Ok, here it is:) I thought I would give you a character that you soon won't forget! I wasn't able to put much of her in here, but I wanted to introduce her. Thank you, by two reviewers for, well, reviewing. They made me smile, and gave me a thumbs up to keep Paul. Though I would really appreciate it if the rest of you guys would please review. Gives me some motive. Any ideas/thoughts are taken into serious consideration and greatly appreciated. I want to know what you guys think about this!

I found myself walking to the diner faster than usual. This struck me as odd, and I immediately slowed my pace, nervous. By the time I got to diner, I realized why I should have waited. It was packed. I saw Anna from the corner of my eye, taking orders in a frantic-like state.

"Pony!" she cried in relief when she saw me. "Oh, it's so good to see you. God, it's packed."

My eyebrow creased in worry. "Don't you have anyone to help you?"

She rolled her eyes in frustration, glancing over her shoulder to look at a table. "Marie called in sick and Stephen's on break." She bit her lip nervously. "Ponyboy, could you do me a favor?"

I immediately nodded, unconcerned of what she wanted me to do. "Anything."

She smiled at me, flashing her beautiful teeth. "Would you just sit over at that table with Ellie? Just for a couple of minutes?" she pleaded.

"Ellie?" I said blankly, not understanding.

"My daughter?" she reminded me, steering me over to a table occupied by a little girl. "I would owe you. I just hate to leave her here by herself, and I have to work…" she trailed off, looking desperately over her shoulder.

"No…it's ok. I'll look after her." I said. Anna's whole face relaxed, and she jumped up to give me a quick peck on the cheek. My face burned, but I couldn't help by smile.

"Thank you so much! Oh God… I'll bring you some coffee." She said, walking back towards the table. She suddenly stopped, and turned around to say, "As soon as I get off, I want to know how you did on your finals!"

I laughed, nodding my head before turning around to look at the little girl in front of me. Ellie was probably the cutest little kid I ever saw. And that's not me saying that because I have a crush on her mother. No, she was adorable. She had blonde little curls that framed her face. They fell down to her back, pulled up by a pink headband that matched her pink dress.

When I approached her, she glanced up from her coloring book to show me her bright green eyes. Kinda like my own. "Hi." I muttered shyly. I have never spent time with anyone younger than me. I was always the baby of the group, never to be the older one. I didn't have any real experience with kids.

Anna swept back in, ushering me to take a seat. As I sat down, she turned back to Ellie. "Ellie sweetheart, this is a good friend of mine. His name is Ponyboy. He's going to hang out with you while mommy works, is that ok?"

Ellie looked at my hard, as if trying to determine my character. She finally nodded, bobbing her curls. "Yes mommy."

Anna looked relieved. She turned back to me, and handed me a coffee. "Thank you so much for doing this."

"It's no big deal. Really." And it really wasn't. I was actually looking forward to meet this kid after hearing so much about her. Anna flashed me a quick smile, before running back to work.

"What's you name again?" Ellie asked after her mother had walked away.

"Ponyboy." I said back to her in a quiet voice, unsure how to talk to her.

She giggled. "Dat's a funny name. Pony is like a horsy, right?" Ellie asked, looking up at me. I nodded, laughing along with her. "Why you have name like dat?"

I shrugged my shoulders. "My parents gave it to me. I have no control over my name. I have a brother named Sodapop." I said, wincing at the formal way I was talking to this kid.

She giggled again. "I like soda." She glanced away from me and tried to catch her mother's attention as she walked nearby. "Mommy, can I have a soda?"

Anna sighed. "I don't know baby."

"Pweeeease?" she said, sticking out her lower lip. "Just a wittle?"

Anna bit her lip. "Fine… Just a bit. What kind?"

"Pepsi!" she called out, smiling. Anna looked over at me.

"I told you soda defines character." A smile crept across my face she rushed away.

"I really like Pepsi too." I told the little girl, hoping to find something in common with this little girl.

Her eyes grew big as she stared up at me. "You do?"

I nodded. "It's my favorite drink. I used to have one almost every day when I was a kid."

"Every day?" she said, her eyes growing wider. Oops. This may have been the wrong thing to say.

"Well not every day." I said quickly. "Sometimes…if I was good."

"Did you get into trouble when you wassa kid?" the little girl asked me, munching on a French fry.

I shrugged. "Sometimes. But I had to be very good for my brothers. But I still got into trouble sometimes."

Ellie laughed. "I get in trwoble with mommy sometimes. She puts me in time out when I draw on her papers."

I grinned in amusement. "You're a kid. It's ok to get into trouble sometimes."

Ellie beamed at me. "I like you. You wanna color wif me?"

So for the next hour and half, we chatted. I talked to her about preschool, and told her about collage. Or at least I tried to explain what collage was. After awhile of her looking blankly at me, we moved on to another subject. I told her a bit about my brother's and I learned a couple of things about Anna.

"Mommy don't like snakes." She told me matter-of-factly. "When I found one, she started crying, and we had to leave the park."

I raised my eyebrow in interest. "Oh really?"

Ellie simply nodded. I felt kinda bad for having Anna's daughter spill the beans about her. But I figured that this was like practicing or something. And Ellie was not at all shy. She was glad to tell me anything and everything about her mommy. But she was even more enthusiastic to tell me about herself. By the time the diner closed up, I felt like I knew Ellie like the back of my hand. She told me everything about her life, her friends at pre-school, what she wasn't to be when she grows up….

"Did you guys have fun?" Anna asked, walking over to us after changing out of her uniform.

Ellie nodded enthusiastically. "I like Pony! Can we play blocks at our house?"

Anna laughed. "Maybe sometime soon."

Ellie frowned and took my hand in her own. "Are you sure? I wanna show him my room with the pink wittle chair and my dwress up toys. And my baby dolls!"

Anna looked at me in surprise, a small smile playing on her face. "I'm sure we can work something out soon. Why don't you go get the pictures you drew? We can put them on you art wall."

Ellie dropped my hand and ran back to the table, having completely forgotten about her question for the time being. Anna turned around and looked at me in amazement. "How did you do that?"

"Do what?"

"Make my daughter fall in love with you!"

I shrugged, my facing coloring slightly. "She's a cute kid. She was very friendly. We just… talked."

Anna frowned. "That's odd. She doesn't usually talk to anyone." A small smile played on her lips. "Now tell me, how did you do on your finals?"

I shrugged, pulling out the paper. Anna glanced over it, before laughing. "I told you! I told you would do great." She said, wrapping me in a hug.

I may have held her slightly longer than necessary. I don't think she noticed.

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