Ponyboy's POV:

I wake up from a long night of sleep. The gang and myself went bowling last night so I crashed when we got home. Johnny and Dallas are alive still, and my hair is still brown. Sodapop, Darry, and myself have a sister named Rosanne. Rosanne is a mixture of Darry, Sodapop and myself, but looks a little bit more like Sodapop. Rosanne has dark blonde hair and Sodapop's eyes. I guess she gets the dark blonde hair from our mom. Man, I sure do miss mom and dad.

When I wake up from a long night of sleep, I notice that Sodapop wasn't in the room, nor Anne. I sometimes call Rosanne Anne, Rosa, or Rose. Almost everyone in the group calls her one of those nicknames, especially Johnny. Everyone knows that Johnny has a huge crush on her.
I get up from my bed and go to the kitchen to make eggs or something. Everyone in the gang lives with us, which is sort of annoying because it's so cramped. Even though, Sodapop and Steve work a lot down at DX so they're never home. Darry has his jobs so he's not home often. It's usually me, Anne, Dally, Johnny, and Two-Bit at home.

I go inside my kitchen and grab a pan and some eggs. Two-Bit is watching Mickey Mouse, Anne is eating breakfast she made herself and Johnny is trying to sleep some more, but Two-Bit has Mickey Mouse on too loud. Nothing new.

"Mornin' Ponyboy," Anne said.

"Mornin'," I say back.
Anne gets up from the breakfast table and puts her bowl in the sink. "Say Ponyboy, what are we doing today?"

"Not sure."
Johnny gets up from the couch he was sleeping on and goes in the kitchen. He comes up from behind Anne and hugs her.
"Good morning, Rose!" Johnny said.
"Oh, good morning, Johnny," Anne said. She hugs Johnny. I think she likes Johnny, but I'm not too sure. I heard she has a little crush on Dallas.

Rosanne and Johnny leave the kitchen and go outside. Dallas walks inside the moment they walk outside.

"Hey Rosanne and Johnny," Dallas said.
"Hi Dally," Anne said.
"Sup Dallas," Johnny says.
"Nothing," Dallas said. "Where you guys headin'."
"Just for a little walk," Johnny said.
"Oh, um, do you think that I could… possibly… uh, oh nevermind," Dallas said and walked inside.
Anne and Johnny look at each other and shrug their shoulders and leave. I wonder what that was all about.

I wish Dallas was the person to open up to others. Whenever something bothers me, I have to tell someone about it, I don't see how Dallas can not talk to others about his problems. I guess that's just how he is.

Dallas sits down at the kitchen table where Anne sat. Dallas doesn't say a word he just sits there and zones out.
"Um, Dally..?" I ask. "You alright?"
Dallas zones back in. "Oh, um, what? Yeah, yeah, yeah I'm fine Ponyboy."
Dallas leans his head back and puts his hands on his face.
"Okay Dallas what's up," I say.
I grab a plate and put my egg on it. I walk over to the table and sit next to Dallas. He's acting weird and I want to know what is up…

"There's nothing wrong Ponyboy, I'm fine," he said. "Believe me, would ya?"
"I would, but I know for sure there's something up. Come on you can tell me, you can tell me anything, who would I tell?" I say.
Dallas looks around. I hope he tells me what's on his mind.
"There is NOTHING wrong Ponyboy! Alright!?" Dallas yelled and stormed outside.

Oh well, maybe next time.

Later

Two-Bit is outside doing God knows what, Steve and Sodapop are still working and Darry is still working. I am home alone. I still want to know what the heck is bothering Dallas.

Anne and Johnny walk inside the house laughing. Johnny held the door open for Anne. To be honest, Johnny and Anne would be cute together as a couple. I think Anne has a crush on Dallas though. Me imagining her and Dallas together kinda looks okay, though I'd prefer her to date Johnny. Of course I'm not gonna force her to date Johnny. I want her to date whoever she wants, though I feel like Johnny would treat her better and I feel that she'd be much safer with Johnny. Like I said, I'm not gonna tell her who she can and can't date. She can date whoever she wants.

"Hey, I'm gonna go take a quick shower Anne, I feel all sweaty from the hike," Johnny said.

"Alright," Anne said.

Johnny walks away to the bathroom to shower down. I thought they were going on a walk, not a hike…
Anne sits down next to me on the couch. She leans her head back and tries to relax. I can tell she is in a great mood.
"So, how was the hike?" I asked. "Though I thought you guys were just taking a simple little walk."
Anne pokes up. "Oh yeah, well here's the thing… We were taking a little walk, until we saw the Socs drive by. They jumped out of their car and chased us around until we saw a hiking trail, we ran in there and we were able to lose them. Then, Johnny and I decided to walk the trail and talk. It was very nice."
"Oh, wow," I say. "So, what do you think of Johnny?"
Anne quickly turns her head my direction. "Oh, uh, what do you mean? I mean, Johnny's cool. Yeah. He's cool."
"Cool? Just cool?" I ask. I want to know if she likes him.
"Coming Darry!" Anne randomly says and gets up.
"Darry is working right now," I say.
"Hold on Darry!" Anne said and runs outside.
Okay, I'm gonna assume she likes him…

Rosanne's POV:

I don't know, I don't know, I don't know! I don't know if I like Johnny or Dallas! They both treat me great, they both are very attractive. I don't know! I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings.

I am too shy to tell Ponyboy about how I feel about Johnny. I think he knows I like Dallas. And no, I will not date Johnny and Dallas at the same time. I am not a cheater. They'd end up finding out very soon and then all the drama will tear the gang apart. I really don't want that to happen. I'd feel awful!
Should I tell Ponyboy how I feel about Johnny and or Dallas? I'm afraid if I do it now, Johnny will come out of the shower and overhear me. If I say anything about Dallas he'll hear me and get depressed because I know he likes me, and if I mention anything about me liking him, he'll overhear that and that'll be bad…
Anyway I ran outside to avoid answering Ponyboy. Does it seem obvious that I like Johnny? I mean, I kinda did stutter earlier and just ran out. I think I made it obvious ahhg. I hope Ponyboy don't tell Johnny what happened!

I peek inside the house and see Johnny walk out of the bathroom with his clothes on. I know it is not the right time to go in, maybe I can watch and see if Ponyboy says anything to Johnny about me earlier.
I see Ponyboy stand up and walk to Johnny. Ponyboy I swear if you say anything to Johnny I will shoot you or something. Yeah, one thing you should know about me is that I don't take crap from anyone and I'm not afraid to fight, though I don't go out looking for fights. I'm usually a laid back chill person, just until you mess with me or someone I care for.

Johnny's POV:

I come out of the shower and put my clothes on. I will say I had an amazing time on the hike with Rose. We didn't plan the hike, we planned a little walk around the block, but hey I'm actually kinda glad the Socs came after us. Well, I don't like the fact they tried to kill Rose and I and then chased us, but if they didn't I wouldn't have taken the hike with Rose.
Yes I like Rose. A lot. I am so unsure if she likes me back though. I heard around that she likes Dally but yet again she hasn't said it out of her mouth so I won't believe it until she tells me or when I see something. I think that Rose is absolutely gorgeous, I would treat her perfectly with respect, treat her like a queen like she deserves.

I walk out of the bathroom and walk to Ponyboy and Sodapop's room to grab something, but before I get there, I was stopped by Ponyboy.
"What's up Ponyboy?" I ask.
"Hey Johnny, what do you think about Anne?" Ponyboy asked me.

What do I think about Rose? What do I think?! I'm too nervous to tell him.. I'm sure he already knows.
I start to laugh nervously. "W-What do you m-mean? Um, what do you think about her?" Okay, that was stupid of me to ask… I'm being very obvious that I like Rose, but how could you not?
"Um, she's my sister so I love her. She's a fun person, loveable- what am I talking about? I'm asking you what you think of her. This is about you, not me, " Ponyboy said.
"Uh, um. What do you think about how I think about her?" I ask. I bet my face is velvet red.

"I think you like her," Ponyboy said. I look down. "Johnny, come on. You're stuttering, you won't answer any of the questions, you get happier when she's around, you act nervous around her, and this morning you hugged her from behind. Not to mention, your face is as red as a rose."
My eyes got huge the moment he said "your face is as red as a rose." I do like her. I mean, I guess I can tell Ponyboy that I like her, I mean she isn't around, no one is around.
"You're right, Ponyboy," I say.
"You like her?" he asks.

"Yeah…," I say and look back down.

"There's nothing wrong with liking her, trust me Johnny. I actually think you two would be adorable together. Just as long as you don't hurt her, things will be good. I say go for it, just not yet. We need to make sure she likes you, though I'm sure she does," Ponyboy said.
"You really think we'd look good together?" I ask.

"No doubt about it," Ponyboy said.

I couldn't help but smile. Of course I'm not gonna pressure her into liking me. I would be very depressed if she didn't like me back though.
"Okay Ponyboy, " I say. "I will try to see if Rose likes me. I think Rose is very beautiful."

Right when I say that, Dally comes out of nowhere and pins me to the wall. "Stay away from Rosanne, or I will slowly kill you right here and I'm not afraid too…"