Finally we got to a house that Ponyboy said was his. It was nice, it might have been a little warn down but it was nice. We had already asked each other's ages even though I already knew their ages.

"Well this is my house, my brother Darry isn't here right now but I'm sure my brother Soda and our friends Two- Bit and Steve are here," Ponyboy said opening the gate to his front yard for me and Maggie.

"Cool," I said.

Maggie went into the house first, then me, then Johnny, and then Ponyboy. There was one on the couch, one on the floor in front of the tv and one in the kitchen.

The one in the kitchen was gorgeous, probably Sodapop, the one on the couch was probably Steve, and the one on the floor watching Mickey Mouse was probably Two- Bit.

"Hey Ponyboy what's up…" the boy who looked like Sodapop said. He looked amazed at us. Just then the other two boys looked at us in shock also.

"Now how'd Ponyboy and Johnny snag two babes like these," the boy who was probably Two- Bit said coming towards us. Maggie seriously looked scared and Ponyboy could tell so he put his arm around her.

"They didn't snag us, your friend Dallas I think was harassing us so they stood up for us and could you please stop all your flirting your scaring my friend."

"Sorry, my name's Two- Bit and who are you baby," Two- Bit asked me coming a little closer.

"Name's Lacey and this is my friend Maggie."

When Two- Bit was about to say something else both Soda and Steve chimed in and started talking to us. Maggie started talking with Soda and Ponyboy and I started talking with Steve, Johnny, and Two- Bit. Around nine Darry came home and boy was he surprised to see us. Darry was really friendly and at about midnight Steve and Two- Bit left. Johnny was going to spend the night but I had no idea what was going to happen to me and Maggie.

"Hey, girls shouldn't you be heading home?" Darry asked us as everyone was preparing for bed.

"Well, Maggie and I don't really have a home, I mean my parents kicked me out of the house for good and Maggie comes with me everywhere I go," I said. Then I thought of something and said, "Do you know anywhere we could stay for the night?"

"You girls can stay here, no problem," Darry said.

"We don't want to be any inconvenience."

"You're not an inconvenience, besides look next to you."

I finally realized what he was talking about. Right next to me Maggie was curled up in a ball sleeping. I said "o" and then what happened next really surprised me. Ponyboy came right up next to me, picked up Maggie and brought her into his bedroom. Then Sodapop said goodnight and went into the same room. Darry went to bed next and said I could sleep in his chair considering Johnny was already asleep on the couch.

I fell asleep as soon as I sat in the chair. Now I'm a very light sleeper but I slept almost right through the night despite the fact that I felt like I was being lifted and put back once during the night. When I woke up in the morning I was on the couch with a blanket over me and Johnny was fast asleep in the chair. Since no one was up I decided to go back to sleep. It had to have around 4:00 when I went back to sleep. The next time I woke up was when Two- Bit jumped on me and yelled at me for taking up the couch.

"Shut up Two- Bit everyone else is asleep," I mumbled and then attempted to go back to sleep.

"Not everyone, I mean you and I are awake."

"mmhumh," I gumbled.

"WHAT' D YOU SAY?" Two- Bit yelled in my ear so loud that the whole house immediately woke up.

"I said stop being a smart ass and leave all of us alone so we can sleep."

Two- Bit just shrugged me off and put on the tv. Johnny was awake and sat next to me on the couch. Ponyboy came out of his bedroom with a still sleeping Maggie in his arms and put her on Darry's chair. I swear Ponyboy just met her and its as if he's in love with her. Then again I still don't know how me and Johnny switched places. Ponyboy started making breakfast as Darry came out of his bedroom and into the bathroom to take a shower. Soda came out of the bedroom he shared with Ponyboy plopped himself down on a chair at the kitchen table. Steve came strolling in and started to arm wrestle with Soda. The next person who came in I was not happy about.

Dally came in cursed when he saw me, pushed me of the couch and onto Two- Bit and then took a seat next to Johnny. Now just to remind you I was basically asleep so being pushed off the couch came as a shock to me. Of course I yelped and Dally told me to suck it up. I ignored him went to sleep again on the floor next to where Two- Bit was.