Author's Note: hey guys. srry it took me so long to update. I was sick and had a lot of school work. But the good news is that i am on my spring break so i'll probably be able to update within the next two days.I was watchin The Outsiders on Sunday and i decided that i should update this story. Neway, this chapter is a bit longer so i hope you guys like it.

I want to thank Ashley, CandieBabie30,LatinaChick4life, Harriet Lioness, Outsider Fanfic, Ziggygurl and Kellie for reviewing. It means alot to me and you guys are what inspire me to update! I am so glad that all of you like this story!
hope u like this chappie! (srry if some of the caracters seem OOC, i tried hard to make them not OOC but..)

Disclamer: I'm not S.E. Hinton b/c if i was i'd be getting paid right now instead of writting fanfictions. All of the characters in this story belong to her. The only character that is mine is Amber Baker.

Amber's POV
We walked for about 5 minutes until we came to a stop in front of a small white house that was surrounded by a short metal fence.

"Here we are" Johnny said as he opened the gate and walked up the driveway.

I quietly followed him up to the door and nearly ran into him when he came to a stop. He turned around and looked at me for a minute.

"Is something wrong?" I asked. He was a little nervous and I wondered why.

"My friends can get a little wild and sometimes say things that they don't mean. So don't be offended by anything they say."

About a minute after he said this, a loud scream and the sound of something falling and hitting the ground followed by howls of laughter could be heard comingfrom inside the house. Johnny opened the door and walked in with me hesitantly following behind him.

I looked around at the people in the house and saw that there were 5 boys, not including Johnny. On the floor there were 2 boys wrestling each other while another with rusty colored side burns just sat there, eating chocolate cake, mesmerized by what was on the TV screen. It seemed as if the one watching TV didn't even notice that there were 2 people wrestling next to him. Another boy was sitting on the couch reading a book. I looked into the kitchen and saw a tall, muscular guy with dark brown hair cooking breakfast.

"Hey guys" Johnny said so quietly that I wondered if anyone had heard him over all the racket. Apparently they had because he had gotten a few 'hellos' from the people in the room.

I stood there quietly not saying anything hoping that if I didn't say anything they probably wouldn't notice I was there. That theory soon was gone when the boy who was on the couch stood up and walked over to Johnny.

"Hey Johnny, whose your friend?" he asked.

"I'm Amber Baker" I said sticking my hand out for him to shake it.

"Hi I'm Ponyboy Curtis" the boy said. He had greenish-gray eyes and long light brown hair that was full of grease. He was wearing a navy blue shirt and faded blue jeans.

I am guessing that somewhere during the time that Ponyboy had came over to me and Johnny the 2 boys that were wrestling had stopped because they were now walking over towards us. One of them looked like he could have been a movie star. He had dark gold hair and dark brown eyes. He wasn't as muscular as the guy that I had seen in the kitchen but he did have some muscle. There was a huge smile on his face and just looking at him made me want to smile too.

The boy that was next to him was tall and skinny with thick greasy black hair. He wasn't as good looking as the other boy, but he wasn't bad looking either. He didn't have a huge smile on like the other boy. It was more like a half smile.

"Hey Ponyboy" the boy that looked like a movie star said.

"Hey Soda"

"Who are you talking to Pony?" the boy with the black hair asked.

"This is Johnny's friend Amber" Ponyboy said, pointing to me.

"Amber, this is my brother Sodapop Curtis and his friend "

"Steve Randle. And I'm free tonight if ya wanna catch a movie" the black haired boy said interrupting Ponyboy and winking at me.

"Hi" I said quietly. I wasn't used to being around so many boys so I was kind of shy, and the fact that one was hitting on me didn't really help.

"Steve, don't get any ideas" the one named Sodapop said while shoving his friend.

I looked down at the ground feeling kind of awkward and I guess Soda noticed because he added "Don't mind Steve; he's a bit of a perv around girls"

"I heard that!" Steve shouted with mock anger in his voice. He ran over to Soda and tackled him to the ground and once again they started wrestling.

Pony, Johnny and I all stood there for a second, watching them fight.

"Come on, lets get away from these psychos" Ponyboy said walking over to the couch.

I sat down on the couch and looked around trying to find the other guy that had been sitting on the floor when I first walked in. It didn't take that long because after about a minute I heard a loud whistle and someone came and sat down next to me.

"Well look what we have here." He said looking at me.

"Hey, Darry, looks like little old Johnnycakes has picked himself up a soc"

"I'm not a soc, I'm a middle classer, but I'm more of a greaser than a soc" I said quietly.

"You sure bout that hun?" he said with a laugh while putting him around me. "You could have fooled me."

I shifted uncomfortably when he did this because I don't really like when guys have there hands on me. Especially when I barley even know the guy.

"Two-bit you moron! Leave her alone, you're scaring her" I heard an unfamiliar voice say. I looked up to see that the voice belonged to the guy that had been cooking breakfast.

"Jeeze Dar, you're no fun. It's not like I am gonna hurt her or anything" he said taking his arm away from me.

"Don't mind him. He's just a little scatter-brained. I'm Darryl Curtis and that sitting next to you is Keith Matthews." I looked over to the one next to me and saw him shoot Darryl an evil glare.

"But most people call me Two-bit" Two-bit said. I looked at him and saw that he had long rust colored side-burns and gray eyes. He was smiling but it was nothing like Sodapop's smile. Two-bit's was more of a comical grin rather than the gentle and happy one Sodapop had.

"So what's a cute little broad like you doing hanging around Johnnycakes" Two-bit asked.

"Two-bit, stop it" Johnny said. He had been quiet the whole time we were here and I almost forgot he was still in the same room with me.

"You guys really are no fun" Two-bit said.

"Hey Two-bit, you're missing Mickey" Soda yelled from somewhere in the kitchen. At this Two-bit jumped up and ran back over and sat in front of the TV again.

"He still watches Mickey mouse?" I asked.

"Yup. And make sure he doesn't catch you saying anything bad bout Mickey cuz he'll give ya a good beating for that." Pony said.

"He does know that its JUST a TV show?"

"Yea, he does. But still. Ya don't wanna bother him when he's watching Mickey". Ponyboy said. I laughed at that comment.

Johnny, Pony and I all talked for a while until I looked at my watch and noticed the time. 'O no. I didn't tell my dad where I was going. He's gonna kill me'

"I have to go" I suddenly said.

"I'm sorry, its just that I never told my dad where I was going and well, you know parents"

"Ok, well, nice meeting you Amber" Pony said.

"Bye"

'Bye" the rest of the people in the room all chorused in.

I opened the door and walked down the steps but I turned around when I heard someone walk out behind me.

"Hey Amber"

I turned around and saw Johnny standing in the doorway.

"Me and Pony and a few of the guys were gonna go to the Nightly Double tonight. You wanna go?"

"Uhh, sure"

"Meet us there at 7 k?" he said

"K. Bye Johnny" I said and turned around running down the driveway. I wasn't looking where I was going and I almost crashed into someone.

"Whoa, slow down there doll" the guy i bumped into said.

"Sorry, I am in a hurry" I said tohim before running out the gate and down the block.

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next chap coming soon.
hugs nd kisses
Sara