A/N: This chapter will explain more about the OC's. I hope you like it! Please be nice when you review! The reason why Steve is skeptical when it comes to Sophie and Anne is because of the Cold War, we were fighting communists! Look it up people! Please forgive any of my spelling/grammer mistakes. :) You guys are awesome!

*Right after the events of the book* (Dallas and Johnny are alive)

Darrel Curtis sat in his chair, reading the paper. It was his day off and he planned to enjoy it by staying at home and relaxing. No one was home, Ponyboy was visiting Johnny, Dallas had a date with Cherry, Two Bit was on a date with Kathy, and Steve and Soda were working. For once, it was quiet in the Curtis household.

Darry sighed in contentment as he read his paper. Hopefully the guys wouldn't barge in and ruin his day.

Just then, a knock came from the door.

Darry groaned, what did they want? He loved the gang dearly, but right now all he wanted to do was relax. But wait, no one ever knocked on their door, unless they were from the state. But the people from the state were just here, Darry was confused, who would be knocking? Only one way to find out, Darry told himself as he made his way to the door.

It didn't take him long to get to the door. Once there, Darry took a deep breath. He was a little worried. What if it was the state here to take his brothers away? They'd just gotten Ponyboy back a week or so ago, they couldn't take him away now. Finally, Darry found enough courage to open the door. A woman stood there, and she definitely wasn't from the state.

She looked about Darry's age, hell she looked almost as stressed at Darry did, but even if she did look a little worn out she was still beautiful. Darry couldn't keep his eyes off of her. She had beautiful, long brown hair and icy blue eyes. They weren't icy like Darry's; it was just the color of her eyes that looked icy. She was shorter than him, but taller than some of the other girls Darry had seen. Darry also noticed that she had…..a wonderful set of…..you know.

"Hello," she even had an accent. It almost sounded Russian or something. "My name is Sophie Smirnov, We, My sister, our friends and I, just moved into the neighborhood, I was just wondering if I could borrow a cup of sugar." Darry didn't answer at first; he was busy staring at her.

"Um… Of course, I'm Darrel Curtis by the way, but my friends call me Darry." She smiled at him, which made Darry smile.

He ushered inside before he went to get the sugar.

"Your brothers," She called, "are Ponyboy and Sodapop, yes?'" Darry, who was now walking into the living room with her sugar, was a little surprised that Sophie knew who his brothers were.

"Yes," Darry must've looked confused.

"I'm the guardian of my sister and her two friends, and Alyssa, one of the girls I take care of, goes to school with Ponyboy. They have become great friends, and he has told her all about the…gang." Sophie explained. Darry chucked at that. Leave it to Ponyboy.

"Yep, sounds a bit like Ponyboy. Here's your sugar." He said as he handed her the cup. Sophie smiled and thanked him.

"Would you and the gang like to come over for dinner tomorrow? Cherry may come as well." Sophie told him. Darry wondered if this woman was a mind reader.

"No, we wouldn't want to impose." Darry told her. She chuckled.

"Such a gentleman, but I insist. We live just a few houses down in the blue house," She said as she walked out the door. "Dinner will be ready by eight."

Darry stood in the middle of the living room, awestruck.

****Dinner****

"So this broad and her sister are Russian?" Steve asked his face turned up in a scowl. Darry glared at him.

"Yes Steve, try not to be an asshole to them." Darry told him. Ponyboy snorted.

"That's like asking an alcoholic to stop drinking," Ponyboy muttered just load enough for Steve to hear him.

"Why you little-," Steve said as he tried to pound Ponyboy's face in, but Soda stopped him.

"Steve, c'mon man." Soda warned him. Steve stopped fighting, but he went on glaring at Ponyboy.

It wasn't long before everyone, Cherry, Dallas, Darry, Ponyboy, Two Bit, Soda, and Steve, all left the house. On the way to the Smirnov place, Steve began to act like an ass again.

"Are you sure they're not Russian spies?" Darry turned around and glared at Steve, which shut him up real quick.

It didn't take long to get to the blue house. It was smaller than the Curtis house, but with more flowers and stuff, it almost looked like the Curtis place before Mrs. Curtis died.

Darry walked up to the front door and knocked, not even a minute later a girl who was about Soda's age answered the door.

Soda looked at her in awe, as did a few of the other boys. She had long, curly, blonde hair and icy blue colored eyes. She had an oval shaped face and pouty lips. She was real pretty in Soda's book.

"Oh you must be Darry! Sophie hasn't stopped talking about you since she borrow that sugar." Darry blushed at that. "Who is Ponyboy? Alyssa loves to talk about this mysterious Ponyboy." Ponyboy raised his hand, his face as red as a tomato.

Someone yelled something in another language, Russian maybe. The beautiful girl who opened the door, yelled something back. Not long after that, Sophie was in the door way.

"Please come inside so I can introduce you to everyone. You have already met my sister Anne." Anne smiled, which made Soda smile. Their gazes met and Anne gave him a privetsmile. Soda felt his cheeks become hot. Well this was new; Soda was normally the one to make girls blush, not the other way around.

It wasn't long before the gang met with the Smith sisters. Elizabeth was Steve's age while Alyssa was Ponyboy's age. They were two Italian American's (Their father was English and their mother was Italian, but they were born in the US) from Erie Pennsylvania. Despite the age difference, Elizabeth and Alyssa almost looked like twins. Of course, their different personalities set them apart. Steve and Elizabeth "hated" each other as soon as they met.

Dinner was a lovely, friendly affair…until Elizabeth dumped her spaghetti on Steve's head.

This is how it happened; Darry and Sophie were flirting (but they'd never admit it) while Ponyboy and Alyssa were awkwardly talking about books. Soda was telling Anne a story while Elizabeth told Two Bit, Dallas, Steve and Cherry a joke.

"So then the guy says-," At that point Steve began to tap his knuckles to the table. This seemed to irritate Elizabeth, so he began to do it even louder.

"Would you stop that?" Elizabeth snapped. Steve smirked.

"Make me," He told her. Elizabeth eyed him for a moment, before she stood up and grabbed her plate of spaghetti. Everyone thought she was going to walk away, even Steve thought she would, which made his smirk in victory. Instead of walking away, Elizabeth dumped her food onto his head.

"There, I made you," Elizabeth told him before she walked out of the room. Everyone was silent. Suddenly, Alyssa stood up and ran after her sister. Darry apologized a few hundred times for bringing Steve along to dinner, while Sophie apologized for Elizabeth's rude behavior. Steve, of course, believed that he had done nothing wrong.

*Johnny*

For the first time in a month, Johnny was able to step outside without a fence keeping him locked away in the yard. The air smelled sweeter and the sun seemed brighter.

"Johnny!" Johnny turned around to see the whole gang, and….Cherry Valance? It took him a moment to remember the talk he and Cherry had while he was in jail. She told him of her attraction to Dallas, and Johnny told her to go for it, looks like she took his advice.

"Johnny," Ponyboy said as he pulled is friend into a hug. The whole gang greeted Johnny, hell even Cherry gave him a hug. Of course they came to see him in jail, but seeing them outside of that hell hole was a whole lot better.

The whole gang soon set off to the Curtis house. Two Bit left them halfway there, saying that he had to get his sister and that he would bring her over. On the way home Ponyboy went on and on about the girls down the street.

"I'm telling ya man, that Alyssa is somethin' else," Ponyboy said before he lit up a weed. Johnny said nothing. Ponyboy always talked about this Alyssa girl when he came to visit. She was all he could talk about, which really made Johnny feel left out. It seemed that everyone was going to pair off with someone and he'd be left alone.

They got to the Curtis house only to be greeted by the girls. Johnny liked them, they were real nice and pretty, and he knew that they were perfect for Pony, Darry, Soda and Steve.

The gang all sat around in the living room, Steve, Soda and Johnny on the couch (Anne was sitting on Soda's lap, did I mention that they were now dating), Ponyboy was sitting on the floor with Alyssa reading (or trying to read. They would steal glances at each other sometimes), Elizabeth and Steve were glaring/staring at each other, and Darry and Sophie were in the kitchen doing something (They were dating too, so Johnny didn't really want to think about what they were doing). Cherry and Dallas left not long after they got home. This is how Two Bit found them.

"Johnny, I want ya to meet my fifteen year old sister, Kelly." Johnny didn't seem all that interested, until she walked into the room.

She almost looked like the female version of Two Bit, but much prettier. She had wavy, rusty hair that went down to her shoulders, and pretty gray/blue eyes. Time seemed to stop for Johnny, and he could have sworn that he heard cheesy romantic music in the background. She was beautiful. There is no way she'd go for a guy like me, Johnny thought to himself.

"Hi Johnny, I'm Kelly," Kelly said, sticking her hand out to shake his. Johnny's hand suddenly became sweaty and he felt like he was going to throw up, yet it wasn't a bad feeling.

"H-hi," Johnny managed to get out, his voice creaking. Dammit, why can't he be smooth like the other guys? Well, everyone but Ponyboy.

"Are you okay Johnny, you look a little flushed?" Kelly noted.

"I-I'm fine," well at least his voice didn't crack there.

"If you say so," Kelly told him, she wasn't convinced.

That was how Johnny Cade met his future wife.

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