over head and hit Johnny waking him up

"What the heck?" asked Johnny staring at the ball

"Throw it and go back to sleep" mumbled Ponyboy.

"It's not going to stop coming over here, let's go somewhere else to sleep" said Johnny

"But I'm comfy" whined Pony.

"I'll carry you" suggested Johnny, knowing Ponyboy couldn't resist being carried by Johnny. It was always one of those little things that they did for each other that turned the other to mush.

"Now look what you did, you woke up the love birds" laughed Dally

"Two-Bit threw it" laughed Soda. Johnny threw the ball back and it hit Steve in the back of the head

"HEY! What did I do?" asked Steve. The game was effectively over. Soda went to go talk to some people he knew from the war and Two-Bit went to go talk to a few people he knew from the police force. Darry was talking with his dad about random stuff and Dally went to go talk to a few philosophers. Steve looked a little lonely but suddenly Two-Bit had him in a headlock

"Two-Bit!" exclaimed Steve

"Just demonstrating to my buddies here a move I made up" laughed Two-Bit. Steve began to chase a laughing Two-Bit all over the place. Darry smiled before being tackled by Sodapop who was being egged on by their dad.

"Hey how come Pony and Johnny have wings but none of us do?" asked Soda

"Because they are guardians, they died saving multiple lives and even after death they continued protecting people, and not just the people they were assigned to protect. They were given the status of Guardian Angels a year and a half into their protection assignment because they went with Soda and didn't only protect him" said .

"So they got wings because they protected a lot more people than they needed to?" asked Soda panting a bit with the effort of holding Darry down.

"Yes" said Mrs. Curtis

"What the heck was with them having powers?" asked Darry

"Just a few to be able help protect you five better" said Darrel Sr.

"Yeah, like causing a downpour on me alone?" said Darry

"Yes, that was funny as heck" said Darrel Sr. laughing. Darry rolled his eyes, he had forgotten that Sodapop had inherited their father's personality. Two-Bit and Steve were roughhousing and ended up rolling onto one of Ponyboy's wings even after they had moved to a further location. Two-Bit ended up getting smacked in the face by Johnny's wing.

"Come on Two-Bit! Really! We're trying to sleep" said a thoroughly irritated Ponyboy

"How about you boys go to the house, dinner will be at 7, your father just got a new barbecue and wants to use it" suggested Mrs. Curtis to Pony and Johnny. The two angels walked into the Curtis house, it was just like the one on Earth only with more rooms, enough for everyone in the gang to have their own, minus Johnny who slept with Pony, and the house wasn't rundown like the one back on Earth. The boys lay down on the bed hoping that they wouldn't be interrupted again. Of course this hope was short lived because The football match had restarted and the ball kept hitting the window.

"We aren't going to be getting any sleep are we" groaned Pony

"No we are not, I suppose we should just cuddle until dinner's ready" suggested Johnny.

"Sounds good to me" said Pony snuggling closer to his husband. Another perk was having their own TV in their room. Pony turned it on and put in the movie American Graffiti.

"Hey Johnny, remember that night in the lot ten years ago where you were wondering where there was a place where there were no greasers or socs?" asked Pony

"Yeah?" said Johnny

"I know exactly where that is now" said Pony

"Where?" replied Johnny smiling, he knew the answer

"Right here, in heaven" said Ponyboy. Johnny smiled and kissed Pony. Their moment was once again interrupted as the front door slammed shut behind someone. Johnny sighed

"Well if you can't beat 'em, join 'em" said Johnny

"Let's go show them what happens when an angel plays football" smirked Ponyboy the two of them went outside to play

"I thought you two were sleeping?" asked Darry

"Hard to do that when the football keeps hitting our window" said Pony, Soda looked sheepish

"Sorry you two" said Two-Bit

"Oh we plan on getting our revenge, toss me the ball" smirked Johnny this was going to be fun. Ponyboy flew above the others ready to intercept their passes. It was Pony and Johnny against the six other men. They were dominating them! Johnny scored constantly and the game ended with a thoroughly annoyed Steve watching Pony and Johnny make out

"I feel bad for you Two-Bit, you were able to see them doing this for ten years straight" grumbled Steve

"I got a two year reprieve while Soda was gone" laughed Two-Bit before tackling Ponyboy who easily threw him off.

"Angel: 1 Two-Bit: 0" laughed Johnny.

"No fair!" shouted Two-Bit before all of them burst into laughter. Mr. Curtis started grilling as the five boys once again started playing football, Johnny and Pony weren't allowed to play anymore so they helped Mrs. Curtis in the kitchen with the potato salad and normal salad.
"Pony, i noticed something" said Johnny

"What?" asked Pony

"Everyone is back to the ages they were when your parents died, Darry's 19, Soda is just barely 16, Two-Bit is 17, Dally's 16 and Steve is 16, The only ones who are the same ages they died at are us and your parents" said Johnny

"Huh, I guess you're right" said Pony, putting a batch of cookies in the oven and looking to his mother for an explanation.

"Heaven is what you make of it, in the case of those it's a mere continuation of the time in their lives when they felt the happiest, all the good and none of the bad. For you two, the best moment of your lives happened right after you died and therefore that's how you have stayed. For my husband and I we were happy when we died, we cared for all seven of you as if you were our own and we couldn't have been happier, that is how we stayed when we got up here. Heaven is the endless continuation of the moment in your life where had everything you ever wanted and were completely happy" said Mrs. Curtis

"So no one person's Idea of what heaven is matches another's?" asked Johnny

"Exactly." said . Pony and Johnny looked at each other and smiled knowingly, anywhere was heaven as long as they had each other and no matter what life had thrown at them they had endured it all and had been rewarded by more than they could ever ask for, and as the football smashed through the window and into the potato salad all they could do was laugh at the sheepish expression on Mr. Curtis's face as he got chewed out by his wife.