That Monday Ponyboy woke up feeling morningy. "Wow, what a great morning," he said, stretching.
"Yeah, hey look at the sunrise," said Soda, also waking up.
"It's nice but it's no sunset," Pony replied.
"Ok," said Soda.
The brothers went downstairs to find that Darry had already made breakfast. They ate the eggs and chocolate cake and drank the chocolate milk in silence until Dally walked in.
"Hey," he said, pulling up a chair, "So I ran into Mike last night…"
"Mike?" asked Darry.
"Yeah," said Ponyboy, "She's this weird girl we met on Saturday, from Seattle."
"Oh, Seattle," said Darry, "Dally, I'm sure you're glad to hear that."
"Seriously!" cried Soda, "What is it with you and Seattle, Dally?"
"I can't say."
"Why don't you tell us what you were going to about Mike," said Ponyboy, trying to make peace.
"Well," he began, "I was walking to the store and all of a sudden she collapsed in front of me in the middle of the road. I said, 'What are you doing lying in the middle of the road like that? You'll get yourself killed!' she told me to mind my own business so I said that I wouldn't care if she died and walked away."
"Then what happened?" asked Tim Shepherd, who had been mysteriously standing in the corner the whole time.
"Gaa!" said Ponyboy, "What are you doing here, Tim?"
"Nothing," he replied, "Tell us the rest of the story Dally."
"All right, well, I was walking away, right, and then all of a sudden, out of nowhere she jumped on my back and knocked me down."
"She's crazy," Soda murmured.
"Yeah," Dally agreed, "But that's not the craziest part, when she knocked me down she started kissing me a lot and said, 'Come on, Dally, can't you feel the sexual tension between us?' and I said, 'No! I've known you about ten minutes and all I've felt towards you is indifference and mild annoyance.' After that she got off and went away and you can't imagine how happy that made me."
"Wow," said Tim, "It figures that she's from Seattle."
Tim and Dally both shuddered.
"I'm going insane!" said Soda, "Why won't you tell me about Seattle?"
"When you're older," said Tim mysteriously.