Disclaimer: Don't own The Outsiders. S.E Hinton does. :D

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Sara's POV.

The sun slowly came up from over the horizon. I didn't remember falling asleep, but the memory of last night was still very vivid. I remember Soda kissing me and telling me he loved me. Nothing in the world could top that. I had so many thoughts going through my mind that morning as I was laying down in my bed. I decided to get up and start the day by a shower.

When I was out I got some breakfast and cleaned up my room. By the time I was finished I looked at the clock on my dresser, and figured out it was already 12 o'clock. I didn't tell Soda I would call him to tell him where to meet me, or where I was going. So I decided to call him and tell him I would pick him up, if he was still feeling the need to go with me.

I reached for the ivory phone on my wall next to the kitchen and while I was dialing the number I realized that my Dad got the couch he was interested in. Speaking of my Dad, he must of been working early this morning because he was no where to be seen.

My thoughts suddenly broke when Ponyboy picked up on the other line. "Hello?" he questioned.

"Hey Ponyboy, its Sara. Is Soda there?" I asked while playing with the phone cord in my hand.

"One second. Soda! Sara wants to talk to you!" Ponyboy yelled and his voice ran through my ear drum.

"God Ponyboy. The whole world doesn't need to know," I teased.

"I know.. but you know Soda. Deaf as anyth-" But he was suddenly cut off by Soda stealing the phone from him.

"I'll have that," Soda said while fighting with Ponyboy for the phone. "Hey Sara!" Soda said happily.

"Hey Soda. Are you still coming with me to town?" I asked. I hoped he would say yes because I really didn't wanna go alone.

"Well, I don't know.. I was gonna stick around and make my bed.." Soda's voice trailed off and I felt my heart hurt. "Kidding! Of course I'm coming with you! Do you actually think I'd make my bed on a saturday? I never make my bed anyway."

I laughed and told him that I would go over and pick him up a 1. Soda was happy-go-lucky like usual, and agreed. I was estatic that Soda was going into town with me. I didn't think 1 o'clock would come fast enough. I spent my time by cleaning off my truck and getting my money together. When 1 finally rolled around I quickly jumped in the truck and headed for Soda's house.

Soda's POV.

When I looked at the clock I found out it was already 1 and Sara would be here at any moment. Before I could think about anything else, Sara parked on the side-walk and blew the truck's horn. I didn't even bother saying goodbye. Ponyboy was in our room reading, and Darry was working. Besides, they both knew where I was going.

I walked out of the door and spotted Sara in her red chevy. She looked beautiful today. The sun was shining on her red hair and the riglets fell across her shoulders. I opened the chevy's door and jumped in. Sara smiled and I smiled back but gave her a kiss on the cheek. Once again, she smiled.

"Your sure your up to this?" Sara asked once more.

"I'm sure, I wouldn't want to spend my day with anyone else but you." Sara's eyes beamed and she tightened her grip on the wheel. "Do you want me to drive?" I offered.

"No, I'm good. Maybe you can drive on the way home."

"Sure." After a few minutes of silence I broke in, "So what do you have to do in town again?"

"I gotta get some groceries, then I have to pick some things up at the mall," Sara explained.

"Okay."

It took about 20 minutes to get into town. Me and Sara talked about a bunch of random things like, work, tv shows, movies, and of course, she brought up my stitches. I reassured that I was fine and she looked like she could trust me this time. By the time our conversation ended, we were just getting into town. Sara drove to the nearest grocery store and stopped the car.

"I guess I'll get the groceries here," Sara decided. The building wasn't that big and it had bricks on the outside. There was a doller store joined in with it on the left side.

When we got into the store I felt a cold breeze go up my spine. I was guessing it was from the freezers. I offered to push the cart while Sara got all the food. She picked up apples, oranges, carrots, lettuce, chicken nuggets, chicken breasts, bread, blueberry jam, chips, milk, a case of water, and some microwave dinners. It didn't take very long. Sara was probably used to picking up groceries every second weekend. The cashier rang up the total cost and Sara handed her the money. We then took the cart out to her truck and piled all the groceries in the pan of the truck.

When we were both in the truck Sara said we would go to the mall next. She needed to pick out some wallpaper for her room, and some items for the bathroom. I didn't think that it would take as long as the grocery shopping. But sometimes the stores were crowded so it took a while to get around.

I was wrong. The mall wasn't that crowded for a Saturday. I hopped out of the truck into the bright sunlight and waited for Sara to come around on the other side. When she did, I grabbed her hand and we walked into the mall together. We went into a store to get the wallpaper and bathroom supplies. I was right on this one. It didn't take as long. Sara only had to look at one color of wallpaper and she decided that that was the one she wanted. Then we went to the bathroom aisle and got a toothbrush, toothpaste, towels, toilet paper, and a mirror.

"Okay. I'm done," Sara annoucned as we walked towards the counter where we could get the things paid for.

"So are we going home now?" I asked.

"If you want. We could get something to eat," Sara suggested and I agreed and nodded my head.

"Sure."

We were just walking out of the store's entrance when I noticed someone in the corner of my eye. I was hoping they wouldn't notice me and I could get out of there without a hitch. But I wasn't that lucky. Before I could make a run for it, the voice said surprised, "Soda, is that you?"