After Kathleen asking them to meet her back at the pub in three hours at six, Steve, Two-Bit, Sodapop, and Dallas decided to go back to Ponyboy's house and hang out till then. Ponyboy could tell by the way he kept looking at Kathleen that he really liked her, so he decided to see if he could get Johnny to talk to her.
Ponyboy pulled Johnny to the side so Kathleen couldn't hear. "You like her don't ya?" He asked Johnny who just stared down at his shoe and nodded shyly. "Well why don't you talk to her?" "She don't like me Ponyboy." "You don't know that, man. Just talk to her. She seems alright." Johnny reluctantly walked up to Kathleen who was also staring at her shoe. "Uh, hey….Kate." "Hello Johnny," she said with a smile. "I'm real glad ya moved here." "Thank you. I miss Ireland, but I am glad I got to meet you." They both smiled at each other, and Ponyboy watched as his friend began talking more. Ponyboy smiled to himself.
At five forty five Ponyboy brought Kathleen to his house to get the others. He thought it would be easier to do that rather than meet them. They were all outside, some of them smoking. "Kate, this is my big brother Darry. Darry, this is Kate from Ireland," Ponyboy introduced his big brother to Kate. "Nice to meet you, Kate." Darry shook her hand and they all made their way to the pub. Kathleen had snuck into her house to change into the Irish dress she brought with her. Her mother had made it for her, so it had sentimental value. It was made like traditional bog gown with a flowing white top and a full red skirt and matching corset.
"What's that?" Soda asked pointing to what looked like a small metal recorder. "A pennywhistle. An Irish instrument." "Oh." Soda looked slightly confused. None of them had ever heard of a pennywhistle before.
A band was already playing when they entered O'Malley's. Kathleen froze in anger when she discovered who the band was. "Patrick." She hissed. Patrick, the singer, looked towards the door.