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Chapter 7

Gina quickly surfaced and got out of the pool with a handful of water.

"Stop doing that!" she said, throwing the water on me.

"Hey, I can't resist!" I said, shrugging.

"Guys, can we get to the teams?" asked Megan, crossing her arms.

"Yea. Hey, Soda? Want to be partners?" asked Kristen, making the puppy dog face.

"Sure." he said, smiling.

"Yes!" she said, throwing her arm in the air.

I raised an eyebrow, as she realized people were staring at her. She blushed and quickly ran behind Erinne and Nicole. Megan went up to Nicole.

"Want to be my partner?" asked Megan, as Nicole raised an eyebrow.

"Should I trust you?" Nicole asked, crossing her arms.

Megan rolled her eyes.

"I'll let you try to drown me in the water." said Megan and a smile spread across Nicole's face.

"Hey, how 'bout you and me be partners? We can beat all of their asses." said Dally to Johnny.

"Sure, Dal" said Johnny, as Dally lit a cigarette.

Steve turned to Erinne, as she placed down her drink.

"How about you be my...uh...partner." he said, slowly, as she smiled.

"Sure."

Kristen nudged Erinne with her elbow. Erinne turned to Kristen and they both smiled.

"I don't get chicks." I said and Gina turned to me.

"Good." she said, as she turned and walked over to Kristen and they both started talking and giggling.

"I swear, they get annoying each day." I said to myself.

"Hey, Pony. How do you feel about me being your partner?" asked Two-Bit, as Ponyboy raised an eyebrow.

"You betta' not drown me." said Pony.

"You'll never know, kid." said Two-Bit.

I spotted Brenda chatting with a couple of people. I headed over to her.

"Hey!" I said, and she turned to me.

"Hey, Kevin!" she said, hugging me.

"We're going to play Chicken, want to be Gina's partner? She doesn't have one." I said, as she put down her drink.

"Sure, where is she?" she asked, looking around.

"Over there, with those gang of guys." I said, pointing to them.

Brenda raised an eyebrow.

"Gang of guys?" she asked, as she made her way to them.

"Hey Brenda!" came Gina's perky voice.

"Hey." she said, looking over at the boys.

"Who are they?" she asked, crossing her arms.

"Soda and Ponyboy Curtis, Two-Bit Matthews, Steve Randle, Johnny Cade, Dallas Winston, and Brett what's-his-face." I said.

"And Gina is wearing that." said Brenda, seeing that Gina was wearing only a bikini.

"Most guys would kill to see woman wearing that." I said, looking at Gina and crossing my arms.

Brenda glared at me and I put my hands down.

"I'm not helping, am I?" I asked and she shook her head.

Brenda looked over at the boys again. She raised an eyebrow.

"Nice catch." she said to herself.

"Anyway..." I said, grabbing Brenda's arm and dragging her over to Gina.

"Brenda? I thought you were at work." said Gina.

"Today's Sunday." said Brenda.

"Oh, wait what about your classes today?" Gina asked.

"Nah, I re-scheduled them for tomorrow morning." said Brenda.

"So that means, I have to cover for you tomorrow, right?" asked Kristen, coming out of nowhere.

"Yea, but for only an hour." said Brenda.

"Hey, Gina. Want to be Brenda's partner?" I asked.

Gina opened her mouth to say no but I cut her off.

"Great! Now that leaves me and Brett." I said, walking over to Brett.

I gave Brett a hard slap on the back and he glared at me.

"Hey my ol' buddy ol' pal." I said.

"Do I know you?" asked Brett, still glaring at me.

"I'm your worst nightmare if you hurt or touch Gina." I whispered harshly to him.

"Wha-" he started to say before I pushed him into the pool.

"Let's play Chicken! Your on the bottom!" I said, jumping on Brett.

Brett spat out some water.

"Your too heavy, your drowning me." he said, spitting out more water.

"Good. Toughen up, sissy boy!" I said, as the rest jumped into the pool.

"Uh, Kevin? I don't think Brett can hold you up. Your sinking." said Kristen, who was on Soda's shoulders.

I looked down to see that I was sinking. I was about to get off when Brett threw me off his shoulders.

"Damn you." he said, wading over to the edge of the pool.

I grabbed his ankle right before he was about to get out of the pool. I pulled him back into the pool.

"Watch your language." I said, harshly.

"Kevin! What the hell are you doing?" yelled Gina from Brenda's shoulders.

"Nothing! Just having some fun!" I said, letting go of Brett, as he surfaced from the water.

Gina jumped off of Brenda's arms and made her way up to me. She hit me in the arm and went over to see if Brett was okay.

"Brett, I'm sorry about Kevin. He's just a stubborn idiot who doesn't know when to stop." said Gina, helping Brett up and glaring at me.

Brett glared at me and I raised an eyebrow at him. He got up and out of the pool.

"Do you know what? Screw this. I'm out of here." he said, walking towards the front yard.

"Come on, man. Your killing the vibe." said Two-Bit, as he 'accidently' dropped Ponyboy into the water.

"Hey, Two-Bit! I told you not to drown me!" said Ponyboy, after he surfaced.

"I didn't drown ya, kid. I dropped ya." said Two-Bit and he started laughing.

"Brett, wait!" said Gina, running after him.

She stopped and watched him leave. Once Brett was out of sight, Gina slowly turned to me and glared. Oh crap, she's pissed.

"Uh oh..." I said, as she started chasing after me.

I took off and jumped over a chair that was sideways on the floor.

"Get back here!" she yelled, trying to jump over the chair, while I pushed a guy into the pool.

I looked back at her. She tripped on a stone. I ran up to her and caught her. She looked at me and gave me a death glare. I took a step back. She grabbed the punch bowl.

"What are you going to do now? Drown me in sixteen inches of water?" I asked, as she took two steps closer.

She paused for a moment.

"...Actually yes..." she said, slamming the punch bowl down on my head.

"AND IT'S PUNCH NOT WATER!" she yelled.

I took off the bowl and wiped my face with my sleeve. People were laughing and clapping.

Gina's POV

I watched as Kevin headed inside to get the punch off him.

Nice going. He's your best friend. I didn't like Brett either.

You just stay out of this. I'm just going to pretend like none of it happened.

Fine, be my guest.

I looked over to where the rest were in the pool. They already started to play Chicken. It was Megan and Nicole against Ponyboy and Two-Bit. It looked like Megan wasn't putting up much of a fight. I headed over and jumped into the pool. Megan was on Nicole's shoulders and Ponyboy was on Two-Bit's shoulders. Ponyboy pushed Megan back and she almost fell if Nicole didn't grab her legs.

"Ow! Your nails are digging into me, Nicole!" said Megan, trying to push Ponyboy back.

I turned to Johnny.

"Who do you think is going to win?" I asked.

"I'm hoping Pony and Two-Bit will win." he said and I nodded.

There was a yell and I looked to see what had happened. Ponyboy had pushed Megan backwards into the water. I smiled.

"Way to go Pony and Two-Bit!" I cheered, as Kristen and Soda got ready to fight Erinne and Steve.

"Hey, where's Brenda?" I asked, looking around and realizing that she wasn't in the pool anymore.

"She had to take an important call." said Nicole, as she and Megan stood next to me.

"So, who's my partner?"

A/N: so thanx to all of da reviewers! i realli appreciate all of da reviews. i got back from Washington and New York yesterday but i am now going to Colombia (sp?) on Monday and im going to be away for a month but i am taking my laptop with me and will update when i can. please review!