The Happy Ending (The Outsiders Johnnyboy)

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Ever since the morning we kissed, me and Johnny have been closer than ever. Later that night, I officially asked him to be my boyfriend and thankfully he said yes! We decided we were going to keep it a secret when we go home though... if we ever do get home. Dally still hasn't come with any news and we were getting even more tired as the days went on.

Me and Johnny were sitting together. I had my arm around him and was leaning into him, holding Gone With The Wind, but i wasn't really reading it. I had started to feel sick, but that was expected as we had only eaten bologna sandwiches and the other various things Johnny had bought the first day we got here. I could tell he wasn't feeling the best either. I knew he wanted to go home just as much as I did.

"You all right, Ponyboy?" Johnny asked, looking down at me, noticing my blank stare and the way my fingers were fiddling with the pages of my book. I looked up at him slightly, rubbing my eyes. "I'm okay, Johnnycake. I think I'm just a little tired that's all.." He took his jacket off and handed it to me, "Go get some sleep, I think I'm going to go outside and get some fresh air." He said, a slight smile on his face. "I don't need sleep, I just want to go home!" I suddenly snapped, standing up. "I hate this! I want to go home! I wish Dally would just come with some news already!" I was crying, and I could tell Johnny didn't know what to do. He stood up, hugging me, trying to be as comforting as he could in this situation. "Stop crying, Pony.. we'll hear from someone soon, okay? We're going to be all right." I pulled away from him and wiped the tears on my face. "I'm sorry, Johnnycake.. it's just- I don't feel good right now." He nodded slightly, "I'm sure some sleep will help, I'm sure tomorrow we'll hear some things." I looked at him, grabbing his hand and moving to the spot on the floor we had been sleeping on, pulling him down onto the ground with me. He didn't hesitate as I pulled him into me, closing my eyes. Eventually we both fell asleep.

The next morning I woke up to Dally in my face. "Hey, Ponyboy, wake up kid!" He said, pulling at my hair. It took me a second to realize who it was, but when I did I got real happy.. I had a complicated relationship with Dal, but him being here meant one thing.. we might get to go home! Dally woke Johnny up too. Johnny looked tired, but I'm sure I did too.

Dally gave me a letter from Sodapop. He seemed even more worried than I expected.. it made me want to go home even more. "So what's going on, Dal? Do we get to go home?" I said, putting Soda's letter in my back pocket. "Relax, Pony.. but no, cops have been questioning everyone in town. Stupid bastards told them it was you two who killed that Soc and their looking all around town." Dallas said, making Johnny slide further down into his seat. I walked over to him, sitting down and putting an arm around his shoulder. Dallas looked at us funny for a second before saying, "Come on, you two.. let's get some food, I'm starving!" He pulled both of us up, and pulled us to the car he had taken from Bucks.

We ended up driving to a Dairy Queen. I have never been happier to be eating real food.. well, anything is better than bologna sandwiches right now. After eating we drove back to the church...

The Burning Church!

We heard the cries of children and adults. I immediately ran for the burning building, Johnny hesitantly running after me. I broke some of the boards, trying to get inside. "Pony, be careful!" Johnny teller. I could barely hear him, I just kept trying to get my way inside. Once we go our way inside, we began to evacuate the kids. Dally helped us from one of the windows. Wood began to crash down, me and Johnny still inside.. the roof about to collapse. I noticed the roof falling apart faster and faster, so I grabbed Johnnys hand. I pushed him out of the church, landing on top of him. The roof collapsed just as we got out.

I coughed and quickly got off of Johnny. He sat up, "Pony, you all-" I interrupted him with a hug. I was glad we made it out of there, so glad. The last thing that would help right
Now was losing my best fr- my boyfriend. I smiled at that thought, Johnny Cade was my boyfriend. I pulled away from the hug and wiped the soot off of Johnnys face before pulling him into a kiss. I heard a small gasp from Dally as I pulled away. "So.. you two are a thing now, huh? Good for you, man!" Dallas said, pulling us off the ground and towards the  car. "You said the cops were after us!" Johnny said,  nervously. "We will figure all of that out when we get back to Tulsa, yeah?" I looked at Johnny and gave him a reassuring look.