The sudden feeling a solid weight settling on my stomach aroused me from my sleep. Fingers pressed to my cheeks as the unknown person was still trying their best to wake me up.
"Come on Jo wake up" A soft voice said, sliding their fingers from my cheeks to my hair, tugging on the dark strands.
I have out a loud groan before opening my eyes, blinking as they adjusted to the bright lights. After my eyes were fully adjusted I began to take in the small brunette that had placed herself on the lower part of my torso. She wore a white cami with a turquoise button up, rolled to her elbows and left open . A light pair of jeans hugged her bottom half; her pack of cancer sticks sticking out from the tight material.
"Johnny are you even listening to me?" She huffed.
"What? Oh ya I was." I lied.
"No he wasn't El. He was checking you out" Ponyboy said, causing my cheeks to flush a bright red.
"Aww look he's even blushing" Two-Bit teased. "Although you can't blame him I mean look at how you're sitting on him" He continued. Ella rolled her eyes before grabbing the pillow that rested behind my head and throwing it at him. Two-Bit ducked away from the pillow causing it to hit Ponyboy.
"Watch it!" Ponyboy yelled, throwing the pillow back at her. Ella gave out a low shriek as the soft object knocked into her
"Why don't you watch it?" She retorted. The two began to argue and before we knew it they were on the floor wrestling.
Ponyboy may have been bigger in size he still had a hard time keeping up with Ella's quick movements. Within' minutes the small brunette had him on his stomach with his arms pinned behind his back.
"Pony you need to start working out more." Ella said, causing Pony to start squirming underneath of her. She released her grip before slowly standing up. Hands grasped her legs before pulling her back onto the ground, as the wrestling continued.
"Will you two quit it I'm tryin' to watch TV!" Two-Bit complained. "So damn annoyin'" He muttered.
"I'd have to agree with that" Dally said. "You guys are annoying, especially you 3" He added, indicating towards Ella, Ponyboy and me.
"We are not" Ella huffed, crossing her arms over her chest.
"Aw I was just joking Bug" Dallas cooed, ruffling her chesnut curls.
"I know Das" She replied, smacking his hands away. Dallas chuckled, sitting down on the couch next to Two-Bit.
"So what are we doing today guys?" Ponyboy asked.
"Well later on we're going to the movies" Dallas reminded us.
"Ok so until then we can hangout at my house" Pony suggested. Ella and I nodded; Ella moving to pull on her black converse.
"I'll see you guys later and be careful Ella" Dally waved us goodbye as we stepped out of the house and into the cool September air. Ella gave out a noticable shiver as she stepped closer to me. I held back the urge to put my arm around her shoulder and pull her even closer to me. So instead I slipped my jacket off and held it out to her.
"Won't you get cold though?" Ella questioned.
"I'll be fine just take it." I insisted, urging the jacket closer to her. She was a bit hesitant on taking it but ended up taking it eventually, pulling it on.
We arrived at Pony's house a while later. Seeming how it was a Friday everyone was pretty much there, well besides Dally and Two-Bit.
When we walked through the door, heads turned to look at us. They looked over the three of us before turning back to whatever they were doing. Ponyboy rushed to the kitchen, announcing that he was going to make another cake. Darry followed closely behind, I assumed that he was going to supervise his younger brother.
Soda was seated on the couch, his arm wrapped around Sandy's shoulders. They were laughing and goofing around on the couch while Steve sat in the recliner with Evie perched on his lap. Although, as soon as the two girls caught sight of Ella they rushed over to her, hugging and cooing at the smaller girl. I could hear her groan from where I was standing which made me laugh a little.
Ella never did care for Sandy and Evie but they sure cared for her. Everytime they saw Ella they immediately rushed over, hoping to start an actual conversation. On the other hand, whenever Ella saw them she made sure to go another way or making up some lame excuse.
I never really understood why Ella never liked them, they were always nice to her. I'm assuming it has something to do with what they talked about. I know for a fact that Ella hates talking about girly stuff like hair, makeup or boys. It just wasn't her thing, she was more of a tomboy. She left her hair natural, hanging in messy curls. Her face was makeup free but it's not like she needed makeup anyway, she was a natural beauty. Unlike Sandy and Evie, Ella hated discussing her feelings about boys. Completely despised it. Dally also hated listening to it, I guess he just didn't like her growing up.
I can still remember the first time Ella went on a date. Of course Dally was completely against it, along with the rest of us. We weren't against the date in general, we were just against on who she went out with.
Curly Shepard.
Out of all the guys in Tulsa she chose to go out with Curly Shepard. At first, I was jealous. I always thought of Ella being mine, I wanted to keep her to myself. Selfish, I know but that's what I was used to and the thought of her going out with another guy made me rather jealous.
They went on a few more dates but the relationship came to a quick end on the last date. Curly thought it would be a good idea to move to the next level with Ella which involved the removal of her shirt. Ella, on the other hand, didn't want to move to the next level and ended up punching him. Curly walked around with a black eye for weeks, earning laughs from almost everyone in town including his siblings Tim and Angela.
Ella didn't go on another date after that which Dallas was pretty happy about. He didn't even have to anything.
What luck.