The next day I didn't get called in, surprisingly,So I ended up hanging with Dally, Ponyboy, and Johnny. We had met up, a little too early so we walked around town to kill time. First, we went to a drugstore where I stole a couple more packs of cancer stick, the prices on these things are ridiculous. Next, Dallas wanted to go by a music store to see the new releases. I saw a couple albums by Joyci Trevino and rolled my eyes, I don't know why they still hold on to her albums she has been missing for four years, possibly dead.

We arrived at the at the Nightly double and climbed through the fence, the cheapest way to get in if I do say so myself. The three of us walked to the rows of seats infront of the concession stand. Sadly, I got stuck sitting between Ponyboy, who was shivering like he was living in Antarctica, and Dally who was talking dirty to two girls in front of us. For some reason it made my blood boiling, seriously.

I saw the two girls tense up a little of Dally's crude speaking. It was to much for Johnny to the point he got to go get a coke. The girls, I can tell, were clean. Yeah, they were Socs. "Take your feet off my chair and shut your trap." The browned haired girl snapped towards Dallas. Heh, I like her. she had not so weak presence to her. Dallas did that stupid little smirk signaling that he wasn't intimidated. "Who's gonna make me?"

The red headed one turned around at that. "That's the greaser that jockeys for the Slash J sometimes." She whispered, or at least tried to whisper. She failed. "I know you two I've seen you around rodeos." Dallas said. "It's a shame you cant ride bull as much as you can talk it." The Brown haired said, making me chuckle, I really like her. That isn't the first time Dal heard that, props to me. He glared at me remembering that day, I put on this cheesy smile you can think of.

Dallas and the Soc girl went back and forth till Dally got bored, or got drenched in coke, and got up and left. Now Ponyboy and Johnny is sitting next to the two girls, having a grand old time. The red headed girl whose name was Cherry Valance kept giving me an ugly glance, like I had a bad smell. Now she is a stuck up Soc, the definition, but the other one, now that girl was tuff for a soc. Her name was Jennifer Townswell but she went by Jenn. Really the whole Socs neighborhood knew exactly who she was, because she had the biggest house in the neighborhood, and the most money. I could see Ponyboy had a tiny crush on her, funny.

"Hey there pretty lady why don't me and you get on out of here and take a ride?" A low voice said behind me. I rolled my eyes, I can go nowhere without some perv hitting on me. "Look Dumba-" I stopped mid sentence hearing the cackling coming from Two-bit, drunk of course. "Goddammit Two I almost stabbed ya eyes out." I chuckled, earning a laugh from the four in front. "Who's this your great-aunts?" Two-bit slurred asking Ponyboy, and Johnny.

"Great grandmothers twice remove." Jenn replied looking at her nails. Two-bit was drunk it didn't take Sherlock Holmes to figure that out. Ponyboy and Jenn got up to go get a coke together, yea 'coke'. So I was left with a drunk Two-bit, a shy Johnny, and that stuck up Soc whatever the hell her name was. "Where is ole Dally?" Two-bit asked playing with red headed from hell's hair. "He got pissed and went to who knows where." I answered before standing " Anyway I'm going to head home". I adjusted me jacket walking away, but not after catching a eye roll from Hell's Queen.

I was out of the drive-in smoking a cancer stick, I haven't had one all night and after that whole encounter with Hell's Queen I needed one. I thought back to the Soc Jenn, something about her made on half on me choke her throat out of her mouth, the other wanted to befriend her for her money. At the end of the night I hated it her. I was interrupted from my thoughts by a soul I dreaded more than Dallas Winston. Tim Shepard, oh how I hated that guy. "Where's Dallas?" He snapped. Oh yea Dally slashed one of the Shepard gangs car's tire. 'Good Job Dallas'. "Well hello to you Tim." I smirked. "Don't play games Houston, I know he slashed my tires where the hell is Dallas?" He asked again

"I'm not his goddamn shadow Tim." I snapped right back, blowing my smoke in his face, it smelled like mint.

"Well I just thought you knew considering your his girl and all."

"I ain't nobody's girl". I yelled putting out my cig'.

"You were mine".

I looked down, I had forgotten that, I took a deep breath keeping me from punching his lights out. "That was a two years ago, and a mistake, so I suggest you take your greasy ass out of my line of sight before I shove a crowbar where the sun don't shine." I wasn't really in the mood to fight him so I simply smiled and walked away. I didn't want to go straight home since the night was still young so I decided to walk around the neighborhood. A good hour passed by, and by that time I already had two beers, been honked at, kicked a guy in the balls, and had three cancer sticks.

I was a block away from my apartment building when I ran into Jennifer on the sidewalk by herself. " What are ya doin on this side of town at this hour?" I asked, I may not like her but I have a soft spot when it comes to girls walking around by themselves at night.

"My Mama wasn't home and I don't have my key, and I hate being by myself in a house" Jenn answered
"And you decided to walk around, on the mean side of town at night?" She nodded "Wow your an idiot" I shook my head. Jenn's eyebrows furrowed, I could tell she wanted to say something back. "Look, I hate seeing girls walk around by themselves at night and don't have some type of weapon, so since I'm feeling generous, I can give you a place to say for the night." I hated myself for being THAT kind, but she accepted causing me internally gag. I honestly hoped she would have declined my offer.

I lead her back to my apartment. I could tell she felt really uncomfortable just being in this kind of environment. "Houston right?" I nodded. "Do you live here by yourself?" Jenn asked looking around the place trying her best not to make a disgusted look. "Yup, just me, myself, and I". I replied opening a beer bottle "You can sit, I don't ticks". I shrugged taking a swig of my beer as she sat at the kitchen table. "If you don't mind me asking where are your parents?" She asked in curious tone.

"I don't know. Last time I checked my Ma left me on my uncle's doorstep, and all I know is my Dad's name." I replied

Jenn looked down "I'm sorry to hear that, My Dad walked out on me when I was about four or five, so I don't know much about my Dad, What was his name?"

"James."

She went wide eyed at that and smiled. "Heh, that was my Dad's name too." I nodded. It wasn't a surprised there was a lot of African-American men name James. We talked more as the time went on. I found out that she fully African-American, from Dallas, Texas ironic isn't, and she was rich. Just the fact that she 14 and has all that money, has a mom to look up to, and acts like everything is either below her, or just needs to be her way, makes me want to leave her in the middle of Tornado Valley during a disater and watch her get sucked up into the eye. Wow, that sounded dark.

"You know you are the only other person I know who have the same eyes as me." I looked up to find her staring into my eyes, awkward. I gave her an confused loo. "Your eyes are gray, like mine" She finished. That's when I noticed, her eyes were gray, I never seen anybody else eyes like that. " I get it from my Dad." Jenn smiled. "Wouldn't be weird if we were related in some way?" At that she perked up "Oh my word, it makes sense-" she was cut off by a knock on my door. "Oh god that might be some greaser, oh I can't be seen here" She quickly got down from a high chair. "I have to hide" She ran down my hallway.

'Wow, she cares way too much for her reputation". I thought as I walked towards the door and opened it revealing who was on the other side. To my surprised it was Ponyboy and Johnny, they seemed shaken up by something. "What are ya guys doing here?" I asked confused. Nobody from the gang ever came to my apartment, they knew where I lived they just never came. "J-Johnnykilled a soc." Ponyboy stuttered."What?" I asked shocked, I shook my head before letting them checking the hallway and closing the door.

I joined them on my red couch, I took a real good breath before saying "Alright, Tell me what happen". I said, lighting a cigarette.

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