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As we arrived at the Matthews' I parked the car out on the street and followed Ponyboy up their porch where he was rubbing his hands together to warm them up. He pushed open the door without knocking and as I closed it behind him I heard Emily shriek and laugh from their lounge room.

"Ponyboy, it was the best!" Emily squealed as I walked in and I saw her throw her arms around Ponyboy who looked shocked. "Pix!" cried out Emily as she spotted me. "It was the coolest!"

I was thrown back slightly as she also threw her arms around me in a huge hug and as she let go I saw she had the hugest grin spreading across her freckled face.

"Please do not do that again," Ponyboy muttered rubbing his neck, still in shock by the looks of it.

"Oh be quiet you," I said with a wave of my hand to my brother as I sat down eagerly on the couch looking to the young girl with enthusiasm. "Juicy details now!"

Emily nodded and grinned broader as she sat down next to me. "Oh it was wonderful!" she squeaked happily and Ponyboy rolled his eyes slightly. "He was the best, so kind and polite, so unlike the guys!" Emily said with a giggle and I too laughed and Ponyboy muttered something to himself. "He likes the same things I do and he was just wonderful, Pixie!"

I beamed at her. "Oh Emily!" and I proceeded to hug her happily. "This is fantastic! So did you kiss?" I giggled raising my brows curiously.

Emily glanced at Ponyboy who's face looked quite disgusted at me mentioning this and then back to me and Emily who then nodded slightly and we both burst into shrill squeals and giggles. It would have been quite entertaining to watch Ponyboy's face had I not been the one giggling and squealing. Emily and I were beaming at each other happily and seemed to be able to communicate without speaking so I imagine we looked quite insane.

After our little fit of loud high pitched noises which were basically giggles of 'Oh my god Emily you kissed him!' and 'Pixie can you believe it?' and then the faint grumbling of 'Kill me now, please,' from Ponyboy, which like I said would have been entertaining otherwise.

We were only there with Emily for a few hours before she had to shoo us off because the boy himself was coming over. Looking quite pleased with herself we, well more me, waved her off and got back into Two-Bit's car where Ponyboy stared at me silently the whole way home.

I couldn't resist but chuckle slightly at his face but he still said nothing. Taking the keys out of the ignition at home I walked up into our house with him trailing behind me, oddly reminiscent of a zombie.

As we entered the lounge room all their eyes turned on us. But before anyone could demand us for the details, or Two-Bit ask us if we had the faintest idea where his keys were Ponyboy spoke first.

"Never, ever let me go someplace alone with those two," Ponyboy said seriously still looking rather blank. "I'm not sure if I can even hear people properly now, it's like a high pitched whistle being blown into my ear."

Throwing me a dirty look Ponyboy disappeared into the kitchen to 'recover' as he had said and I burst out laughing at what he said. They all stared at me oddly as Two-Bit cried out to me in annoyance that I had his keys and how on earth did I get them without him knowing.

"You are slow," I said looking at Two-Bit strangely as I sat down on the floor cross-legged.

Sodapop grinned, he loved hearing me insult other people for some obscure reason, said it was a change from the fond way I call him an idiot. "So what happened with Emily? We want to hear,"

"Minus loud squeals," Steve added hurriedly, his thoughts probably with Ponyboy who was grumbling quite loudly in the kitchen. "I like my hearing as it is,"

I giggled at Steve and threw a cushion on the floor at his arm, "But squealing is fun," I told him trying to look serious.

"Nobody cares," said Darry looking pained that I was making him wait. "Just hurry up and tell us,"

"Not if you're treating me like this," I said examining my nails as if they were deadly interesting.

Sodapop groaned but he still grinned at me. "You're killing us!"

"Yeah," Two-Bit agreed faintly staring at me quizzically, his brow cocked. "How did you steal my car keys? You haven't even come near me all morning!"

"Wouldn't you like to know," I teased him leaning back on my palms.

"I do! It's like you're a witch or somethin'!" Two-Bit said loudly. Looking at me with curiosity his gaze was on my face as if I'd give the answer away. "Seriously how'd you do that?"

"Well -" I began as Darry and Steve interrupted me loudly with a moan.

"Pixie!"

"I was gonna tell him I stole the keys!" I protested looking affronted they'd interrupt me.

Darry's eyes narrowed. "We don't care how you nicked them."

"I do!" Sodapop chimed in merely to tease the other two senseless.

"As do I!" Two-Bit said loudly his head in his hands staring at me unblinking. "How?"

"The trick is," I started when Steve ditched the cushion at my head. "Randle!" I shrieked cowering suddenly.

Steve looked at me innocently. "What, Curtis?"

"Don't do that!" I hissed, although the smirk on my face probably gave away my lack of actual anger.

"Curtis, I didn't do nothin'!"

"This is nothing?" I demanded throwing it back at his head and immediately burying my head in my hands as it skimmed across my hair. "Randle!" my muffled voice shrieked as I giggled slightly.

"Jesus Christ, all that happened was she enjoyed herself," Ponyboy broke through my giggling and Darry's grunts of annoyance as I sat up properly and looked at him, like the others, as Ponyboy spoke again. "That's it. Emily thinks he's the sweetest person alive, he kissed her, she kissed him, she thought it was slightly disgusting at first and he asked her to go steady end of story." Ponyboy said summing it up without shrieks and giggles, quite well actually. "Nothing more to it, and for Christs sake Two-Bit I stole your car keys and Pixie isn't a witch, well as far as I know,"

Rolling his eyes Ponyboy looked around at us shaking his head and muttering he left the room to go upstairs. The room was oddly silent. Darry looked ready to say something but he held back. I think he was quite satisfied with what he'd been told. Since in truth she had done absolutely nothing he could complain about it and by adding that she thought kissing was disturbing probably meant Dar wouldn't lose any sleep over Em for the meantime.

Steve and Sodapop shared a look with each other and I have the funniest feeling what Ponyboy had said had gone in one ear and out of the other because they were looking at each other quite evilly before chasing after Ponyboy crying out 'Who do you like?' Two-Bit on the other hand seemed to be still puzzled on how exactly Pony had got the car keys but shrugged to himself and had settled back down to watching his beloved.

"Two-Bit do you really honestly want to know?" I asked him crawling over to him and handing him the keys.

Two-Bit nodded his eyes not budging from the flickering screen.

"You probably shouldn't have taught him how to steal things," I said sweetly and Two-Bit nodded as though he hadn't heard a thing he said because if he did he should have been running in the opposite direction now. "Because that's how he knew,"

Then I hit him over the head and glared at him evilly and he stared at me looking slightly frightened.

"Sorry?"

"Stop teaching him to be a thief you idiot!" I shrieked, clearly irritated Darry glowered at me for disturbing his reading time. "He's fourteen and he is not to be taught how to steal things no matter how much you call it a 'refined art'," I said quoting him, glaring at him icily.

He hardly looked flustered after that and just stared at me. "You should stop mothering him, it's his choice in what he wants to do, not yours," Two-Bit pointed out like a sort of strict father. But never would the day come where I'd actually take advice from him who was drunk every weekend. "It'll only anger him."

I glowered at him. "I'll mother him if I damn well please, at least he knows I care about him, your Emily," I said, "Doesn't know or even care what you think about her, because she only ever sees you drunk! The day she comes home having lost her virginity and you wish to lecture her you now what you won't be able to! Look around at the example you set!"

"Virginity?" Darry squeaked but the two of us ignored him entirely.

Two-Bit stared at me fiercely not backing down. "Well she's got you on her back 24/7 she hardly needs me now does she, Curtis?" he said full of anger for me. "You just need to relax and let your damn hair down for once Pixie, or you'll find you'll end up old and alone one day without anyone because you nagged them senseless!"

My mouth dropped open and my eyes widened but almost as sudden they narrowed with great dislike towards him and I stood up quickly and suddenly my anger slowly began to show but he didn't back down at all but stood up too and stared at me determinedly.

A/N: Hello. Another update, yay. :) Reviews and any criticism is of course welcomed, I so just spelt that word wrong too.