SIX

Oh god, oh god, what have I gotten myself into? Soda thought as he paced back and forth in the living room.

"Hey, you look real stressed, Little Buddy," Darry hollered from the couch. He had his feet up on the table and was reading the newspaper while Two-Bit and Steve played cards on the other couch.

"Yeah, well you would be too, if you were me," Soda replied. "Is it too early to go and pick her up yet?" It was fifteen minutes to eight, and the movie started at eight thirty. Soda had told her he would pick her up at eight.

"Uhh, yeah. Unless you want to look desperate," Steve answered.

"Oh, who cares? It's better than pacing around here, and getting all worked up. I'll walk slow," Soda said walking toward the door.

"Whatever you want, man. Your life," Two-Bit practically yelled. "Steve you cheater!" he threw his cards down in frustration.

"You're just a natural born loser, Two-Bit," Steve chuckled. "Good luck, Soda."

"Yeah, be back before midnight," Darry reminded him.

"Uh-huh," Soda replied only half listening while he opened the door. As he stepped outside onto the brightly lit porch, the cold air tingled his skin. Good thing I brought my jacket.

He started walking down the street, deep in thought. Before he knew it, he was on her porch. Hesitantly, he peeked through the little window beside the front door before ringing the doorbell. It was really hard to see anything, so he took a deep breath, and pressed the doorbell. It opened suddenly, and there was Roma. She let her hair down, and it was about mid-back length, jet-black, and super shiny. It was obvious she had been just as eager waiting at the door for him.

"Hi," Soda started.

"Hey," she said smiling. "Let's start walking or we'll be late for the movie."

Soda took her arm, and they started walking towards the Nightly Double.

The walk there was a blur, conversations on and on about families, siblings, moving, school, work. Soda realized they had quite a bit in common. He bought them tickets, and they found seats near the back.

Roma got up and got popcorn and drinks, then came back to her seat. She sat next to Soda and he hesitantly put his around the back of her seat.

The movie started, and not too far into it, Soda felt a kick in the back of his chair. Him and Roma turned around, and saw Dallas, smirking. He was sitting in the seat right behind them, with a girl. She wore a lot of eye make-up and looked rough. Her blonde hair was in a high ponytail, and she had bangs in her face. She wore the same waitress uniform Roma wore to work, so she obviously worked at the Dingo too. Her nametag had 'Liz' written on it.

"Hey what're you doing here, Dal?" Soda whispered.

"Heh, picked up some broad, and decided to sneak into a movie for a couple of minutes. No big deal," he chuckled. As he turned to the side, Roma noticed a big, long gash in the side of his face with about ten stitches in it.

"What happened?'' she asked, bewildered. She had just seen him yesterday, and he was fine then.

"Oh, my old buddy Tim gave me that. It's alright though, I broke his arm," Dallas looked really proud. She turned around in disgust.

The entire time, Liz had been chewing her bubble gum obnoxiously loudly.

"Don't worry about it. Dal's like that, don't take him too seriously," Soda whispered to Roma. She smiled, and moved a little closer to him.

About halfway into the movie, Soda turned around, and saw Liz and Dallas making out on the seats. He turned right back around, and pretended he didn't see anything.

When the movie ended, Liz and Dally where gone. Roma and Soda got up out of their seats and walked towards the exit.

When they left the theatre, they held hands and started walking home.

"It sure is a really pretty night," Soda said staring up at the stars.

"Yeah, I had a really good time," Roma replied.

Before they knew it, they were back on the porch. "Goodnight, Soda. I'll see you tomorrow." She leaned over and kissed him on the cheek, before walking back into the house.

Soda walked back to his house, blushing furiously.

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