"I LOVE YOU!" Jasmine Phillidendrium Alcapaz shouted, trying to break out of the arms of Dallas Winston so she could run to Ponyboy Curtis who was standing on the other side of the room, trying to open the window so he could jump out and escape the house without going through the door which Jasmine was standing in front of.
"No you don't!" said Steve, grabbing an arm that she had managed to get away from Dally.
"You don't know! I LOVE YOU PONE!" she shouted, still struggling to get free.
"We do know!" said Soda, trying to help Ponyboy open the window. "HOW?!" she shouted in a deranged voice, face going red with her hair flying every which way.
"True love isn't selfish!" Darry said, looking up from his newspaper. He alone was able to almost ignore the ordeal happening in the living room of the house.
"Shut up, Darrel! I LOVE YOU PONYBOY!" she shouted again, long blonde hair falling to her shoulders in perfect ringlets, despite the fact that moments before it had been standing almost on end.
"Well I don't love you!" said Ponyboy, feeling flustered at finding that the window didn't open.
She stopped struggling and her body went limp. "What does true love isn't selfish mean?" she asked, putting a finger to her chin as though thinking.
"It means that if you really loved him, you'd do what would make him happy… Which means leave!" Dally said, grabbing her again and trying to take her to the door, but she resumed her fight.
"BUT I LOVE HIM!" she shouted again, then broke free of Dallas and Steve, and started to run across the room. Unfortunately, or fortunately depending on how you look at it, she tripped on Darry's leg and fell to the floor, bursting into flame when she hit the floor. In seconds, she was nothing more than a pile of ash.
"Phew," said Ponyboy, coming into the middle of the room and sitting down. "She was worrying me"
"Wow…" said Soda, going into the kitchen to get a broom. "She's an idiot… Didn't it even say in that thing you wrote that you just aren't into girls yet"
"Yeah…" Pony answered. "I mean, I even said it clearly"
"I guess some people just can't get over it…" Soda said, now sweeping up the ashes.
"At least she's dead," said Dally. "I wish I had a cure as simple as you, Ponyboy… I wish that could happen to all the Sues that obsess over me, because you know… I don't love, and whatever"
"Yeah, all the Sues should go away…" said Soda.
"Hey, I'll take some any day!" said Steve, feeling left out of the love.
"Hey Dal," Ponyboy whispered, pointing at the door. "Better hide, here comes Ashley."