Heeeelllooo friends! Nice to see ya'lls again. So I decided that each chapter would be like and end like it ends in the book. Thank you guys for you're support and it looks like you guys are loving it! Well without further ado..drumroll please! *drums* CHAPTER 3!
Scene cuts to Dally by the lamppost with a cigarette in hand. Johnny and Ponyboy walk in. "What's going on, Dal?" Johnny greets. Dally turns to them, "We're early." Pony shivers, "What do you want to do?" Dally stands up, "Nothing legal, man. Let's get out of here."
"Yup that's Dally alright," TwoBit laughs.
Dally frowns, "Hey, how many times does this guy gotta say 'man'. I mean seriously, I don't know anybody who says it that much!"
"Uh oh," Sodapop says. "What if this is how the trouble starts?"
"But it can't be, Sodapop." Steve says, "Dally gets arrested and in trouble all the time."
"Can ya'll please stop talking as if I ain't here." Dally says irritably.
Scene cuts to the trio walking up to the Dingo. Next to them a fight ensues and the Greaser on the ground pulls out a blade. The fuzz show and the trio take that as their time to leave. Scene cuts to the DX station with Soda and Steve.
"Hey there I am!" Soda shouts happily, "In my cap and everything!"
"Great." Steve mumbled sarcastically, still not liking how his character portrays him.
Scene (once again) cuts to the trio "What's the movie about?" Johnny asks. Dally gives him a noogie, "I don't know, Johnny. It's one of those beach movies."
"Oooh I LOOOVE BEACH MOVIES!" TwoBit yells.
The trio walk into a grassy area, and see a few kids playing around in some grass. "Did I say you guys can play on my grass?"
"You have you're own grass, Dal?" Steve asks.
Dally shrugs.
Ponyboy pouts, "I want my own grass."
"No you don't," Darry says sternly.
"Then what are you doing here," Dallas asks. "Give me those cards, will you?" The kids hand him the cards. "You guys ever play Pick-Up?" Dally asks again. "Yeah," they answer. "What?" Dally turns to them. "Don't get wise. I don't like little kids, I just don't like them." He tosses the card in the air. "Get out of here or I'll kill you!" He yells.
"Jesus Dal," Soda comments. "Tone it down will ya. Not in front of my little brother."
"Hey," Pony counters. "I'm not that little. That guy who plays me has to be the same age as me."
"Actually they don't look at all that close to our age." Darry says.
"Let's make bets!" TwoBit yells enthusiastically, "Whoever's closest to their actor's age wins five dollars from each member of the gang."
Everyone shrugs "Alright I'll start." TwoBit says.
"I think mine's...uh...twenty-one." TwoBit states.
"Mine's eighteen for sure." Steve says.
Johnny frowns at the screen, "I think he's eighteen as well. He can't be any older, otherwise he'd be too old."
Ponyboy taps his chin, "I think he-Thomas Howell has to be fifteen or something."
"I think Patrick Swayze has to be twenty-eight or twenty-nine," Darry tells the gang. "I'll go with twenty-nine."
"Mines eighteen." Dally states, "He's gotta be. Doesn't look any other age."
"Down to you Sodapop," Steve says.
"Uh...mine's...uh...he's...gotta be..."
"Come on Soda, we don't have all day." Pony points out.
"Okay, okay. I think Bob Lowe-"
"Rob Lowe," Pony corrects.
"Okay, okay, whatever. I think Rob Lowe is eighteen?" Soda says, though it sounds more like a question.
"Is that your final answer, Sodapop?" Darry asks.
"Yeah- no." Soda says.
The gang groans, "Come on!"
"Alright, alright...uh..I got it!" Soda yells.
"What?" Steve asks.
"He's nineteen." Soda states.
"Nineteen?" Darry asks with a raised eyebrow.
"Nineteen." Soda finalizes with a nod.
Everyone sighs with relief.
"Okay let's see the results!" TwoBit yells.
"Not yet," Darry says. "We should finish the movie first."
"Alright- whoa wait!" Soda exclaims, "What happened to the movie?"
"It's frozen." Pony observes.
"I pressed a button that says pause, 'cause you guys were talking too much." Darry says.
"You can pause a movie on this thing?" TwoBit questions. Ponyboy looks amazed.
"Yeah, now could we please get on with the movie. We'll look up our bets later." Darry says.
"The sky's getting dark. Let's go." Dally says. The trio crawl from under the fence into the movie house.
Darry frowns, "Do you guys always do this?"
Ponyboy shrugs. Dally answers, "Only when it's dark."
"What do you think you're doing?" Cherry asks. "Cherry, just relax. You're supposed to be my girlfriend, aren't you?" Bob says.
Ponyboy raises an eyebrow, "That's supposed to be Cherry Valance."
"Yeah," Soda says. "Why?"
Pony shook his head, "Nothing." He mumbled.
"Oh, looks like we are supposed to be introduced some Socs." Soda points out.
Scene cuts to a drunk TwoBit, "Hey, baby, you want to see what's hanging?" Person in the car yells, "I'm gonna hang you TwoBit!" TwoBit laughs.
"Real charmer you are TwoBit." Steve comments.
TwoBit grins, "I know!"
"You're sure you want to do this?" Marcia says. "I came to see a movie and I'm gonna see a movie!" Cherry says. "I'm freezing." Pony says.
"Why didn't you bring a coat, Pone?" Soda says.
Ponyboy didn't answer.
"Why didn't you bring a coat, stupid?" Dally lights his cigarette. "I forgot." Pony replies. Dally moves himself up next to Cherry then sits back down, "Some cute redhead, huh." He moves forward closer to Cherry, "Are you a real redhead? Are you real?" He leans back and puts his feet on the chair, and falls.
The gang (except Dally) laugh hysterically.
"Nice moves Dally!" Soda laughs.
Dally growls and glares at the blonde, Soda stops laughing and gulps.
"This idiot can't keep his damn balance, making me look bad." Dally mumbles.
Dally quickly stands up again, and touches Cherry's hair, "How can I find out if this is your- your real red hair?" Cherry starts to get annoyed, "If this is the same red hair that you have on these eyebrows, too?" Dally sits back and puts his feet on her chair, "Get your feet off my chair and shut your trap!" Cherry says. "Who's gonna make me?" Dally challenges, "Who, your boyfriend?" Cherry gets angry, "Better leave us alone or I'll call the cops." Dally smirks a little, "You got me scared to death. What am I gonna do, Pony? This girl is making me shake." Cherry looks to Dally, "Why don't you be nice and leave us alone?"
Dally snorts, "I'm never nice."
"I'm never nice."
"Yup," Darry says. "You and that Dillon guy are one in the same being."
"Can I interest you in a Coca-Cola or a 7Up?" Dally offers. "Get lost, hood!" Cherry yells.
The gang's silent, stuck in suspense.
"I'm sorry. I didn't know you had this problem of yelling in my face. All right, I'll go. I know when I'm not wanted." Dally says and leaves. Scene cuts to TwoBit yelling "Whoo hoo!" As he lifts the skirt of a girl nearby.
The gang groaned.
"Nice moves TwoBit." Dally mumbles.
"Hey! They're better than yours!" He defended.
Soda sighed in frustration, "Both of you suck, when it comes to charming girls."
Cherry turns to a Pony and Johnny, "Are you gonna start in on us to?"
"Nope!" TwoBit says loudly, "They couldn't trash talk to the most annoying thing on earth!"
"That would be you TwoBit." Pony says.
"No." Pony answers. She looks at Pony, "You don't it, anyway. What's your name?" Pony hesitates, "Ponyboy Curtis." "That's an original name," Cherry smiled. "Yeah, my dad was an original person." Cherry smiled again.
"Gosh, she sure is pretty a pretty little thing." Soda commented. Ponyboy was in a daze, "Yeah."
Soda looked to Pony, "Pony?"
Ponyboy wasn't listening, "Yeah she is real pretty. Beautiful."
Sodapop looked at him weirdly. He looked at the movie then at Pony. He looked back and forth, before something in his mind clicked and realization struck him. Soda's mouth grew into a wide smile.
"You like her."
Ponyboy immediately snapped out of his stupor, and looked horrified to Sodapop, "WHAT! N-No I don't! Why would you think that Soda?!"
Soda smiled knowingly, "Na, na Pony I know what that looks like. And it looks like my little brother has a crush." He nagged.
Pony's dusty pink cheeks turned a deep crimson, "NO I DON'T SODA!"
Darry raised an eyebrow, "My little brother? Well, be careful Pone. Make sure you use protection, you'll regret it if you don't."
If it was even possible Ponyboy blushed even more.
"Really?" TwoBit added, "Well it was about time. Thought you were gay." He whispered the last part.
"Good luck Pony," Dally told him. "From the looks of it, that hot broad ain't easy."
"Good God, take me now..." Ponyboy mumbled.
"My name's Sherri." She says. "My friends call me Cherry, because of my hair." "Yeah I know."
TwoBit raises his signature eyebrow and says to Ponyboy, "That's pretty creepy Pony."
"Shut up TwoBit." Pony says, still trying to get his face to go back to its normal shade.
Dally comes back with popcorn and sodas. He hands one to Cherry, "Here I thought this might cool you off." He says. Cherry looks at him and splashes the soda on him.
"Shit, that girl has spunk." TwoBit says.
"When you learn to talk and act decent, I might cool off, too!" She yells. Dally turns to her, "Fiery huh? Just the way I like 'em!" He says, turning to grab her. "Get off of me!" She screams. Johnny stands up out of his seat, "Look, leave her alone Dal." Dally stops abruptly, "What you say?"
"What?!" Everyone says.
They look at Johnny, and he squirms under their stares.
"Wow, Johnny. You stood up to the big bad Dallas Winston." TwoBit says.
Johnny didn't say anything, he sneaks a glance at Dally who looks indifferent and back to his cool demeanor.
"You wise ass." Dally says. He looks again to Johnny then back to Cherry before he stands up suddenly and stalks away, ignoring the shouts annoyed watchers. "Thank you. He had me scared to death." Cherry says to Johnnycake. "You sure didn't show it. Nobody talks to Dal like that."
"You just did." Soda says.
"Why don't you sit up here so you can protect us?" Marcia says.
"Oh Pony! Now's your chance!" Soda tells his little brother.
"What do you think Pone?" Johnny asks. Pony shrugs, "Might as well." They exit their seats and sit next to the Soc girls.
The screen pauses. Steve frowns, "Wait what ha-"
"Why do Pony and Johnny get the girls?" TwoBit asks, looking disappointed. "Actually the question's more like 'how'."
"Because they act decent around girls." Soda answers for him.
"Two were you the one who stopped the movie?" Johnny asks.
TwoBit nods. "How'd you do it?"
"Just tapped that empty square thing in the center."
"Oh...press it again."
"Why aren't you scared of us as you are Dally?" Johnny asks. "You two are to sweet-looking to be any threat. Besides I know about Dallas Winston." She says. "Yeah right. We're young and innocent." Pony mumbled. "No, you're just not dirty."
"See." Soda says.
"Aw Dal's not that bad. I mean he's tough and all, but he's cool when you get to know him." Johnny defends. "Yeah," Ponyboy says. "He'd leave you alone if he knew you."
Johnny sneaked another look at Dally, and Dally caught it. He sent a secret smile and winked at the dark haired boy.
TwoBit creeps behind Johnny and yells, "Hey greaser! You're dead!" He scares Johnny and Ponyboy. TwoBit and Marcia laugh, "Here have a beer it'll settle your nerves." He hands Johnny the beer. Two turns to the Soc girls, "Well now, who we got here? Your great-grandmothers, huh?" Marcia laughs, "What are you two young ladies hanging out with these Greasers anyway?"
TwoBit smirks, "That's a pretty little Soc girl." He comments.
"Where is ole Dal anyway?" TwoBit asks. Tim walks up to them, "Yeah where is old Dally?" Ponyboy looks at him a little fearful, "He left, Tim."
Dally suddenly spits out the Coke he was drinking, and starts laughing hysterically.
TwoBit raises an eyebrow, "Is that Tim Shepard?!"
"He looks..." Ponyboy looks at the screen, "Really...different."
Dally tries to gain his breath from laughing to much. Sodapop looks at him, "You okay Dal?"
Dally waves his hand dismissively as he picks himself off the floor, only to start snickering again when he saw Tim again on the screen.
"Hey look I know he slashed my tires." Tim says. "Look, Tim, he left. He's not here, really. You guys seen Dally?" A chorus of no's and shaking heads answered the question. "Yeah, well, I'll be looking for him." Tim says, and walked away. "Dally got a blade?" TwoBit asks. Johnny shakes his head. "Good, Tim'll fight fair as long as he don't." Cherry looks to TwoBit, "You guys don't believe in playing rough or anything, do you?" Two smiles, "Well a fair fight ain't rough." Marcia sips her Coke, "Yeah boy real simple." She says, "If he gets killed or something, you just bury him. No sweat!"
TwoBit smirks, "She's funny too."
Dally looks at him skeptically, "You sure you ain't getting any ideas, TwoBit?"
TwoBit scoffs, "Of course not. But it wouldn't hurt to have a broad to hook up with."
"You dig, ok, baby. You want a chew?" TwoBit asks and offers her some chips. Marcia laughs.
"Real gentleman, Two." Pony says, with rolled eyes.
"Hey, but she's digging it." TwoBit argues.
"Come on, help yourself. Puts hair on your chest." TwoBit insists. Marcia chuckles shaking her head. Cherry stands up, "Ponyboy, come with me and get some Cokes and popcorn?"
"Woohoo! Go Pony!" TwoBit shouts.
Soda pretends to get teary eyed, "My little brother's becoming a little man." He flings himself onto Darry, "Darry I'm not ready to let go yet!" Darry awkwardly pats Soda on the back.
Scene cuts to snack bar. "Your friend, the one with the sideburns, is he okay?" She asks.
Soda laughs and the gang cracks a smile. "No." Steve answers, and TwoBit holds his chest in mock hurt.
"He sure scared Johnny." Cherry comments. "Johnny's a nervous wreck anyway."
Johnny winces.
"He got beat up a few months ago by some Soc." Ponyboy says. "Is that how he got his scar?" Cherry asks. "Yeah, the guy was wearing a few rings." Ponyboy mumbles, feeling angry. "Oh," Cherry says softly. "Not all of us are like that."
"Sure." Ponyboy says.
"Sure." Pony put his popcorn on the counter. "That's like saying all you Greasers are like Dallas Winston." She counters. "Well, he's jumped a few people. Anyway, you think the Socs have it made. The rich kids. The southside Soc." She says. "Well-"
The movie pauses again.
"Aww come on!" Soda complains.
"I just have a thing to say," TwoBit says.
"TwoBit-"
"Southside?" He questions. "I thought it was only the West and the East sides of town."
"Okay TwoBit we get it. The movie's not perfect." Ponyboy says. "Now you better stop pausing it, so we can get on with it."
"Well, I'll tell you something, Ponyboy, and it might come as a surprise, but things are rough all over." Cherry says to him. Ponyboy looks at her unbelievingly, "Come on let's get out of here, or TwoBit'll think we eloped out of her to Mexic-"
The movie paused again.
"TWOBIT!" Everyone turned to TwoBit angrily.
TwoBit puts his hands in the air, "Hey, it wasn't me this time, I swear!"
Everyone looks at the screen to see it turn off on its own. Ponyboy taps the square again and again. "I think it's dead."
"Is there something to charge it up or somethings?" Soda asks.
Darry went back to the box, and pulled out the cord and plug, "Here they are. I don't know how we missed that."
It took some time (and a lot of argument of which piece goes where) to plug it up, and everyone whooped in happiness when they saw the Apple symbol show.
"I think we should wait for it to charge up." Johnny says.
"Great." Steve says, "Well now what do we do."
"I don't know go outside, watch TV, be a normal human being?" Darry suggests.
"How can I, when the thing that holds my future is right in front of me!" TwoBit yells.
Darry gives him a pointed look, and he sighs, "Fine. I'll see y'all later." He left the house.
"Wanna stay here Johnnycake?" Dally asks. Johnny nods in agreement and go to the couch and click on the TV.
"I guess me and Stevie'll head to work." Soda says. "We'll see ya'll in a couple hours or so."
They waved goodbye and left as well.
Ponyboy hopped on the couch, "What's on?"
"Mickey Mouse." Johnny replies.
Pony shrugs, "Alright."
Hiya! Weeeeeellllllll, did ya like it? Huh? I hope so, because this took me all day! I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I decided to give you guys something to look forward to by adding the bets. Make sure to leave a REVIEW, so I know that people actually want it. Don't forget to FOLLOW my story, so you can be updated on all new coming updates. And if you want FAVORITE it so you won't forget it! Hope y'all have a nice day!