guardian angel || the outsiders fanfic♡

thirty six.

***Kayla's POV***

Today is the day we all leave for the big camping trip!

I'm so excited, and so is Soda. We've talked about it every day since we left the cellar, which was about a week ago. Let's just say we're all pretty stoked to be getting away from the city for a while.

Everyone should be meeting at the Curtis home at 10:00 am, and it's currently about 9:00 am. No one who hasn't been staying here has shown up, so we're waiting on Alex, Dally, Two-Bit, Bailey, Steve, and Ellie. Everyone who is here has been loading up 3 cars full of camping gear and clothes. You'd think we were leaving for a month.

Soda comes bounding into our room where I'm doing last minute additions to my clothes bag and picks me up before I know whats going on. Then he races outside where the Curtis's and the Jameson's are standing in a bunched up group.

"What is it?" I ask and Soda puts me down so I can see.

"You're Christmas present!" Victoria squeals.

"From who?" I ask as I try to find it through the crowd of people.

"The whole gang!" Ponyboy says.

"What is- OH MY GOD YOU GOT ME A PUPPY!?" I scream as I spot the puppy sitting. She trots up to me and places her head in my lap. She looks like a husky and has beautiful blue eyes.

"Yeah!" Lauren says. I pick the little girl up and she licks my cheek.

"Thank you guys so much! Oh my goodness, how'd you know I wanted one so bad?" I ask and hold the precious thing against my chest.

Soda raises his hand and I run over and give him a huge hug.

"Awe! That's so cute, they're like a little family!" Victoria says. Soda and I look at each other and laugh.

"I can't thank you guys enough!" I harp.

"You gave her the dog before we got here?" I hear Two-Bit whine. I turn and see him and Bailey making their way to us.

"Was her reaction priceless?" Bailey says. I nod and everyone nods as well.

"We brought our share of the gift," Two-Bit says and hands me a paper bag. I peek inside and pull out a leash and a collar.

"This is perfect! Thank you guys so much!" I say and go around to give everyone hugs.

"She already got it!?" Alex yells. Everyone turns and sees that the final members of the gang are making their way to us.

I run over to Alex and give her a huge hug. She laughs and when she pulls away, she hands me another bag. This one is bigger and holds a dog bed.

"You guys are too nice!" I say and hug her again. I give Dally a hug too before Ellie hands me a large bag. I open it and find dog food.

"You guys are amazing, I love you all so much," I say and hug Ellie and Steve.

"You guys want to know who Dallas loves?" Darry says in a mock tone.

"Alex!" Dally says happily. Alex smiles and Dally bounces a little bit.

"Dallas, are you bouncing?" I ask with a laugh. He stops and turns away.

"He's just really excited," Alex explains.

"Well since everyone is here, let's load everyone's things into the cars and get on the road!" Darry says. We all cheer and finish packing everything up. I take out the collar and the leash and tie it around my girl. She trots around happily and sniffs everyone.