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Chapter 2: Mornin' sweetheart

I felt someone shaking me, so I tried covering myself with a blanket but failed as that someone took it away from me. I got up to see who it was thinking it was Soda trying to take all the blankets from me.

"Morning pony how was your night?" Steve laughed and sat on the end of the bed looking at the doorway as Soda pop walked in, and looked at his baby brother still in bed.

"Mornin' buttercup, you're lucky it's the weekend, Darry wouldn't have let you sleep in so late". I sighed into my pillow as I just remembered last night.

"Hey Soda, is Johnny still here?" Thinking he might still be sitting in the living area.

"Oh no, He said he had to go home but he'll come back later on today". Soda looked over to Steve, who was looking back at him with a smile. Uurgh, I better get out before they get all lovey-dovey.

Soda and Steve have been secretly dating for a while now. Secret because no one around here likes gays, so they'd skin them if anyone ever found out. I know because I had to come home when I was going to go for a walk. I didn't expect anyone to be home, but then I heard some noises from Soda's and my room, and there they were, making out.

It wasn't anything hardcore, but I was afraid it would, so I decided to make some noise in the kitchen. They stopped and asked what I saw, and pleaded me to keep it a secret. So I am.

Closing the door I walked into the kitchen to make some breakfast just as Dally walked in. "Hey kid, got a cancer stick?" handing him the pack from the table as I turned around looking through the fridge.

"So, where Johnny, heard he slept here last night?" Hearing Johnny's name made me blush lightly; I tried not to let Dally see.

"Yeah he slept here left before I woke up, said he'll be back after" I tried concentrating on the eggs I was cooking but was failing on the account that Dally was still talking about Johnny and I was remembering last night's dream.

"Whoa! Ponyboy, watch out for your breakfast!" Soda came out of the room with Steve, turning off the oven while Steve put the pan in the sink.

"Dammit Ponyboy, you could've burn down the house! And what the hell Dally, didn't you notice that" Soda said as he waved his hands in front of his face to blow away the smoke.

"I'm sorry Soda, I was thinking about something" I looked at the pan in the sink.

"Yeah okay, but be careful next time, you know Darry well kill us both" He walked into the living room with Steve and Dally right behind him, and they started watching TV.

I decided to go for a walk. A walk would do me some good, Clear my head. As I walked to the store to buy some gum, I noticed that there were a bunch of socs driving around the corner, so I hurriedly walked into the store hoping that they didn't see me. I waited for five minutes then the store clerk kicked me out. It looked like I was in the clear, but then again you can never be too careful around these parts.

"Hey Pony nice seeing you here" Someone putting a hand on my shoulder, jumping a little before I turned around I saw that it was Johnny.

"Oh uhh.. Hey Johnnycakes. Where were you heading to?" Looking around to make sure that those socs weren't anywhere nearby. The coast was clear so I focused more on what Johnny was saying to me.

"I told your brother I was coming back to see you?" Remembering what Soda told me, I blushed as the memory of the dream crept back into my mind.

"Hey you okay? You're looking kinda red" Johnny brought his face so close I could taste his breath. My breath caught and I pushed him away, pushing a little too hard.

"Whooa," Johnny said as he fell to the ground. "Dammit Pony what that was for? I was only going to check your forehead!" Johnny got up and dusted himself off.

"I-im really sorry Johnny, you just caught me off guard" I helped him up and bit my lower lip, something I only did when I was nervous.

"Why were you caught off guard It's not like I was going to kiss you or anything" Johnny shook his head then smiled as he forgave me. "Com'n lets go to your place then" he started walking as I started following behind him slightly, giving him some side glances then and again.

As we got to my house Steve was just leaving, he looked a little bit mad so I wondered if they had had an argument. Johnny looked at Steve walking away, "See you later Steve" he said as he waved goodbye. "Yeah see you later…" Steve walked down the road muttering to himself.

"Knock Knock! Hello Soda I'm home and Johnny came here with me" Saying as we walking into the living room. I walked into Soda's and my room to find him lying down in the blankets staring at the ceiling.

"Hey what's wrong Soda? Is everything okay with you and Steve?" I sat on the bed next to Soda.

"Yeah everything couldn't be better" saying it sarcastically he looked at me. "what happened?" the question was ignored for 5 minutes before he decided to answer it. As I was getting up to go, Soda spoke quietly acknowledging that Johnny was in the house.

"He said he heard rumors about me and some girl named Annie were going out, I told him we were only friends and that she must have started the rumors. He said some stuff, I said some stuff, he left, and I stayed here." He finished with a sigh.

A minute later Johnny walked in, "Hey is everything okay?" I smiled at him "Yeah everything's o-"I was about to say when, "NO EVERYTHING IS NOT OKAY!" Soda interrupted. He must have been really angry about this.

"Johnny I'm sorry to have to yell at you and Pony" He looked at our shocked faces as he got up and announced he was going for a walk.

A while after Soda had left us, we watched TV, Darry walked in. "Hey Pony, Hey Johnny."

"Hey" we said in union which also made us say "Pop jinx!" then we laughed.

"You guys are weird" Darry said as he shook his head and smirked. "So where's soda?"

"He went for a walk" pausing for a less than I minute I wonder if I should tell him that Soda and Steve had a fight. I decided yes, "he and Steve had a fight, then me a Johnny came in and Steve left."

"Well I'll go look for him you stay here in case he comes back okay?" He got his jacket and took off. Then me an Johnny were alone making up small conversations as we waited for Soda or Darry to come back.

"Hey pony" I answer him by tiredly looking at him "Yea?" He doesn't answer for two minutes so I start to wonder if he even heard me.

"Today you know by the store, why were you all shaken up?" He looked over at me with curious eye. "Oh I saw some socs driving around and I thought they still would have been around when I bumped into you" Then there was silence as we watched the TV.

I guess I fell asleep because Johnny woke me up "Mornin sweetheart, Darry and Soda are going to be back soon and I am going to go", I was still half asleep so I did catch most of what he had said. "Okay, see you tomorrow Johnny" saying with a yawn. "Yeah see you tomorrow Ponyboy have a sweet dream" I was too tired to look at him instead before I knew it I was dreaming about Johnny kissing me again. But I wasn't asleep because I didn't feel like I was asleep, probably half asleep.

Before I could react he was leaving the house, and I went back into unconsciousness.