Hey everybody! I need to ask something. I was doing some research and I couldn't find anything on minimum wage. If anyone finds anything on minimum wage in the 1960s, please tell me. Nancy will be getting a job (in the story) soon and I need to know hourly wage. Please, thank you and enjoy the story. Also, I only own my OC.

Nancy was the second to wake up. She heard Ponyboy yell from the kitchen She wasn't a very heavy sleeper, so when someone yelled, she would wake up. The young girl looked at Darry, who was still asleep in the clothes he wore last night. And so was his sister. The siblings had made up for the sleep they lost. She sat up, walking out of the bedroom as Ponyboy read the newspaper. Steve smiled when he saw her walk in.

"Here comes the Princess," he said, winking at her. She rolled her eyes, giving him a smirk. Even with Evie, Steve could always be a flirt.

"You mean," Pony spoke up," that there thinkin about putting me and Soda in a boys home? And Nancy...in a girl's home?"

Steve spoke, saying how it was something like that. The siblings stayed quiet for a second. Nancy took the newspaper and read. Not after everything they went through- they couldn't go through that nightmare again. Pony became in denial. Steve calmed him down, asking where Soda and Superman (his nickname for Darry) were. They all had nicknames for him- Superman, Muscles, Nancy called him Hero. But when Steve referred to him as "all brawn and no brain", it pissed the family off. It was bad enough Darry couldn't get into college. It was the only time Soda and Nancy were angry with Steve. Soda came in, asking where his shirt had been.

"Hate to tell you buddy," Steve sighed out," but you have to wear clothes to work. There's a law or something."

Soda was busy looking for his clothes. Darry told him to hurry, searching the fridge for chocolate cake. Nancy sat on the floor, leaning against the table. Two-Bit and Steve sat next to her, drinking away. They joked around, the girl stole some of the car man's cake. Soda and Darry entered, talking with Pony. The middle brother joked, saying they'd have a big party and stomp the Socs to Mexico. Ponyboy then wanted to ask something.

"You going to take Sandy to the party?" he asked.

Big mistake to mention her name. Soda became completely silent, as did everyone else. He explained how she went to live with her grandmother in Florida. And when Ponyboy question it, Steve raised his voice.

"Look," he said with anger," does he have to draw you a picture? It was either that or get married, and her parents almost hit the roof at the idea of her marryin'' a sixteen-year-old kid!"

"Pony didn't know," Nancy said calmly," he had no idea she..."

"And seventeen," Soda mentioned softly," i'll be seventeen in a couple of weeks."

Silence only overtook the room. Darry mentioned that he and Sodapop had to go. He didn't want to leave his youngest brother alone. He'd offered to take a day off, but Ponyboy refused. Nancy offered to watch her brother. Two-Bit piped up, saying he'd watched him too. Steve only glared, asking when he would get a real job.

"Work?" Two-Bit gasped," and ruin my rep? I wouldn't be babysittin' this kid here if I knew of some good day-nursery open on Saturdays."

Ponyboy smirked at his sister, pulling the older boy's chair backwards. They laughed, the boys wrestling each other. Until Darry spoke up, saying how the three could see a movie before visiting the hospital. Then Two-Bit was told to lay off of Ponyboy.

"He ain't lookin so good," he said," Ponyboy, you take a couple of aspirins and go easy. You smoke more than a pack today and i'll skin you. Understand?"

"Yeah," You carry more than one bundle of roofing at a time today and the three of us'll skin you. Understood?"

All Darry could do was flash a rare grin before heading out. Pony and Two-Bit decided to do dishes while Nancy cleaned the kitchen up. Two-Bit told the story of how he'd gotten jump. He told the story to just about anyone he saw. He had a sense of pride that the girl didn't understand. Pony rolled his eyes, looking over at his sister. He felt the story had been exaggerated. The Mickey fan smiled, seeing the boy didn't think it was fully true.

"Moral," Two-Bit asked," What's the safest thing to be when one is met by a gang of social

outcasts in an alley?"

"A judo expert?" Pony asked.

"No, another social outcast!" the older boy replied, laughing.

The siblings only smiled at Two-Bit. He could make just about anything seem funny. After a while, Ponyboy suggested on cleaning the house. The state guys would be coming to check on them, and reporters or police would probably stop by. The siblings began to clean, while Two-Bit groaned about how the house wasn't messy. How the two should've seen his house. Nancy and Pony raised an eyebrow, looking at each other, the youngest knowing what to say.

"I have," he stated," and if you had the sense of a billy goat, you'd try to help around your place instead of bumming around."

Two-Bit only stated if he did so, his mother would die from shock. Nancy had only seen Mrs. Matthews a few times. She was as kind as their mother had been. Maybe even a little bit kinder. The three cleaned up the house before deciding to head out. The oldest would've given them a ride, but he talked of how he and Kathy (his date) almost got killed. Due to the brakes being out of his car.

"You oughtta see Kathy's brother," he said," Now there's a hood. He's so greasy he slides when he walks. He goes to the barber for an oil change. A perfect match for your sister."

He began to laugh, only to laugh harder when Nancy hit him. Ponyboy only smiled, but had a look in his eyes. His head still must've hurt from the night before. His sister couldn't blame him- he was probably still shaken up from the days before. She'd seen him sick- like when he had a really bad flu when he was eight. But since then, she'd never seen her brother as sick as he looked today.

The crew went down to the Tasty Freeze from some cokes. Nancy headed inside to pay for the drinks. A mustang was following them for a couple blocks, then drove into the parking lot. She saw them get out of the car. Her eyes went wide with fear when she saw who had gotten out. Randy- she felt her cheek. The scar was fading now, but the one on the back of her hand was still showing. She grabbed the drinks and headed outside. Two-Bit was talking to the Socs when she came out.

"You know the rules," he said," no jazz before the rumble."

"We know," Randy said, looking at the girl," Wendy Darling…"

Nancy had been trying her hardest to avoid Randy. He only looked away, turning to the youngest of the group. He wanted to talk to Ponyboy.