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          I closed the journal and sighed to myself. I had finally finished! And, if I do say so myself, I think it's a masterpiece!

          I felt hands grasp my shoulders and I jumped. Dally laughed and pressed his chin in my shoulder. "Hey, there, babe. Did you finish the book?"

          I looked over to him. "Yup! Wanna read it?"

          He grinned devilishly. "Mmhmm…later."

          I was about to ask him what the grin was for when I felt his lips press against mine. We both stood up and we wrapped our arms around each other.

          After a while we broke away and Dally leaned his forehead against mine. "I wasn't kidding when I said I loved you," he whispered.

          "I love you too," I replied, hugging him. I felt him stroke my hair and kiss my forehead.

          "Come on, babycakes, let's read the gang our story."

          I tore away from him reluctantly and picked up the journal. Dally took my free hand and led me downstairs. The whole gang was waiting, including Tim and Pete, sprawled out on the sofas and floor.

          "The oh-so-excellent writer has finished!" Dally bellowed, grinning, "She wishes to entertain you all with it!" The gang clapped and gave a loud "Whoo-hoo!"

          "Make it quick, Bleu, Mickey Mouse is on soon!" Two-Bit grinned playfully, and I threw a pillow at him.

          Darry got up off of his chair and motioned for me to sit down. I smiled at him and did so. Darry sat next to Sodapop and Ponyboy on the floor, and put an arm around Pony. Pony seemed to lighten up, and Soda was grinning.

          "Ahem!" I cleared my throat, "OK. Everyone ready?"

          They all nodded patiently. Dally sat down on the floor next to my chair and leaned against my legs.

          I cleared my throat again and began my story. "I caught sight of the clock on the wall that read 7:02 and nervously pushed my shiny auburn hair out of my face. When I'm nervous or scared, I study my hair and try to figure out what color it is."

          The story lasted a little over an hour and a half. Everyone was listening intently, and when I finished I was greeted with long, loud, appreciative claps.

          "Wow," Two-Bit said, "Screw Mickey Mouse! That story kicked ass!"

          "You should really publish it," Pony and Johnny said.

          "What should we call it?" I asked, scanning the room.

          "Name it after you," Dally said softly.

          "Yeah!" Steve yelled, and everybody agreed.

          I blushed. "Ok!"

And that's what we did.

Thank you so much for reading my story! I love you all! I really warms my heart when I get these awesome reviews, and I want to thank all of you for participating. Let me know if I should make a sequel, or just continue with Holly Carson…who knows! Maybe Bleu will show up in that story! ;)

**BleuCade