Disclaimer: It's pretty much just...I own absolutely nothing you may actually recognize. I own Lauren and Emily and a few other characters that will be mentioned later in the story. And that's just about it.
A/N: Ponyboy may seem a little out of character at some points in this story, but I only wrote it to show how I think he may have dealt with girls. I already have the first three and a half chapters written, and if I get enough reviews, I'll post chapter two and maybe three tomorrow. There will be more characters in the future, but for now it's only Emily and Lauren, so I'll describe what they look like. This story will begin on the first day of school at lunch.
Also, the whole killing Bob thing did happen, but there was no church fire. Pony still has blonde hair, but it's set in a more modern time, so he combs in down toward his eyes instead of keeping it combed back. And Johnny grew his hair back to the way it was before.
Lauren Delluco:
Long, straight dirty blonde hair, dark green eyes, 5'3, skinny.
Emily Gonley:
Medium length curly brown hair with bangs, hazel eyes, 5'1, a bit skinnier than Lauren.
"You're So Sober" Chapter 1: "As She Leaves"
"Just look at her," Johnny said, his eyes never leaving the girl. "She's beautiful, man." I could tell Emily Gonley knew Johnny was staring at her, but, hell, she didn't seem to mind it one bit. I took a puff of my cigarette and smiled at Johnny.
"Well, what are you waiting for? Go on and talk to her." I said. He brushed his fingertips over his scar softly and shook his head.
"Naw, man. A good looking middle lass girl like her would never go for a greaser like me." He replied sadly. I shrugged, frowning at my best friend, before walking toward the trash can to throw away my half-eaten lunch. Greasers never ate in the cafeteria. Usually, me, Johnny, and Two-bit go to the DX for lunch. But today it was just me and Johnny, and we ate outside. On my way back to the table, I bumped into someone.
"Watch it!" the girl shouted before storming off. And as I turned around to watch her walk away, I saw her long dark blonde hair blowing in the wind.
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You know how they always say that high school is supposed to be the best years of your life? Well, they're wrong, whoever they may be. Your high school years are the most confusing. You have to figure out everything about yourself in those four years. What you want to be, your sexual orientation, whether or not you want a commitment, it goes on. But me, I'm only a freshman, and I've got pretty much everything figured out. I think it's 'cause I spend so much time daydreaming. There's just one thing I'm still confused about. Girls. Lately, I'm finding that all of my friends are either in a relationship or looking to be. Hell, even Darry's got a girl he plans on sticking with. And Johnny, he's always been scared of girls. But now, every day he gets closer to actually talking to Emily Gonley.
"Alright, class," my science teacher says, stepping to the front. "As it is the first day of school, I'm going to start off by assigning lab partners for the year." It's sixth period, and I'm in an advanced Biology class. A mix between sophomores and freshman. Johnny's in my class. He's real good at science. Mrs. Brooks went on, pairing people off. She finally got to Johnny.
"Johnathan Cade and, let's see, Emily Gonley." And I saw Johnny's usually sad, dark eyes lit up completely when Emily turned and smiled at him warmly.
"And, Ponyboy Curtis and Lauren Delluco." Lauren was the girl I'd bumped into earlier. I could tell already that this was going to be a long year.
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The next day in class, I sat at a lab table with Johnny, Emily and Lauren. Mrs. Brooks went around hurriedly, making a seating chart. She let us sit where we wanted but we had to stay there the entire year.
"Since we're going to be sitting together, why don't we do something later? We could go to the Nightly Double and make it a double date." Emily said, glancing at Johnny, who was blushing like crazy.
"Kay." Was all he managed to say.
"I guess." I knew if I went too it would really help Johnny out. He wouldn't be so shy.
"You sure you really wanna be seen with a bunch of greasers?" Lauren asked. I glared at her. She annoyed me already.
"It doesn't really matter to me who I'm seen with." Emily replied. I saw Johnny smile slightly.
"Alright, I'll go," Lauren said. Then she nudged me lightly. "But you gotta be my date. I think princess here has got a bit of a crush on Cade." They both blushed at that.
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At 6:30, we all snuck into the Nightly Double. I could tell Emily was uneasy about it, but she didn't complain. We took our seats as the movie started. Johnny and Emily kept looking at each other and then looking away, both of them blushing. 10 minutes into the movie, Lauren got up and pulled me up by the arm.
"Come on, Horseguy. Let's go get some refreshments." She said.
" It's Ponyboy."
"Whatever, " she pulled me to the concession stand. "You know, you're actually kinda cute. That blonde hair really suits you."
"Very funny." I reached up and played with a strand of my bleached blonde hair. I really hated it sometimes.
"For once in my life," she brought a hand up to my cheek, " I wasn't kidding." And that's when she did the strangest thing. She kissed me. Right there in the concession stand line. Tongue and everything. My first real kiss with a girl I almost, almost hated.
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When we got back, Emily and Johnny were flirting like crazy. I sat back down and tried to pay attention to the movie. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Johnny take Emily's hand and lace their fingers.
"Hey, Ponykid." Lauren whispered. I didn't even bother looking at her.
"It's Ponyboy." I muttered, staring intently at the screen.
"Sorry." I looked at her, shocked that she'd apologized. I shook my head and took a sip of my drink.
"What did you want?" I asked, she stared at me thoughtfully before tilting her head to the side.
"Wanna make out?"
"Uhhh..." she didn't give me a chance to answer. She just scooted closer and kissed me again. It wasn't until I started kissing back that I realized I liked it.
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Lauren and I stood at the end of Emily's driveway, watching on in amusement as Johnny awkwardly pecked her on the cheek. Just as he was walking away, Emily grabbed his arm and got on her tip-toes, kissing him full on the lips.
"Cute, huh?" Lauren commented, flicking the ashes away from her cigarette.
"Yeah." I replied softly as Johnny came back over to us, blushing furiously and grinning widely. The three of us started the walk back to our neighborhood. It was about a 20 minute walk, so it gave me some time to think. This whole Lauren thing was the most confusing thing I'd ever gone through. She annoyed the hell out of me, but I sure liked kissing her. And obviously, she liked killing me too. I mean, damn, she did it enough. Johnny headed off to his house and I walked Lauren to her gate, which was right next door to Johnny's house. I leaned in and kissed her without realizing it. But she didn't seem to mind, 'cause she kissed back right away. She pulled away and opened her gate.
"Night, Ponyboy." she said, beginning the walk to her door.
"It's..." I started to correct her, but then I realized she'd gotten my name right for once. I shrugged it off and headed across the street to my house.
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A/N: Sorry it was so short. It looked a lot longer on paper. The first couple of chapters will be mainly focused on Ponyboy and Lauren and a little bit of Johnny and Emily. Everyone else will be in the story by the third or fourth chapter.