10.) Talk like there's another person next to you

Ponyboy is talking to Cherry at the movie house. And so far, their conversation has been getting along very well. He bumped into her at the concession stand, and they talked for a while before the movie. And even now, while the movie's still going, they make comments about how dumb this beach movie is and how unrealistic it can be. They laugh only to be shut up by the people actually watching, but he doesn't care. Nothing could ruin this perfect moment for Ponyboy.

"Hey Pony!"

Well except for that.

Ponyboy sighs and turns to look behind him. "Hey TwoBit. What's up?"

TwoBit smiles widely, "Well, the ceiling, man!"

Pony groans and Cherry giggles.

"Do you mind making room for Tommy and me?" TwoBit motions to the invisible person next to him. "He hates standing."

Cherry turns to Ponyboy in question, but Pony is just as lost.

"Um..okay."

"Great!" TwoBit yells. He goes right in between Cherry and Ponyboy and pets the empty chair, "Come on, Tommy."

TwoBit watches as 'Tommy' walks over and sits in the chair. TwoBit leans over to Tommy and turns his ear.

He turns to Cherry, "Tommy asks if he can guess your name?"

Cherry smiles and shrugs, "Okay."

TwoBit leans back into the empty space, "Okay...Tommy says: that your name must be Angel, because you look like you fell straight from heaven."

Cherry smiles brightly, "Thank you, Tommy."

"That's Cherry." Ponyboy introduces, "Hey, Two, you can't yell in here. It's supposed to be quiet."

"Well don't blame me," TwoBit says. "Blame Tommy, he keeps telling me to speak louder." He points to the empty chair next to Cherry.

"Yeah, Tommy says: Pony's a pretty nice guy too, and that everything you touch makes it worthwhile."

Cherry blushes a soft shade of pink and giggles. Ponyboy clenches his teeth a little, "Thanks a lot, TwoBit." Pony says grudgingly.

"Oh don't thank me, thank Tommy. He's the guy who wants to ask Cherry out." TwoBit leans in, "What that? Tommy says: for a guy who daydreams all day, you sure do have a limited imagination."

Cherry covers her mouth to hold in her laugh.

Ponyboy's eye twitches.

"Well," TwoBit stands up. "I guess we better get going...if Tommy's going to catch his train."

"Where's Tommy going?" Cherry asks.

"He's going to Chicago for a bit. He's got family there, and he's gonna take care of his little cousin, Jimmy."

"Aww, well that's sweet."

"Tommy says not as sweet as you are."

Cherry smiles at him, "Well tell Tommy. That I'll be looking forward to that date when he gets back." She stays up, "The movie's been done for a while, and I have to run. Goodbye Tommy." She goes on her tippy toes and kisses Tommy's cheek.

"Goodbye, TwoBit. Bye Ponyboy!" She waves as she leaves.

TwoBit turns to Tommy. "Nice job, buddy." He gives him a high five. "See ya later, Ponyboy."

Ponyboy groans into his hands as the two walk away.

11.) Lock the bathroom door, and wait until people are on the verge of peeing themselves, before saying you didn't know you had the key

Thusday, 7:30 PM

It's a week after New Years, and Tulsa's having its first blackout. The streets are dark and everyone's in their homes.

"It's so dark." Johnny mutters looking out the window.

"Welcome to the first blackout of the year, everyone." Steve says.

"This sucks." TwoBit slumps in the chair. His fingers go into his pocket, and he feels the key in his pocket. Of course he went to the bathroom before this. He's just gonna have to sit quiet and watch the show.

Darry comes from upstairs and hands everyone a blanket. "Thanks to the blackout, the heater ain't working."

"We can manage." Soda says. "It's probably only for the night."

"I need to use the bathroom..." Ponyboy mutters and heads upstairs.

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"Hey Darry?" Ponyboy calls from upstairs.

"Yeah Pony?"

"The door's looked." They could hear Ponyboy turn the knob several times, and the door not opening from down the steps.

Darry sighs, "I'll check it out." Darry turns the knob and sees that the door will not actually open. He pushes harder, but no avail.

He goes to his parents room and checks the top of their dresser. He feels around, but can't find the key to open the door.

"Can't find the key." Darry tells the gang. "Think we'll have to wait for the power to turn on, then we can call someone."

"Of all days..." Ponyboy mutters.

Thursday, 8:47 PM

Johnny taps his fingers along the glass. He's getting antsy, "How long do we have to wait?" Johnny asks.

"These can last up to at least six hours," Darry says.

"Damn." Steve groans.

Ponyboy hits his head against the wall, "I can't take this..."

"We'll manage... Sodapop says.

"Easy for you to say," Dally tells him. "You don't feel like you're about to piss yourself."

"..."

"Oh, now I do!" Soda whines.

"Calm down guys." Darry says. "We already have an hour..."

"Great one hour down..." Dally says.

"At least five more to go..." Steve finishes.

Thursday, 10:11 PM

"This bites..." Steve says.

"Do you feel like soiling yourself?" Dally asks.

"No..."

"Well, let me help you with that."

Oh, this should be good, TwoBit thinks.

"Hell no."

"Drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip, drip-"

"Stop it! You son of a bitch!"

"What the hell is wrong with you guys!" Darry yells.

"Dumbass asked for it." Dally says simply.

"Goddamn you guys! I'm gonna pee!" Soda yells.

"Wet yourself for all I care!"

"No!" Ponyboy screams. "Don't do it, Soda! Not when I'm next to you!"

"Too late..."

"NO!" Everyone screams.

"Jesus Christ..." Dally comments. "That's a lot of pee."

"And you got it on the rug, Soda." Darry groans.

"When a man's gotta pee, a man's gotta pee." Sodapop says.

Ponyboy and Johnny shudder.

"You know you guys should've went before." TwoBit says.

"You have gone before this?" Ponyboy asks.

TwoBit nods.

"Lucky ass."

"Couldn't you have done that outside, Soda." Darry asks.

"There's people outside!" Soda complains.

"Still!" Steve exclaims.

"The hell are they still doing?" Dally wonders.

"What are we gonna do?" TwoBit asks.

"Wait for everyone else to start peeing on the rug?" Ponyboy suggests pointedly at Soda.

Soda look unapologetic, "I regret nothing."

Thursday, 11:23 PM

"I'm exhausted." Steve says.

"Y'know," Sodapop says. "All you have to do is let go."

"No way, Soda."

"It must be hard holding it all in, for this long..." Soda comments.

"Soda, I swear to God-"

"They say jeans are like diapers. I barely got anything on the rug..."

Suddenly the lights flicker on. Everyone stands up.

"It's over." Ponyboy says.

Darry looks around, "Looks like we got lucky."

"Finally!" Sodapop screams.

Everyone whoops with happiness, and as Darry goes over to the phone, TwoBut gasps.

"Oh...my...God." TwoBit says slowly.

"What?" Everyone says.

TwoBit digs into his pocket, and reaches for the key. "I maybe, kinda, sorta, had the key all this time." He says holding the metal object. "I'm sorry! Please don't hurt me!"

Silence.

"YOU FUCKING IDIOT!" Yells Dally and Steve.

"You made me piss myself!" Soda screams. "All over myself!"

"That stain's never gonna get out!" Darry yells.

"I had too hold it in!" Johnny and Ponyboy scream!"

"At least we had some bonding time, am I right?" TwoBit asks meekly.

"I'M GONNA FUCKING KILL YOU!" They all scream.

TwoBit screams as well, as he runs out of the house screaming bloody murder.

Everyone watches as a rusty haired boy is chased by six angry- no, livid Greasers. One of which has completely soaked jeans. All of them red in the face, as they chase him up and down through the Tulsa.

12.) Make up nicknames for your friends, and address them as such

"Hello Greasy Monkey!" TwoBit greets as he saunters into the DX.

Steve looks up, "You talkin' to me?"

"Yeah! Hey where's Sir. Laughs-A-Lot?"

"Sir- what?" Steve looks complete lost. "Is this one of your dumbass-"

"I think it is," Ponyboy says, walking in.

"Hey it's Centaur!" TwoBit yells.

"Centaur?" Steve snorts.

"Hey it's more creative than yourself!" Ponyboy argues.

TwoBit frowns, "We gonna meet up with the Sir. or..."

The three hear a ring from the door, and Johnny and Dallas strut in. "Hey guys-" Johnny starts.

"HEY IT'S BILL NYE THE SHY GUY !"

"Who's Bill Nye?" Johnny asks.

"Your apparent nickname." Ponyboy whispers to him.

"Well what's mine?" Dally asks.

They shrug, "Ask him."

Dallas snorts, "Hey, man."

"Hey..." TwoBit says. He looks at the candy bars, then turns to Dally. His eyes pop open comically, "IT'S DANGEROUS DAVE!"

Dally shakes his head, "Great."

"Well Soda and I have to meet Darry at home." Ponyboy sips his can of Pepsi, "See ya guys."

"Wait! I wanna see 1-800-FIX-IT too!"

"No." Soda says, "He will not let you call him that."

"Well, Sir-Laugh-A-Lot, I don't see you complaining." TwoBit says. "In fact I don't see anyone complaining."

"We ARE!"

"Oh...well... It's a YP then, not an MP.

"What does that mean?" Pony asks, hesitantly.

"It ain't my problem, it's your problem."

13.) Ask what the definition of a word is, then ask what the simplest word in the definition means, repeat this process

TwoBit walks over to Ponyboy, who is hanging out by the porch at the DX. "Hey Pone?"

"Yeah?"

"What does revelation mean?" TwoBit asks. When Pony looks at him strangely, he replies.

"Just out of curiosity."

Ponyboy sighs, "A surprisingly and previously unknown fact."

"What does fact mean?"

Ponyboy looks at him like he's out of his loon, "A thing that is indisputably the case."

"What does case mean?"

Pony analyzes him, "I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not, but for this sake: it means, the instance of particular situation."

"Oh..."

"Are you done?" Pony asks, exasperated.

"Yeah...wait no!"

Ponyboy looks at him expectably, "What does situation mean?"

Pony narrows his eyes, "A set of circumstances in which one finds oneself."

"Alright. Thanks, Ponyboy."

Ponyboy sighs, "No problem. I gotta head home. Bye, TwoBit." Ponyboy stands up, and Two waits until he is at least several feet away before he calls out.

"Ponyboy!"

Pony's figure turns around, "What!"

"..."

"Well? What is it?"

"Are you sure it's alright?"

"TwoBit!"

"Okay! Okay! Umm... What does in mean!"

Ponyboy doesn't answer instead walks away.

"Man..." TwoBit says. "I really wanted to know what in meant most of all."

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