Chapter 1:
POV: Ponyboy
"Aw, man come on Pony," Johnny yelled exasperated. For the last twenty-five minutes we've been trying to get me a girlfriend. But whenever a cute girl would go by I'd give some stupid answer as to why i can't date her. "Her hairs too blonde. She's to tall. Not tall enough" those were just some of the lame excuses. I was about to tell him to give it up when a couple of girls walked up to us, one with a bright yellow and orange box.
"Hey Ponyboy," the girl I recognized to be Lauren Smith greeted.
"Hey Lauren, What'cha got there?" I said pointing to the interestingly colored box.
"Oh nothing, just some cupcakes from a restaurant that opened up last week. They said the quickest way to a boys heart is through his stomach you know," she said winking and smiling at me.
"I didn't know that, what's the shop called?" I said ignoring her last gesture. I ain't got time for a soc. They're all about images and appearances. I could do without that. Her smile faltered for a sec but then regained it's position.
"It's called Sugar and Spice, It's greaser friendly and everything" She said in a semisweet tone. The bell rung for school to let out and everyone began packing up. I rose and looked over at a quiet Johnny, "Come on Johnny, let's go." he nodded and got up. The other girl who had remained silent most of the time finally spoke up. "Here Johnny, take a cupcake," she opened the box and took out a white cupcake with chocolate chips on it. He smiled and took the cupcake from her hand and we left. "See, she likes you!" He yelled, I grinned. Johnny smiled and looked forward.
"Do you want half of it or not?" he asked knowing the answer. He split the cupcake in half and handed me a piece. When I bit into it I tasted pure flavor. "Whoa." I said with a mouthful of cupcake. Johnny nodded, meaning he felt the same bliss I did. When we finally got to my house we went in.
" Wow Pony, have a fight with cake and lose?" Two-bit said as we walked in the living room. Dally was there too. I noticed I still had bits of cupcake around my mouth. I took my sleeve and wiped it off.
" Naw, just had this great cupcake from a new place called Sugar and Spice. Just opened up too." I said sitting on the recliner. "Really? Haven't heard about it. Wait, you ain't got any money. How'd you get one?" he said looking confused. " A girl gave one to Johnny," I said winking at him. "Johnny Cakes! You got yo'self a girlfriend? Hot dog, give'er a kiss for me will ya?" He said hugging Johnny. Johnny blushed, but didn't say anything. " Leave the kid alone Two-Bit" Dally stuck up for Johnny like he always did. Before Two-bit could go on with his rant about Johnny's new "girlfriend" Soda and Steve came in. "Hey soda, I called."
"Hey Pony, where's Darry? I got some good news."
"I think he's out back." Two-bit said before I could answer. Soda ran to the back door and yelled for Darry. In a few seconds we were all in the living room. "Whats the big news Soda?" Darry said, he must have been annoyed Soda interrupted whatever he was doing because he looked pissed.
"I got a raise!" I had never seen Soda this excited. We all said our woohoos and whoops, and patted Soda on the back. " I wanna do somethin' nice you know? For everybody, got any ideas?" I quickly glanced at Johnny. We were thinking the same thing. "Sugar and Spice" we said together. Everyone looked at us with bemused expressions. "What?" Soda questioned.
"It's a new restaurant, it's nice but I heard it's greaser friendly." I said hoping he would say yes.
"Oh yea, I heard about that place."" Darry added.
"OK! We'll go there tomorrow. It'll be Saturday and Muscles over there will be off too. It's perfect."
Everyone agreed to meet here and we'd leave from here to Sugar and Spice. I couldn't wait for tomorrow.
So hey guys, yea this is a pretty bad first chapter, i'm not used to writing from a boys pov. I needed a way to get them there. But I do think as I go to Sugar's (Melinda) pov it'll get a little better.