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maddie miquel- Ha, I like happy endings like that So, I made one. Thanks, by the way.
(By the Way, when I put a time…It just means it's around then. It's not exactly 4:00AM if I put that.)
Best Friends.
A Sodapop Love Story.
-Christina's House-
-4:00AM-
A smile spread across my face. "I love you too, Soda!" I squealed walking towards him.
"But, We can't be together." He told me, seriously.
"How come?!" I asked, my smile faded faster then my heartbeat.
"Tine," He began, climbing back in, "I love you, but…We're best friends. This wouldn't work out. And I would rather do anything other then hurt you, but I kind of do like a girl down at the DX. Her name is Angie. Tine, I really needed you to know that I love you, I needed you to know I have feeling for you. But, I need you to understand that they can't go anywhere." He told me as tears welled up in both of our eyes. (No, not Angie Shepard.)
"Bye, Soda." I said walking to my bed and getting under the covers.
"Bye, Tina." Soda said climbing out and hopping off the eleven foot roof then was outside of my window. (The roof that covers the porch.)
I watched him leave, hoping it wouldn't be like the last fight.
-The Dingo-
-The Next Day (Friday, April 8th)-
-2:00PM-
I ran around the Dingo, going insane from all of the noisy teenage boys, and girls. I got a milkshake spilled on my jeans, three guys hit on me, and my boss yelled at me for being to slow with the food. I sighed as I heard the door open. I turned around and saw Soda, with a beautiful blonde hair, blue eyed middle class girl walk in. Perfect.
"Hey Tines. This is Angie. Ang, this is Tina." He told me happily.
Angie smiles, "Hi, Tina!"
"Hi, Angie." I said smiling. She's sweet. I'm not gonna be rude to her, even if she got Soda. But why was he doing this? To make me jealous? Well, it sure is working.
"Can I get you two anything?" I asked when they sat at a table.
"Sure. Can I just get a chocolate milkshake?" Angie asked, sweetly.
"Sure. And you Soda?" I asked politely.
"Um, Fries and a coke, please." He told me.
I brought them their orders, and watched as they happily ate and talked.
-The Curtis House-
-5:30PM-
I walked into the Curtis house. The only person there was Ponyboy, reading a book on the couch. He smiled up at me, and then happily went back to his book.
Ponyboy is a good friend of mine, and I've always seen him as my little brother. I have my older brother, Danny, but I still love Ponyboy as a brother. I've always looked at Darry as my father figure. He treats me more like a daughter then my own father ever will, and Danny's gone a lot at night working at The Nightly Double, while I spend my day at The Dingo. Our schedules clash. Soda I've always seen as my best friend. He's not as much like my brother. We share more of a friendship bond, other then a family one. But I know in my heart we'll always be related by heart.
"Hey, pony. What are you reading?" I asked, sitting beside him on the old, soft sofa.
"Some book for school. It's kind of weird, actually," He told me, putting the book down and turning to look at me. "Soda told me about last night." He said.
"Oh." I said, blushing.
"You know…He really does love you. Not only as a best friend, but more. He just doesn't want anything to happen if you two were to break up"
"Pony. He needs to take a risk, but he has a girlfriend now. It doesn't matter, anyways."
"Yes it does! He's just afraid Tina, and I think you are to."
"What would be afraid of?"
"You're afraid just because he doesn't want to be with you that he doesn't really love you, and you worry that your friendship will change because of that."
I smiled. "You know me real well, Ponyboy."
He smirked. "You're like my big sister, Tina. I know you better then you know yourself."
-The Curtis House-
-6:00PM-
Everyone came in around 6:00. A lot of noise is being made, and I hate it. I get enough of that working at The Dingo.
All of the sudden I was on the ground, with Steve on top of me poking my sides.
I giggled, "Steve…Get off!" I hollered, pushing him onto the floor.
He laughed and then stood up. I looked at Soda. He smiled at me, and then looked at his watch.
"Well, I have a date with Ang tonight. I'll be back around 10:00." He told everyone.
Darry nodded, and then went back to his newspaper.
A pain shot through my chest as I thought about what Pony had said. Will this all ruin our friendship? It's not everyday that your Best Friend and Crush has a new girl in their life. He'll spend all o his time with Angie and none with me. Although Angie is sweet, right now I hate her.
Ponyboy looked at me. I knew he was thinking about what he had said, also. He knew how much this had hurt me. Soda just doesn't realize what's he's doing to us. He doesn't realize what he's doing to me.
"Hey, anybody want to go out to dinner?" Darry asked.
"No, I want to make dinner. Can I use your kitchen?"
"Go right ahead."
I went into the kitchen and started to make Chicken and mashed potatoes. I began thinking about last night. He loves me, but he can't be with me? I wish that Soda would take a risk with love. He risks his life all the time in drag races, and riding horses. But love is different with him. It's delicate. There's nothing that could make him stop loving, but I knew if he felt that strongly about me that he'd be with me. He obviously doesn't really love me. When Soda loves someone he follows his heart. His heart would have lead to me.
(Sometime I wish that I was twelve again, and boys were still gross, and Soda didn't like girls. It saves the pain of heartbreak.)
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