They save the children, but Dally and Johnny are injured as they try to escape from the burning church. They feel the fire is their fault, because they smoked in the church. The church is on fire and some of the students are trapped inside, so Johnny and Ponyboy go inside to save them. They have gone out to eat and upon returning to the church, find a group of school children and teachers there. Johnny tells him he has decided the best thing for them to do is to return to town and turn themselves in to the police. The boys hide out in the abandoned church, until Dally arrives to see how they are doing. The two boys ask Dally for help and he gives them money, a gun, and directions to a church they can hide in. Johnny, in order to save Ponyboy and avenge his beating, stabs Bob, one of the Socs, to death. The Socs boys from earlier in the night find them and attempt to drown Ponyboy in a fountain. Later that evening, after having a fight with Darry, Ponyboy and Johnny go to a park so he can cool down. Her boyfriend, Bob, is the same person who previously beat Johnny so badly that he lives in a state of perpetual fear. They start to argue with the boys, so Cherry decides to go with them to prevent a fight. On the way to Two-Bits home, to pick up his car, the girls' boyfriends show up in their car. Two-Bit shows up at the drive-in and offers to give the girls a ride home in his car. Cherry explains to Ponyboy that even though Socs have money, they have problems just like greasers do, which is a unique thought for Ponyboy. The girls, Cherry Valance and Marcia, appreciate it and decide to strike up a conversation with the boys. Ponyboy and Johnny are with Dally and when he takes his harassment too far Johnny stops him. The Socs boys enjoy harassing the greasers. The Socs are the wealthy teenagers who live on the West side of town. One night, at the drive-in movies, Dally decides to harass two Socs girls. They have a group of friends, a gang, who they depend on, it includes Two-Bit Mathews, Johnny Cade, Steve Randle, and Dallas Winston, Dally. The brothers live alone, because their parents died in an automobile accident. They are greasers, which means they wear their greased hair long and don't follow the rules. Ponyboy Curtis lives with his brothers Sodapop and Darrel on the East side of town.