Ellie POV
I walked down the hall with my best friend Jill. It was finally time to go home, and we were walking towards our lockers.
"Ellie, what do we have for homework?" Jill asked me and I sighed.
"I already told you about five times," I replied, annoyed.
"Well sorry! Tell me again," she asked. I couldn't help but laugh. I told her the homework, again, as I opened my locker door.
"We have to read two pages of the English and-" I turned to look at her and stopped. He was right behind her walking with his friends. Johnny Cade. Of course, I blushed crazily and looked down.
"What?" Jill asked me. Oh my gosh. Could she be any louder? She turned her head to where I looked and laughed.
"Jill! Stop looking!" I begged her. They walked closer towards us and my stomach flipped a little.
I prayed to God Jill wouldn't call out to them. "Hey, Two-bit!" Jill called and waved. All three of them looked over at us. Including Johnny. I glared at her. "Hey Jill, hows it goin'? Two-bit smiled at her and walked over. They all followed him. Oh God. I turned around and pretended to get books out of my locker. Why am I such a spaz? I bet no other girl gets this nervous. I'm probably the only girl on the planet that acts this stupid in front of guys.
"Oh nothin'," I could hear the smile in Jill's voice as she talked to Two-bit. She knew he kinda liked her. I kept telling her she was crazy for him too but she never listened. I thought they'd make a good couple considering they both have huge mouths and always have something to say.
I felt a tap on my shoulder and tensed. No way. Could it really be? I turned and saw Ponyboy.
"Oh, hey Ponyboy," I said and exhaled, relieved. That was until I saw thatJohnny was right next to him. I couldn't help but stare at him and he looked back at me, a little surprised. Oh gosh, he's gonna think I'm some kind of creep for staring at him. I blushed and looked quickly at Ponyboy.
"Hey. Did you read that book I told you about?" he asked me. Ponyboy and I were a lot alike. We both read books and watched movies way more than we should. I also noticed that he daydreams in class a lot, just like me. But not in English. There's were I first started talking to him.
"Oh, yeah I did. It's really good so far," I smiled, barely getting the words out. How could I even think when he was right there?
"Cool, you know, the movie is coming out soon. Maybe we could see it," He suggested. I smiled.
"Yeah that would be fun," I really was looking forward to seeing it. I looked at Johnny again and felt my face heat up completely. Thankfully, that's when they began following Two-bit outside.
As soon as they were gone, I groaned and stuck my head in my locker. Jill laughed at me.
"How could you do that to me?" I said into my locker. "That was humiliating! He probably thinks I'm some kind of creep for staring at him! Not to mention that my face looked like a tomato by the time they left!" I groaned again. I came out of the locker and glared at her.
"Ugh, fine. I'm sorry, okay?" she said.
"You know that I get way too nervous!" I reminded her.
"I don't know why! It's not like he does anything!" I narrowed my eyes at her. "You should talk to him. You should do what I do when I like a guy." I laughed just thinking about it.
"Come on. You know I'll never be able to do what you do," I told her.
"Yeah, I guess not, but you gotta do something," she looked at me and smiled. "Come on, we'll go to your house and think of what we could do." She took my arm.
"You know I didn't invite you over my house right?" I said and laughed.
"Well, too bad." She said as we walked out.
Johnny POV
Me, Two-bit, and Ponyboy walked out of the school towards the Curtis' house. "Ya know, I think she likes me," Two-bit said and smiled. I rolled my eyes. He was talking about Jill again. Ponyboy laughed beside me. "No really, I'm serious," Two-bit said.
"I never said she didn't, Two-bit," Pony stated. "What about Kathy?" Ponyboy asked.
"We broke up a while ago," Two-bit said and changed the subject. "Ya know Ponyboy," Two-bit stopped and looked at him. "I think Jill's friend Elizabeth has a thing for you," Two-bit said and smiled. I tensed and listened closely, waiting for Ponyboy to reply.
"Nah, me and Elizabeth are just friends," Ponyboy looked up at Two-bit.
"Well, I think she digs you. I mean didn't you see her blushing?" Of course. I kicked at a rock on the sidewalk. She was blushin' at Pony not me. It was stupid to think she was looking at me anyway. I mean, she even agreed to go to a movie with him already. But I could have sworn she was lookin' at me! I shook my head.
Two-bit blabbered on about other things, but I tuned him out. We got to the Curtis' and Two-bit ran in to meet Steve and Soda. Me and Pony sat on the steps for a while. Finally, I looked at him.
"Uh, hey Pony?" I asked him.
"Yeah?" he said and looked at me.
"Do you uh, do you like Elizabeth?" I tried to ask him as casually as I could. Pony looked at me in surprise.
"Well, I like her as a friend, but that's it," he looked at me suspiciously. "Why?" he asked. I looked down.
"Oh, uh, no reason." I tried to change the subject. "Lets go inside." He looked at me again.
"Alright," he said and walked inside.
I know I should have said something to Pony, but I still didn't really know what I was getting at. I didn't know Elizabeth that well. I knew she was in a few of my classes. I knew that I got a weird feeling when I saw her. I knew that she was real pretty, and smart too. But what I didn't know was what that was supposed to mean.
