Cherry says that she won’t testify against Johnny and Pony.
Cherry does want Johnny and Pony to turn themselves in. She blames herself for what happened with Bob. It was because she was nice to them and talked to them that Bob targeted them in the first place. She understands that Bob started the fight, because he was a mean drunk and attacked them for being Greasers hanging out with Soc girls.
"She said she felt that the whole mess was her fault, which it is, and that she'd keep up with what was comin' off with the Socs in the rumble and would testify that the Socs were drunk and looking for a fight and that you fought back in self-defense." (Ch. 6)
Johnny and Pony were on the run because they feared going to jail for killing Bob. Bob was drowning Pony, and Johnny killed him to save Pony. They didn't think anyone would understand, because they were Greasers. They didn't trust cops.
Johnny wants to turn himself in. He is tired of waiting in the church like an outlaw. He blurts it out to Dally.
"I got a good chance of bein' let off easy," Johnny said desperately, and I didn't know if it was Dally he was trying to convince or himself. "I ain't got no record with the fuzz and it was self-defense. Ponyboy and Cherry can testify to that. And I don't aim to stay in that church all my life." (Ch. 6)
Dally tells him that the gang has been worried about him. Johnny asks if his parents were, and Dally admits that they haven’t asked about him but that a lot of the guys’ parents do not care about them. It makes Johnny sad, but just reinforces how lonely his life would be without the gang to support him.
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