CHAPTER THREE

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1966

"Are you ready to go?" Kathy's voice ventured, into her bedroom. Lisa was standing in front of a full body mirror. She had on a pretty white button up blouse, and a cute black skirt. Both were Kathy's. It was the prettiest thing she's ever worn and she loved it. Kicking at the floor in her slick black heels she had to smile.

"Sure…" Turning around she took a deep breath and gave Kathy a look.

"You look great, kid," She complimented her. "Your hair and makeup came out perfectly, I swear."

Lisa nodded her head and played with the hem of her skirt. "Kathy, I'm real nervous." She admitted.

"Aw, don't be, everything's gonna be fine."

"No, it's not that," Lisa clarified quickly. "I don't know if I wanna do this with Jason, what if he gets the wrong idea?" Kathy gave Lisa an understanding look.

When Jason asked Lisa out on the double date with Kathy and Two-Bit she didn't know what to think, or for that matter say. She looked directly at Jason and saw the hope in his eyes begin to disappear when she held off answering. She didn't even think before she let the word yes blurt out of her mouth. His smile was so wide she didn't even regret it. Until now.

She can't figure out if she likes him any more than a friend or not. Sure, he's got the most gorgeous brown eyes she's ever seen, and he's one of the best looking guys she knows, but she's not all that attracted to his personality. He's super sweet, and nice; he wouldn't lay a finger on her, but he's also quite and unobservant. Lisa would like him better if he was more outgoing and noticed the little things about her. The worst thing is Jason isn't all that funny. That's a total turn off for Lisa, and even though his laugh is adorable and his smile is cute, him not having that well of a sense of humor scares her.

"Just be real with him, if during the date he tries to make a move and you don't like it, tell him." Kathy sat down on her bed and patted the spot next to her. Lisa took it and crossed her legs.

"And if I do like it?" Lisa pressed for more information.

Kathy grinned. "Well, if you do like it then go for it! If he asked you to go on another date, or to be his girl then say yes! Only time can tell with these things, Lisa, it'll all work out in the long run." She promised.

"Ok." Lisa stood up from the bed and took another deep breath. "I'm ready now."

Kathy clapped her hands and jumped up off the bed. "Great!" She gushed. Grabbing onto Lisa's hand, the two zoomed down the stairs into the waiting arms of their dates.

"Damn," Two-Bit commented as the girls raced down the stairs, "I though ya'll decided to elope without us."

"If only we did." Kathy teased with a fake sigh.

"Well me and Jason here almost did," Two-Bit cracked a grin. "Keven came in real quick to grab something and glared daggers at us I swear I though he was gonna kill me."

That one gained a nervous laugh from Jason and Lisa dug her nails into her upper arm.

"Didn't I tell you to stop callin' him Keven, he goes by Kip."

"I don't see why, that's the stupid name I've ever heard." Two-Bit bit back a laugh.

"You and Evie have been spending way too much time together, she said that same thing." Lisa smiled.

"We ready to head out?" Two-Bit stood up from the couch and pointed to the door.

"Of course," Kathy said.

Two-Bit swung open the front door and bowed a little. "Ladies first," He said in a mocked British accent.

"Obviously, Two, that's why we're waiting for you to go." Lisa blurted. The room went silent for a moment until Kathy let out a shriek of laughter. Lisa could feel her cheeks burning up and she cleared her throat.

"Man, you walked right into that one." Kathy snorted.

Two-Bit's face twisted up and he looked like a five year old kid who was about to throw a tantrum. "You callin' my girl a queer, Carter?" He joked.

Lisa shook her head and let a giggle slip. Turning to Jason she used her newfound confidence to grab onto his hand. "Come on, Jay, let's leave these girlies alone."

Jason was so surprised at her gesture he almost gasped. Instead, he stood up with her and the two walked out of Kathy's front door. His heart was pounding so hard he hoped she didn't notice.

"Hey!" He heard Two-Bit from inside. "We're you're ride!"

Lisa's laugh made Jason's stomach clench. "We'll then get your asses out here and do your job!"

Jason held tightly onto Lisa's hand as the two climbed into the back of Two-Bit's Thunderbird. He never wanted to let go.

XxX

"We're really doing this?" Ponyboy asked raising a brow. Everyone had noticed Pony seemed a little apprehensive as they slid after him under the fence to the Drive-In to avoid paying.

"Yes, Pony," Danny assured him. "We're really doing this."

"Doesn't this seem a little overboard, though?" Pony wondered.

"It's nothing but right." Kip Devier snarled at the younger boy as the guys strolled into the parking lot.

"Don't you trust Jason?" Pony continued ignoring Kathy's older brother. He wasn't really familiar with him and truth be told he made Pony kind of nervous

"Yeah, I trust him," Danny explained. "It's just I wanna make sure he doesn't do nothin'."

"What's he gonna do?"

Danny sighed. Ponyboy just didn't get it. He was only a year younger than Lisa and Jason but he was still so oblivious to these kinds of things. Maybe Darry was keeping him a little too much in the dark.

"He means sex and shit." Dally piped up from behind them. Pony's ears turned red and Johnny made a sound in the back of his throat.

"Way to be subtle, Dal." Steve chuckled.

"Lisa ain't like that," Sodapop reminded everyone. Soda and Lisa weren't real close or anything but those few times they hung out when Danny brought Joey and her to the Curtis house she seemed like a cool gal, he knew for sure she wasn't gonna get mixed up with Jason. "Has she even had her first kiss yet?"

Danny's lip curled and he shivered. "I hope not."

"I bet she has," Dally said. "She ain't bad on the eyes."

"Hey!" Danny scolded. He didn't wanna think that Dal was eyeing his sister.

"I'm just stating the facts, man." He shot back.

"When do you even get a look at her?" Kip asked. Kathy was friends with the chick and all the times she'd come over their house to hang out he'd never got a more than a glimpse of her. The seven were now standing around a sea of cars ranging from crappy old trucks to high strung Mustangs.

"Over at the Dingo during lunch hour, her and her friends always eat there." Dally said pulling out a cigarette.

Danny nearly had a heart attack. "The Dingo!?" He shouted.

Dally furrowed his eyebrows and lit up his cancer stick. "Yeah? Is that a problem?" Danny's eyes were flaring.

"Yeah it's a problem! The Dingo is too rough for a girl like Lisa, are you kidding me letting her stay there!?"

Dally didn't bother hiding his angered laugh. "You're fuckin' joking," He snarled. "You're sister ain't my priority, big shot, it's your job to know where she eats her damn lunch."

"Guys, quit screamin' you're attracting attention," Sodapop said waving his hands around. "If Two-Bit and Jason are here with the girls they're sure to know we're here in about two seconds."

"Why don't we head inside to get some pops, cool down." Johnny said barley above a whisper. Everyone agreed silently and the group made their way to the snack bar.

XxX

"Shepard!"

Curly moaned and rolled over on the surface he was lying on, his eyes still closed. He had a major headache and he didn't even remember where he was. He breathed in deeply and triggered his gag reflex. Coughing, he realized he was at Buck's place.

"Curly, you piece of shit, get up!" Buck's voice growled angrily. In an instant Curly was on the floor and moaning even louder. "Tim wants ya."

"Tell Tim he can go to hell." Curly mumbled curling up into a ball.

"Tim, go to hell." Buck spoke. Curly heard a skin on skin whack and he flinched.

"Curly," He heard his brother's voice and wanted to throw up all over again. "Let's go."

"Why?" His eyes were still closed and he didn't feel like moving.

"Because I said so that's why."

"I ain't goin' nowhere."

"Angel needs you." Tim grinned when he saw his younger brother's eyes snap open. He knew using Angela would get a reaction out of him, now he just hopes it'll get him to get in the truck.

"What she need me for, weren't you home with her two seconds ago?"

"She says its stuff between you two." Usually Tim wasn't this patient with Curly, but he knew it was the only way he was gonna get him home before another party started at Buck's and once that happened Tim himself wouldn't even be able to get out of there.

"You're such a bad liar, man." But instead of closing his eyes again, he sat up and leaned on the couch Buck had pushed him off of.

"It's been two days." Tim ignored his accusation.

"What's that gotta do with me?"

"Mom doesn't want you out this long."

"Like mom cares."

"She does you asshole." Tim snapped. Their mom worked hard and was always out, barely home, but she loved her boys to death even if she rarely showed it. Their dad on the other hand could go rot in hell for the way he treated his family.

"Whatever." Curly didn't like talking about their mom; he just wanted the conversation to end.

"Are you gonna come with me, or what?" Tim was getting impatient now.

"Or what."

"You're hung over."

It was more of a statement than a question but Curly replied anyway, "What's it to you?" Tim sneered and stomped over to Curly and threw him over his shoulder. "Hey!" Curly protested, smacking his brother on the back as hard as he could. "Let me go you jackass!" There was no way he was gonna let people see Tim carrying him to the truck. "Dammit, I'll come home!" He gave up. "Just put me down!"

"Ok." Tim threw him to the floor and pushed open the front door taking long strides to where he was parked. Curly clenched his teeth and picked himself off the floor, kicked some dirt in Buck's direction and stalked off to follow Tim. What a crappy two days.

XxX

"How do you think Lisa's date is going?" Debbie wondered aloud as she worked on fixing her chipped nail polish. She was sitting in Sally's bedroom on her bed. They were watching a beach movie marathon on TV but it was getting boring so Debbie shut it off.

Sally shrugged and continued to straighten her hair with Debbie's straightener. Since Sally didn't own one she usually came to Debbie's house to do her hair. "Good enough." Debbie rolled her eyes and bit her lip. She hated how Sally never seemed to care about anything that didn't have to do with her.

"Shit!" Debbie gasped when she'd accidentally slipped and messed up her thumb's paint.

"I'm not that big of a fan of Jason…" Sally admitted, putting down the hair straightener. Debbie cocked her eyebrow and looked up at her friend.

"Why not? He's super cute and not a jerk like most of the greasers in the school."

Sally huffed and threw her hair up into a high ponytail. That was so not true. Jason was a jerk; no one seemed to realize it but her. She had a secret though that she wouldn't dare tell Debbie or Lisa.

She and Jason had a thing a while back and he made them hide it from everyone, no one ever found out. They thought they were just good friend, including Deb and Leece. Anyway, he was always such an ass to her and didn't treat her right. When they were friends he would be super nice to her and they'd have such a great time but when they labeled each other as boyfriend and girlfriend he got all pushy and mean. That's when Sally ended it and Jason was the one who started to whole rumor that she was pregnant last year.

"What even happened to you two?" Debbie questioned. She didn't like Sally talking mean about their friend's soon-to-be-boyfriend. Maybe she was just jealous of Lisa. Sally was jealous of everyone.

"Nothing." Sally barked back.

Debbie shrugged and decided to turn back on the TV, there was no use in fighting anymore. "How's Kelley?"

Sally was thankful that her friend decided to change the subject, but no so thankful for the answer she had to give. "She told me she wants to come home, she might catch a bus or something to sneak over and stay at Danny's until schools over."

"Why?" Debbie seemed really surprised.

Sally shrugged again. "I don't know, she just says she hates it there."

"No I mean, why Danny's?"

"Well they did used to date and I think they still like each other."

"She better stay at her college, your parents would be really mad if she didn't."

Sally agreed. "I just hate how she doesn't want me to tell mom and dad; they gave up everything we had for her to go to college and now she's just changing her mind."

"Tell them anyway." Debbie suggested. Sally gaped in horror. She'd never rat out her own sister.

"No way, I promised I wouldn't." But when Debbie gave her a look that made her think otherwise, Sally was getting second thoughts.

"Did she say when she was going to sneak back?" Debbie pestered for more questions. Sally shook her head.

"All she said was that she'd be seeing me soon, I asked her how she was gonna get out of it and she told me not to worry…" But Sally was worrying. This was college they were talking about; it's not the same as skipping school. If Kelley got caught it would just cause a heap of trouble that Sally didn't want either of the two to be in.

"What if she gets caught?" Debbie knew just the questions to ask to get Sally thinking.

"Damn, I don't know Deb!" She replied hastily. "I wish she'd just stop bein' so high strung and stop messing everything up." Before tears could rush out of her eyes Sally turned back on the TV and tried to forget about how much crap her sister was causing for her. These were the days she wished she was an only child.

XxX

"I can't believe Steve came here without me." Evie said angrily. She and Sylvia were sitting in the snack bar watching Steve and his group of friends staring out the window at either the movie, or making fun of people who were sitting in the cold.

"Believe it baby, they're all queers." She sneered. Sylvia wasn't exactly angry that Dally was there without her, she knew he'd never ask her to the movies; she was expecting him to at least check in at Buck's to see her but he hasn't. She couldn't help but wonder if he really meant it when he said they were over for good.

"I wonder why they're even here, it's not like they have any dates to make out with." Evie announced, watching Steve intently.

"They're just gonna make out with each other I suppose." Sylvia bantered. Evie sighed at her friends antics. Whenever Dallas or any of the guys messed with them, she'd always play the 'they're gay' act.

"Oh my gosh, wait!" Evie said suddenly realizing something. "Doesn't Kathy have that double date with Lisa today!?"

Sylvia sat up understanding what her friend was getting at. "Well I'll be damned…" She smirked.

"They're spying on them!" Evie whispered her eyes wide.

"Oh it's payback time." Sylvia grinned, standing up. The boys were screwed – big time.


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