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Chapter 11

Pony's POV

I was so happy, I can't even explain it! I was going out with the girl of my dreams, in just 2 hours! I didn't know what to do with myself, so I just sat and read. Then, Soda and Darry came in, and just stood in front of me with smiles on their faces. I stopped my reading and looked up at them. They smiled bigger and Soda said,

"Hey Pony. Whatcha doin?" he said, too happy. I blankly looked at him.

"What does it look like I'm doing? If I have a book, I'm probably reading." They giggled.

"Hey, Pony. What are you doing tonight?" Darry asked.

"Why?"

"Oh, no reason."

"Except you got a date!" Soda burst out. "Pony's got himself a girlie-friend!" he started to laugh.

"Yeah so what. Stop botherin me about it and go away." I tried to start reading again, and I felt my ears turn crimson.

"Hey don't get smart kid. You going with Jamie?" Darry said.

"Yeah." I tried not to sound too excited.

"What time you leavin?"

"Around 6. I told her I would be there around 6:30."

"Alright, just be back by 11. You have school in the morning."

"Ok" I said. I really was trying to read my book. I got it from school. It's called To Kill A Mockingbird. It was pretty good. I liked it. But it was 5:30 so I decided to go get in the shower. When I got out, I put on a clean pair of the nicest jeans I had (without holes or stains). Then I put on a nice clean shirt and a nice jacket. I didn't want to look exactly like a greaser for such a pretty girl. I didn't put too much grease in my hair. Actually, I hardly put in any. I combed it back like I normally do. I put my shoes on and told Darry I was leaving. I started walking down the street when I realized that I had no ride. I would normally walk, but I didn't want Jamie to have to walk all the way to the Dingo. I went to Two-Bit's house. Luckily, he was there and so was his car. I went up there and knocked on the door. It was Two-Bit's sister who had a crush on me. She looked at me and smiled.

"Hey Pony. You're looking awful nice. Did you come here to see me?" I just looked at her.

"Hi. Can I talk to Two-Bit?" I said, sticking my hands in my pockets. She gave a look of disappointment and looked at the floor.

"Oh, sure" she turned around and yelled, "Two-Bit! It's Ponyboy!" and it almost made me jump, since she was so quiet at first. Two-Bit came to the door with a beer in hand.

"Oh hey Ponyboy. What's up?"

"Hey, Two-Bit. Want to go to the Dingo with me? I need a ride." He smiled and cocked his eyebrow.

"Ooh! Pony's got a girl! Blonde?" I cant believe he didn't remember.

"No, smarty. Remember Jamie?" he looked around and said,

"Oh yeah! Yeah, Cathy's here right now. I'll bring her along too. Go get in the car." I walked to his car. I opened the door and it squeaked. I hoped he didn't have too much to drink. Thinking about this, I remembered Shane. Two-Bit walked out to the car, and fidgeted with the handle. I asked him cautiously from the back seat,

"Hey, Two-Bit, how many beers did you have?"

"Oh, don't worry. That was my first one. Surprisingly. It's okay." Cathy got in the passenger seat and Two-Bit started up the car. "do you want me and Cathy to sit with you at the booth, or do you want to sit alone at a table?" he emphasized the word alone and started to laugh. We got to Jamie's house in about 10 minutes. Two-Bit drives kind of fast. But not as fast as Dally. I walked up to the door and knocked on the door. I waited for about a half a minute, and realized I was just about on time. It was 6:34. Man, was I good. Finally, Jamie's mom answered the door, and it kind of scared me.

"Hello." I said.

"Who are you?" she said, and I could tell she was drunk.

"I'm Ponyboy Curtis." She snorted at my name, and laughed. "I'm here to pick up Jamie" she looked me up and down, and called,

"Jamie! Horsieboy is here for you!" What was it with drunk people? Jamie came down the stairs in a mini skirt and a tank top with a sweater. Her hair was in a half-ponytail, or whatever they call it. Her skirt wasn't too short, and her tank top was the right size. Just the way I like it. She was wearing a pretty necklace and hoop earrings. She had a little bit of make up, but she didn't paint it on like most greaser girls. I just stared.

"Hey, Ponyboy."

"Hey, Jamie. You look, beautiful." She really did. I felt kind of bad because she looked so much nicer than me, and I hoped she didn't really mind.

"Thanks." She gave a little laugh, and she started to blush. "Bye, mom." She said.

"Later." Her mom almost shoved us out the door and slammed it. How could Jamie live with that? And where was her dad? I didn't want to ask her all those questions, so we just got into the backseat of the car. The whole ride there was mostly laughing, knowing Two-Bit. He knows how to make things less nervous. He told jokes the whole way there.

We got the Dingo, and we got our own tables, but they were right next to each other. Jamie looked at me. I looked at her, and I felt a weird feeling in my stomach. I really liked her.

Jamie's POV

I was at the Dingo with Ponyboy. I really like him. I thought he just liked me as a friend. He looked good tonight, and his friend Two-Bit was nice. I thought Pony was kind of cute. I really like his green eyes. They are so beautiful. Then he looked down and said,

"What are you gonna get?" I had totally forgotten about food. I was too busy thinking about what it would be like if my name was Jamie Curtis and staring into Pony's big green eyes.

"Oh, uh a salad I guess." I wasn't really hungry. I was too nervous. No guy had ever asked me out before, besides Shane. Nobody my age, anyways. I didn't know what to say. He gave me a look.

"That's it?"

"Yeah. I'm not that hungry anyways." He folded up the menu and said,

"Oh, well, we can go see a movie, if you want." Oh how sweet! He was willing to change his mind and go somewhere else just for me! He actually wanted to do something for me! This was nice.

"Oh, no. No that's fine." He smiled and said to me,

"You know, Jamie, I really… I really like you." His ears were turning red, and I thought it was cute.

"Aww, I like you, too, Ponyboy." I was smiling at him, and he gave a little one back.

"Um, would you like…to. Um, be my girlfriend?"

"Yes!" I said, not trying to sound too excited. Yes!! I had a brand new boyfriend. One who cared about me and was nice to me! I was so happy, and I think I was in love.

Pony's POV

I have a girlfriend! A beautiful, smart girlfriend! I wanted to jump around yelling, but I didn't. I had to hold it in, which was hard. I smiled at her. I just sat there and smiled. We ordered our food, and was out of there. I got our check, and told Two-Bit me and Jamie were gonna walk around.

"Thanks for the ride, man."

"Anytime, grease." He said with a wink. This was one of the happiest nights of my life. Me and Jamie walked outside. It was kind of cold, and I zipped up my jacket, and so did Jamie. I tried to imagine what it would be like to wear a skirt. We walked down the road, and not before long we were holding hands. Things were moving kind of fast, but it didn't matter. I was with the girl of my dreams. We walked to the park, and we talked about everything in the world. Then, we got to the subject of Jamie's parents.

"How come your dad is never home?" I didn't mean to sound intrusive, but I wanted to know real bad.

"Oh, he walked out on my mom right after I was born. I don't know him." she seemed really comfortable talking about it, and wondered why I couldn't talk about my parents like that. Maybe because I had gotten to know them, and was a lot older when they died.

"And my mom is trying to support me and her with a job at a restaurant. It's nice, but she just washes dishes, so she doesn't get much pay. And then, she goes and wastes it all on beer and stuff, and gets drunk. Then she gets all mad at me, and doesn't care about me. I don't know why. I don't think I ever did anything to deserve it. I just wish I could have a normal life with normal parents." She was starting to get a little upset, so I left it alone.

"Yeah, me too." She quickly looked over, and said,

"Oh I'm sorry Pony. I didn't mean" I cut her off.

"It's okay. I like livin with Darry and Soda. We usually get along fine." We kept walking and we ended up at her house somewhere around 10:30. I walked her up the steps to the porch, and I held her hands. She still looked so pretty.

"I had a lot of fun tonight, Ponyboy. I hope we can go out some more." I smiled, then leaned in and kissed her. We kissed for what seemed like years, but was only a few moments. I would never forget those few moments, either. It seemed like a movie. It was all perfect.

"Ok, call you tomorrow. See you later." I said, waving, stepping off the porch. She waved back and shut the door. I walked home, actually skipped. I had just had the best night of my life.

I walked through my door at 11:00, and I didn't see Darry in the window. He was in the kitchen reading the paper, which was weird.

"Hey Darrel!" I said, half skipping to my room.

"Hey, kid. How was your date?" he looked up from his paper. He actually looked interested.

"Oh, Darry. It was great! She said she would be my girlfriend!" he set down the paper, and smiled.

"Good for you, little buddy. Now get to bed, you've got school."

"Where's Soda?"

"Little man's still out with Steve. Should be home in a half an hour or so. Don't wait up for him. You need sleep. Good night, Pony."

"Night Darry." Sleep wasn't hard to get to, since I knew I was going to dream about Jamie.

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