"Oh! Yes, the tour. I almost forgot..." Ponyboy said, in a haste. He paused for a minute, then said. "What do you say, to a night out..." he paused, then said. "...at the Nightly Double?" just then, I came out of my daze over Kashan...and back to reality.
"Nightly Double?"
"Yes, Nightly Double..." he paused, trying to think of what he could say to try and describe it. Then he had it, he opened up his mouth, then said. "Oh, it's a wonderful drive-in movie theater."
"Drive-in?" I questioned, then continued. "Movie Theater?" I thought for a minute, about those two little words and what they meant. As I slowly put the 2 together. "Drive-in..."
"Yes, go on"
"Movie Theater..."
"Yes, now put them all together..."
"Drive-in..." I stammered. "Movie Theater" I stammered, again.
"C'mon; now, don't give up..." he paused, thinking. "Don't give up, practice makes perfect."
"Drive-in, movie theater; drive-in movie theater!" I paused, then exclaimed. "Yay! I can say drive-in movie theater" I thought for a minute, then asked. "What exactly is a drive-in movie theater?"
"Well, a drive-in movie theater is..." Ponyboy began.
"Is it like a regular movie theater? To where: you go in, sit down, and wait through endless commercials for a movie you've wanted to see your whole life...?" I broke off, waiting for an answer from Ponyboy.
"Why yes it is, in a way..." he said, then he broke off; thinking of how to explain it to me.
"What, what? Am I wrong? Was that the wrong answer/way to describe it? I tried my best! Heck, I don't even know what a; drive-in/drive-in movie theater is..." I broke off in a panic, thinking I might be wrong; afraid of what Pony might say.
"Sydney, calm down..." he instructed. Instantly I was able to calm down; I looked at him, dumbfounded.
As he said: "you're not wrong!" he chuckled under his breath.
"I'm not?" I looked at him, surprised.
"Well, you are..." he stammered, in a choke-up voice.
"Oh," I said, feeling stupid.
"...but at the same time you're not," Ponyboy said so suddenly, that I jumped back in shock.
"What? I'm not, too? You're kinda sending me some mix-messaged, here"
"Why, whatever do you mean?"
"I mean... " I paused, trying to think of how to say it. "You say, I am; but I'm not, it doesn't make sense!" I screamed.
"Sydney, calm down; and let me finish."
"You're right about a drive-in movie theater being like a regular movie theater, but you don't go in and sit down to watch the movie"
"You don't?" I was shocked. "Nope, instead you..." he broke off.
"You: what?"
"You can walk or drive, there."
"Fascinating, how close is the building?"
"Building? There's no building, ya silly" he laughed.
"Wait, there's no building?" I said, shocked. Pony continued to laugh—then, he looked at me. I could tell he was embarrassed, with a red-face, he exclaimed.
"Wait, you weren't kidding?"
"No, what made you think I was kidding?"
"Oh, nothing" just then, Darry leaned over—and whispered.
"You'll have to excuse him, Sydney. He lacks—quote on quote; common sense"
"Ooh"
"Hey, I have great common sense!" Pony overheard.
