Lauren POV
I can't believe I just said that. Especially in front of my two best friends. Especially Ponyboy. I feel my cheeks become red as soon as the words leave my mouth. We are all really quiet until Soda comes into the room. I blush even more at his entrance.
"Hey guys. What's up?"
I don't look at him, I just say, "I'm going to uh.. go to the place.. with the food.. and the chairs..and the tables.. yeah.. uh. Bye." I say quickly and exit the room. I breathe heavily as I stand outside the room.
I hear Soda talking with confusion filling his voice, gah how much I love his voice, "What the heck was that about?"
I don't want to hear the answer to his question, so I just run to the elevator. I push the button and tap my foot impatiently. I see Two-bit, Steve, and Darry coming down the hall. I push the button faster.
I hear Two-bit's voice, "Hey! Lauren! Wait Up!"
I look at them and look back at the elevator. The elevator dinged and I quickly got inside and closed the doors. I sighed to myself as I pushed the button to the cafeteria.
Soda pov
I am so very confused right now that it's not even funny.
I ask my brother and Sam, "What the heck was that about?"
They are both quiet, which is unusual.
"Tell me." I beg.
Sam is the first one to speak as she says, "She hasn't ate since yesterday afternoon. Her Dad gave it to her pretty hard last night."
I sigh and look back at the door.
"I think I'll go talk to her and see if she wants to talk about it."
I know that I only want to see her because I've loved her for a long time. I just don't know how to say it to her or if she even feels the same.
Pony interrupts my thoughts about Lauren by saying, "um..Good idea."
I say bye to my brother and Sam as I exit his room. I see Two-bit and the rest of the gang but I want to talk to Lauren. Alone. I walk to the elevator and get in quickly. I push the button for the cafeteria and smile to myself as I picture Lauren's black hair with her beautiful smile. I sigh as I picture her perfect eyes.
Two-Bit Pov
"Weeeelllllll Then! I see how it's going to be Ms. Lauren AND Mr. Sodapop!" I say as I see Lauren get into a elevator, then a few minutes later Soda.
Darry and Steve laugh. I smile as we walk into Pony's room. He's looking a lot better than he's looked the past couple of days. I'm glad to see the kid finally off that freaking tube that he was hooked up to.
"Howdy Kid. Good to see ya awake." I say as I lean against the extremely white hospital wall.
Pony smiles and says, "Hey ya'll. Hey Darry."
Darry gives Pony a hug and they talk for a while and I decide to go down to the cafeteria. Sam and Steve decide to join me. After a couple of jokes on the way down, all 3 of us walk out of the cafeteria. We never expect what we see. Soda and Lauren sitting at a hospital table…kissing.
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