Disclaimer: Roses are red. Violets are blue so don't sue. Darry might be a little Occ.

Darry's POV

Janet and Pony have been spending alot of time with each other. I'm not the jealous type usually. It's almost summer time so Pony goes to the library almost every day. I stopped him once. "Where you going?" I asked. "Library." He said grabbing his back pack. "Why take that." I asked. "Janet's helping me in Math and History." He said. I always help him with math. "Oh well okay you can go." I said.

Was my girlfriend replacing me as his guardian? I shook that thought out of my head. I must not have looked okay cause Soda said "You okay." I nodded mostly lying. "How's Janet?" He asked. "Fine, she's at the library helping Pony with his school stuff." I said. "Don't you do that?" Soda asked. "It'd be better if she did it, she's smart enough to get a scholarship of her grades alone." I said bitterly.

"Stop it!" Soda yelled. "What?" I asked. "Stop being mean your own girlfriend just cause she's smart, so what if she wants to help Pony." Soda said walking away mad. Janet and Pony walked in laughing.

Janet's POV

"Hey Darry." I said smiling at him. "Oh hi Janet." He said with no emotion in his voice. "You alright." I said feeling his head for a fever. "I'm fine." He said swatting my hand away from his head. "Darry you wanna check my math." Pony said to him. Darry smirked and said "Why don't you get Janet to." I looked at Pony with a worried look. What's got into Darry? "Baby you alright." I asked adjusting my glasses.

"I'm fine why don't you and Pony go watch a lame sunset and quote stupid poems." Darry yelled at us, mostly me. "Darry there's something wrong."Pony said. "Yeah there is my girlfriend's spending so much time with you!" He yelled again at Pony. "Stop your yelling the only reason we're spending more time together is because of you I'm helping him with his math for a hgher grade so he can get a scholarship!" I finally yelled at Darry.

Darry stopped yelling and his face went back to the normal color it was."Why do you even care he's not your brother, your brother blew his college fund on booze you ****"Darry yelled. I bit my tongue not to cry and ran out the door.

Ponyboy's POV

"Darry why the heck did you do that!" I yelled at him. "Iiii." He said jumping out of the chair. He tried calling out the door for Janet to come back but she was running back home. "Janet come back...I didn't mean to."Darry yelled out the door. I told Two Bit and Soda what happened. "What size shoe do you wear Darry?" Two Bit asked. "13, why." Darry said. "You must have a huge mouth to stuff your size 13's in." Two Bit said laughing a little.

Truth is the whole gang kind of liked having Janet around. Two Bit left saying he had to go home, his mom was a good cook. Darry had his head in his hands. He was probably close to crying if he had any feelings at all. "Dar, you okay." Soda asked patting his back. "No." He said but his voice kind of cracked and choked up on tears. "You shouldn't have yelled at her." I said probably not helping at all.

"You know anything that might help." Darry asked me of all people. "Uh why me." I asked. "Because she might tell you something she loves,like flowers or something." He said. "Uh she used to be a mechanic." I said. Maybe that might not help. "Maybe I should call her." Darry said sucking up tears. "Nope,you'll burst out crying on the phone." Soda said handing me the phone.

"What am I suppose to say come back to Darry even if he yelled at you. "I asked. "Something." Darry cried. I dialed her number since Darry knew it by heart now. "Hey Pony." Janet said her voice was like Darry's crackling with tears. She had been crying. "Darry wants you back, badly." I said watching him cry. "No he doesn't if he did he wouldn't have yelled." She said softly. "Look sometimes he can be stupid we all know that, but he really loves you." I said watching Soda grin a little at what I said.

"I don't want to talk to Darry right now." She said. I could tell Darry cause he cried louder. "I'm sorry about this but you're a really good teacher,2nd graders that get you will be in good hands."I said hanging up. "She wants to be a teacher." Darry screamed. Soda tried calming him down.