VERONICA
I nervously punched in the phone number and twirled my hair in my fingers. "Hello?" Pony's voice made my stomach spin.
"Uh hi, Ponyboy" I greeted.
"Veronica" Pony said, a little surprised.
"Yeah um... are you maybe free today?" I asked nervously, I shifted in my dress.
"Yeah, I'm not doing anything" Ponyboy replied.
"It's a bit sudden but... every year we go to my uncle's farm for a reunion and when a girl is 17, she's supposed to bring someone and well I... I'd love it if that someone were you" I explained quickly, my face was bright red then.
"Um! Yeah, sure, do I need to wear anything special or?..." he trailed off.
"Just jeans and a button up is all" I added excitedly "okay, we'll see you soon buh-bye" I said then quickly got ready, I squealed and twirled. "Ponyboy's my date" I said, biting my lip happily.
PONYBOY
As I hung up, alarm bells were going off in my mind "did she just?" I trailed blushing.
"Ask you out? Pretty much" Sodapop finished my sentence then I turned to all of them who were by the phone in the kitchen.
"You eavesdropped!" I accused and they laughed.
"Ponyboy, Veronica is a one of a kind girl. She's a kind, nice, can cook, and not afraid to ask a boy out instead of the other way around. You don't find girls like her in Tulsa often" Soda informed me.
"Plus she's super good lookin', blonde hair and gorgeous blue eyes and that body…" I glared harshly at Two-bit but I guess I couldn't object.
Veronica really was beautiful and in all honesty, she only looked prettier without her make than with it on. She had a little bit of freckles, pale pink lips, a cute nose, and a smooth and soft jaw line. It only got better when she smiled too, her teeth were a reasonable white but not freakishly so and her cheeks went red with happiness.
"Now go get dressed!" Soda mentioned shoving me to my room, I walked to get my clothes. Good thing I showered early today. As I picked my clothes out, I thought about Veronica.
At first she had seemed mean and haughty because she glared at me and very reluctant to work with me. But slowly, she had started to open up; talking to me like I was a normal person. I supposed her reaction was because of her experience with greasers and I had seen some in action.
She was occasionally whistled at and called out to in rude ways which she didn't respond to but only glared. I'd never been close enough to stop it but I could understand why she had reacted the first time the way she did.
At first, she seemed like the typical rich girl; only liking what was appealing and pretty. I'd misjudged entirely however by first impressions; why she had felt so entitled to tell me about her home life I still didn't know.
Veronica was not typical no matter what her looks and a part of her personality seemed to say. She wore nice clothes, very nice usually including a skirt and a blouse or jeans and a very nice shirt. Apart from her wearing my clothes that one night I've never seen her wear t-shirts.
She seemed to settle in their house perfectly well, she didn't have any objections to anything Darry proposed to make. She seemed like the type to prefer fancy stuff like salad and steak but she'd stomped that thought down pretty quick when she'd bested Sodapop in eating cake.
No matter what her looks and dress suggested, she truly was a bit of a tomboy at heart. She was clever too, responding to Two-bit's remarks with ease that always sent the gang in fits of laughter.
"I know that" I muttered, my face going slightly red just thinking about her.
"Good, don't let her get away" Darry added making him going a shade redder.
"I don't even know if she likes me" I argued and they all stared.
"Of course she does! She's got a super mega crush on you!" Sodapop told me looking like he was seriously wondering if he should box my ears for good measure.
"How do you know?" I asked.
"She blushes a lot, out of all of us, she wanted you to come to face her father the most, and she just invited you to her family reunion which is like a party. Face it, Pone, she just asked you on a date" he answered.
The word was lost on me; it seemed like it went into my ears and bounced around in my head before exploding in my stomach. Date… date… date… date.
I've been on plenty of dates, thank you very much but I've never been on a date with a girl as pretty as Veronica or as nice either with her nice clothes. It was my thoughts that Veronica might expect a little more from me than any greaser girls would.
I gulped hoping that I wouldn't mess this up.
When it was the day of the reunion I woke up early and showered then put on the nicest pair of jeans I owned and a white button up shirt like she said. I wasn't eating breakfast but everyone else was, I was too nervous.
I nearly jumped when the door opened and Veronica walked in and to the kitchen/living room. The guys froze bringing forks up to their mouths, and turned to get a look at her.
My throat felt like it was closing up "wow…" Sodapop started almost flatly as if he couldn't think; unfortunately I was the opposite. I just couldn't think and I had about a million thoughts going through head.
She had her long blonde hair in a side braid with a blue ribbon. She wore a blue sun dress that was very country looking but on her it seemed proper and true to her personality. She wore dark cow boy boots, my thoughts were zapped into speech when she smiled at me.
"Wow, you look- um well you- good- great- um I like your boots" I wanted to slap myself, I like your boots? What am I? An idiot?
She laughed "you look handsome too, Pony, if only I'd known you cleaned up this good I'da' asked you on a date even faster" she said.
A deep blush creeped it's way over my cheeks and on my ears; she bit her lip then held out her hand now. "My dad's waitin in the car, ya ready? No need to worry about any hair grease since it'll get messed up anyway with all this wind" she explained.
I nodded saying good bye to the gang who were all smiling quite evilly. "Bye guys, I'll have him back by at least 9:00 pm" she told me, they all laughed.
"Cheer up, Ponyboy, I'm only teasing" she said bumping my hip and I let out a good natured laugh.
Hello, don't know how great a response I got but this is one of my better fics and I hope Veronica wasn't too much a mary although the Daddy issue was a little cliche, I won't lie.
CONTINUATION?
I might continue a couple a chapters, you know to see how their date went with the reunion but if no one wants it then well, that's it I guess.
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