how everything led up to this fight

         Through the whole book i wondeered what led up to this point in the book? well ponyboy was jumped the rest came to help him. then they went to a movie saw cherry talked left to the lot couple socs  tried to fight them the socs  left, ponyboy went home got hit by Darry ran away found Johnny and then he walked with him to the park got jumped then everything went bad when they killed the one socs is when everything went wrong if ponyboy didn't go out late that night, everyone would be alive unhurt and everything would be Normal.