"Gosh, Sodapop Curtis is so cute!" My best friend Ashley squealed as we walked to the DX. Ashley was completely obsessed with Sodapop Curtis, she had been for about a month now. I didn't have anything against Soda until he was all I heard about for a month straight. Everyday after school me and Ashley would walk down to the DX just to see him. Ashley wouldn't even let us go home to drop our books off first.

"Come on Ashley, he's not that great, yeah he's cute but I bet he's full of himself." I spoke my thoughts. I used to have a slight crush on him, before he dropped out of school I saw him around in the halls. He would always smile at me, but now with Ashley he just annoyed me.

"How could you say that Scarlett?" Ashley asked me, "He's a doll, and sweet as can be!" I sighed and looked at the ground as we reached the DX parking lot. Ashley reached out and stopped me by grabbing my arm. "Does my hair look okay?" She asked running her fingers through her long Sandy blond hair. I nodded. I had always been jealous of her looks, she had the softest hair and the prettiest soft green eyes. She was about an inch or two taller than me but she was sixteen and I was only fifteen. Our parents were friends all their lives so, so were we. I had jet black have jet black hair that goes almost half way down my back, and icy blue eyes. I am thin, maybe too thin. I have never had much confidence, but Ashley had a ton, you could say she was a bit cocky. If she tried she could definitely get Soda. We aren't socs or greasers, we're middle class. So we have friends on both sides, mostly socs but we agree that the greasers are cuter.

"This is such a waste of time, you've never even talked to him." I complained as we walked over to where Soda was sitting on a cooler drinking a Pepsi while Steve Randle fixed a car.

Ashley glared at me, "I-I've talked to him." She said in a know-it-all manner. I gave her a look that clearly said 'oh yeah? When?' she giggled a little as if reliving the moment. "I asked him how much the coke was, he told me." She blushed and I rolled my eyes.

"Fine then go talk to him." I said pointing to Soda who started laughing at something Steve said. Ashley took a deep breath and walked up to Soda. I followed not able to pass this moment up. Soda put down his drink and looked straight at me which was weird since Ashley was closer to him. I sighed an started to look around as to show I didn't care to be there and I wasn't another one of his "groupies".

"H-Hi Soda, I'm Ashley." Ashley introduced herself with a giggle. I couldn't help but laugh a little by how uncomfortable she was acting. For this I got a dirty look from her. I quickly stopped and put on a straight face even though I knew my eyes were laughing. Soda grinned at me then looked at Ashley.

"Well nice to meet you Ashley." He gave a sincere smile then looked back at me. " And who are you?"

"I'm Scarlett." I said with a fake giggle to mock Ashley. Again, a dirty look. But Soda laughed.

"Nice to meet you too." He smiled, "What brings you two to the DX?"

"Oh Ashley's in love with you." I said then immediately regretted it. I had taking it too far. I got a hurt and angry look from Ashley and soda fixed his eyes from her to me. I bit my lip then said, "I-I'm sorry…" I could see the tears starting to well in Ashley's eyes as she turned to walk away. "Shit!" I cried, "I'm sorry about that, I shouldn't have said it, I was just trying to be funny…I shouldn't have said that."

Soda hopped off the Cooler and wiped his hands on a rag next to him, "So…does she hold grudges?" He asked smiling slightly.

"Well…it depends right now probably." I looked down, "You're all I've heard about for a month and she's gonna think I ruined her chances. Soda nodded and looked down too.

"Do you like me too?" He grinned and I laughed.

"No, sorry you're not my type," I teased looking up at him. Steve had went inside to make up a bill. Soda pretended to look hurt then started laughing again.

"So, how old are you and Ashley?" He asked. "She's sixteen, I'm fifteen." I answered. He nodded again. "Hey, can you just give Ashley a chance, I'll never hear the end of this if she thinks I really did ruin things for her."

Soda sighed and bit his lip then looked at me, "Uh, sure I guess…um…can I have her phone number?" He didn't seem as enthusiastic as he was before as he looked me in the eye. I nodded and gave it to him.

"Thank you so much…uh, I'll talk to you later." I smiled and waved before turning to walk away. For some reason my heart was racing and my hands were sweating. My heart was sinking. Was I regretting getting Soda to go out with Ashley? No, of course not, I wanted her to be happy and ic ould care less about Sodapop Curtis…right?

"Ashley!" I cried as I ran into her house without knocking, "He asked for your number hun!" I ran into her room where she was crying and jumped on her bed. I wasn't going to tell her that I asked him to go out with her.

"He did?!" A smiled spread across her face and she sat up and shinned.

"Y-Yeah…" I forced a smile as I myself began to get butterflies thinking about Sodapop Curtis.

Okay, thanks for reading! Please review! I hope you liked the first chapter…oh and I don't own the outsiders.