Jennifer POV

"So where exactly are we going?" I asked as we were walking down the sidewalk.

"I was thinking of going to see a movie at the Nightly Double."

"That sounds perfect." I looked up at Sodapop and we smiled at each other.

As we approached the drive in, I looked up at the marquee and saw that The Sound to Music was playing. I love that movie!

"I hope you don't mind musicals." Sodapop said.

"I love them!" I gushed. "I know every song from that musical."

"Yay!" Sodapop said happily. As we walked down an aisle to find a seat, I saw a few of the Black Stingrays on the other side of Sodapop. My whole body tensed and my breathing became quick and shallow.

"Are you all right?" Sodapop looked around and glanced at the Stingrays. "It's all right, I'm right here." He comforted me as we walked past.

"You idiot, that was that girl who ratted out on us the first time, and she probably called the greasers' help when we hid her friends in the basement too." The boy was wearing the same checkered shirt as our first encounter was yelling at another guy with a lot of rings. I only prayed that they wouldn't notice me.

"Let's sit here." Sodapop told me. I simply nodded my head and sat down, Soda sat next to me and put his arm around me. I relaxed slightly at his touch. Even though we were farther away from the Stingrays, I could still hear them talk.

"John's going to-" The opening music started in the middle of his sentence. I leaned into Sodapop, trying to calm myself down.

"Are you okay?" Sodapop asked me. I suddenly realized what I was doing, and pulled away slightly. I looked down at my floral print dress, positive that I was turning red.

"Yeah, sorry." I started humming along with Maria, getting immersed into the movie. During the "Sixteen Going On Seventeen" song, I began daydreaming about Sodapop.

I'm back in Ethel's shop and doing a fitting for a party dress. I turn around and Sodapop is walking through the doors, wearing a freshly ironed tuxedo. We walk toward each other and he holds out a single rose with a note tied to the stem. I look at the note and in perfect cursive is written "I love you".

"I feel the same way." I whispered, surprising myself with my voice.

"Feel the same way about what?" Sodapop said looking at me. My face burned, and I was sure that I was super red.

"Um... Nothing."

"I thought you said something."

"I was just empathizing with Liesel."

"Oh. All right then" Sodapop leaned back into his seat. I bit my lip and tried to keep track of my mouth better. Nothing much happened after that and when it got late we decided to head back.

"So what did you think of the movie?" Sodapop asked me on our walk home.

"I liked it." I said nonchalantly.

"I like you too." What? I turned to Sodapop and he was smirking. "Don't deny it. You like me." He said as I tried to cover my face. I simply nodded my head as I looked at the cracks in the sidewalk. He lifted my chin with one finger so that I was looking in his eyes.

"Will you be my girlfriend?"

"Y-Yes." I choked out. We started leaning in until our lips locked. He wrapped both his arms around my waist and pulled me closer, lifting me off the ground a few inches and causing me to drop my crutches. He set me down and kept one arm around me as he picked up my crutches and handed them back to me.

"You are sixteen going on seventeen, I'll take care of you." He sang to me. I giggled a little and we continued our walk back to my house with his arm around my shoulders.

I kissed Sodapop one more time on the doorstep before walking inside.

"I'll see you soon?" He half asked me.

"Definitely." I breathed. I opened the door and walked inside with a silly smile plastered to my face.

"So, how was the date?" Angelina asked me.

"Perfect." I sighed dreamily.

"Define perfect." She followed me into the bedroom and I began changing into my pajamas.

"Well..." I paused, not sure how to say it. "Sodapop and I are together now." I couldn't help but smile as I said it.

"Are you kidding me?!" I couldn't tell whether Angelina was happy for me or upset, probably a bit of both.

"Is that good or bad?" I ask warily.

"Both. I mean, I'm happy that you're happy, but what about going home?"

"What about it?"

"We'll you're going to just randomly disappear one day and break Soda's heart. Did you even think of that?" Angelina's voice raised slightly.

"Angelina, what if we can't go back? We might as well be happy of we're going to be stuck here." I said quietly, trying to fight tears.

"We are going to find a way back sooner or later. I don't want anyone to get hurt."

"Angelina, I think I really love him."

"You're sixteen. What do you know about love?" I looked down at my feet as a lump appeared in my throat.

"Hey. Don't cry." Angelina said softly as she wrapped me in a hug and sat down on the bed. "We'll figure this out. Just keep in mind that if we find a way back it's up to you to figure out what to do about Sodapop." I nodded my head slowly as we both got up to get ready for bed.