Chapter 1
One year after Johnny and Dally died, my life was hard and sad. I barley had any fun. I was doing better in school but it wasn't the same.
The middle of 11th grade year everything changed. There was someone new in school. A new student, a girl named Alex Acsis. Alex was a soc. I was a greaser but we hung out together anyway. That's when my life started to get exciting.
"Where's Ponyboy?" She said on her first day, acting like she needed me for something. She was my lab partner in science, my home room class. The teacher had told Alex that she could go to me if she needed anything. She looked everywhere for me and found me. I never really knew why she needed me.
The first I met her I liked her. I had a feeling that we'd be friends. Alex was different than any other girl I knew. She was a tough girl, but she did have eight brothers. Six of them were older and two of them were younger. Okay, five older brothers and a twin that was five minutes older (Andrew). Alex damn well could have been a greaser. She carries a dark red handled switch blade she got from her grandpa when he was twelve.
She never really wore a skirt or even a dress expect a few times a month or while she was dancing. Alex had long dark brown hair and gorgeous brown eyes. Alex had her hair back in a rubber band most of the time. Alex made a lot of her clothes, she seemed to have a style all of her own. I don't know anything about fashion, so I don't really know how to explain it.
But enough about the perfect girl for me. Her older brothers felt they needed to control her and the younger ones loved her. Alex's siblings included: Michel, Rico, Jake, Jason, Josh, Andrew, James (Jamie) and Jaren.
Life got interesting in our 12th grade year. Most of her girlfriends hated Alex, expect Mary Layton. Her parents don't care for me that much, because my good friend Johnny killed Bob. His family was a good friend of Alex's family. Cherry Valance and Alex's family are good friends too. Alex has known Cherry since she was three. Cherry, Marcia, Alex, and Mary do almost everything together, the girl stuff. The stuff I wouldn't want to do. The stuff like gossip and all that other girl crap.
But all in all... Alex was a soc. She wasn't someone that I was supposed to hang out with, but I guess we like defying the ordinary. Soda was already giving me a hard enough time, but I promised him this: Whatever I did I wouldn't fall in love with her.
I hope.