Why are you back?

Disclaimer: I don't own the outsiders. My only character is Brigette.

Chapter 7:

Ponyboy POV:

I knew that what I was doing was wrong, on some levels, but in a way it felt so right! Have ever felt like that? Well, anyway, Angie and I had decided that we would go wondering around trying to find a way to explain everything to our brothers. The way Angie and I felt about each other was way too much for everyone. The gang knew that we liked each other a lot but they didn't know that we were in love, and to lay it on so thick for everyone, especially Darry, Soda, Tim, and Curly would be too much.

"why don't we just say that we're not sure where our relationship is going, but we're sure we want it to continue?" Angie asked.

"ya that works but they'll still ask us individually how we feel about the other."

"oh, ya, I guess you're right." She sighed, "why does this have to be so hard?"

"I don't know." I said as we got closer and closer Buck's house. We were going quite far, but it didn't matter, right now we were just walking anywhere and everywhere.

"hey kid! Where do you think you're going, huh?" a voice came from behind us. Angie and I both turned around to see who it was and we found Buck.

"whatcha want Buck?" I asked. "we're kinda busy trying to find something out."

"Your brothers are worried about you, Dally called and said that if I see ya'll I should tell ya to get home." He said.

"ya well, tell im we're busy" Angie said.

"fine, have it your way." he said as he left.

"that was easy" Angie said.

"Buck Merril does what you tell im to if you say it in the right tone." I told her.

We continued to walk until a couple minutes later a couple of headlights shone from behind us. We both stopped and I could see Angie slightly tense up beside me as we turned to see Dally getting out of Buck's T-bird.

"where the HELL do you two think you're goin?" he asked.

"for a walk, trying to figure things out." I said.

"ya well you try telling your brothers that!" he said as he dragged us both to the car. "GET IN" he shouted.

"I have to admit that was pretty stupid Pone." Johnny said as Angie and I claimbed into the car.

"ya, ya."

"it would have been different if you guys had stayed at Angie's house, but you just had to go for a walk didn't ya?" Dally asked.

Darry POV:

We were supposed meet back two hours later at Tim's place and we were all there except for Dally and Johnny. Soda was the most frustrated, he was pacing one minute, sitting calmly the next, tapping his foot on the floor ten seconds later, and so on and so on.

"Soda calm down, alright? I'm sure they're fine" Steve said.

"Found em." Dally said as he came in the door with Johnny behind him and then Angie and Ponyboy following. "they were walking by Buck's, he called that he saw em so we went and got em."

"thank god you're alright!" Soda exclaimed. "don't you ever do that again!"

"Soda, calm down alright. We were just walking, figuring some things out." Ponyboy said.

"calm down? Calm down? You run out without us even knowing, then we find out you're missing! How am I supposed to calm down?" Soda asked.

"Darry's calm! Tim's pretty calm! And so is Curly!" Ponyboy pointed out. The things he didn't know were that right about now Tim was probably ready to punch a hole in a wall, Curly had smoked about two or three packs of cigs in the last half hour, and I was too upset about everything to know how I felt. Pony and I had been doing well in building our relationship and now I was realizing for the first time that I had ruined it all. After I started dating Brigette I spent less time with him, and because of that Pony felt that he couldn't tell me, or even Soda, about him and Angie, and then tonight he felt he couldn't even go to see her. I had to fix this and I had to fix it fast, otherwise it probably wouldn't be long until Ponyboy ran away from home.

"alright so tell us what you want to come out of this relationship." Tim was asking Angie and Ponyboy when I came out of my daze. I don't know how long I was in a daze, but it must have been a while seeing as everyone was gone except for me, Soda, Tim, Curly, Angie, and Pony. I just hoped that I had said goodbye to Brigette.

"we don't know. All we know is that we're not ready to end it." Angie said. She was sitting next to Ponyboy who was by Soda. Curly and Tim were on a different couch and I was on a chair by the wall.

"ok……… so, what happens now?" Curly asked.

"I say we let them work everything, and we stay out. If they wanna keep dating we let em, if they wanna end it, then they end it." I said. I looked over at Ponyboy and he had a look of shock on is face a smile showed brightly in his eyes, like he could believe I had just said that.

"I agree." Tim responded. "this is the first good relationship Angie has had, and if you wanna keep it, then keep it." Curly and Soda were shocked, and Angie and Ponyboy couldn't have looked happier.

"WHAT?!" Soda and Curly said in unison.

"ya, why not?" I asked.

"well…………." Soda started but couldn't think of a good reason.

"well there's………….." Curly tried.

"exactly." Tim answered.

"well, they're just not right for each other." Curly stated.

"but why?" Angie asked.

"BECAUSE! Jeez does there have to be a reason?" Curly spat.

"yes, there does." Tim said. "so when you think of a good one let me know, until then you have our permission to date." Tim informed Ponyboy and Angie. After a lot of protesting from Soda and Curly we got finally got out of the house at 12:00, and everyone was there, except for Brigette and Sandy.

"so how'd everything go?" Two-Bit asked when we got in.

"great, I think I'm gonna go off to bed, night." Ponyboy said walking off into his and Soda's room with a smile on his face.

"How could you say that?" Soda asked after Ponyboy closed the door.

"what are you talking about?" I asked.

"why did you say that you were fine with the dating?"

"cause I am."

"how?"

"cause I trust Ponyboy. Night guys." I said walking off to my room.

Ponyboy POV:

I was shocked and excited and happy, when Darry said I could continue dating Angie. But, even though I didn't show it, I was disappointed that Soda thought otherwise. I couldn't fall asleep, because I couldn't find out what Soda had against Angie. SODA of all people, especially when Darry doesn't have anything against her. Soda came in about an hour later…

"Soda, what do you have against Angie?" I asked as he got into bed.

"Ponyboy, I thought you were sleeping?"

"I could sleep, now please answer the question." I told him.

"I guess… her reputation."

"Darry got over it. And you know I wouldn't do anything."

"I know, I know. I just can't help it."

"she's a good person Soda." I defended.

"fine, you can date her! But you better be careful, the Shepards are all good people when you first meet them." He said before turning around and falling asleep.

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