Ok so I was doing the math and Rain is turning 18 cause when I started the story she was 16, but I accidently put the year 1950 as her birth year when it would actually be 1949 considering her age throughout this story… I apologize and- for those on wattpad- have edited the intro chapter and- for those on fanfiction- have edited the story summary… again, I apologize, and that's how you know I'm bad at math, that I can't do simple arithmetic like that. Anyway- last chapter! (not including my bonus chapters)

"Happy Birthday, Rain!" someone called and woke me up.

I shot up in my bed and screamed. I heard a few different laughs form the hallway. I grabbed the pillow on my bed and threw it in the direction of the hallway but saw two figures run and dodge the flying pillow, laughing their heads off and the pillow landed on the floor.

I looked at the clock… 7:03am… I got up from the bed and went to the hallway to get my pillow. When I got to the hallway, cups of water dumped on me. My jaw dropped and my eyes closed. I opened my eyes, turned around and saw Sodapop and Ponyboy grinning innocently and walking backwards slowly. I shook my head and smirked a bit, "You two are so dead." I started running toward them and they turned and ran in the other direction. It was all in good fun, they could tell I wasn't fully mad, but I was going to get them back somehow and sometime in the near future.

"Darry, help us!" Ponyboy laughed as I chased them to the living room.

Darry came in from the next room and laughed at the scene in front of him, "What did you two do to her?"

"Just a little birthday prank," Pony laughed.

"Little prank?" I asked. I turned to him and tried be serious, but I was holding back laughter. "You two dumped cups of water on me!"

"It was just four cups," Soda shrugged.

I shook my head and laughed, "I'll get you two back somehow. So watch your backs."

I turned back to my room and grabbed a towel on my way there. Thankfully, they didn't get my hair too wet so that made drying myself off a little easier. I changed into blue jeans, gray undershirt, blue button up with the sleeves cut off, black converse, a white sweater, leather cuff, gold locket and blue string bracelet. Like usual, I combed my hair and braided it to the side over my right shoulder.

I glanced again at the clock… 7:50am… everyone else would be coming soon like they did every morning so we could all walk to school. I went back out where the three brothers were and sat down at the table with them for breakfast. "You're not planning on getting us back just yet, right?" Sodapop asked, obviously holding back laughter.

I smirked a bit. "We'll see… that's for me to know and you two to find out."

"Maybe I can help you get them back," Darry laughed.

Ponyboy gave a shocked expression at his oldest brother, not used to his playful nature, "Darry?!"

Evie, Steve, Candy and Marilyn came walking into the house all saying their good morning's. Suzie and her family had gone out of state. Her brother was stationed now in a base in Georgia and his commanding officer had given him a chance to visit his family if they were willing to go out to Georgia. It took Suzie and her family a week to plan it after he wrote to them about it, and they would be there for about two weeks, three tops.

"Happy Birthday, Rain!" Candy smiled and hugged my shoulders.

I laughed and hugged her back as best as I could, "Thanks, Candy… you're the first person to wish me happy birthday without an unwanted surprise."

She gave a confused look. "What do you mean?"

"I'll tell you later," I answered trying not to laugh, but failed miserably.

…after school…

Soda and Steve went to their shift at the DX, Evie and Candy went to theirs at the Dingo, and Ponyboy decided to come with me- hesitantly since I hadn't gotten him and Soda back yet- to my shift at the bookstore. When we got there, Marilyn was already there with Sandy. "Hey you two," she smiled.

He smiled at the two then went off to look through the store and I went behind the counter where Sandy was. "So did the rest of them plan anything for you today?" Marilyn asked and leaned on the other side of the counter.

I chuckled, "I think you would know more than me."

"I was talking with Darry the other day and he said that whenever one of you turns eighteen, that you all do something really special for them," Sandy shrugged.

That was true. It was sort of a tradition. The first of any of us was at most five years ago when Darry turned eighteen. It was still just the eight of us at the time before Evie, Candy and Suzie started hanging out with us and when Dallas and Johnny were still alive. Mr and Mrs Curtis had started the tradition, mostly because he was their oldest son. But we all agreed that we should do a special something or party for that person when they turned eighteen since they were then officially an adult. His special thing was that he got his truck that year. We did special things also when Two-Bit, Steve, Soda and Evie turned eighteen- and we would all the way till Ponyboy turned eighteen.

I shrugged, "Well, if that's the plan, I've been told nothing."

…two hours later…

We all got back to the house around 5:30. Evie and Candy got there last and when they did, they looked like they were ready for some party or something. "Alright, Rain- go get changed," Evie commanded.

The rest of us exchanged confused looks. "Changed for what?" I asked and stood up from the couch.

Candy rolled her eyes and chuckled a bit, "We're taking you out to this new place that opened in Oklahoma City. It's a restaurant and a dance place."

"A dance club?" They both nodded. "Ok, I appreciate but one: I can't dance. Two: what about everyone else?"

"Well, whoever wants to come can if they want to," Evie shrugged.

I gave everyone else in the room a pleading look and- with the exception of Marilyn and Darry- they all nodded their heads. "We're too old for those dance clubs," Darry laughed, "Besides, there's something important the two of us have to take care of… it's in Oklahoma City so be back by eleven. That's enough time for you guys to get there- which takes an hour and a half, and then later on come back with enough time for you all to do whatever."

We all nodded and went off to go change. Evie, Candy and Marilyn all followed me to my room to help me choose what I should wear, mostly cause I didn't know how to dress for one of those places. I changed into blue jeans with a waist that was higher than most that I wore and the bottoms were a little wider than the usually were, a shirt that Candy lent me that was black and had no sleeves and was short- but thanks to the pants, nothing showed, which I was perfectly happy with- and black boots. I put on the gold locket, leather cuff and blue string bracelet. Evie tried to straighten my hair, but after arguing with her about it for about five or ten minutes, we agreed that she would do nothing to it as long as I left it out.

We all got there about 7:30. We had taken Steve's car, which, shockingly got us to Oklahoma City without a problem or breakdown. We took his car for a few reasons though. One: his car had pretty good mileage on it. Two: we couldn't take Darry's truck since him and Marilyn needed it. Three: it fit all six of us without a problem.

When we got there, I could hear the Bee Gees playing from outside. There were other people who looked our age outside, most of them holding beer bottles in their hands, and the others had colorful clothes that we would always see those weird hippies wearing nowadays. Steve parked and we got out the car and went inside. The place was packed. There were blinking colorful lights, loud music, and people drinking. It reminded me of the one time I had gone to Buck Merrill's place. "Remind me why y'all chose this place?" Soda asked Candy and Evie. Candy shrugged at her boyfriend and Evie ignored his question and went over to Steve. If you asked me, they both probably had no clue why they chose it.

…three hours later…

"That wasn't as bad as I thought it would be," I admitted to the two other girls.

"I agree with Rain… but let's never go back," Steve said.

"Agreed," the rest of us said at the same time.

We got back to the house about 10:45. The club was actually alright- with the exception of a few things. The six of us basically stayed together the whole time. There were hippies throughout half the place, and almost every hippie that was there was did some sort of drug at one point while they were there. The other half of the people there were either drunk or one drink away from drunk. Then there were some people who were dancing where they might as well have been in the backseat of a car or in a bed. Not a dance floor of any type. Or even in public.

When we got back, I changed out of what I wore into gray sweatpants and a Rolling Stones t-shirt. By the time I got back to the living room, everyone stood up, blocking the door and windows. I gave a confused look, "What's going on?"

"Your birthday isn't quite over, and we have one last surprise for you," Marilyn smiled, "Go outside and you'll see."

Everyone moved so I could get out the door and I did as I was told. I went to the porch and turned on the light, but nothing happened. "Just wait," someone said from the doorway. I walked down the steps and a figure came in through the gate. I gave another confused look till the figure's clothes and face was shown by the porch light. I covered my mouth with my hand, "Oh my gosh…"

"Happy Birthday, Rain," Two-Bit smiled.

I know this'll sound cliché, but cliché's are based off of real life events.

I bit my lip and ran to him, wrapping my arms around his neck and burying my head in his neck, "I missed you so much…"

He wrapped his arms tightly around me. "I missed you too… and now that I'm back, I can do this." He let go of me and set me down on the ground, then dug around his military uniform pocket and took out a little blue box. He held the box in front of me, "Raina Johnson… will you make me the luckiest guy in the world… and marry me?" He opened the little blue box, which exposed an engagement ring.

I let out a slight chuckle and covered my mouth with my hand. I tried to answer but my answer was caught in the middle of my throat. "Yes," I choked out, smiled and nodded. He slid the ring out of the box and onto my left ring finger. I smiled and bit my lip again. He cupped my chin and pressed his lips against mine, I wrapped my arms around his neck.

I thought I saw a few flashes from the corner of my eye throughout the entire thing, no doubt about it, but chose to ignore it this time. He pulled away and looked at me, "There is something I have to admit to you though."

"What is it?"

"Ya know how in my last letter, I wrote that I was being transferred and couldn't write to you for a while cause I couldn't say where I was?" I nodded. "Well, I lied… but only cause I was planning this."

"You've been planning this for nearly a month?" I chuckled.

He chuckled and nodded, "A little longer than that, actually, but yeah. I have." I laughed again and smiled. He smiled back, "I love you, Raina Johnson."

I smiled and pressed my lips against his then pulled back, "I love you, Keith Mathews."

No need for a real author's note…

Well, maybe a little one.

How many of you were expecting that? :)

So there's gonna be two more chapters, which- like I've said- are "bonus chapters", so look out for those… but otherwise this story is complete :)