p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;"Ponyboy carefully got out of the bed checking to see if he woke up his brother, Sodapop was sound asleep, he stopped at the doorway and searched for noise or movement indicating if anyone was awake. Everyone was asleep. Good. He made his way into the kitchen and took a bowl of soup from the fridge, leaving the room he made sure to grab a spoon. He sneaked down the hall to the door that lead down to the basement, he slowly opened the squeaky old door and strolled down downstairs in the dark. Stacks of boxes were enclosed around him. The unknown blackness that surrendered him disappeared as a lamp was dimly lit at the back of the basement. He heard something shuffle around and smiled, he came in the light and a blonde boy appeared. /p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;""It's fine." Ponyboy sat beside him. His eyes sunk, he gripped the edge of the bed and sighed. "If the gang knew about you, they'd throw you out straight away and Darry would kill me. After all, you're a Soc."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;"His gaze shifted to Christopher's dark green eyes. "Did you read Nothing Gold Can Stay? Did you like it?"/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;"Ponyboy giggled, "I can get you some more books if you like."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;""Darry and Soda will be working tomorrow, Johnny is hanging out with Dally and Two-bit won't be here in the morning but might come around at 4 o'clock. You at least have 6 hours to yourself."/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;"The blonde 'Soc' grinned, "That's good, I'll be able to see my friend. Perhaps, I could quickly see you at your school."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;""Sorry to wake you up, but one of your brothers is awake. I think it's Darry, the strict one."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;"Two-bit laughed at his response to the scare, "Then maybe, don't stare into space and I wouldn't have to. What were you thinkin' about?"/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;""No one."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;""Oops." The Soc snickered. Ponyboy gasped at the ruined artwork while Johnny gave a hostile glare at the Soc. The class turned their heads when Christopher poured the cup of paint water over the Soc, everyone stared in shock./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;""You asshole!"/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;"His gaze shifted to Christopher's dark green eyes. "Did you read Nothing Gold Can Stay? Did you like it?"/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;"Ponyboy giggled, "I can get you some more books if you like."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;""Darry and Soda will be working tomorrow, Johnny is hanging out with Dally and Two-bit won't be here in the morning but might come around at 4 o'clock. You at least have 6 hours to yourself."/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;"The blonde 'Soc' grinned, "That's good, I'll be able to see my friend. Perhaps, I could quickly see you at your school."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;"The two chatted for a while before Ponyboy snatched a comfy hand-made blanket from one of the boxes and wrapped himself around it. Christopher showed Ponyboy his sketchbook and presented a sketch of a portrait of Ponyboy which made the 14-year-year-old beamed./p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;""Sorry to wake you up, but one of your brothers is awake. I think it's Darry, the strict one."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;"Ponyboy smiled at his brother, "Yeah, Soda. I'm fine. I just woke up early."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;"Two-bit laughed at his response to the scare, "Then maybe, don't stare into space and I wouldn't have to. What were you thinkin' about?"/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;"Ponyboy looked away, "Nothing. Just thinkin' about someone..."/p
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p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;""No one."/p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px;"Ponyboy's day was relatively normal and nice despite some Socs insulting him, he didn't let it ruin his day and focused on his schoolwork. Johnny sat next to Ponyboy in his art class, the class was practising watercolour. Johnny was planning in drawing a landscape while Ponyboy was painting a sunset. The two greasers popped their heads up as a guy swung around a chair and sat in front of the pair, you could easily tell he was a Social. Johnny scowled at the boy but Ponyboy beamed./p
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