Chapter 6

The two of us must've fallen asleep together as I woke up the next day in Ponyboy's arms. We were still in the park, but this time the sun was shining brightly. He was still asleep when I opened my eyes and I managed to gaze at him for a few minutes. He was right; people do look younger when they're asleep.

I yawned as I crawled closer to him, but then I realized that I was still in Samantha's body. And we had promised to tell Ponyboy about the switch. I thought about it. Maybe, just MAYBE, if I didn't meet Samantha today, I could still get away with it. With a sigh, I slid my hand across Pony's hair. "Wake up, sleepyhead."

Ponyboy groaned and mumbled something about Samantha. His eyes were still closed. "Hey Pony, sun's up!" I whispered into his ear, and watched as his lips curved into a sleepy smile. His eyes opened slowly, revealing bits of greenish-gray.

"Hey Sam." He croaked, as he leaned in for a kiss. I smiled and let him kiss me on the cheek. I was still unsure about kissing him on the lips. Samantha would scratch my face, and trust me, with fingernails that long, I'd rather play it safe.

Ponyboy yawned. He stared into space for a while before gasping, "Oh my god! I stayed for the whole night! What time is it?"

I shrugged.

"Oh shoot! Darry's gonna kill me! And school- can we still make it for school? Quick…" He grabbed my hand and jerked me up, "Let's go to my place. You can freshen up there and, and we're gonna make it to school, don't worry!"

Worry? I wasn't the slightest bit worried. Ponyboy should take a look at himself. He looked like he was gonna blow. But come'on, it's just school, it ain't no biggie if he misses just one day. He's gonna get if from Darry though.

Ponyboy puffed as he yanked his front door open. "Back so soon?" Darry, who was reading the newspaper, said stiffly.

"You're not working today?" Pony asked, dumbfounded.

"I was too busy worrying about you last night that I took the day off." Darry made a funny noise in his throat. "Where were you?"

"I, I fell asleep in the park. I was just talking to Samantha…"

"You don't use your head, do you!" Darry roared, as he suddenly threw the papers into the floor. "Me and Soda were waiting for you all night, you could at least have the decency to tell us that you weren't going to show up!"

"I'm sorry, I forgot…"

"You're always forgetting and I'm sick of that! You're aware that we can't call the police or you'd be thrown into the boys home!" Darry breathed heavily, his face was red. Ponyboy just hung his head in shame, and when Darry noticed that, he sighed. "Pony, why can't you just be responsible?"

"I think I'll go out for a minute." I squeaked, as I hastily left. The two of them were constantly bickering, and it made me wonder about my parents. I wondered if they were waiting for me all night, contemplating to call the police or not. They were probably too busy fighting to care anyway.

A tap on the shoulder interrupted my thoughts. I turned and froze when I saw Samantha standing there. "Ok, bub, you had your fun. Let's tell Ponyboy."

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We had to wait for Darry and Ponyboy to finish talking before we got to enter the house. The three of us went into his room and Samantha pushed Ponyboy onto the bed.

"What's going on you guys?" He asked, wearily.

"Johnny has something to say." Samantha scowled. Ponyboy was stunned of course, but Sam was too stupid to figure it out.

"What he meant was that… something happened two nights ago."

Pony stared at me.

"I'm not really Samantha. And he's not really Johnny." Samantha frowned as she crossed her arms. I sighed, "I'm Johnny"

Ponyboy looked flabbergasted. "Excuse me?"

"Something happened, and the two of us kind of switched bodies or something-"

"AND HE SAW ME NAKED!" Samantha screeched as she pointed at me. Ponyboy's eyes widened, he still looked stunned.

"Wait, lemme get this straight." He looked at me. "You're Johnny right?" I nodded. He paused for a moment then punched me in the nose.

"WHAT WAS THAT FOR?"

"You saw my girlfriend naked!"

"It's not like I had a choice! I wanted to shower!" I rubbed my nose as I glared at Samantha, who looked really proud of herself. "Listen, I honestly don't know how to change back! What'd you want me to do?"

Ponyboy growled for a while, but calmed down. "Why didn't you tell me last night?"

"You'd think I was insane."

"How'd you think I feel now? I just went out with my best friend, who's in my girlfriend's body. Oh my god!"

I really wished Samantha would just get out of the room, cause Ponyboy was close to tears, and I wanted to hold him and tell him that everything's fine.

"If it makes you feel better, I never kissed you on the lips."

Ponyboy sniffed, then turned to Samantha, "Johnny, I mean, Samantha, you mind if we have some time to sort things out?"

"Why can't I be here?" Samantha looked really angry.

"Just go, please?"

Samantha paused, then screamed. She stomped out of the room, cursing as she went along. Ponyboy stared at me and we both started laughing. "Told you she's a devil."

A/N: the talk's up next!