Dallas Winston Has A Sister? (Outsiders Fanfic)

Pony's Crush

        On Monday in English the first thing Pony noticed was the new girl in his class.  She was occupying the one empty seat in the back on the other side of the room.

        She had unbelievably short hair for a girl, about the same length as his, which was long for a boy's but most guys in the neighborhood had hair like that.  She even dressed like a boy, being the only girl he had ever seen who wore jeans.  She also had on a plain white T-shirt, a faded jean jacket, and a worn out pair of Converses, also guy shoes.  Her brown hair hung around her lynx-like face, and her icy blue eyes looked oddly familiar.

        Just like him, she looked out of place in this class filled with Socs.  He noticed a bruise on her cheek and a nasty gash on the palm of her hand, and even though she looked awfully tough, he suspected that she'd been jumped by some Socs recently, though why they would jump a girl he didn't know.

        He kept an eye out for her the rest of the day, and he saw her in the halls numerous times, but he never got up the nerve to talk to her.  Pony was intrigued by her quiet, cool yet tough stature, and she reminded him a lot of Dally.

        He was gonna ask Two-Bit about her when they were on their way home from school, but Two-Bit brought it up first.

        "You guys see that new chick at school today?  Her hair was weird, but man was she cute," he said.

        "Yeah, she's in my English class.  Know what her name is?" Pony asked, immediately regretting having said it when he saw that devilish grin cross Two-Bit's face.

        "Hell, no.  But I'll sure as heck find out for you, loverboy," Two-Bit joked, slugging Pony on the arm.

        Pony's ears reddened at the fact that Two-Bit had actually, sort of, said it out loud.  Johnny tried to hide his smile as Pony defensively shouted, "Who said I liked her?  I just asked what her name was!"

        "Oooh, Pony's first crush!  Wait till I tell Soda!  He'll flip!" Two-Bit shouted, running ahead of them and flying through the screen door of the Curtis house. 

        Pony's blush deepened and he lingered on the sidewalk in front of the gate to his house with Johnny.  "I don't even know her, so how can I like her?" he reasoned with Johnny, trying to keep his voice from sounding defensive because that would give him away for sure. 

        Johnny shrugged wordlessly with a grin plastered on his face before turning and walking down the street.  Pony sighed and pushed through the gate, preparing himself for a severe interrogation from Sodapop.