February 14, 1977

It was kinda weird for me to actually be at Ponyboy's wedding. It wasn't a bad weird, but more like… surreal… I guess you could say. I mean, it kinda feels like just yesterday that he was that little fourteen year old boy with greased back hair, that wasn't too strong just yet since he hadn't hit puberty yet, who'd just gone through his first real run in with a group of Soc's.

Now, he was a tall, muscular twenty-five year old getting married.

As Ponyboy had gone through puberty, he grew more outspoken. He got tougher, tuffer, and more capable of defending himself and others, if need be. In his appearance, it became more obvious that he was brothers with both Darry and Soda; while Darry resembled their father, and Soda resembled their mother, he was a mixture of both parents, which made it more obvious he was definitely brothers with both other boys.

Even though it was a hit of reality to be at Ponyboy and Cherry's wedding, I couldn't have been happier for the two. Ever since 1969, there was a thing between them. We were all kinda rooting for the two to start going out years ago. Thankfully, neither of them cared that she was two years older, and they didn't care about that "tradition" in which the man in the relationship was usually older. Like I said, we were all rooting for them, so when the rest of us were told that they had gotten engaged, we all went nuts with excitement from the two.

"Hey, Rain," Evie began, "Could you hand me the can a' hairspray right over there, please?"

I nodded and quickly ran to get the can of hairspray. "Yeah, here," I said as I handed it to her as she worked on Cherry's hair as quickly as she possibly could.

"Remember when Marcia and I did your hair, Rain?" Cherry asked, looking at me using the mirror.

I smiled a bit at the memory. "Yeah, I do. When I played Rose, your cousin from Georgia."

"You should've become an actress, Rain," Marcia said from the other side of the room, "You were real convincing that day."

"Are y'all talking about when she had to go do undercover work?" Candy asked.

Cherry nodded a bit, as much as she was allowed to. "That's right. She did real good, too. She didn't seem scared at all, even though she kept saying she was."

I rose my eyebrows in shock. "Are you kiddin' me?" I asked, "I was terrified."

"That's the reason I wanted to meet you," Evie said, still working on Cherry's hair, We wanted to meet the girl brave enough to go undercover for a whole day like you did… and I wanted to meet the girl brave enough to be dating Keith then."

"But look at them now," Marilyn stated, "The two a' you are married with two kids."

"Like you and Darry?" Candy asked, her voice teasing.

Marilyn laughed. "And you and Soda."

Now Candy laughed. "I'm gonna have two red headed sisters-in-law, this is incredible."

"If you don't mind me asking," Evie started with a confused look on her face, "But what do you mean by that?"

"Ok," Candy began, "I'm not trying to sound racist cause I'm not, but: I always thought I'd end up with at least four Hispanic sisters-in-law, not two white girls."

This sent everyone in to a raging fit of laughter. We all knew what Candy was saying when she said it. She came from a large Hispanic family, and she had four younger brothers. As far as any of us knew, she was the only person in her family who'd married someone who wasn't the same ethnicity as the rest of the family. Her family had no problem with her marriage, and they weren't entirely shocked since she'd been so fascinated with America, since she was the first to be born in the United States. She told us that the first time she'd ever seen a couple that was a "mixed" marriage, she was in awe since she'd grown up with family all of the same background.

A knock on the door of the room somehow calmed us all down, yet we all still had a few chuckles left in us. The door began to creak open a little bit, and could see Mariah and DT outside in the hallway through the crack. Since Marilyn was ready, she slipped out the door and went out to her two small children. As she did so, Darry was exposed to all of use, all properly dressed in a tux for his little brother's wedding. He quickly looked down, just in case he might see something.

"Everyone's ready out there," Darry started, "So when y'all are ready, we'll get started."

"You can look up, babe," Marilyn commented to her husband, "Everyone's already dressed." He hesitantly did as she allowed him, then let out a breath of relief when he did.

"The bride is all ready," Evie announced as she stepped away from the bride.

"You ready, Cherry?" Marcia asked her with a smile; she was the maid of honor.

Cherry let out a deep breath before she nodded. "Yeah," she smiled, "I'm ready."

We all left the room after that, Cherry being the last to leave. All those who were in the wedding- Darry, Marilyn, Mariah, DT, Soda, Candy, Marcia and Randy- all waited in the hall. Those of us who were not- Keith, myself, Steve, and Evie- went into the sanctuary and to our seats. We were all seated together, along with having KJ, Sky, Patrick and Elizabeth with us; since Soda and candy were in the wedding, Steve and Evie had volunteered to watch their two young children.

"It's weird," Evie whispered, "I mean, it cute and sweet, but weird?"

"What's weird?" I whispered back.

"Ponyboy and Cherry getting' married. Don't get me wrong, I'm happy for them, but it kinda makes me feel old, ya know?"

"Trust me, I get it. I mean, I'm only twenty-seven and married with two kids. I'm not sayin' I don't love 'em all, cause I do more than anything, but it does feel weird sometimes. When are you Steve gettin' married?"

"We'll talk later," Evie whispered then turned half of her attention to the wedding, the other half to the two almost two year olds they were in charge of.

The wedding ceremony lasted for around an hour and a half. I had to get up once during the ceremony to take Sky out to the bathroom to chance her, and KJ had fallen asleep on Keith's lap within forty-five minutes, then Sky followed right along with him on my lap. Patrick and Elizabeth did the same, and DT- the only who didn't fall asleep at all was Mariah, but even she had begun to doze off near the end.

They're little kids, give 'em a break.

After the wedding ceremony, there was a reception held at a restaurant in town. While Ponyboy and Cherry walked around the whole time, thanking and talking to guests, Evie walked up to me and found me where I sat with Candy.

"So," I began, "Gonna explain what we were talkin' about before?"

Candy gave a confused look. "What were the two of you talkin' 'bout?" she asked.

"I asked when her and Steve plan on getting married."

"Well, I'll answer you now," Evie answered a bit nervously, "We've decided we're not gonna get married, not yet anyway. We're both happy living together, and happy with our relationship, and it's just easier."

Candy gave a weird look. "So you two aren't gonna get legally married?"

Evie shook her head. "Not yet anyway. If we do decide to get married, it'll be when we both have more income. Does that make sense at all?"

I nodded a bit. "It's not too out of the ordinary," I answered, "If that's what the two a' you decided together, then it's alright."

It's Katharine Hepburn's birthday, and TCM is having a marathon of her films. That's great cause in the acting department, she can do no wrong, and two movies I've been wanting to see are on so yay- Holiday and The Philadelphia Story.

Also, for those reading this, you may be interested in a story that I wrote that will be up within the time period of the next update in two weeks. It'll be a one-shot and it takes place in 1956. It's a one-shot featuring Mr and Mrs Curtis and the three brothers. Unless I change it, it'll be called "A Mother's Love", kind of a mother's day type story.

Anyone here read any good books lately? I finished reading "The Hunt" after a week and a half, and it was pretty good. If you like apocalyptic/ world war stuff, then I highly suggest it. Only two people I didn't want to die did die, but otherwise everyone else that was terrible that you kinda want to die, does, so that's that. Plus I started reading the original book of "Jurassic Park" cause I saw the films on television before I knew they were a book (at least the first two are books). So far, that book of the first film is so much better, and I love Dr. Ian Malcolm in both the book and film. He's so great and the only one with sense since he's been saying the park was gonna go wrong.

Also, if anyone here likes movies that are war related or action films, or films with explosions and shooting, or survival, I highly suggest a film from 1981 called "Southern Comfort". It's up on YouTube, but you have to confirm that you're eighteen to watch it there (it's rated R). if you wanna watch it, make sure it's the one from 1981 that has Keith Carradine, Fred Ward, Powers Boothe, and Lewis Smith (I added Lewis Smith cause he's my second favorite actor and this was his first film).

So yeah, anyway. Hope everyone's life is going good! Hope everyone is well, and hope everyone is nearly done with school (I'm done next week!) and that if you are, finish the year off with a bang. If you're graduating, I congratulate you.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter, peace from all the hippies of the world. =^-^=