Author's note- Sorry for the lack of updates. I just had some minor writers block is all. I hope this makes up for it.

"Where'd pony go?" Emily asked softly looking to Darry.

"Out with Laura." Darry said seeing Emily look at him a tad bit sad. He cocked an eyebrow and placed his paper down.

"Everything alright?" Darry asked softly. Emily nodded her head heading back up to her room , slamming the door behind her.

It wasn't fair. She and her godfather had made plans to go to the movie several times and he always canceled because of this Laura chick. Huffing some Emily sat back on the bed sulking.

"Hey...you Okay in here." Darry asked gently pushing her door open. Emily shot him a glare which he was pretty use to given his kid brothers did the same thing.

"I'm fine. Just go." Emily said pulling her knees to her chest and resting her cheek on them.

"No you're not. What's wrong?" Darry said then asked gently. He sat down on the bed next to her and gently brought her head up right.

"Nothing's wrong. It's stupid okay. " Emily said looking to her feet.

"I'm listening." Darry said making Emily sigh some and fiddle with her hair.

"It's just every time me and pony make plans anymore he always cancels the last minute to be with Laura. I wouldn't mind so much if he told me in advance but he never does. We were suppose to go to the movies tonight and he canceled to go be with his precious Laura." Emily said irritably. Darry could sense hints of jealousy in her tone.

"It's not fair Ponyboy doesn't tell you in advance he's going to cancel on plans. But Emily you mean the world to him. He'd walk on broken glass for you sweetheart. There's no need to be Jealous." Darry said getting a shocked look from Emily.

"I'm not jealous!" She squealed at him making him chuckle softly.

"Sure you aren't. Look why don't I see if Ponyboy will bring Laura home for dinner okay? That sound good to you." Darry suggested to Emily.

"Yeah okay I guess." Emily said making Darry grin.

"I'll go call him. He should be at her place by now." Darry said firmly making Emily snort some.

Great this strange woman had a place of her own. Not something Emily liked the idea of. Ponyboy will probably have her move if things work or between him and Laura. That wasn't something Emily was looking forward to at all.

"Oh hello Darrel yes he's here." Laura said into her phone giggling softly. She handed it over to Ponyboy who was a tad worried his brother had called him. His mind raced with worst case scenarios until Darry spoke again.

"Listen Ponyboy I don't want to mess with you and your love life, but you need to stop canceling plans last minute with Emily." Darry said making Ponyboy swallow hard. He had completely forgotten he made plans to go to the movie with Emily until just now.

"Geez Darry I completely forgot. She hates me right now doesn't she." Ponyboy said softly.

"No but she'd probably feel a lot better if you and Laura came to dinner and Emily can meet her properly." Darry suggested to his kid brother.

"Yeah alright. We will be there by four Darry. See you then." Ponyboy said hanging the phone up.

"So Who's this She?" Laura asked pretty defensive. Ponyboy chuckled softly and kissed her cheek some.

"My darling god daughter love. Emily. You'll love her. She is the sweetest most kind caring person you'll ever meet. She's also not afraid to put people in their place when needed." Ponyboy said making Laura smile.

"She's really does sound darling. But won't her mother be concerned about you introducing me to her." Laura said making Ponyboy look down in shame. He hadn't exactly told Laura he had custody of Emily. Heck he never so much as mentioned Emily before now.

"I have full custody of her. Her folks died in a car wreck a little while back." Ponyboy said seeing Laura's face fall.

"I had no idea...oh the poor dear. Is she okay?" Laura asked softly.

"She's slowly getting better." Ponyboy said softly.

"That's good to hear." Laura said smiling.

Emily yawned some sitting back on her bed. She was still a bit upset her godfather canceled plans. It only got worse when Darry said he forgot. All because of this Laura Chick. Just who did this girl think she was to take away her godfather like this. It just wasn't fair. It wasn't.

"Emily can you come here for a moment please." Ponyboy called up to his god daughter. She slowly walked to the kitchen to find some woman clinging to her godfather. Emily cocked an eyebrow at the woman rather confused. She didn't look terrible but looks can be deceiving.

"Emily this is Laura my girlfriend." Ponyboy told Emily seeing her face drop.

She didn't like the sound of having a new motherly figure already. She still wasn't over her own mother's death. Emily doubted she ever would be.

"It's nice to meet you honey. Your godfather told me all about you on the way here." Laura said smiling gently at the young girl and only got a scowled look as a response. She was a bit taken back by it but didn't let it bother her all that much. After all, Emily was probably still upset over her mother's death and viewed Laura as someone trying to replace her mother.

Emily sat in front of Laura and Ponyboy beings Laura took her usual spot next to her godfather. Emily mumbled something and took a bite of food.

"So Emily. I heard you told some guys off about catcalling." Laura said trying to break the ice with her boyfriend's god daughter.

"Yeah I did. They deserved it. It's irritating that all guys do it and yet the ones on this side of town think it's funny to do. Well at least they did." Emily said poking at her food some. She wasn't all that hungry at the moment. Maybe it had to do with the fact she had judged Laura too soon.

"That's good honey. It means your a strong girl and you'll be a strong woman when your older. Someone who doesn't need a man to wait on her hand in foot." Laura said smiling at Emily.

"I guess that doesn't sound bad." Emily said take a few more bites of food before excusing herself from the table. Ponyboy looked back to her room and quickly got up.

He knocked on her door and opened it to find her sitting on her bed.

"Hey. Look I'm sorry about always canceling or forgetting plans I've made with you." Ponyboy said apologetically.

"You could have just moved the plans to another day if seeing Laura means so much to you." Emily said not looking at her godfather.

"Emily are you jealous of Laura?"

"So what if I might be." Emily said softly.

"Sweetheart. You mean the world to me. In Fact you are practically my world. But it doesn't mean I don't have enough room in my heart to share my world with Laura too. She's a nice girl Emily. Just give her a chance. You'll see. You'll grow to like her as much as I do." Ponyboy said seriously.

"I guess I can give her a chance. But no more canceling plans with me last minute." Emily told her god father sternly jabbing him in the chest with her finger.

"You have my word." Ponyboy said smiling softly. He helped Emily back up and brought her back out to try and get her to at least talk to Laura some more.

"So Emily. Darry here tells me your looking to be a construction worker. You know I used to work in construction at my old town." Laura said seeing Emily's eyes lit up.

"You did. You were a construction worker?" Emily asked taking a seat before Laura.

"I was. It's a messy job. But rather rewarding too. If this old geezer is to busy to teach you about construction work, I'd be happy to teach you what I know." Laura said seeing Emily smile at her.

"You know if like that Laura." Emily said gently. Ponyboy sighed in slight relief glad the duo seemed to be getting along better now. Who knew his girlfriend was a construction worker.