Authors Note: hey guys..well...looks like i didn't update when i said i would but look on the bright side, at least it took me less then a week to post the next chapter lol. Anyway, some of you may find this chapter a little boring but i think that this is the second to last chapter. I think that the next chapter will be the final chapter but i'm not sure.

Disclamier: I don't own The Outsiders characters, but i do own a copy ofthe book and DVD! lol.

Thank Yous: I don't have enough time at the moment to thank each person individually but i just want to give shout outs to: Cjnew91, XAmberX, DramaticAngel ( i'm glad you like my story. I love your stories "Witches of Tulsa" and "BringMe To Life"), Maggie (I tried to get some more Johnny/Amber action in but i really am no good at writting romace stuff. but anyways i'm glad you liek my story), fizzyworms ( i love your story "A Twist of fate") and tikagem ( i'm glad you like my story. And i know what you mean with the i am and I'm. Sometimes i don't think straight and i write I am instead of I'm when i really meant to write I'm. wow, that sentence sounds really confusing lol). Thank you all for reviewing and reading my story! You guys are what inspire me! hope you like the next chapter.

Amber's POV

The six of us arrived at the movie theater at around six to find Dally right where Johnny and Pony had left him. He was talking to two girls; one with brown hair and one with red. I recognized the two girls as Cherry and Marcia. Pony had introduced me to them a few weeks ago.

"Hey Dal" Johnny said walking up to the older greaser.

"Hey Johnnycakes" Dally said.

"Amber and the rest of us are going out to The Dingo for dinner. You wanna come?" Pony asked.

"Sure" Dally said.

"Well babe, looks like I got to go" Dally said turning to face Cherry.

"Oh I am heartbroken" she said.

"I bet you are" Dally said with a smug smile on his face. He whispered something in her ear and from the look on her face I could tell it was probably something dirty.

"Don't you ever talk to me like that again you greasy hood" Cherry shouted. She slapped Dally hard across the face and then turned and walked out with Marcia.

"Dally, when will you ever learn?" I asked him as he walked over to me, rubbing the side of his face where Cherry had slapped him.

"Never" he said smirking and putting an arm across my shoulders.

"That's what I thought" I mumbled to myself as the gang and I headed for the Dingo.

It was only about 2 blocks away so we got there fairly quick. Once inside, we sat down at a table near the back of the restaurant. A tall, brunette, waitress came over to our table and took our order.

"Hey, I am your waitress Kelly. What would you like to order?" she asked with a huge smile on her face. Dally opened his mouth to say something but Darry cut him off.

"We'll have 8 cokes and 8 burgers with fries" he said. The waitress nodded, smiled, and walked away from the table.

Dally gave Darry an annoyed look and said "Why'd you cut me off super dope? I was just going to ask for her number."

"Just her number? I have a feeling that you would have asked for a lot more" Darry said. Dally just smiled, turned around and started talking to Johnny.

Ten minutes later, the food had come and quickly, we all ate. It was 7 o'clock and still light outside by the time we all finished.

"Hey, I was thinking, since it's still pretty early and all, do you guys want to go down to the lot and play a little football?" Soda asked.

"You know, that sounds like a pretty good idea kid brother" Darry said.

"I'm in" Steve said.

"Us too" Two-bit and Johnny said.

"What about you Ponyboy?" Soda asked looking at his younger brother.

"Yeah sure" he said.

"Well, I'm out. I think I'm going to go over to Buck's house. He's having another party tonight." Dally said.

"When does he not?" I heard Ponyboy mutter from beside me.

I had heard about Buck Merrill before. He was a 20 something year old who lived on his own and threw house parties 24/7. Mainly people went there to get drunk and have a good time. Darry had told me and Ponyboy that he'd skin us if he ever caught us at one of Buck's parties.

"Well, see ya round Dal" Johnny said as Dallas got up and walked out of the Dingo.

"Are you going to be playing Amber?" Soda asked laughing.

"I don't know. Maybe" I said smiling.

"Really?" he asked startled.

"Yes. Why the startled face?" I asked.

"Well….I just thought that since you were a girl and all, you probably wouldn't want to get all dirty or break a nail or anything."

"Yeah, well, it's time you get that stereotype out of your head Sodapop Curtis. Girls can play football if they really want to, without caring if they break a nail or get dirty." I said in a matter-of-fact voice.

"Ok then, lets go play some football!" Two-bit shouted running out the door of the Dingo. The rest of us followed, running all the way to the lot.

"So, you know the rules of the game?" Two-bit asked me as we got into our positions. I was on his team along with Ponyboy. Soda, Darry and Steve were on the other team. Johnny had decided to sit on the sidelines and watch.

"Not really,but I'll figure it out. It can't be that hard." I replied. I got in position, Darry threw the ball, and we were off. (A/n: as you can tell, I am football- retarded so I'm just not going to write the game part lol).

The game last for about an hour before we all got tired. My team ended up losing but it was still really fun. I tackled Soda a few times and I even intercepted the ball and scored a touchdown!

It was getting dark out so Darry said that we had to leave. I walked over to Johnny and started talking to him.

"So, what did you think? Did I do good?" I asked.

"You did great" he said giving me a quick kiss.

"Aww thanks, but I know your only saying that because you're my boyfriend."

"No, really. Your really good. I mean, you practically killed Soda when you tackled him. I'd sure hate to have you angry at me." Johnny said and I laughed.

We were about a block away from the Curtis residence when Ponyboy said "Hey Amber"

"Yeah?"

"I bet I could beat you to the house"

"Oh yeah. I bet you can't" I answered then bolted down the block. Within seconds, Ponyboy was running right next to me. He passed me and quickly opened the rusty metal gate leading to his house. He ran up the steps, me right behind him, when he came to an abrupt halt. He stopped so quickly that I crashed into him and fell to the floor.

"Oww, why'd you stop?" I said as I stood up brushing the dirt of myself. He stood motionless, mouth open wide, standing in front of the door way for a few seconds, and when he didn't answer I decided to see for myself. I stepped in front of him and looked into the house. What I saw at that moment was more horrifying than anything else in the world.

oh, cliff hanger hehe. Read and review guys! also, i am taking a poll since the next chapter will be my last (most likley). when you guys review i want to know if you want me to write a sequal. thanx. ciao xoxoxo

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