Wait What?!?! You're a Winston???

Be mine?

CHAPTER 6

Soda's POV

When Francesca kissed my cheek I could feel sparks. I know Pony likes her but I can't help it, I think I'm falling for her. She's so pretty and as light as a feather, she doesn't deserve all the things she's been through.

It's great to have a girl in the gang. I swear if I fall for her Dally'll kill me because of the age gap. I mean age is just a number right? Love comes first. Wait what?!?! Did I seriously just say love???

Francesca then jumped up from my knee and ran upstairs, I think she went to the bathroom. That girl makes me laugh, but she's amazing.

I then glanced around the room and realised nearly everyone from the gang was staring at me. What did I do wrong? I then looked towards the table and saw Pony sat there with his head in his hands, he looked like he was crying?

I got up and walked towards him. As I sat in the chair beside him he looked up at me with a tear tear stained face.

"Wanna y'all about it?" I whispered to him. He stood up and tugged my shirt before walking out to the porch. I looked at him confused before following him.

I walked out the front door to where Pony was crying even more.

I pulled him into a hug before asking what was wrong with him. He showed me his arm and I saw the biggest gash I have ever seen. He then lifted up his chin to show me another scar just like the one the Soc's gave him just below the last one.

I looked at him sympathetically and worried as he said "I'm sorry Soda" I wondered what he was talking about before he gave me his blade. Did he mean he was cutting himself???

"Did you do this?" I asked him with worry and anger in my voice before his put his head down and looked at the floor. I lifted his chin before telling him why he shouldn't cut himself, he said he was getting beaten at school and some other stuff was bugging him.

Just then Darry walked down the path towards us. I quickly wiped away Pony's tears before telling him to go take a shower to clean the cuts.

Darry walked up to me before we walked inside.

Frencesca's POV

I was sat on the sofa before Soda came and picked me up and handed me to Steve who started tickling me. I was then thrown to Two-but who threw me to Johnny and I just got sick of this so I kicked Johnny in the leg really hard. I think I might have hurt him because he then curled up in a ball on the floor. Dally looked at me before giving me a look to say apologize but everyone else was laughing.

I picked Johnny up and said sorry before going and sitting on the opposite side of the sofa to Soda. He looked at me as if to say 'why you not sitting with me' I just looked at him and smirked before getting up to go sit with Dally.

Dally laughed at Soda before whispering in my ear which I didn't hear what he said.

Darry then called to everyone that dinner was ready. Everyone jumped up straight away apart from me and Dally. They're all a set of greedy pigs haha.

We slowly walked to the table and I sat next to Pony and Johnny, totally ignoring Soda. After dinner I offered to wash the dishes.

Sofa came up to me and wrapped his arms around my torso and whispered into my ear "why you avoiding me princess?" He sounded upset. I just giggled and turned around towards him. I placed some bubbles on his nose before turning back towards the sink. He ended up wiping my face with some bubbles he picked up out of the sink. We both giggle as I turned back round again. Our faces started to get closer until our foreheads touched, "be my girl?" He asked me. I decided I'd play with him so I just stood there for a few minutes and he pulled back looking at me with hope in his bright brown eyes.

"Of course" I said back with excitement in my voice. We then brought his face back towards me as we kissed.

"Awwww" we heard a few voices from the gang. "Ok keep it PG kids" we heard Darry say before I turned bright red and the gang was laughing and Soda held me in his embrace. We both looked at them all stood in the doorway, Pony looked hurt but happy at the same time. Dally looked at me protectively, happy and surprise all mixed into one. Everyone looked happy for us both, after a while we were all sat in the living room. Darry said we can all stay over tonight.

I was sat here in Soda's lap watching all the guys play cards at the table apart from Darry who was sat reading his paper, Dally who had gone over to see Buck.

We were all laughing at Two-but who kept cussing at himself until Darry shouted 'language' about 10 times. Two then cussed himself out again when Steve didn't put down the card Two wanted him to, all of a sudden Darry whacked him upside the head as we all laughed. It was funny watching them because Darry got so mad when people cussed in front of him.

It was then coming close to midnight when Dally walked through the door. Everyone was now sat watching TV at this time. I jumped up from Soda's lap and ran over to Dal, I hugged him and he smelt like beer, but didn't seem drunk. Maybe he had just one or two. I gave him a hug before he picked me up and placed me back on Soda's knee before sitting next to us.

I loved how much things haven't changed from when we were younger, after about half an hour of Soda playing with my hair I fell asleep listening to his steady heartbeat. Pony had fell asleep curled in a ball at the other side of the sofa and Johnny had his head head laid on Dally's shoulder as the both of them were fast asleep.

I heard Darry say he's going to bed as he picked Pony up and took him upstairs. A few minutes later I felt Soda stand up with me still in his arms and walk upstairs to place me on his bed and climb in next to me.

I snuggled up to him and whispered goodnight whilst planting a kiss on his soft lips. He held me tight as I fell back into a deep sleep.