Hi everyone! Not much is new in my world, so I'm just gonna get right
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Two-Bits horn blared out front. Pony was busy fighting Heaven
for the mirror, when he breathed in deeply through his nose. "Mmm-what
is that smell?" "Strawberry lipgloss." "Smells good." She smiled at him.
"It tastes better!" she said loudly as she rubbed it on his lips without
his consent. "Hey!" he yelled at her, as she ran down the stairs giggling.
Ponyboy stood in the bathroom licking his lips. 'It does taste good', he
thought as he shrugged his shoulders and ran after her.

As he got outside, he saw Heaven had already claimed the front
seat. She crossed her eyes and stuck her tongue out at him through the
window. He cracked a grin, hoping she'd be like this all day-happy.
It'd been so long since they had seen her smile, and be happy, that this
was a real treat. He climbed into the backseat, and started poking
Heaven in the neck. She giggled, and Two-Bit tore down the street.

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"The movie's over in like 2 hours, but be here in about three-
and if you can't be there, then call me on my cell, ok?" Heaven spoke
a mile a minute. "How about you call me when you want me to come get you
two?" Two-Bit said. "Good idea! Thanks Two-Bit!" Heaven leaned over and
hugged him. Pony felt a pang of jealousy. "Yea, thanks man." he said.
"Ok, now be good!" Two-Bit said sarcastically as he slammed his foot on
the gas pedal.

Pony, being "the man", said he felt obligated to buy Heavens
ticket. She rolled her eyes. "Ok, we've got ten minutes-ooh! Look, Pony-
the fortune teller thingy!" Pony follwed Heaven as she ran over to the
cheesy machine. Her question was asked before he got there, but he was
there for the fortune. She looked up, and to her left, and started crying.
"Holy shit... oh god, Pony!" Pony glanced at the person she was eyeing.

"It's him. It's him! Oh, god, it's Taylor!" Heaven buried her
head in Ponys chest, crying. He stroked her hair, and quieted her sobs.
He looked again at the boy in question-he DID look remarkably like
Taylor. Same body build. Same smile. It was shocking.

"Heaven, c'mon. Be serious-look at him! He's totally different.
Different body build, different smile. C'mon, boo. Let's go." He held
her head uup and looked into her eyes. "I guess you're right... I just
wish it was... I wish so bad..." She smiled, shrugged and wiped her
face. "C'mon, the movie starting!" Pony lead Heaven by the shoulders to
the popcorn counter. He looked back for one last glance at the boy down
the hallway.

He was gone.

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The movie was hilarious. Every five seconds, the audience burst
into laughter. "Owww, Pony, my tummy hurts!" said Heaven, clutching her
stomach as huge tears of laughter poured down her cheeks. She reached for
the popcorn-at the same time as Pony, bumping hands. They looked at each
other, smiled, and looked away. 'Thank goodness it's dark!' they both
thought, their faces red from blushing. Again, the audience laughed, but
they were too busy holding hands to notice.

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After the movie ended, Pony and Heaven were still sitting silently,
holding hands. The lights came on, and people left-and they were fully
aware. But they also knew something had happened in the movie theater,
and that thought was just too awkward to deal with.

They sat there, staring at the blank screen. "Excuse me? The
movie is over!" said a very impolite usher. Pony flipped him the bird
as he and Heaven walked out, laughing the whole thing off.

As they stepped into the bright sunlight from the darkness of
the movie theater, Ponyboy had two things on his mind: Ashton Kutcher
and his ride home. "What's so special about that actor guy anyway?" he
asked Heaven. "Did you SEE his ABS!?" she asked, eyes wide. "Nope! Too
busy checking out his lady friend..." She shot him a look, and he retorted
it with a face that can only be described as silly. Tongue out, eyes
crossed, the whole nine yards. She laughed. They had long since dropped
hands, but Pony took a chance, and offered his hand to her again. She
took it.

"Ya wanna get some grub?" she asked. "Sure... there's a Micky
D's down the road?" "Yea, BABY!" They walked down the street, laughing
and talking, until they got to the resturant. This time, Heaven payed,
despite Ponys protest. "Shut up, you!" she said, shaking her finger at
him. They laughed, and sat down. They talked about the movie, and then
Pony really opened up, telling Heaven all about greaser life before she
came around.

"So did you ever have anyone special, Pony?", she asked. 'You'
he thought. "Huh?" "A girlfriend?" "Oh... no, but there was this one soc
chic, Cherry. Cherry Valance. She was ok, I guess, but I almost died
for hanging out with her-Johnny too." He told Heaven the story of the
fight, fleeing to Windrixville, saving those kids, and the hospital.
"Johnny almost died..." he said, his voice full of sorrow as he remembered.
"You're KIDDING!" "Nope-haven't you heard this before?" "No! C'mon, tell
me more..." "Ok... well Johnny was gone for like, two minutes. I don't
really remember, but as soon as he... man, I can't even say died! But
as soon as he went, Dally flipped out and ran." "Oh my god, that's so sad!"
"Yea... He knocked a hole in the wall, sped outta there faster than I've
ever seen him go, and went down to the corner store. He pulled out this
heater that he kept on him, just for a bluff, and robbed the guy blind.
After he left there, I guess he cal-" "Pony, what's a heater?" "Oh...
gun." "Oh, ok... continue." "Anyway, he called us up at the house, and we
met him down at the lot... once he saw us, and we saw the cop lights, I
knew he had something up, so I just screamed "JOHNNY'S ALIVE!" Pony
yelled very loudly, causing people in the resturant to turn their heads.
He blushed. "And then...?" Heaven said, doing her Chinese Foooood impression
from 'Dude, Where's My Car?'. He laughed. "You do that so good!" he
said. "Thank you but tell me the rest of the story, please!" She gave
him her cutest puppy dog face, and his insides melted. "Oh, umm..." he said,
clearing his throat. "Anyway, I yelled about Johnny, and he just put
the gun back into his jacket before they pulled around the corner. He was
in jail for about a year, they let him off early for good behavior, and
because he was a minor, but like a week after he got out, Angel got
moved in with Dottie and Charles, and not long after you moved here!"
"Wow, you guys have been through so much." she said, in awe of everything
he had just told her. "Yea, you know what? We have..." Heaven slid her
hand across the table, and Pony accepted it, as he started to remember
everything that had happened to him and the gang, just daydreaming.

~"Heaven, I... I gotta..." "Shh... Don't say anything." She slid
out of her seat and sat next to him in the booth. "Don't say anything."
She touched his face lightly and looked upwards towards him as she leaned
inward. Her lips were only an inch from his. Pony couldn't take it anymore.
He leaned in for the kill, kissing her lips. HE placed his hand on her neck
as he pulled her in closer.~

"Earth to Pony!" he heard Heaven say. 'How is she talking if we
are kissing?' he thought. Just then he felt a stabbing pain in his arm.
He looked immediately at the source of pain. Heaven was stabbing him with
her fork. "Are you feeling ok? You're lips are kinda twitching." she
said, worriedly. "You wanna get some air?" "Ok... yea, sure." He
grabbed her hand and they walked out.

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Pony and Heaven decided to take a cab to the park, since they
were pretty far into town, rather than bother Two-Bit. The cab
pulled up, and Heaven got out, suddenly remembering her date with Taylor
here so many months ago. She looked across the parking lot, and saw herself
getting out of the car, and running, Taylor not far behind. Both of them
falling to the ground, laughing, kissing. She shook it out of her head,
thinking of her day as Pony came up behind her, linking his arm through
hers. She smiled at him, and looked to the front, and standing in front
of her was the Taylor look-alike, playing frisbee with his pals. As she
watched him play, she saw that the frisbee was heading towards her.
It landed not two feet away from her. Pony watched as she walked over,
picked it up, and handed it to the boy. He gave her a huge golden smile,
turned around, and walked away. Heaven went back to Pony, and rested her
her head on his shoulder. "Can we just go home?" she said. He nodded.
They walked the rest of the way there.

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Ok, thats that! Ch. 12... woo! Just in case you all didn't pick up on it,
he was daydreaming about them kissing in the resturant.. SOMEONE I KNOW
ahen ahem CHARITY ahem ahem didn't know that when she read it... oh well!
Two Fingerz All,
~*Rockabye*~