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The red head was still angry after Dally left, and she turned around to face me and Pony. "Are you gonna start in on us now, too?"
I snorted and rolled my eyes and Pony muttered no. She looked Pony up and down. "You don't look the type, anyway. What's your name?"
"Ponyboy Curtis. And that's my friend, Jessie." The girl smiled sincerely.
"That's an original name," She didn't acknowledge me, but honestly, I could care less. She goes to the same school as us, and I've seen how she acts around other Socs. She ain't too nice.
"Yeah, my dad, he was an original person. I got a brother named Sodapop; it even says so on his birth certificate!"
The redhead looked Ponyboy up and down again; I could tell she liked him. "My name's Sherry, but my friends call me Cherry because of my hair."
"Yeah, I know, we go to the same school together, you're a cheerleader." Ponyboy's had a crush on Cherry for quite some time. The only problem was that Cherry had a boyfriend. I don't think Ponyboy seemed to mind right now, though. I have a feeling this could end badly.
"You don't look old enough to be going to high school," Cherry's friend said, I think her name was Marcia. She was right, Ponyboy was skipped a year because of his smartness. He was in ninth grade with me and Johnny. Cherry was in tenth. "What's a nice boy like you doing hanging around with that trash?"
"Dally's our buddy, we're greasers, too."
"I'm sorry, I didn't know." Cherry said. We could all feel the tension rising. "Uh, your brother, Sodapop, he works at the gasoline station, right? The D.X., I think?" Ponyboy nodded as Johnny came back and sat in Dally's place. He handed me a coke and started sipping on his.
"Yeah, that's him."
"Soda's the cute on, he's a doll." Marcia exclaimed. "I should've known you two were brothers." Ponyboy's ears got bright red, and I almost choked on my drink. I felt Johnny hit me in the arm, but I couldn't help but chuckle. "Hey, how come we don't see your brother at school anymore?"
"Has he been working fulltime since your parents died?" And this is also why I don't like Cherry. She's always sticking her nose in other people's business.
"He's a dropout." Pony spat.
"Oh, that's too bad." Dally came back, handing Cherry and Marcia some cokes.
"Here, I thought this might cool you off." Dally sighed as he sat down next to Cherry and took a long puff of his cigarette. Cherry looked at her coke and back at Dallas. She poured her drink all over Dally.
"Maybe that'll cool you off until you can learn to talk and act decent!" Dally took no offense, he started to wrap his arm around her and practically tried to get on top of her.
"Fiery, huh? That's just the way I like 'em!" I froze in my spot. Those were the exact same words that the Soc wearing the rings said to me the night me and Johnny were jumped.
Cherry started to pound on Dally's chest. "Get off of me!" Johnny looked at me and gave me a slight nod. We both stood up.
"Leave her alone, Dal." We said simultaneously. Johnny looked terrified, more scared than Cherry. The little bitch was lucky we were doing this for her. I was only doing it for Johnny, honestly. I knew he didn't want to stand up to Dally alone.
"What'd you say to me?" Dally asked angrily, still looking at Cherry. She pushed him away.
"Come on, you heard us, leave her alone." Johnny said. His face was pale and he was trembling. Dally looked back up at us.
"What'd you say you little shits? What'd you say to me?" Johnny and I tensed up a little bit as Dally's voice got louder, but we stood our ground.
"Come on," Johnny whispered.
"Wise ass," Dally wiped his face, making Cherry jump. He stood up and walked away.
Once he was gone, Cherry turned to me and Johnny. "Thank you, he had me scared to death!" Once again, she didn't look at me, only Johnny.
"You sure didn't show it, ain't nobody talk to Dally like that."
"From what I saw, you do." Cherry smiled flirtatiously at him.
"Why don't you come sit up here with us, you can protect us." Marcia asked, biting her straw and smiling. Pony and Johnny stood up, grinning like idiots. Pony and Johnny had taken the last two seats on that row, but I wouldn't have gone up there even if there were fifty extra seats.
I sighed and leaned back in my seat. "Well it looks like I'm fifth-wheeling."
It's kind of short, but I'll make the next chapter longer!