Hey, Kate here. I'm kinda excited about this chapter because I've been
trying to write it for a while, and I finally got it out. I don't have
anything much else to say so on with the chapter..
Warning: There's some swearing in this chapter, but nothing you haven't heard before.
"What the hell does that mean?" I snapped.
"Nothing. I'm just saying she's a heartless soc and well you're not."
"So? What about you and Cherry?"
He looked at me with a bemused look on his face.
"Yeah, I know about her." I crossed my arms across my chest.
"That's different." He argued.
"How is that different? She's a "heartless" soc, and you're a greaser, aren't you?" I realized how mad I sounded.
"Well yeah, but Cherry..."
"Cherry what Pony? Ugh, just screw it, never mind, I won't be friends with Charlotte alright? Whatever Mr. Ponyboy Curtis wants" I know I was acting crabby but can I help it, it kinda makes me mad when I can't make my own friends.
I started to walk back to the school; Pony grabbed me by my arm and pulled me back.
"Listen Summer, I just don't want you to get hurt by them. It's easy to be fooled. Once you're friends with them, you're enemies with us."
His last words hit me hard. Tears were running down my cheeks onto my shoulders, wetting my shirt.
"Let me go" I ordered. "Let me go!"
He let go. I just walked. Walked back to the school. It didn't matter if he fallowed me or not. I just wanted to get out of there. And guess who I ran into. The one and only Curly Shephard.
I tried to walk by before being noticed by him but he caught my eye.
"Well well, what do we have here?" he said.
I kept on walking.
"Whoa, what's up?" he grabbed my arm.
"None of your goddamn business!" I snapped.
"Jesus, alright, just being kind, not often you see me being nice ya know, better learn to spill when you got the chance." He let go of my arm, but I stopped.
"Pony and I got into a fight. Happy?"
"Oh, sorry" I couldn't tell whether he really seemed sorry or not, it was kinda hard to tell with a hood like Curly.
"Yeah." I mumbled, as I started walking again.
He flicked his cigarette away, and caught up with me. I stopped.
"Why won't you just leave me alone!?" I snapped.
"Jesus, fine, just thought you shouldn't walk alone, what with the socs and shit."
I merely walked faster leaving Curly behind, even though he wanted to protect me from the socs.
I arrived at the cafeteria, and looked around for Charlotte for a while. Finally I spotted her sitting with her socy friends. I walked over; she saw me and stood up. I had tears in my eyes, and I could tell my eye makeup was all over my face by now.
"Summer what's wrong?" she asked grabbing my arm.
"Um, Pony and I got into a fight; can I sit with you guys?" I didn't exactly know what I was doing. All this time of hating the socs for the stuff that they did to me and Pony; now I was asking to sit with them.
"Yeah, of course." she ordered one of the soc to get up so I could sit.
"What happened?" she sounded really worried, which made me madder at Pony for ever saying Charlotte was a heartless soc.
"He said some means thing about you that weren't true." I said later regretting my own words. If Charlotte got mad at him for saying that stuff, it would be like I'm trying to turn them against each other.
Charlotte was quite for a while, and then she smiled.
"Oh. Well it's no big, you probably know about us by now. I mean about the socs, and the greasers thing. We say stuff about each other. It's just that Pony doesn't know me, he judges me similar to how he judges the socs who hurt him. But just because some of us are mean, doesn't mean all the rest are too."
"I know, see that's what I got mad about. He doesn't know you! Maybe I don't either, but from what I saw so far, you've been the only single nice person to me all day!" I really didn't know the exact reason why I was mad at Pony. Ok, so I will admit that I was a little jealous of Cherry, the way Charlotte described what went on between them and stuff.
Just then the bell rang, indicating that it was time to go back to class.
"Hey, don't worry about it so much; going to Tulsa High, you will eventually understand the stuff that goes on between the socs, and the greasers. Pony's just worried about you. But don't worry, I won't get you in trouble with the guys, more or less you can count on me to keep you out of trouble." Charlotte said winking. Gosh, she was really nice. She was even defending Pony, when he had said bad things about her. We walked to our next class.
After school, I didn't walk home with Pony. Instead I ended up walking with Curly, who just happened to be walking my way. I actually found out how nice he can be when you got to know him. He wanted to know about New York and the wild side of it, but to tell the truth, I didn't really live on the wild side, just had some connections there. He seemed really interested in me, kept on asking questions about my family and stuff, I didn't really think a hood like him would care much, but he seemed different when nobody else was around, when it was just me and him.
Our ways split when we got to the corner of Matilda and Thomas. I said bye, and walked my way. I could tell he watched me until I disappeared down the road. Something about that kid made me feel all tingly inside. Maybe it was his kindness around me, that he didn't show around anybody else, that made me feel special, or maybe his charmingly good looks. Yeah right! It had to be the first one. I mean, he was.ok looking.but not as good as..Pony... My mind slipped from Curly to Pony as I entered my house.
***Later that evening***
"Whatja thinking about?" Rain asked me, but I wasn't listening. I was too busy comparing Pony and Curly in my mind. Suddenly it occurred to me which one my boyfriend was. I immediately pushed Curly out of my mind and focused on Pony.
"Uh, nothing." I answered robotically.
"Alright." Rain sipped her hot cocoa, as she sat down next to me on the couch. "But you're doing that thing again, where you stare at the tv and pretend you're watching, but really you're thinking about much more important stuff that is too personal to discuss with you're older sister." It didn't come to my attention to what she was saying until the last part.
"What do mean?" I asked suddenly snapping out of my thoughts.
"I'm just saying that we never talk anymore, you know? You see me more as a guardian now than as an older sister."
I understood what she was saying but I mean before, we weren't much of sisters anyway. She never really cared about my life.
"What do you mean, we never talked before either."
She shrugged. "I don't know, I guess being like a guardian makes you more interested in stuff."
"Well, if you wanna know the truth, I didn't think you would be interested." I meant it. I really didn't think she would care. I mean she would care enough to ask, but when I kept my mouth shut, she would let it go. That's how it's always been.
"Well I do, so spill." She wouldn't even face me. That's what I mean, she cares enough to ask, but never really means it. I decided to tell her anyway. There was no Tara anymore. I had to spill to someone.
"Alright, I was thinking about Pony. Cuz.." I kinda hesitated what I was about to say, but when she looked like she was truly interested, I went on "...cuz we got into a fight earlier." I paused and waited for her reaction.
"Oh" was all she said.
"Yeah" I let out a huge sigh. "and then there's this guy Curly." I decided since I already started I might as well tell it all. "He's nice to me, and I think I like him, you know more than a friend, but I just met him, and I'm with Pony, but Curly was so understanding after me and Pony had that fight." I don't know where I was getting at; I guess I was just letting my feelings out.
"Look Summer, one point in ur relationship with Pony, you were bound to have a fight. Of course you guys will have misunderstandings, but that doesn't mean you just go off and find a new boyfriend. Eventually you learn to work out your differences. If you love him enough, you will try to look at stuff in his point of view too."
Her last words snapped me out of my selfishness and made me realize that I really do love him, and that I would do anything for him. One stupid fight wasn't going to stand in our way to love.
"Thanx" I said as I got up and walked towards the door.
"Where are you going?"
"To Pony's" I shouted as I left the house.
Nervousness came over me, as I impatiently knocked on their door. Pony answered.
"Hey Pon, got a minute?" it was obvious how mad he still was.
"Sure" he led me to the swing on the porch. We sat down.
"Look Pony, I know how strong your feelings are against the socs." I gulped. The knot in my throat made it difficult to talk. "B-But, I want to still be friends with Charlotte. I mean, you don't know her. She's nice, nicer then them." I said referring to the rest of the socs. "And I need friends! I need girlfriends to discuss stuff about. Stuff like what I'm going through and that shit."
"Fuck Summer, ain't I enough. I mean, you can talk to me about stuff." He had real worry in his eyes. "I don't want you to get hurt."
"It's different Pony! You're my boyfriend. I need girlfriends, who go through the stuff that I go through, that you wouldn't understand. And Charlotte is so nice, she couldn't harm me, she would never harm me. And don't worry; I can take care of myself." I was shivering. God, for a place that's suppose to be warm, it was freezing.
"Alright..." he gave in. "But watch out for her."
I nodded. He gave me light kiss on the lips and invited me inside, but I wanted to go home.
"You sure? Soda's bragging about Karlei and Darry's got a new girl too, her name is Shannon. She's real interesting, you would like her."
My face froze. "What did you say? But-but Rain.." I couldn't get anything else out of my mouth. So she hadn't told him. Or maybe she did, and they broke up, and she just lied about it to me.
"Um, I gotta go Pony." I gave him a quick kiss and ran home.
I slammed the door behind me. Rain was sitting on the couch, eating a bagel.
"How can you live with your self?" I practically shouted.
She turned around. "What?"
"You told me, that you told Darry! And that you guys were fine, and that he understood! But you didn't tell him, did you?" I demanded.
"Tell him what?"
"That you cheated on him!" I can't believe she was acting so innocent. "You lied to me!"
"Wait a minute, I didn't lie."
"There ya go, lying again" I spit out my last words, and went to my room.
The next morning I tried to avoid Rain as much as I could. I got dressed, and left without even eating breakfast. I wasn't hungry anyway.
I walked with Pony to school but neither of us said anything. I think he was taken back by my cold answers, so he didn't bother to say anything else.
"See ya at lunch" Pony said as our ways split.
I went to my locker where Charlotte was already waiting for me, ready to go to first hour. I grabbed my stuff and we walked to class. I had a million things in my mind. Even though Charlotte spoke to me, I didn't speak back.
***After school***
Pony had track practice again, so I had to walk home alone. I spotted Curly, leaning against the school wall, smoking a cigarette.
"That's a bad habit you know." I pointed out.
He looked up. "Yeah, well, gotta die someday."
I laughed. "Do you always ditch class or something and hang out here?"
"Most of the time" he looked uncomfortable. I didn't see any one of his gang around, or any one else for that matter. There was something else that was making him uncomfortable.
"Why bother coming then?" I asked.
"My mom makes me" I could see his cheeks slightly blushing.
There was a moment of silence. "Why so uncomfortable?" I finally blurted out.
He put out his cigarette. "Don't want nobody to see me around with Pony's broad. It would be bad for my rep."
"Oh." I said slowly. "I was leaving anyway, gotta get home. See ya around." I was about to leave when he grabbed my arm to stop me.
"Hey, nobody said you had to leave."
"But you said.."
"You wanna hang out at my house?" he cut me off.
I was kinda suspicious of his intentions but decided what the heck; I got nothing better to do.
"Sure" I shrugged. And we headed towards Curly's house.
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Ok, I know that was very stupid. But I wrote a very long chapter, even though I had nothing to write basically. I had very serious wb, but I just got over it, and wrote down whatever came to my mind. It was my first intention of this story anyway, just to write whatever came to my mind, to let my mind lead the story in any crazy direction possible. I wasn't very pleased with where I ended up, but hey, every once in a while I have to take a crazy turn to make this story interesting. I didn't want it to be a love story with occasional soc troubles, so I let my imagination run wild.
I have to tell you guys that I won't be able to update until Jan. 5th, because I will be taking a trip to Canada, to see my cousins. I will be able to read your wonderful reviews though (hee hee) so please review even though you didn't like this chapter very much.(Flames are accepted, as long as they're not very harsh) I am trying my best not to abandon this story, but it just keeps getting more complicated. When you guys review though, it always makes me change my mind, so here's my thank you's to the ones who always review.
Ponyboysgirl1: I tried to make this chapter as long as I could, but you know about the serious writer's block I had. Thank you so much for constantly giving me ideas and trying to get me through it. You're the best!
Naria4: My hand is getting a lot better, but I'm sorry I'll be gone next week. I will try to update before I go but I can't guarantee it. I am already stuck, and it took me almost a week to get this chapter out. I hope I can get the next one out before I go, or as soon as I get back. Thank you for always reviewing!
Karlei Shaynner: Thanx for saying I have talent, I wish I wouldn't get stuck sometime though. And thanx for the info, I'll probably use it in the next chapter or the one after that. I'll write it in Soda's P.O.V. It might not be much, but forgive me; everything has taken a different turn. Keep on reading.
Tensleep: oh my gosh, now I'm being compared to famous authors! Lol, thank you so much! It is so creepy about ur brother! How can you not sleep in 38 hrs?? All MY teachers can burn in hell. Ok, well maybe not my art teacher, she's nice. Charlotte and Pony will meet, and it'll be hell, don't worry, lol. I decided not to have Summer meet Cherry, cuz I don't really like Cherry, and with the mood I was in, it would have been a very naughty chapter (a lot of swearing!) so yeah. Good luck on ur paper, and Merry Christmas to you too.
Laura: OMG, I WAS THINKING THE SAMETHING. They won't break up, but maybe Summer could be a bad girl for a while, and fool around with Curly, I dunno yet. Give me more ideas!
Jen: Um, summer is already going out with Pony. I think you meant Curly. lol o well. You will eventually come in the story, I just don't know when. lol, it's soon..
Shannon: I will introduce you more in the next chapter, but what do you think so far? So it's out that Darry is single, and now ur his girl. lol, anyway, plz don't hate Rain. Hate my sister.
Amz: I will keep on writing, don't you worry.
Dally's my hero: it will not end when she gets kidnapped! She will come back. I'll just be writing from someone else's p.o.v. when she's gone but she will never abandon her greaser life, she'll just hang out with both socs and greasers. I don't know! I'm kinda confused right now. Sorry, everything will be explained soon, if I can explain it to myself.
Ok, just to clarify, Rain did tell Darry about her little affair, but he was not ok with it. They broke up, and she just lied to Summer about it. Sorry if that wasn't clear.
Thank you everybody for reviewing. I'll try to update before I leave, but I can't promise anything. So if I don't before that MERRY CHRISTMAS!
*I promise that one of my resolutions for the new year will be to update sooner. ;) Happy New Year to you all!
Warning: There's some swearing in this chapter, but nothing you haven't heard before.
"What the hell does that mean?" I snapped.
"Nothing. I'm just saying she's a heartless soc and well you're not."
"So? What about you and Cherry?"
He looked at me with a bemused look on his face.
"Yeah, I know about her." I crossed my arms across my chest.
"That's different." He argued.
"How is that different? She's a "heartless" soc, and you're a greaser, aren't you?" I realized how mad I sounded.
"Well yeah, but Cherry..."
"Cherry what Pony? Ugh, just screw it, never mind, I won't be friends with Charlotte alright? Whatever Mr. Ponyboy Curtis wants" I know I was acting crabby but can I help it, it kinda makes me mad when I can't make my own friends.
I started to walk back to the school; Pony grabbed me by my arm and pulled me back.
"Listen Summer, I just don't want you to get hurt by them. It's easy to be fooled. Once you're friends with them, you're enemies with us."
His last words hit me hard. Tears were running down my cheeks onto my shoulders, wetting my shirt.
"Let me go" I ordered. "Let me go!"
He let go. I just walked. Walked back to the school. It didn't matter if he fallowed me or not. I just wanted to get out of there. And guess who I ran into. The one and only Curly Shephard.
I tried to walk by before being noticed by him but he caught my eye.
"Well well, what do we have here?" he said.
I kept on walking.
"Whoa, what's up?" he grabbed my arm.
"None of your goddamn business!" I snapped.
"Jesus, alright, just being kind, not often you see me being nice ya know, better learn to spill when you got the chance." He let go of my arm, but I stopped.
"Pony and I got into a fight. Happy?"
"Oh, sorry" I couldn't tell whether he really seemed sorry or not, it was kinda hard to tell with a hood like Curly.
"Yeah." I mumbled, as I started walking again.
He flicked his cigarette away, and caught up with me. I stopped.
"Why won't you just leave me alone!?" I snapped.
"Jesus, fine, just thought you shouldn't walk alone, what with the socs and shit."
I merely walked faster leaving Curly behind, even though he wanted to protect me from the socs.
I arrived at the cafeteria, and looked around for Charlotte for a while. Finally I spotted her sitting with her socy friends. I walked over; she saw me and stood up. I had tears in my eyes, and I could tell my eye makeup was all over my face by now.
"Summer what's wrong?" she asked grabbing my arm.
"Um, Pony and I got into a fight; can I sit with you guys?" I didn't exactly know what I was doing. All this time of hating the socs for the stuff that they did to me and Pony; now I was asking to sit with them.
"Yeah, of course." she ordered one of the soc to get up so I could sit.
"What happened?" she sounded really worried, which made me madder at Pony for ever saying Charlotte was a heartless soc.
"He said some means thing about you that weren't true." I said later regretting my own words. If Charlotte got mad at him for saying that stuff, it would be like I'm trying to turn them against each other.
Charlotte was quite for a while, and then she smiled.
"Oh. Well it's no big, you probably know about us by now. I mean about the socs, and the greasers thing. We say stuff about each other. It's just that Pony doesn't know me, he judges me similar to how he judges the socs who hurt him. But just because some of us are mean, doesn't mean all the rest are too."
"I know, see that's what I got mad about. He doesn't know you! Maybe I don't either, but from what I saw so far, you've been the only single nice person to me all day!" I really didn't know the exact reason why I was mad at Pony. Ok, so I will admit that I was a little jealous of Cherry, the way Charlotte described what went on between them and stuff.
Just then the bell rang, indicating that it was time to go back to class.
"Hey, don't worry about it so much; going to Tulsa High, you will eventually understand the stuff that goes on between the socs, and the greasers. Pony's just worried about you. But don't worry, I won't get you in trouble with the guys, more or less you can count on me to keep you out of trouble." Charlotte said winking. Gosh, she was really nice. She was even defending Pony, when he had said bad things about her. We walked to our next class.
After school, I didn't walk home with Pony. Instead I ended up walking with Curly, who just happened to be walking my way. I actually found out how nice he can be when you got to know him. He wanted to know about New York and the wild side of it, but to tell the truth, I didn't really live on the wild side, just had some connections there. He seemed really interested in me, kept on asking questions about my family and stuff, I didn't really think a hood like him would care much, but he seemed different when nobody else was around, when it was just me and him.
Our ways split when we got to the corner of Matilda and Thomas. I said bye, and walked my way. I could tell he watched me until I disappeared down the road. Something about that kid made me feel all tingly inside. Maybe it was his kindness around me, that he didn't show around anybody else, that made me feel special, or maybe his charmingly good looks. Yeah right! It had to be the first one. I mean, he was.ok looking.but not as good as..Pony... My mind slipped from Curly to Pony as I entered my house.
***Later that evening***
"Whatja thinking about?" Rain asked me, but I wasn't listening. I was too busy comparing Pony and Curly in my mind. Suddenly it occurred to me which one my boyfriend was. I immediately pushed Curly out of my mind and focused on Pony.
"Uh, nothing." I answered robotically.
"Alright." Rain sipped her hot cocoa, as she sat down next to me on the couch. "But you're doing that thing again, where you stare at the tv and pretend you're watching, but really you're thinking about much more important stuff that is too personal to discuss with you're older sister." It didn't come to my attention to what she was saying until the last part.
"What do mean?" I asked suddenly snapping out of my thoughts.
"I'm just saying that we never talk anymore, you know? You see me more as a guardian now than as an older sister."
I understood what she was saying but I mean before, we weren't much of sisters anyway. She never really cared about my life.
"What do you mean, we never talked before either."
She shrugged. "I don't know, I guess being like a guardian makes you more interested in stuff."
"Well, if you wanna know the truth, I didn't think you would be interested." I meant it. I really didn't think she would care. I mean she would care enough to ask, but when I kept my mouth shut, she would let it go. That's how it's always been.
"Well I do, so spill." She wouldn't even face me. That's what I mean, she cares enough to ask, but never really means it. I decided to tell her anyway. There was no Tara anymore. I had to spill to someone.
"Alright, I was thinking about Pony. Cuz.." I kinda hesitated what I was about to say, but when she looked like she was truly interested, I went on "...cuz we got into a fight earlier." I paused and waited for her reaction.
"Oh" was all she said.
"Yeah" I let out a huge sigh. "and then there's this guy Curly." I decided since I already started I might as well tell it all. "He's nice to me, and I think I like him, you know more than a friend, but I just met him, and I'm with Pony, but Curly was so understanding after me and Pony had that fight." I don't know where I was getting at; I guess I was just letting my feelings out.
"Look Summer, one point in ur relationship with Pony, you were bound to have a fight. Of course you guys will have misunderstandings, but that doesn't mean you just go off and find a new boyfriend. Eventually you learn to work out your differences. If you love him enough, you will try to look at stuff in his point of view too."
Her last words snapped me out of my selfishness and made me realize that I really do love him, and that I would do anything for him. One stupid fight wasn't going to stand in our way to love.
"Thanx" I said as I got up and walked towards the door.
"Where are you going?"
"To Pony's" I shouted as I left the house.
Nervousness came over me, as I impatiently knocked on their door. Pony answered.
"Hey Pon, got a minute?" it was obvious how mad he still was.
"Sure" he led me to the swing on the porch. We sat down.
"Look Pony, I know how strong your feelings are against the socs." I gulped. The knot in my throat made it difficult to talk. "B-But, I want to still be friends with Charlotte. I mean, you don't know her. She's nice, nicer then them." I said referring to the rest of the socs. "And I need friends! I need girlfriends to discuss stuff about. Stuff like what I'm going through and that shit."
"Fuck Summer, ain't I enough. I mean, you can talk to me about stuff." He had real worry in his eyes. "I don't want you to get hurt."
"It's different Pony! You're my boyfriend. I need girlfriends, who go through the stuff that I go through, that you wouldn't understand. And Charlotte is so nice, she couldn't harm me, she would never harm me. And don't worry; I can take care of myself." I was shivering. God, for a place that's suppose to be warm, it was freezing.
"Alright..." he gave in. "But watch out for her."
I nodded. He gave me light kiss on the lips and invited me inside, but I wanted to go home.
"You sure? Soda's bragging about Karlei and Darry's got a new girl too, her name is Shannon. She's real interesting, you would like her."
My face froze. "What did you say? But-but Rain.." I couldn't get anything else out of my mouth. So she hadn't told him. Or maybe she did, and they broke up, and she just lied about it to me.
"Um, I gotta go Pony." I gave him a quick kiss and ran home.
I slammed the door behind me. Rain was sitting on the couch, eating a bagel.
"How can you live with your self?" I practically shouted.
She turned around. "What?"
"You told me, that you told Darry! And that you guys were fine, and that he understood! But you didn't tell him, did you?" I demanded.
"Tell him what?"
"That you cheated on him!" I can't believe she was acting so innocent. "You lied to me!"
"Wait a minute, I didn't lie."
"There ya go, lying again" I spit out my last words, and went to my room.
The next morning I tried to avoid Rain as much as I could. I got dressed, and left without even eating breakfast. I wasn't hungry anyway.
I walked with Pony to school but neither of us said anything. I think he was taken back by my cold answers, so he didn't bother to say anything else.
"See ya at lunch" Pony said as our ways split.
I went to my locker where Charlotte was already waiting for me, ready to go to first hour. I grabbed my stuff and we walked to class. I had a million things in my mind. Even though Charlotte spoke to me, I didn't speak back.
***After school***
Pony had track practice again, so I had to walk home alone. I spotted Curly, leaning against the school wall, smoking a cigarette.
"That's a bad habit you know." I pointed out.
He looked up. "Yeah, well, gotta die someday."
I laughed. "Do you always ditch class or something and hang out here?"
"Most of the time" he looked uncomfortable. I didn't see any one of his gang around, or any one else for that matter. There was something else that was making him uncomfortable.
"Why bother coming then?" I asked.
"My mom makes me" I could see his cheeks slightly blushing.
There was a moment of silence. "Why so uncomfortable?" I finally blurted out.
He put out his cigarette. "Don't want nobody to see me around with Pony's broad. It would be bad for my rep."
"Oh." I said slowly. "I was leaving anyway, gotta get home. See ya around." I was about to leave when he grabbed my arm to stop me.
"Hey, nobody said you had to leave."
"But you said.."
"You wanna hang out at my house?" he cut me off.
I was kinda suspicious of his intentions but decided what the heck; I got nothing better to do.
"Sure" I shrugged. And we headed towards Curly's house.
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Ok, I know that was very stupid. But I wrote a very long chapter, even though I had nothing to write basically. I had very serious wb, but I just got over it, and wrote down whatever came to my mind. It was my first intention of this story anyway, just to write whatever came to my mind, to let my mind lead the story in any crazy direction possible. I wasn't very pleased with where I ended up, but hey, every once in a while I have to take a crazy turn to make this story interesting. I didn't want it to be a love story with occasional soc troubles, so I let my imagination run wild.
I have to tell you guys that I won't be able to update until Jan. 5th, because I will be taking a trip to Canada, to see my cousins. I will be able to read your wonderful reviews though (hee hee) so please review even though you didn't like this chapter very much.(Flames are accepted, as long as they're not very harsh) I am trying my best not to abandon this story, but it just keeps getting more complicated. When you guys review though, it always makes me change my mind, so here's my thank you's to the ones who always review.
Ponyboysgirl1: I tried to make this chapter as long as I could, but you know about the serious writer's block I had. Thank you so much for constantly giving me ideas and trying to get me through it. You're the best!
Naria4: My hand is getting a lot better, but I'm sorry I'll be gone next week. I will try to update before I go but I can't guarantee it. I am already stuck, and it took me almost a week to get this chapter out. I hope I can get the next one out before I go, or as soon as I get back. Thank you for always reviewing!
Karlei Shaynner: Thanx for saying I have talent, I wish I wouldn't get stuck sometime though. And thanx for the info, I'll probably use it in the next chapter or the one after that. I'll write it in Soda's P.O.V. It might not be much, but forgive me; everything has taken a different turn. Keep on reading.
Tensleep: oh my gosh, now I'm being compared to famous authors! Lol, thank you so much! It is so creepy about ur brother! How can you not sleep in 38 hrs?? All MY teachers can burn in hell. Ok, well maybe not my art teacher, she's nice. Charlotte and Pony will meet, and it'll be hell, don't worry, lol. I decided not to have Summer meet Cherry, cuz I don't really like Cherry, and with the mood I was in, it would have been a very naughty chapter (a lot of swearing!) so yeah. Good luck on ur paper, and Merry Christmas to you too.
Laura: OMG, I WAS THINKING THE SAMETHING. They won't break up, but maybe Summer could be a bad girl for a while, and fool around with Curly, I dunno yet. Give me more ideas!
Jen: Um, summer is already going out with Pony. I think you meant Curly. lol o well. You will eventually come in the story, I just don't know when. lol, it's soon..
Shannon: I will introduce you more in the next chapter, but what do you think so far? So it's out that Darry is single, and now ur his girl. lol, anyway, plz don't hate Rain. Hate my sister.
Amz: I will keep on writing, don't you worry.
Dally's my hero: it will not end when she gets kidnapped! She will come back. I'll just be writing from someone else's p.o.v. when she's gone but she will never abandon her greaser life, she'll just hang out with both socs and greasers. I don't know! I'm kinda confused right now. Sorry, everything will be explained soon, if I can explain it to myself.
Ok, just to clarify, Rain did tell Darry about her little affair, but he was not ok with it. They broke up, and she just lied to Summer about it. Sorry if that wasn't clear.
Thank you everybody for reviewing. I'll try to update before I leave, but I can't promise anything. So if I don't before that MERRY CHRISTMAS!
*I promise that one of my resolutions for the new year will be to update sooner. ;) Happy New Year to you all!