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•~Ponyboy's P.O.V~•
We finished our project a few days before the science fair was scheduled. Ever since then, we haven't hung out with Michelle. We talked sometimes in school but we had no excuse to go to her house besides that we just wanted to hang out.

Johnny and I were both too scared to ask her to just hang out.

However, Dally hadn't been coming to my house in a while. It seemed odd.

"Hey Pony." I turned around and saw Michelle. She looked more dressed up than usual. I suddenly thought that I was too dressed down in my jeans and a grey t-shirt.

"Hey, Michelle," I muttered, making her furrow her eyebrows.

"What's wrong?" She asked quickly, as she sat things up on our table.

"Nothing." I shrugged.

"Are your friends coming?" She asked, changing the subject. I guessed that she believed me. I was really good at lying.

"Yeah, so are Darry and Soda. Darry got to take off for today." She nodded and smiled. A pitch-perfect smile you'd see in a movie.

"That's good." I nodded.

"Are any of your family coming?" I asked cautiously. Michelle told Johnny and me one day that her parents were always working.

"Randy's coming and he's bringing Bob." She rolled her eyes making me laugh.

"I'm guessing you don't like Bob?" She chuckled.

"I despise him." I didn't see Randy anywhere, I was glad. Bob made Johnny nervous. I did see Dally coming over to us though.

God, please don't flirt with Michelle. I was starting to think that I liked Michelle. I knew it would never happen. She was older than me, and a Soc. She had more chances with Dally.

Dally smirked as he walked up to us.

"Hey, kid." He inspected what we made.

"Hey, Dallas," I answered.

"This looks nice," Dally added. I saw Michelle talking to Cherry. Cherry quickly walked away and said goodbye to her friend. Michelle then let out a loud sigh.

"What?" I asked.

"I have to go to the movies with Randy, Bob, Marcia, and Cherry." I could tell she'd rather be doing anything else.

"You look nice today doll," Dally smirked at me before looking back at Michelle for her reaction.

"I've told you before Dallas, I'm not a doll." I saw Darry and Soda come through the doors with Johnny and Two-Bit. It was only a matter of time before Bob and Randy came.

Darry came over and ruffled my hair.

"It looks, good kid." He admitted and Soda nodded.

"Thanks."

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We ended up getting first place, there was no prize or anything we'd just get the satisfaction of winning.

Randy and Bob came over once and Randy said it looked better than all the others he'd seen. Bob didn't say a word.

When we started to leave, Dally hung back to talk to Michelle for a while. Something was definitely going on between them. I could tell.
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