S.E. Hinton owns all the characters except for Ash who belongs to me. Thank you everyone who has been giving such nice reviews, I really really REALLY appreciate it, honestly I didn't think anyone would like this story, apparently I was wrong. I never considered myself much of a writer, especially compared to some of the great Outsiders fan fiction here such as Slashed Tires by Zevie and A New Partner in Crime by Clarista, both are great stories and if you haven't read them then do it because I said so. Actually I like all Outsiders fan fiction, GREAT JOB TO ALL OF YOU! Jeez I'm rambling sorry…

Okay, okay, okay, it wasn't EXACTLY like the Gone with the Wind kiss, but I can pretend like it was. It sure felt like it, but I guess when you really, really like somebody, anything from them feels special.

Anyway, so when we broke apart from the kiss neither of us knew exactly what to say, we just kind of starred at each other awkwardly. Pony, still had his arms around my waist but he quickly let go when he noticed.

"Sorry," He muttered turning away from me, "I didn't mean for that to happen like that.

"It's okay," I said, almost flabbergasted. I wasn't sure what he meant by that. Did he WANT to kiss me or did it just sort of happen by accident?

"Let's pretend like that didn't happen…I won't tell Two-bit if you don't tell Darry," Pony said.

"Okay," I nodded in agreement. Okay now I was REALLY let down. For a second I thought he liked me, I got my hopes up just to be…broken hearted…

"I have to rewrite my essay too…" I thought to myself.

Pony and I walked silently back to his house. I starred at the ground. Stupid Cherry Valance…

When we walked in guess what we saw…that's right…Soda and Sandy being all lovey dovey. Normally I'd think that would be sweet, but right now I just wasn't in the mood.

"Two-bit," I said walking over to the sofa, "I'm going to go home now. Are you coming?"

"Nah, I'm going to stick around a while longer, I'll see you later okay?" Two-bit replied patting my head. For some reason he had made a habit of patting my head. He told me he just really like my hair, but he's a strange guy so…

I looked across the room and did a double take. Angela was flirting up a storm with Dally! When she saw I was ready to go home she told Dally goodbye and came with me.

"That Dally is one hell of a guy," She said and smiled. I didn't even want to think about what she was talking about. "What's up Ash?"

"Pony kissed me," I said miserably.

"And you're sad about that because…" Angela asked, confused.

"After he kissed me, he wanted to pretend like it didn't happen," I told her.

"Oh, Ash, he probably just got cold feet, he'll come around, you'll see. Guys are weird like that," Angela told me.

"Sure," I said. A hint of a smile came over my face remember the time I asked Pony why he thought girls are weird when I came home with him to study for our English test.

Don't think about him! A voice in my head told me. Angela and I departed ways. I sighed sadly and continued to walk home. Then I suddenly got the strange feeling I was being followed…