About two hours later I woke up again. It was summer so Ponyboy, Johnny, and Two- Bit weren't in school but Darry, Soda, and Steve were at work. Sadly, Dally was still there so I wasn't to happy. God only knows what he would do to me if we were ever alone.

"Mornin," I said when I woke up. Maggie wasn't in her chair anymore and I didn't see Ponyboy anywhere. Two- Bit wasn't there either, probably getting drunk or something. The only two people there were Dally and Johnny.

"Mornin Lacey," Johnny said getting up to make room for me on the couch.

"Thanks," I said to Johnny as I was sitting down. Dally moved to Darry's chair, probably so he wouldn't have to sit next to me.

"Hey Johnny where's Ponyboy and Maggie?" I asked. Dally was totally ignoring me now.

"They said something about taking a walk."

"Alright so what are we supposed to do all day," I asked to no one in particular.

"You can shut your mouth so I don't have to listen to you complain all day," Dally said giving me a cold glare. Johnny looked a little scared having to be between us. I don't blame him.

"Sorry, look Dally like I told you before, I'm not looking for a fight."

"Well to bad you already started one."

"God do you have to be so stubborn, I don't want to fight you end of story, can't we just call a truce."

"Fine, truce but the only reason I'm being easy on you cause you're a girl and your new here but one more wrong move and your back on my shitlist."

"Fine as long as I'm not going to get my head beat in."

There was nothing good on tv and Dally wasn't being as cold and mean as he was before. I was starting to get bored and Ponyboy and Maggie weren't back yet.

"Anyone want to take a walk with me to find Pony and Maggie?" I asked as I was finally bored to death.

"I'll come," Johnny said.

"Yeah, I'll come but I'll only go with you until we get to Buck's I have to get something from him," Dally said.

" Whatever."

Dally was actually talking to me on the way to Buck's and then he left. We were going through the park when I saw something and burst out laughing. Johnny looked at me like I was crazy until he saw what I was looking at. Ponyboy and Maggie were making out on a tree and the funny thing was they couldn't even see we were watching.

"What do you think we should do John?"

"Well we could leave them there or we could join them."

"What do you mean?" Now in the book it says that Johnny is short but I consider myself tall and Johnny was taller than me. I looked up at Johnny and he looked down at me. I still didn't know what he had meant until he did something I didn't expect. He pinned me to a tree close by and kissed me. While we were making out I noticed Johnny didn't have his scar which must have meant that Johnny wasn't attacked by Socs yet.

I still had time to save Johnny and Dally and maybe even find love.