Dallas's POV:

Yes, I admit it. I love Rosanne. I really want her, except I know Johnny loves her, and I care about Johnny. Ugh, why does she have to live in the same place I do? Seeing her beautiful face every single day…
If Rosanne and I were to date, I'm afraid I'll end up losing my cool and going off on her, or even worse, smacking her or pulling a knife out on her. If I hurt her, Johnny, Darry, Sodapop, and Ponyboy would kill me for sure. I don't know what to do!

"You love, Anne?" Ponyboy asked me.
"Well, that explains everything," Sodapop says.
I look down with my face red as blood. I know that Rosanne is the only girl I truly actually care about.

I look up. "Well, yeah. But here's the thing. I know that Johnny is madly in love with her, and I care for Johnny and want him happy. If I swipe in and take Rosanne away from him, not only will he be furious with me, he'll be depressed and I don't want him to be depressed again."
I never open up in front of people so for me to be saying all this to Ponyboy, Soda, Steve, and Two-Bit, it feels weird. I hope Steve, Two-Bit, or anyone else don't go and tell Johnny and or Rosanne...
"Well, I think that Rosanne likes Johnny, Dally," Sodapop says.
"Welllll, I've heard that she has a tiny crush on Dally," Two-Bit mentions.
"Do you think I should go tell her how I feel?" I ask.

I'm not nervous to tell her, I just want to know when the time would be right. Maybe if Rosanne and I hang out more I can tell her.
"I would tell her soon, but not just yet," Ponyboy says.

I am gonna make a day where her and I can walk around Tulsa, and at the end of the night we can be watching the stars and then I can tell her.

Johnny's POV:

I gotta find Rose! I know for a fact Dallas likes Rose now. Before, I had a tiny feeling he did and I wasn't sure, but the way he almost killed me because I said that Rose is beautiful just showed me that he likes her.

I've been looking around outside for Rose and I can't find her. I know she isn't inside the house. Who knows where she is at. Maybe she's at the lot. I guess I could check there. That would be a nice place to tell her I love her.

While walking to the lot, I think of ways to tell her I like her. I don't even know where to start to tell her. Maybe I could say 'Rose, you are absolutely beautiful. You make me the happiest guy alive. I love you.' I don't know. I'll think of something when I see her, if I ever find her.

I arrive at the lot and I was right, Rose is sitting at the fountain looking up at the bright blue sky. Her back is facing me though, which is good, I want to surprise her.

I quietly look around the lot and look for any flowers or anything I could give her right now. I see a little patch full of purple tulips. I pick out a nice and fresh looking tulip and hide it in my jean jacket.
I quietly walk over to her. I sit down next to her and put my arm around her. "Hey there."
She looked over at me with a bright smile. "Hey Johnny!"
I'm gonna wait a little bit before I give her the tulip. "So Rose, what are you doing here?"

"I left the house shortly after you came out of the shower. I needed to get out too, maybe get some fresh air," Rose said. "It's really nice out here."
"Yeah I agree," I say. "I had to get out of the house too. Dallas about killed me back there."
Rose's eyes get big. "What do you mean?"
"I was talking to Ponyboy about something, and then Dallas heard me and came out of nowhere and pinned me against the wall. He pulled out a knife and almost killed me, until Sodapop, Steve, and Two-Bit came inside and pulled him away from me," I say.
"What a jerk!" Rose said. She looks angry. "What were you talking about to make him almost kill you?"
My face turns red as I use my free hand to grab the purple tulip. I think this is the perfect time to tell her I love her. Ah man, I am shaking badly.

"I- I want you t-to have this," I say in a shaky voice and hand her the tulip.
Her beautiful eyes get big when I show her the tulip. She smiles so big. "Awe, Johnny. This is beautiful!"
"Yeah, beautiful… Just like you," I say. I know my face is velvet red.
She looks into my eyes. "B-Beautiful?"
"Yeah," I say. I stare right into her eyes. "Rosanne, you are absolutely beautiful. Any guy would be very lucky to have you, I know I would be very happy and lucky if I had you. You're gorgeous, fun to be with, not afraid to stand up for yourself and the gang, and you're just perfect. Now I know you might not like me back, but I just wanted to let you know that, I love you. If you are unsure how you feel about me, that is perfectly fine. I want you to take your time and figure out how you feel about me, no rushes."
Rose looks down with a huge smile and a red face. "Do you really mean everything you just said?"

"Yes I do mean it," I said. "Everything I said is true."
Rose gives me a tight hug. "Johnny.."

"Yes?"

Rose lets go of me and takes a deep breath. "Johnny… I don't know how to say this.."

"Go ahead and take your time, you're worth waiting for. Time stands still when I'm with you."
Rose has her head down and she looks more sad now. This can't be good.