Author's Note: I am truley sorry for the long wait for this update! I hope my reviewers haven't lost faith in me! I had a load of finals but the good thing is that i dont have anymore, except for my earthscience regents but w/e. so this means that i can update a whole lot more. Also, my school ends on Friday so i'll have a lot more time. This is the second part of ch.7. it was longer but i decided to split it into 2 chaps because when the ywere toghether it didnt flow right so yea...

Disclaimer: need i say it? I dont own The Outsiders. I just own Amber

ok, one of my reviewers pointed out to me that the quotation marks are backwards. Yes, i do know that they are backwords. I dont purposly put them backwards, its just that on my computer MicrosoftWord is screwing up and making them backwards. just wanted to clear that up. :)

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and now...on with the story!

Amber's POV
It was half way through the movie and I was pretty much bored out of my mind. To tell you the truth, I didn't really like the movie that much, no wait scratch that. I hated it. I knew I wasn't the only one who didn't like it though. Dally had fallen asleep somewhere within the first half hour of it and Soda had gotten up about 15 minutes ago claming that he wanted a snack. I didn't really believe him though and I figured he probably ditched us to find something a little more productive to do. I looked over at Johnny who was sitting next to me. He was looking at screen but I knew that he wasn't really paying attention to the movie. I think Pony was the only one who actually somehow was enjoying it. All I know is that I had to get out of there before I lost my mind.

"Hey Johnny" I whispered.

"Yea"

'I am gonna go get something to drink. Wanna come?" I asked.

"Sure. Just hold on a minute." He said turning to face Ponyboy. "Hey Pony, me and Amber are going to get some food. Want anything?"

"No thanks Johnny" Pony answered, and with that Johnny and I left for the snack bar.

(Johnny and Amber walking to the snack bar)

"Oh, thank god. I don't think I could have lasted another minute in there." I said to Johnny as we made our way over to the snack bar.

"Me neither. I don't really like movies but I go with the guys because it's a good way to get out of the house."

"Yea" I said, my voice coming out as barley a whisper.

"I hate my home. I don't know if it is even worthy enough for the title of a home come to think of it. I mean my mom ignores me and my dad beats me. That's not what a home is supposed to be like" Johnny said sadly.

"No, Johnny, that's not what a home is suppose to be like" I replied. I had already known about his parents from Ponyboy though. I had asked him this afternoon while I was at his house.

Flashback
Johnny had just gotten up to go to the bathroom leaving me sitting on the couch with Ponyboy.

"Hey Pony?" I said

"Yea"

"Why is Johnny so quiet? And why does he always look so scared?"

Pony looked up at me from the book he was reading with sad eyes.

"Well, Johnny doesn't exactly have the best home life. His parents usually ignore him and when they aren't ignoring him they beat him."

"Oh" was all that I could manage to say.

"And also," Pony began. God there is more? I thought to myself. "About a month ago a couple of Socs jumped him when he was walking home. They messed him up real bad. He's even got a scar to prove it. He is petrified that something like that might happen again. That's why is always so jumpy and scared."

"Wow, I had no idea." Knowing that little bit of information had made me feel real sorry for Johnny.

"Yea, well, Johnny doesn't like remembering that kind of stuff" Pony said. I don't blame him I thought to myself.

Just then Johnny came back into the room and both me and Pony immediately dropped the subject.
End of Flashback

Tears were starting to form in my eyes at remembering the conversation I had with Pony. I guess Johnny noticed because he said "Well, I didn't mean to make you cry. Uhh, maybe we should get off the topic of my life."

I let out a laugh. "No, that's ok. Its just, I feel bad for you. I mean, no one deserves that kind of life." The words surprised me as they came out of my mouth. How can I be telling Johnny that when my home life was worse then his?

"Ah, well doesn't matter. I've gotten used to it. So,what's your family like. You never actually told me. All you said last night was that you were angry at your dad?" Johnny asked questioningly.

"Umm…yea. Well, it was nothing big he just..." I was frantically digging through my mind to find an excuse. I didn't want to tell Johnny about my dad beating me. It was just too early and I didn't want him getting worried about me. "He yelled at me because I failed a test." I said coolly. I hope that worked.

"Oh" Yes! He believed me. I thought to myself.

"So, what about your mom. You never mentioned anything about her." Johnny asked.

O god! My mom. Jeeze why does this kid have to be so nosey.

"I don't have a mom. She got up and left me and my father last year. She said that she just couldn't handle it anymore. I think she went to live with my aunt." I lied. Wow, I was getting good at this lying thing. I guess I could have told Johnny about my dad since he was in a similar situation but my mom, well, I just couldn't tell him the truth. That was one secret that I didn't plan on telling anyone for the rest of my life.

"Oh, I am sorry." Johnny said.

"Yea, me too." I said.

Finally we reached the snack bar and got our food and drinks. On the way back to our seats not one of us talked. The silence kind of freaked me out but I was glad that Johnny wasn't asking me anymore questions.

"Finally you guys are back!" Pony said as me and Johnny went to sit back down in our seats.

"Yea, we thought you guys eloped to Mexico!" said Dally who had apparently woken up sometime within the 15 minutes that me and Johnny were gone.

When the movie was over, Dally got up and left saying something about going over to his friend Bucks house. Johnny and Pony offered to walk me home and I gladly accepted. It was dark outside and I didn't want to take the risk of getting jumped.

The walk to my house was pretty quiet. When we reached my driveway Pony said goodbye but Johnny walked me up to the porch.

"So umm, I had a lot of fun tonight. Even if we were just watching a movie." I said.

"Yea me too" Johnny said.

We stood there in an awkward silence for a minute just gazing into each others eyes. Kiss me, kiss me, kiss me! Was the only thought running through my mind.

"Yea, so um, good night." He said and then he did something that surprised me. He leaned towards me and kissed me! Not one of those long hard kisses but just a sweet gentle peck.

"Good night Johnny" I said blushing as I turned to walk into my house, which I immediately regretted when I saw what was waiting for me.

ok guys, there is chapter 8. I know it didnt answer the cliffy but the next chapter will. If i put what happend in this chap then it wouldnt flow right.
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