Yes I am alive and so is this story. I know it's been MONTHS (not even kidding) and I feel 100% guilty. But once again school gets in the way, tests quizzes midterms UGH! SO if you're going to magically read this, hoping I won't forget to update a little more over spring break. (Yes FINALLY ITS HERE!) So I hope you enjoy the continuation of Living in the Past. I don't own the Outsiders I am a simple Country Girl from a simple country folk. ba da da da Chapter 2. Yes this will have some parts from the first story so if you think you're going crazy you are not.

Living in the Past Chapter 2 : K.I.S.S.I.N-evermind

Johnny's P.O.V

I stare at her in confusion feeling a little dizzy.

"W-What y-ou don't remember us? The beach? When we first met? Anything-?" I get interupted.

"Johhny you okay you're looking a little pale there come sit down." Darry worridly looks at me. Something boils up inside me, I was starting to scare myself I never really had this much anger inside of me but it needed to escape.

"Okay? HOW COULD I BE OKAY? EMBER DOESN'T REMEMBER US! YOU GUYS DON'T REMEMBER HER! IF THIS IS SOME SICK CRAZY JOKE-" Pony grabs my shoulders.

"Johnny come outside wit me you need some air."

"I don't need air Pony, the guys don't remember Ember-she doesn't remember what happened or the food fights or when we..."

"We what Johnny-cakes?" He nudges me a little. I take a deep breath.

"When we kissed." I slide out. His face surprised then smiles patting my shoulder.

"Is that why you kissed her right in the middle of the room." I can feel myself start redening.

"Yeah." We look at the sky a little. Something else comes over me

"What if she doesn't remember anything?" I can feel my throat tighten up.

"Its alright Johnny-Cakes we just have to jog everyone's memory a bit better. C'mon lets go grab some cake before Two-bit and Soda eat it all."

Darry's P.O.V

"Sorry about Johnny-Cakes he's never like that he's-"

"I believe you, don't worry. It didn't hurt anyone." The new girl says.

"Well I'm Darry Curtis there's my brothers Sodapop and Ponyboy. Over there staring at the mirror is Steve. The guy trying to get the remote would be Dally and Mickey Mouse shirt would be Two-bit. Becareful he will try and eat that cake whole." She giggles at my comment.

"I'm Ember Madison. And this cake is chocolate anyone want some?" She hands me the cake and shyly takes a seat that doesn't have any chaos around it (which is surprising.) I could hear Ember and Soda talking in the living room.

"So Ember..." Now Pony and Johnny come back in staring at the cake trying to get a big slice from me, drowning out Soda's conversation. I pull Johnny aside.

"Johnny are you sure you're okay? You know you can talk to me right, even if you think that I wouldn't believe you?" His head looks at the floor with specks of sun here and there.

"I know, its just that-" A common lamp breaking sound interupts him. (He's sure getting interupted during this story a lot. Why is that Em? Don't question me in the middle of the story Dar. Do that after.)

"WE'RE OKAY- I BLAME TWO-BIT!" a mix of voices say at once.

"Can we talk about this later Darry its a little complicated. I don't want to get interupted again."

"Alright, when you feel up to it." And he leaves with his slice of cake.

Time goes by, we tell Ember the whole Greaser/Soc deal. She makes a small joke of how Soc is really the misspelled version of Sock. And how Greaser could be a person in the musical "Grease". She tells us what her life in New Jersey was and how Soc/Greaser didn't exsist. Just really annoying and obnoxous people, especially in the summer because of some show Jersey Shore. And how that show is the COMPLETE OPPOSITE of how the beaches there REALLY were. For some reason that just makes us feel better about the whole deal, I tell her that she is welcomed here any time and can let herself in morning or night and help herself to cake or any actual food that we may possibly have.

Two-bit and Steve flirt with her while we all swat them away from her. Dally just kept slapping them harder everytime they did. By the time Ember left Johnny looked hurt. He left with Pony and they went to the movies. But Dally had a sour face on.

"Are you guys STUPID or something? You saw the way Johnny kissed Ember and how hurt he looked when she didn't remember him. Yet you guys FLIRT with her. WHATS THE MATTER WITH YA?" He shouts while slamming his fist agasint th coffee table. He stops and has a little twitch in his eye.

"Just stay away from her alright let Johnny-cakes get the girl and everyone back off." Soda adds calmer.

Embers P.O.V

I was actually kind of glad I was forced out of the house. I play the events over and over in my head from Ponyboy letting me in till the goodbyes. They all seemed pretty cool, Johnny seemed a little different. I know I just met him but something told me that he was different from how he acted today. I stand up from my bed walk over to my desk and write about today. I decided that I would write about my life in Tusla, like a diary but not as mushy. It only takes a few minutes to write everything down, I stand up a little too fast and something strange happened...

My own voice echos in my head for some reason I'm at the old park.

"Two against seven doesn't seem very fair."

"Mind you're own buisness grease."

I feel my throat burning for air, trying to get someones foot loose. I get the relief I needed fresh air and get pullled out of the water things go blank...

Whats the heck just happened? I look around my room everything fine. I don't feel wet nothing around me is wet. My room is my room and not the park. I sit on my floor for a while trying to figure this out. I read my clock 10:45 p.m and decide to not lay on my floor but lay on my bed which feels SO good. I stare at my plain boring ceiling and fall asleep.

I'm back home and look around confused. I find my bow in one hand and an arrow in the other. I hear a kid screaming for someone and uncontrollably step out from behind a tree and shoot an arrow at the captors setting the two boys free their faces blurred. The world spins around and I'm at my old home a familar happy feeling as I walk in finding someone awake with random people asleep on my floor...

I didn't want to wake up. At my old home I would give anything to go back. Back to my childhood, back to my best friend, back to my past where people here didn't seem so familiar yet hard to remember. Whats wrong with my mind?

I know I owe you guys a longer chapter but luckily Chapter 3 is ALMOST done. So please enjoy review or ask questions if you're confused on anything.