Chappie 3 now. Originally when I wrote the first chapter I had noooo idea what I would write for the second chapter. I came up with the idea to just link stuff to it the next day, so it was damn hard to think of stuff to match the dream.... like that dang peach tree!! I still haven't come up for one for that but I'm gettin' to it.

And sorry the 2nd chapter sucked. I had rushed it cause I was meant to be in bed and I had school the next day. Sooo anyways heres the story. Hopefully its better this time.

And 2nd chapter was stupid lol. What's the chances of Sodapop washing ALL of ponyboy's clothes?! Lol damn im an idiot. But I couldn't think of any other reason why Johnny would wear a blue shirt?

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Darry gave me a lift to school that morning after breakfast. I hoped I would see Johnny there.

He didn't go to school much and I worried about him. I know he has trouble but what if he drops out or gets kicked out? And he's not qualified to do anything? So then he never gets a job, and ends up in the streets?!

Naw, I doubt it. I wouldn't let that happen to him.

In Biology today I noticed the soc girl I liked (the girl who looks real good in yellow). But a soc guy had his arm around her and was constantly kissing her neck. I think It was pretty obvious they were dating.

I was so bummed out. I felt so empty and alone. It was a crushing feeling. Man I felt lousy.

But it seemed like there were couples everywhere today. Was their love in the air? DID EVERYONE HAVE SOMEONE BUT ME?!!?

I wasn't jealous...Just lonely.

Everyone looked so happy and in love. I wish I had someone to just do those little things that couples do. Like hold hands, or stare into each others eyes, or other stuff...

I felt relieved to see Johnny. Even more relieved when he was with no one. Me and him were probably the only guys in school who didn't have a girlfriend today.

Johnny hadn't noticed the unusually large amount of couples.

He sat with me in the cafeteria.

We didn't say much. We rarely talked sometimes, but we didn't need to because we understood each other.

Except this time? I had no idea what was going in his head.

He looked bothered and worried. And hadn't met my eyes once.

"Johnny is something wrong?" I asked very concerned.

He had no bruises or any other physical injuries from what I could see?

He stirred around his food with his fork and said nothing.

I didn't want to force him to tell me. But what if something was horribly happening to him? Or he was dieing with some disease!!!!

"You're not dieing are you?!" I said a little louder than I had wanted to.

He looked up at me.

I could feel my face begin to burn with embarrassment on how stupid I was acting. Of course he's not dieing!

He smiled, "naw, Pony, I aint diein'."

"Well that's a relief," I smiled.

He looked down, still with a smile on his face, as he stirred his food around.

You know, he's been acting strange for about 2 weeks now? He's much quieter then usual and he looks like something is constantly bothering him.

"Johnny. I know somethin' is buggin' you. I'm always here if you need someone to talk to?" I smiled.

"Shucks...thanks Pony, but you're not exactly the sort of person I can talk to about this..."

Oh man! Was he doing that thing again where he acts like he's sooo much older then me and because I'm younger I won't understand?

"I don't wanna force you to tell me, but I can handle it whatever it is?"

He sort of chuckled, still staring down at his food, "no...I don't think you could. Besides I'm not even sure about it myself right now."

I sighed and looked down at the table. I didn't feel so hungry anymore. I guess it didn't matter. It's always a mystery what sort of meat the cafeteria dude has served us this time.

"When I'm sure of what it is Ponyboy. I promise I'll tell you."

I looked up smiling at him. His cheeks turned a light shade of pink and he looked down again quickly.

Was he blushing? I've never seen him blush. Aww, he was cute! Shutup Shutup Shutup!!

I felt a hand slap down on my shoulder and I jumped with surprise.

It was just Two-Bit.

"Hey, Johnny 'n' Pony!" He did his famous goofy, lob-sided grin.

I said, "hey, Two-Bit," as he messed up my hair.

"Hey," Johnny said.

Two-Bit looked at us both suspiciously. "What's up with you two?"

"Nothing!!" Johnny snapped.

Me and Two-Bit exchanged confused glances at him.

Johnny got up, "I gotta go...I err...left my hat in my locker!" He hurried off.

Hat?

Two-Bit took his place and began eating his untouched food.

He spoke between mouthfuls, "Johnny owns a hat? Why? He goin' bald or somethin'?" He laughed.

Hey, maybe that was it! Noo...stupid Ponyboy, you obviously saw he had a full head of hair!

"He's just got something on his mind," I shrugged.

A girl walked over. Blonde hair, blue eyes, and way too much makeup.

"Hi," she said in an overly sweet voice that made me want to cringe.

"Pony, this is my new girlfriend..."

"Sorry, I've gotta go. I... have to get my hat too."

I got up quickly and left.

I didn't mean to be so rude. I just didn't want to be stuck with two lovey-touchy-feely-googily-mushy-eyed...you get my point.

I walked down a hallway and saw Johnny up ahead. I called out to him. He stopped and turned around, but just outside the art room when the door opened and the art teacher ran straight into him!

The paints she was carrying flew all over the floor, and some kids walking by snickered instead of offering to help. But her tub of pink paint went all over Johnny's t-shirt.

I ran up to them, "are you guys okay?"

The art teacher looked at Johnny, "oh, I'm so sorry! I'm such a clutz! Here let me help you clean it!"

She took Johnny back into the art room and I followed. He sat on her desk, while she went to grab a cloth and dampen it.

I chuckled at Johnny. He gave me that look which I knew meant "Shutup."

She came back over and passed me the cloth, "I'll be straight back. I have to go and get a mop from the janitor's closet to clean up outside."

She left, closing the door behind her. We were alone in the art classroom.

I looked at him, then his pink covered t-shirt, and stepped forward.

I placed the cloth against his chest. Johnny tensed. Should I be doing this? Maybe he can do it himself. Maybe? He's not 2!!!

But I wanted to this for some reason. I looked up at him again and he was staring down at the cloth. He didn't seem to mind so what the hell.

I stroked the cloth up and down his chest trying to get the paint off.

I noticed his once blue t-shirt was turning purple, then to pink.

Just another coincidence. That's all it was.

Oh man the t-shirt was getting really wet. I could feel his chest moving up and down with his breathing, and his heart beating rapidly. I wonder if that was because of my touch?

Whoa, was it getting extremely hot in here or was it just me?

I hadn't noticed how close we had gotten. I could practically feel the heat radiating from his body.

"Ponyboy..."

"Yes, Johnny," I said slowly, meeting his eyes.

Those beautiful dark eyes that were so dark they were almost black.

He stared into my eyes, searching for something. I don't know what came over me, but I sort of leaned in...

"Back," the art teacher came in, and I jumped back quickly.

Johnny looked down at his knees.

She looked at Johnny's wet shirt, "it looks to be all cleaned up. You two can leave now. Sorry again for the paint."

Johnny got off the desk and we left.

The bell soon went to go back to class and we said nothing about the close encounter we just had. And I was glad.

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Fan Fiction doesn't let me do more than 1 space between things so in case you were wonderin' bout the numbers. I TRIED to make it more detailed and made another sort of shirt scene for MrsHoldenCaulfield lol. And I tried a bit more slashiness (if you can even call this whimpy thing slash) for eclipsed. I don't wanna rush into the slash...but this is a pg story so they wont go very far at all. I might make it more slashy if I was more confident. But...right now im still scared bout getting a bad review.
Also I have a habit of making my characters all have the same personality lol. And my own personality usually rubs off on my main character...Ponyboy. Which explains his excessive paranoia if anyone noticed. But he got real paranoid in the book so it fits!