I'm fifteen now. Steve and I are getting ready for our first high school dance. "How do I look?" I
asked Steve. "Great," he laughed. "Steve? You know when we where little kids? And we made a
deal that we'd never like girls? The deal's off, right?" I asked. Steve started laughing. "I forgot about
that! Yeah, the deal's off. 'Cuz I must say, that Evie is quite a chick!" he said. I shook my head.
"Nah," I smiled. "Sandy's the cute one," I said as I playfully punched him in the arm. When we got
to the dance, we noticed that some of the kids were staring at us and laughing at us. We tried to
ignore them, even though Steve had the urge to go over and punch them in the face. When a slow
song came on, Steve and I got up the courage to ask the girls to dance. I walked nervously over to
Sandy. "Uh...do you wanna dance?" I asked her. I could feel myself blushing. "Sure," she smiled.
She laughed a little. Her laugh was soft, unlike most of the other girls at school. I took her over to
the dance floor. I put my hands on her waist. And she put her arms around my neck. My heart was
beating hard and fast. I looked over at Steve who was dancing with Evie. I wished I could relax.
Man, I was so tense. After the dance, Sandy, Evie, Steve, and I walked home together. When we
got to Sandy's house, she pulled me aside for a second. "Tonight was really fun," she smiled. She
had beautiful china blue eyes. Then she gently kissed my cheek and went into her house.
Steve came to my house after we took Evie home. We went into Darry's room. "Darry, at
the dance, some of the kids were laughing and staring at us," I told him. "Were they the richer kids?"
Darry asked. I thought back to the kids. The fancy cars parked outside and the Madras that the
kids were wearing. These are what stood out in my mind. "Yeah, I guess they were the rich kids," I
answered. "They're what us people on the East side call 'the Socs'. And we're known as the
Greasers," Darry explained. I thought about that for a second. We had been treated differently ever
since junior high. But I just hadn't paid much attention to it. "I could've fit in with the Socs if it wasn't
for this family. Our money. Our status," Darry said sadly. Steve gave me a weird look and I could
tell he was gonna burst out laughing at Darry's little speech at any second. "Right, thanks Darry," I
said quickly and we hurried out of the room. The minute we got out the door, Steve fell on the floor
laughing. "Come on, you goof!" I laughed as I dragged him up off of the floor.
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