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I woke up and noticed that Soda was still asleep with his arm over me. I slipped out from his sleeping body and got some closed to take a shower. I glanced in Darry's room he was asleep. I made my way to the bathroom but I looked in the living room to see if Johnny stayed over. Johnny was sleeping, so what Dally, Two-Bit and Steve. Dally was stretched out in Darry's armchair and the rest of the gang was staring the sofa. I left them alone knowing that Dally can be dangerous when you wake him because he comes up swinging. After my shower I walked back to the bedroom to find Soda still asleep, I looked in Darry's room and then in the living room, they were all asleep. I walked through the living room looking at the clock, 6:19. I might as well sit on the porch while they sleep. I crept through the living room trying not to wake anyone and to my surprise; no one woke up or moved. I sat down on the porch just like I had a week ago. It had only been a week since I was asked to be on the football team. Now I had a date with a really pretty, smart girl. I had made three touchdowns, counting the winning one. Today I would go met Alexi's parents and take her to the movies. She also wanted to meet the gang and Dally had said he would meet her. The sun began to rise and the black sky went to a purple. Then the red, orange, and golds came. I heard the shower running. Most likely Darry, boy would I be in trouble if he caught me out here. I might as well get up and start breakfast. I opened the door and made sure it didn't slam shut and not to wake up anyone as I went into the kitchen. I looked in the freezer and saw that there was no cake. Soda was asleep so I guess that I could make it. I don't usually make cake, so I got out all the cake stuff and started mixing. I put it our usually cake pan and started to get the eggs out when the bathroom door opened and Darry came in the kitchen fully dressed and shaved.

"Hey Ponyboy."

"Hey Dar." We spook only above a whisper.

"Are you cooking a cake?"

"Yea." We sat down at the table not saying anything.

"So Dal said that you are going to let Alexis meet the gang."

"Yea, she wants me to met her parents and then she wants to meet ya'll."

"You're meting her parents?"

"Yea"

"What do you think about that?"

"Okay I guess. I just hope they don't total hate me." I grinned.

"I don't think they will. You're an okay kid, any girl would be glad to go out with you." I looked at the cake wow Darry and I had been talking long enough for the cake to me done I took it out of the oven and turned it upside down on a plate. Then I started making the icing.

"Are you going to let her met the gang?"

"I think so. That is if you guys what to meet her, Darry."

"Yea I want to met her after what I saw yesterday. I don't think I ever even seen you talk to a girl before that." I started to put icing on the cake and then I placed it in the freezer and started cooking the eggs, bacon and toast.

"Okay I'll bring her to see you, since Dally wants to meet her too."

"Good, you want some help." Looking at me cooking the eggs and bacon.

"It's okay I got it. You work to hard anyway and you could have slept in."

"Yea then I wouldn't have got to talk to you." he told me grinning. The food was done and I put it on plates.

"I really miss talking to you like this Pony." I missed him just being my big brother that liked to have fun but that had all changed when mom and dad died.

"Yea me too."

"We should do more stuff together. I know you don't think that I love you as much as Soda but I do. I think that we should talk and do more stuff ya' know like we used to."

"Yea that would be cool." I got the cake out of the freezer.

"I think I know what we can do first." He glanced toward the living room.

"Me too." I wonder what would happen if we put hot sauce in his mouth since he slept with it open.

"Got any ideas on how?"

"We could put hot sauce in Two-Bit's mouth. Steve and Johnny might like to get pulled to the ground."

"Yea what about Dally?" Dally, what should we do to Dally? How would he take ice water meeting his face?

"What about a nice morning shower?"

"Put him in the shower?"

"No dumping ice water on his face."

"Okay I'll get a bucket you get the hot sauce." I went and got the hot sauce and started to put it in a cup so it would be easier to dump in his mouth. Darry came in with a 5-gallon bucket filled halfway with water.

"You know that your chair is going to get wet?"

"Yea but I think it's worth it. Are we going to do Soda?" We would have to.

"Yea, when he hears us he will jump up and come in the room."

"Let's see."

"What if we put a string and something for him to trip over in the door way and then some mud on the other side so he will kindly fall face first into the mud?" Darry was grinning and he went out the door and got a tarp and a bucket full of mud. We set up Soda's wake-up call making sure the door was shut so he wouldn't see it.

"Okay Pony you ready? I'll get Johnny and Steve. You get Dally and Two-Bit."

"No way Dally I'll kill me."

"Look you'll dump the sauce and now iced water on them and well take off running through the door l let open and then watch threw the window."

"Fine but if I go down I'm taking you with me."

"Okay let's go." I took the full glass of hot sauce and water in the other room. The water was easy to life since it had a handle on the side of the bucket that was made to hold to make it easy to scoop and sling stuff without the handle at the top. I held the side handle and the sauce. They were near each other so I could do them at the same time. I looked at Darry as he gently grabbed one of Johnny and Steve's feet. I placed the cup near Two-Bit lips and got the bucket ready.

"One, Two, Three, Now." Darry whispered and I dumped the sauce and then the water and took off as Darry pulled them in the floor. We looked in the window as Two-Bit jumped up and down and Dally cussed up a storm and Steve and Two-Bit helped him with that as Two-Bit ran and grabbed a beer and chugged it. Soda screamed and me and Darry were trying not to laugh. Then Soda walked into the living room covered in mud. They all looked angry.

"Who is the world did this?"

"I don't know Dal." Steve answered as Two-Bit drank glass of water after glass.

"Where are Darry and Pony?" Soda asked. Me and Darry couldn't keep quite any longer we busted out laughing. The gang came through the door. Dally looked ticked and the rest of the gang weren't too far behind his look.

"You two are so died." Dally warned and me and Darry took off and the gang chased us but ran around and went back to the house. We settled down and started to eat breakfast.

"Man it's already noon." Darry nodded and then we heard the door shut.

"I wonder where they went." Crap they were here. They walked in the kitchen.

"Hey ya'll." Darry and I greeted them.

They sat down; Soda was still covered in mud.

"Hey." They greeted. I gave them some cake and eggs.

"Come on guys you know it was funny." Darry tried to get them to talk.

"Yea it was." Dally told us and he was smiling at me. "So whose idea was it? I won't get mad." Dally not getting mad.

"It was all Pony's idea." Darry had just told me out.

"You're the one who said it would be good for us to do together."

"I have to admit that they were good pranks."

"Thanks Two-Bit. Soda you may want to take a shower if you're going to be at work at twelve-thirty."

"Yea." He went to take a shower.

"This is the best cake that ya'll have made in a long time."

"Well Steve Pony made it." Once again, Darry opened his mouth.

"Really Pony now you bake? What are we going to do with you?" I looked at Darry and then toward our room. He understood and we went and folded up the tarp and took it outside. Soda and Steve came out the door as we were going in.

"See ya'll later. Hey Pone bring Alexis by."

"Okay see ya'll later."

"Bye Soda. Bye Steve."

We walked in the house. I might as well start walking to her house.

"I'll see you guys later."

"Okay. Pony I'll be here."

"Yea I'll be here with Darry." So Dally and Darry would be here.

"Is it okay if I'm here Pony?"

"Of course Johnny I want you to meet her."

"I guess I will stay too."

"Yup what would the gang be without Two-Bit? Bye see ya'll later."

"Bye Pony good luck."

"Thanks" It was only about twenty minutes to get to her house. Her house was white and she had a wood porch that went across the front of the house. It looked like a nice house but it was still the type of house that belonged on this side of town. I walked up to the door and knocked on it three times. Thank goodness, Alexis answered the door.

"Hey Alexis."

"Hey Pony. Come on in. Mom, Dad Pony's here." I followed here into their living room and we sat on the couch. Then two people came into the room. Her mother looked like any older version of her and her father had dark brown hair that was shorter than mine but he was about 6' or 6'2".

"Hello you must be Ponyboy." Her father spoke his voice was deep. Her mother and father walked up to us and we stood.

"Yes sir. It's a pleaser to meet you Mr. and Mrs. Jones."

"Well Ponyboy I wish we could stay and talk some more but my sister is supposed to have her baby today and we were going to leave and go see her."

"That's okay I just wanted to come and formally introduce myself."

"Ponyboy from what I understand is that you're taking Alexis to a movie tonight."

"Yes Sir that was the plan." Darry was always polite with adults.

"Well then you two have fun it was nice meeting you, Ponyboy."

"You too Mr. and Mrs. Jones."

"Bye Alexis by home by twelve."

"Okay mom, dad. Love you bye."

"Bye Alexis. Ponyboy we will have to meet again at another time so we can talk some more." They went and got in there car and drove away.

"That went better than I thought. Shall we go to meet my family?"

"Yes let's go." We then started to walk to the DX.

Sorry my laptop is about to die and it is 12:30. I will try to write and update tomorrow but my cousin and step-cousin are spending tomorrow night and then we are going to Kings Dominion on Thursday so I will try to update as much as I can. Please vote on if I should keep it all in Pony's P.O.V. or change it every couple of chapters or so. Please vote on my profile and please review. If there is anything you would like to see just let me know and I will try to work it in.