Chapter 4
Francesca's POV
It is my fifth day here in Tulsa.
Darry and Soda are at work and I'm going out with Pony, to a place called Windrixville.
He said he really wanted to show me a church or something like that...
We're supposed to come back home late tonight, because it takes 2 or 3 hours to get there.
-Do you remember that article about me and Johnny you read yesterday? Well, it's actually about our adventure in Windrixville.- Pony says while eating his breakfast.
These 3 boys are actually heroes. I'm starting to love Pony and Soda like little brothers, and I have a huge crush on Darry, and it's getting better day by day.
Last night, after doing the washing up and everything, we started talking a little bit.
Last night, Darry and I were on the sofa, next to each other... it's not much, but...
Before going to bed we gave each other a goodnight kiss on the cheeks, and I blushed, and he SAW that!
I think he likes me too, at least just as a friend. He doesn't mind talking to me about his parents, his brothers, and his problems as well.
My parents called me this morning, and I told them I'm staying with 3 boys, they're all cute and smart, and I told my mom about Darry. She just said that as long as he treats me well, as long as these guys treat me well, she'll be happy because I'm actually finding out more about the people in this country.
Pony and I are ready to go to the train station. He looks so excited and worried at the same time.
That guy is quite misterious...
Ponyboy's POV
She's like a fresh breeze in our dull lives, and since she came here, there hasn't been any fights between me and Darry, between Greasers and Socs, between anyone.
I kinda like the fact she likes my oldest brother, I'd love her to be my sister-in-law.
She's very smart, and we all feel so comfortable talking to her.
As we jump down the train at Windrixville, she smiles at me and says: -I like this place!
I want her to know more about me, about us.
-Now, we have to climb up that hill, can you see it?-
-Yes! God, fresh air is what I need!-
She told me she doesn't like sport, but loves walking in the nature.
She doesn't mind getting her shoes dirty.
It's now 1 o' clock in the afternoon, and we have just gotten to that church, which is now ruines, like an old monument or something like that.
Stay gold Pony...
I hear a voice in my head, and then anything else. Francesca's talking to me, but I can't hear a word. I'm hypnotized.
Stay gold Pony...
It's Johnny's voice, I can hear it so clearly.
I'm staring at what was once a church, and a single tear runs down my face.
-Johnny, where are you?- I can't even realise I'm calling Johnny.
Fanny's worried, she looks scared but gets closer to me and pulls me in a hug.
-Don't worry Pone, I'm here...-
She now reminds me of my mom, comforting me after I fell down a tree...
I'm calm now, but for 5 or 6 minutes all I could do was crying.
-Honey, you look so tired and hungry. Why don't we just sit down here on the grass and eat those sandwiches?
-'kay...-
We eat and talk, talk, talk. I talk and she listens.
While walking around the fields, I tell her everything about Johnny.
-Pony, we both had tough lives even if we are young. You saw your parents and your friends go away too soon, and I saw the war (World War 2).
I left my country, my friends, my parents are all that I have here.
At the University I got to know some girls and we sometimes hang out, but they're not friends.
People just don't want to be too close to an Italian girl...-
-They don't know what they're missing!-
She smiles and hugs me again.
Darry's POV
It's 7:30 and I hear the door opening.
It's Pony and Francesca.
-Had a nice day guys?- Soda says and grins.
-Honestly, one of the nicest day I've ever had.- Fanny smiles at me after saying so.
I want to know what they did today, we'll probably talk about it later...
Fanny's beautiful, she's really smart, doesn't need too much make-up and likes wearing comfortable but nice clothes.
I still don't know if she's my type. I'm more an active person, while she enjoys reading and loves history. She's very cultured and indipendent.
Ok... If I think about it, I would need a girl like her in my life, who can help me out with the bills: after finishing University and finding a good job, of course.
I don't like spoilt girls who just want to be treated like princesses. If a girl is spoilt, she will never be treated like a princess.
A girl like Francesca... well, maybe.
They tell me everything about their day at dinner. Pony cried, Fanny comforted him, they had a nice walk through the fields and got to know each other better.
I find it interesting that the Fanny suffered during the war, when she was a small child... I don't like it, I'm sorry of course, but that means she's really down-to-earth.
And then, after that war, cholera took her sister and best friend away...
-You're a good cook, Darry- she tells me while we're watching tv on the sofa, like yesterday.
I don't know why, but the gang hasn't been here for two days, only briefly this morning when Pony and Fanny were still asleep.
And then, my brothers are doing it on purpose. They leave me alone with this girl.
After a while, she tells me she's tired and gets closer to me to give me a goodnight kiss... but this time, not on the cheek.
She accidentally kisses me on the lips. -Darry, I'm sorry, I'm so embaras...-
She doesn't stop her sentence, because I kiss her back without meaning to.
Ok, from now on things are getting a little more private, but it WILL NOT be vulgar.
I promise, I want to keep the story enjoyable and cute.