"Why hello," I smiled. "Totally spaced out there, forgot you were even here."

"How can you forget about me?" Two-Bit asked pretending to be hurt. "Don't ya love me or something?"

"Course I don't, who'd love you," I teased.

"Me?"

I giggled. "You and only your reflection."

"Now hurry up we're going out to Bucks."

"Darry will never let me. And I don't wanna go out tonight anyway," I told him. "And was that asking me or telling me? 'Cause no one tells me what to do,"

"I'm telling you what to do, and I'll drag you there if I have to and Darry's letting you, so just move your butt." Two-Bit said. And the scary thing is he looked deadly serious that he'd drag me there.

"Um, okay," I said looking at him weirdly. "You're serious aren't you?"

"Yes I am." He said then flashing a Two-Bit grin. "Hurry up,"

I rolled my eyes, "Yes, sir," I said saluting him, "Let me get ready, I'll be oh, an hour or two,"

I burst out laughing at his face and promised him I'd be pretty fast and hurried off to my room to go get changed. I'd never been to one of Buck's parties before, well never with permission. Soda, Steve and I did once when my parents were alive and Dally found us and told us to get our butts home or he will skin us alive. But we ignored him and I'm so embarrassed to say we all got smashed and Dally was forced to cover for us. He's never forgotten trust me.

I quickly put on a pair of good jeans, 'cause it's not smart to wear a skirt to a party, really I did once and I discovered how unwise it was. I changed into a singlet top and considered not bringing a jacket but grabbed a light one anyway. I decided to not bother with makeup; it's all a waste 'cause no one ever notices it. I gave my hair a brush and ran down the stairs.

"I am here!" I said dramatically walking into the lounge, "See you later, Dar, I'll be home on time I promise, if I'm not he's drunk and I'm figuring out how to steal Dallys car keys," I smiled.

Darry smiled, to my amazement I thought he'd more be looking apprehensive or something, but oh well. "Okay well have fun, I'll wait up for you,"

"Don't," I told him giving him a hug. "You have to work, Darry, just make Soda stay up," I giggled. "Who cares about him?"

"Charming," Darry said rolling his eyes and going back to his paper.

I grinned and Two-Bit stuck out his arm and I put mine through his. I glanced back at Darry to see him shaking his head and chuckling. Oh well it was all in good fun as Two-Bit led me in the direction of Buck Merril's house. But we both soon gave up with linking arms since he was taller than me and instead his arm found its way around my shoulders. I didn't complain like I normally would because well it was cold, and I should have worn a thicker jacket, but that's me for you, I don't quite think about that.

"So seriously what did you do to let Darry allow me to come to this party?" I finally asked Two-Bit about a block away from the party.

"Nothing." Two-Bit shrugged.

I raised my brows. "Seriously now, what did you do?"

"Nothing, he told me to take you. Says you needa spend more time havin' fun," Two-Bit grinned, "And who better to have fun with than me."

"Oh so not stuck up are you," I said sarcastically smiling. Then I groaned. "Ugh Dals at the movies with Pony and Johnny, if you get drunk I'll have to call one of them,"

Two-Bit shook his head. "Ah I won't get drunk,"

I stared at him. "Two-Bit, it's nice that you'll try not to, but you probably will," I said, trying to say it as nicely as I could, since to be honest the number of times he's said this and its never happened isn't at all funny.

"No really, I won't," he said looking well, serious. Shock I know. "Chances are the regulars are already drunk by now and it's no fun drinking on your own,"

"I can drink!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah you can but you don't," Two-Bit said almost completely ignoring me, "Anyway, if that's what it's gonna be like we ain't staying there."

"And where do you plan on going, Two-Bit?" I asked, I couldn't help but slightly roll my eyes, he was just so odd sometimes, and the strange thing is he took the whole 'going out on Friday' so seriously, well so it seemed.

"Movies,"

"Movies bore me, I'd rather go home."

Two-Bit sighed a loud fake sigh. "Yeah but we can sneak up on the two little rugrats and scare 'em, Pixie, but I suppose if you really want to go home after that I'll take you back."

I smirked. I knew what he was playing at. He wanted me to protest and argue until I realized how stupid I was being and he'd get his way. Two-Bit played this silly little game with me since forever. I'd long learnt exactly how it would go if I followed Two-Bit. I'd end up doing something I didn't want to do and would get in trouble, but I shrugged, oh well maybe tonight was the night to play by his rules, after all you only live once right?

I followed Two-Bit into Bucks party and pulled a slight face. When I was fifteen the thought of going to one of his parties was so exciting. And the only one I'd been to had been of course the greatest, well that's what I'd thought at the time but coming in here now I realized that well there was nothing actually that special about one of these parties.

The majority of the people in the rooms were smashed to say the least, chicks were all over guys, and the only thing that looked remotely interesting was a game of poker some guys who looked slightly sober were playing, even the music was rubbish. It was just loud, I mean I wouldn't classify it as music, it was just stupid.

Two-Bit barely noticed my face, which I think was filled with a look that said this-is-stupid but instead handed me a beer. I groaned inwardly. For starters I didn't drink, Darry would probably kill me and I'd only drunk a few times, when I got drunk at fifteen, at a few parties I had but never really drank seriously 'cept for the one time. And personally I didn't like the taste, I thought it was gross but I didn't say anything.

I had barely had half, which I promise you I was drinking very reluctantly, when I 'accidentally' spilt it. Two-Bit never even noticed, he was on his second or maybe third and was a little tipsy I think. But he'd at last seen my expression of pure boredom and the look in my eyes telling him plainly homework would have been more fun so he decided that we were going to crash in on whatever Johnny, Pony and Dally, if he'd even stuck around, were up to.

"Two-Bit, is it always that boring?" I finally exclaimed about two blocks away from the party and not too far away from the nightly double. "I don't know how you stand it,"

"That wasn't boring!" Two-Bit protested. "You just don't know what fun was if it hit you in the face!"

I rolled my eyes, sure I didn't. "Uh huh, Two-Bit, I just think you're not wholly yourself tonight," I said sweetly.

"Am too!" he retorted.

"Sure you are," I laughed. "C'mon lets race, if you can't beat me your not yourself,"

"Okay!" Two-Bit said enthusiastically.

I held back my laughter. I always beat him, sober or not. I amazingly could run, probably because I never smoked unlike him, that or he was unfit. He had to be a little off his face cos he normally would remember this if he was sober.

"Okay well, ready, set, go!" I cried and ran full sprint ahead.

I was laughing loudly by the time I reached the nightly double. He was far behind me but was slowly catching up as I halted to a stop he came next to me and glared at me, he knew I was right. I giggled and threw my arms around him.

"See you should always listen to me, but I forgive you," I declared.

Two-Bit laughed and we snuck around to the hole in the fence where we normally entered. I used to feel bad about not paying but unlike the others guys who do that just 'cause they feel like it I realized that I could because I never watched the movie anyway so why waste money getting in when you wouldn't see what you paid for? So I never bothered no more.

Once I'd gotten through I stood up and brushed myself off. Waiting for Two-Bit we then set off for the seated section inside the nightly double. We passed all the cars and I few people I knew gave me a bit of a wave or a nod and I did the same back. A couple of soc's eyed us but we ignored them totally and finally landed by the seats.