TOUGH TIMES

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I awoke to the sound of the slamming of the door and a dull pain all over my face.

"Hey Celestial! What? Did you go back home?" Two-Bit asked angrily. I laughed,

"No I didn't, Two-Bit, I was a good little girl"

"Then why are there MORE bruises on your face?"

"Dally did that to her" Darry replied, coming into the lounge and leaning on the wall. "She had a go at him and he turned violent. He was obviously drunk. Wasn't he supposed to be with you?" Darry asked, suspiciously. Two-Bit looked uncomfortable and I gasped,

"You wanted to get away from me! You didn't want to be near me!"

"No! It's not like that! I just went to a party and I knew you wanted me to stay but I really wanted to meet this girl" Instead of exploding like I half expected me to, I grinned,

"A girl? You ditched me for another girl? Where is she? I want to meet her! When am I going to meet her?" Two-Bit smiled weakly,

"Well actually right now" A girl walked in on cue and grinned right at me. I grinned but then realised that I was sporting bruises on my face and I had only just woken up. I laughed,

"Let's hope that first impressions don't last! Hey I'm Celestial"

"Yeah, Two-Bit told me. I'm Kayla" Kayla didn't look to be that bad at all. She seemed to be middle class and was quite pretty. Kayla had long brown hair that went down to her ribs, she had bright green eyes, and her complexion was tanned. She was wearing denim jeans and a simple T-shirt. Now this was the kind of girl I could relate to and I actually approved of her.

"Well done, Two-Bit! Not to bad, not to bad at all" I grinned at her, "Well you've passed my test! Now, can you excuse me as I go under the covers and try to hide from all of you? I probably look a mess!" Kayla laughed,

"You look fine! Well nice to meet you, Celestial, I have to get going so have fun! Bye" Kayla kissed Two-Bit before walking out of the house. I shook my head,

"You brought her in at the worst possible time! Honestly! In the morning!" I laughed and then leapt out of bed and hugged Two-Bit, "Well done! She's actually decent!"

"What? Given up on me already?" Ponyboy laughed from the door of the lounge. I laughed,

"Yeah, that was like so last night! I would hug you now and all but I am in dire need of a shower and need to go back home to get some clothes,"

"You are NOT going back to that house!"

"Two-Bit" I started reasonably, "I live there and it has all my possessions in there and if I'm not mistaken, it is a school day," (A/N: I THINK it's a Friday . . .sorry if it isn't!)

"Well use some of Ponyboy's clothes today! You are not going back until you positively have to! Tonight you can stay here or at my place or the lot" Two-Bit said much to the shock of Darry, ("She is NOT staying in the lot") "Ok? Is that alright Ponyboy?" Ponyboy smiled and nodded, before disappearing back into his bedroom. Pony came back out of the room, carrying some jeans and a T-shirt, and Soda soon following him, looking as if he were a zombie.

"Thanks Pony! I'm first in the shower!" I shouted before running towards the shower. The shower was very inviting on my bruised face. I had a rather long shower and by the time I was out, it seemed that Soda was already alive. I must have taken ages for Soda to actually be alive!

"Took you long enough! If there isn't any hot water I'll kill you!" Soda threatened as he raced into the shower. I grinned,

"At my funeral I would like-" I stopped as I heard Soda yell. I laughed,

"Sorry guys but I just had to enjoy the warm water! Our water is starting to get cold and I think it's because some bills haven't been paid" I sighed and then shook my head, "So where should I stick my clothes?"

"Pony's bedroom will be fine. I think he's still in there so I would knock first" Darry warned, although there was a hint of humour in his eyes. I laughed and knocked on Pony and Soda's door.

"Come in!" I heard Pony reply, so I walked in.

"Darry said I should stick my clothes in here, if you don't mind,"

"Sure. You know I think you suit my clothes better than me" I grinned and flicked my hair,

"Of course! I look good in anything" I walked over to him and placed my hands on his hips, "But no one could look as good as you in your clothes" I smiled as he blushed and leant in to kiss him.

"Hey! Guys! Pony and Celestial were kissing! Pony and Celestial are in love!" Two-Bit yelled as loud as loud as he could, "Pony and Celestial in a tree F-U-C-,"

"That's enough!" Darry said, before Two-Bit could continue with his crude version of a little kid's rhyme.

"Peeping Tom! So when's breakfast ready?"

"Now, although yours might be a little cold" Darry stated.

"Who cares? It's food!" I said, nearly bowling over Two-Bit as I raced to the kitchen.

"What's wrong with you? You're very bouncy today!"

"I'm hyper. Sometimes it happens, sometimes it doesn't! Usually when I'm very happy, I get hyper, like now. Life could only be a little better!" I replied as I poured lots of golden syrup over my pancakes and started to scoff them down. Man, these tasted so good.

"Hey, you two are going to be late for school. Hurry up" I ate the pancakes as fast as I could, grabbed my bag and waited outside for everyone else, for yet another fun day at school.

A/N: Getting writers block.sorry!