Pretend (johnnyboy & curtis sister x cherry)

Chapter 38: Nail Polish Party

~time skip to after dinner~

I'm sitting on the living room floor painting my nails, while Johnny sits on the couch and plays with my hair. I decided on red nail polish because it reminds me of Cherry. I'm still thinking about last night when she sat in my lap to do my makeup. I love her so much. She's so pretty and sweet and ah!! I'm too gay for this shit.

"What are you guys up to here?" Asks Sodapop as he enters the room with a glass of chocolate milk in his hand.

"What does it look like we're doing? I'm painting my nails and he's braiding my hair" I remark.

"Oh." Soda states, "Can you do my nails, maybe?"

"Yes, of course, I can!" I say, thrilled. "Let me finish mine while you pick out a color." I hand Sodapop my large box of nail polish.

"You've got quite the collection." He beams while sorting through the box, searching for the perfect color.

When my nails dry, he lays his hands down on the coffee table and smiles brightly. Since I never had a sister growing up, Soda always did the stereotypical girly things with me; like makeup, nails, shopping, and gossiping. We haven't hung out together in a while because I've been spending a lot of time with Johnny, and he's been spending a lot of time with his new girlfriend Stephanie.

A/n- I mentioned Stephanie in chapter 2, I think

Sodapop and Stephanie have been going out since about a month ago. But nobody in the gang has ever met her. Soda always seems suspicious when he goes out with her. I have a theory that he made her up and has actually been dating Steve. I know it sounds far-fetched but I have proof. Every time he goes to spend the night at her house, he comes back with Steve and both of them are always covered in hickies. Steve isn't dating anybody (he and Evie broke up). So I think every time Soda says he's hooking up with Stephanie, he's actually fucking Steve.

Sodapop chose a hot pink nail polish. Steve and Twobit enter the living room a few minutes after I start painting Soda's nails. Both of them have a beer in hand and look drunk.

The next thing I know, I'm painting Steve, Johnny, and Two's nails.

A/n- let's just pretend that it was socially accepted for dudes to wear nail polish in the '60s.

When Dallas walks in I ask him if he wants painted nails too. He just gives me a cold, hard stare and then leaves.

When Ponyboy comes out of his room, he asks what's going on. Two screams that we're having a nail painting party.

"Can I join in?" He asks shyly.

"Of course, you can!" I tell him. "But I'm busy doing Two-Bit's nails right now. Johnny can do yours. He's done mine before so he knows how." I look at Johnny and wink. He blushes.

It's so cute watching Johnny do Ponyboy's nails. They keep making eye contact and then looking away and blushing like crazy. I've got to set them up. They're just too cute.