She woke up. Oh my gosh, she thought. I'm in a book. I'm in The Outsiders. Oh my gosh. She thought to herself, this is just a dream, just a really intense dream. I'm really at home in bed. Just a dream. Oh my gosh, she thought again. I'm thinking like Ponyboy.
"W-where am I?" she asked.
"Yeesh, you're in Pony's house," the boy giggled. Her eyes popped out of her head.
"Oh my god," she gasped.
"What's your name?" the boy asked.
"Avianna McKeehan." she looked closer. "I'm in a book."
"No your not," she knew it was Sodapop. She got up. Her jacket was off.
"Hey, where's my jacket?"
"You mean Johnny's jacket?" she stared at him.
"No, mine. It's a jean jacket." she walked out of the house, and found it on the porch steps. Sodapop followed her out. "Thank you for the introductions and help, but I have to go." She ran off the steps. She knew where Johnny, Dally and Ponyboy were. Because she had read the book.
She went into the drive-in and sat behind Ponyboy. "What's your name?" she asked him, even though she already knew it.
"Ponyboy Curtis," he began. He turned his head.
"My names Avianna." Johnny and Ponyboy sat next to Cherry and Marcia. She looked over at Johnny and could see that he was sweating. "What's the matter with you?"
"I-I'm afraid of you," he stammered. "Why?" she said. "You're a nice boy." He didn't even look at her; he was still scared of her.
Two-Bit came by and scared the life not only of Johnny and Ponyboy, but her too. She knew he was coming, but it's different when your in the book, rather than reading it. Ponyboy turned over at her.
"Where you from, Avianna?" he looked like he wanted to start a conversation.
"L. A. California," she answered. "Are you from around here?" Ponyboy nodded, and she smiled at Johnny. His ears turned red.
"So, when did you move here?" Cherry heard our conversation. She thought of something quick.
"Staying with my older cousin Denise while my parents are helping kids in need outta country." It was true that her parents were in Australia and she was staying with her cousin, just not shipped here.
"Where is your cousin?" Marcia asked her. "She coming or something?"
"No, she got mad at me and drove off to stay with her friends and locked the door on me. Have no place to stay now. I'll be fine. I got this jacket."
Two-Bit cocked an eyebrow when he came beside Johnny again. "How come your jacket smells like perfume?" His eyes went wide as everyone stared at Johnny. He buried his face in his hands.
After the movie was over, she walked with them until Bob and the other drunk got out. She knew what was going to happen that night. It was going to be awful. But, she thought, I could change it. I'm in the book. She walked up to Johnny. "You have my jacket." He looked at his.
"And you have mine." He took his off.
"Thanks," she said. Two-Bit looked at Johnny.
"Aww," he said. "Someone like someone?" she rolled her eyes. Before Johnny could say anything, she said,
"Shut up, you drunk." He looked shocked at her. Ponyboy turned his head.
"So, are you a greaser or a Soc?" he kicked the dirt. She thought for a minute.
"Neither," she said at last. "I just like the greaser outfit style. Much better than the Socs. I think the Soc boys look preppy and stupid, and they are drunk like your friend over there."
"You wanna come with us into the lot?" asked Johnny.
"Yeah I guess."
"Aww," Two-Bit laughed. She pretended to look embarrassed, took her jacket off, and whipped it in his face.
"Shut up, will you," she growled. "Just be nice and leave us alone."
"Okay, okay." Two-Bit left, and she huffed. Her book fell out of her jacket pocket.
"What's this?" Johnny asked. She looked shocked.
"Don't ever read that."
"W-why?" he turned white again.
"Because," she almost yelled. "It's, just, just, hard to explain I guess." She got off the topic. "He's such a jerk," everyone knew that Avianna was referring to Two-Bit.
"Yeah, but he's our buddy."
"I know, I know." They circled to the block for a minute. "What do you guys do for fun?"
"I read books." Avianna turned to Johnny. He shrugged.
"Nothin' I guess." She smiled.
"Well," she said real seriously. "Tag your it!" she ran so fast, and Ponyboy was soon following. Johnny was after her.
"You're gonna get it!" he said playfully. He was real close to her, when she pushed Ponyboy. He got tagged. She ran as fast as she could, but he tagged her. She fell over.
"Oww," she said, holding her arm. Ponyboy bent down.
"Avianna, I'm sorry," he sighed. She jumped up.
"Gotcha, now you're it!" she ran as fast as she could. Ponyboy tagged Johnny, who was trying to get Avianna. After he succeeded, she pushed him over, and took his jacket. "It's mine now."
"Hey! Now you're gonna be it!" He was an inch away from her when she threw his jacket in his face. He fell over. Avianna and Ponyboy did a high-five.
"Let's go to the lot," Ponyboy said, out of breath. Johnny and Avianna nodded.
"That, that was fun," Johnny smiled. But when they passed Johnny's house, his parents were fighting like crazy. Avianna, Ponyboy and Johnny walked to the lot. "So," Ponyboy said, seeing her catch up, "you read books?"
"Yeah, definitely," she stopped for a minute. "Do you like animals?"
"Never had one," Johnny answered her while Ponyboy thought for a minute.
"I used to have a dog before my parents died." She sighed.
"I pretty much have a pet store at home," she looked up at the stars. "There sure are a lot of them up there."
"Yeah, there are." she woke up in the lot, when Johnny was waking Ponyboy up. Ponyboy went home.
"Are you going home, too?" Johnny asked Avianna. Avianna shook her head.
"Well, we can always go to Ponyboy's house if we get cold," he stopped. "How come we got our jackets mixed up?"
"I dunno. They look almost exactly alike, I guess." Johnny fell asleep, but Avianna couldn't. Because she knew what was going to happen. She heard Ponyboy running to the lot.
"Come on Johnny we're running away," he gasped. She tried to follow them, but fell fast asleep as a strang wave of tiredness fell over her.
