K I was bored and I just wrote this.

I ran into the Curtis house full of unmistakable glee. Standing just inside the door, I grinned stupidly but secretively at everyone, and they all stared back at me slightly confused. After a few moments, Darry went back to reading his paper and Two-Bit went back to his Mickey Mouse and beer. Dally eyed me up and down in that teasing way of his as he always does and even though Johnny didn't say anything, I could tell he was wondering why I was so secretively happy. Steve and Soda walked out of the bedroom with the remnants of a pillow fight (feathers) still stuck in their hair. Ponyboy walked out of the kitchen with a pepsi and sat next to Johnny. Sitting down in the only available seat, right between Dallas and Two-Bit, Dally finally looked at me and said, "Well?"

"Well what?" I said slyly.

"Why are you so annoyingly happy?"

"Annoying? Me? Why I never!" I joked.

Without taking his eyes off the TV Two-Bit took Dally's side, "If you're not gonna tell us what you're all smiley about then stop smiling."

"Aww, Two-Bit. Since when are like that?"

"Since I was being destracted while trying to watch Mickey Mouse."

"Phhhht!" I blew him a raspberry.

"Alicia," Darry finally piped up, "if you don't keep that ongue in your mouth I'm gonna cut it off."

"You're so mean to her sometimes Darry," Pony said. Johnny nodded. They always stick up for me. No matter what the situation. I watched as Sodapop and Steve armwrestled and when Sodapop finally claimed victory he kissed his biceps and and winked at me. Steve finally took notice of my bliss and questioned me.

"What's up? You get laid or something?" That was so a Steve thing to say but it still bugged me…normally it would I mean, but not that time.

"Steve!" Sodapop and Dally said in unison. They both hated it when Steve said things like that about me. Dally's not really the friendliest guy in the world, but for some reason we just click. I looked at Johnny, who's jaw was dropped open at Steve's indecent accusation. Ponyboy looked pleadingly at Darry who was already glaring at Steve.

"That's the last time you say anything like that in my house buddy boy. I don't care if your Soda's friend or not, under my roof we respect members of the opposite sex.

"Don't worry about it guys."

"Will you shut-up!" Two-Bit said annoyed. "I'm tryin to watch Mickey!"

"So why are you so…jolly?" Dally asked again.

"I can't say yet."

"Why not?"

"Because nobody's asked me the right way yet."

"Alicia, will you please tell us why your so happy?" Pony tried.

"Nope."

Darry looked at me and shook his head tiredly. "You're so stubborn."

"Yup. That's why I can't tell you. You're not up to the right standards….yet."

Johnny looked at me with his big, black eyes, "What do you have that we don't?"

"Finally someone asks it right!" I said.

Everyone looked at me. "So?" Pony asked.

"Okay, you really wanna know what I have that's makin me so happy?" Everyone nodded. I stood and walked to the other side of the room, where no one else. I rubbed my chin thoughtfully, mocking a college professor. "Are you sure you really want to know?"

"Just tell us already!" Steve said.

"Okay…how do I put this…" I reached in my coat pocket and retrieved a big bag of… "jellybeans!" I grinned like a maniac.

The entire contents of the room stared at me stunned for a moment until Sodapop shouted, "Get her! Doggy pile!"

At the exact same time everyone in the room charged at me and jumped on me, wrestling for the jellybeans.

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