We're The Kids Who Feel Like Dead Ends

Chapter 2: Sneakers

LUX'S P.O.V. 

I wake up with my head on Ponyboy's shoulder, we must have fallen asleep reading last night. I couldn't help but admire the way his hair lies over his forehead, and how even when he's asleep he is smiling. I poke his face in a attempt to wake him up. "Pony, wake up!" I whisper. When all else fails, wet willy time! Two-bit suddenly walked in confused. "Shh, I want to mess with him." I whisper. "Can I help?" He asks. "Yep, wet willy his other ear." I say. He walks over to the other side of Ponyboy. "One, two, three, go!" I say and we both wet willied him. He jerks awake clutching his ears. "Aww gross man." He says. "Well you wouldn't wake up, what was I supposed to do?" I say. I suddenly notice our position and leap from the couch. "I'm going to go get dressed. " I say. When I walk away I hear Ponyboy's comment, "I wonder what that was about." I giggle slightly and suddenly I am pulled into another room. I turn around to see a shook up Johnny. "What the freak man? You scared me!" I say. "I need to talk to you." He says. "Can't this wait? I need to change." I say. "No, now listen for a minute." He says. He starts pacing in front of me. What could be bothering him so much? "We need a plan to go see Randi." He says. "Why can't we just go see her?" I ask. He looks at me like I was the stupidest thing in the world. "Umm, ask the 6 guys who hate her guts." He says. "Point taken, what's your plan?" I ask. "I'm going to cover for you, you go see her. You cover for me, I go see her." He says. Hold on a minute... "Why do you want to see her?" I ask. His cheeks turn a bright shade of crimson. "I don't know, she seems like she needs another friend right now." He says. Yeah he wants to be her friend, that and donuts don't make you fat. "Sure." I say.  I leave to go in the bathroom to change. Right when I start changing Soda walks in. I quickly pull my shirt to my chest to cover myself. "I'm sorry." He says. His cheeks went from tan to pink in a flash, and with that he closes the door. I finish up and walk out of the bathroom and lean on the wall next to it. "For the record you have a nice bod." Soda whispers before entering the bathroom.  

RANDI'S P.O.V. 

I was sleeping in y car... Bubbles sleeps in a home... with people... boys... lucky. I guess that's what I deserve though... *sigh* I look at my old switch blade and think about bad thoughts. The thoughts get the better of me, as I look down at the blade there's already on the blood on it... and it's not mine. I wipe the blood off as the thoughts come back, Melody was always the better nicer one. She deserves a nice warm house. She wouldn’t survive on the streets, where I am used to it. Blood rushes from my wrists onto the leather seats of the car. "Fuck." I whisper, I wipe off the blood and try to sleep. I hear a knock on the window that wakes me, Melody. I roll down my window. "What are you doing?" I ask her.  "I came to see you, how you holding up?" I shrug. "Sucks." She looks at me sympathetically. "Yeah, well I can't stay long because someone else wants to see you. See you around." With that she runs off. Someone else wants to see me? Why? I hop out of my car and wait for the mystery person. "Randi!" Is that... Johnny? I turn around and sure enough it's Johnny. "J-Johnny?" He tries to say something but his breath is short due to him running here. "You okay Johnny?" He nods and says what he needs to stay. We spent the whole night talking, well until he had to go. Now I'm alone again.  

SODAPOP'S P.O.V. 

I sit down on the couch and just start thinking. Usually when I think it's about girls, like all the hot babes who flirt with me at the gas station. For some odd reason the only one who I can think about is Lux. Her smile, the way she jokes around, walking into the bathroom on her changing. Her hair is so long and smooth, and her eyes are different shades of emerald green with a few specks of gold. She manages to always smell like strawberries and cream. She is really quirky too, she can also take a hit or two. It's also really cute how she twists her ring around her finger when she's nervous. I hear someone come into the front room, speak of the devil. 

"Hey Soda!" She says. "Hey Lux, what's up?" I ask. "Nothing really, I was just going to this really cool spot I found to think, until I realized it was pointless." I say. Two-bit walks through saying, "That's what the triangle said to the circle." He could not go one day without telling a joke. I hear Lux giggle a little bit. Her laugh is one of the best things I have ever heard. She walks over and sits next to me, like as close as she can get without sitting on me. Maybe she likes me. "Want to play a game?" She asks. I look at her with a glint in my eye. "Like what?" I ask. "Truth or Dare." She says. "Sure, truth or dare?" I ask. She is so going to choose truth. I have so many things I could ask her. "Dare." She says. Whoa. Girls usually never choose dare. She's got balls. How many exactly? Let's find out. "I dare you to kiss Dally. 

LUX'S P.O.V. 

Does this mean he doesn't like me? Maybe I can make him jealous. "Okay." I say. "Hey Dally can you come here for a second?" I yell. "Hold on a minute!" He returned. MY stomach is starting to turn a little bit. I twist my ring around my finger until a shirtless Dally walks into the room. I know what you're thinking. No, nobody spent the night. I walk up to him with a smile on my face. He looks a bit confused. I quickly whisper in his ear, "I'm sorry." Then I place my lips on his and begin to kiss him, it wasn't but a second until he kissed me back. He places one of his hands to hold my face and the other at the small of my back pulling me closer. I tangled my fingers in his hair trying to get deeper until I remember this is a dare. I pull away and see a shocked expression from both Dally and Soda. I sit next to Soda again. "What was that for?" Dally asks. "It was a dare." I say simply. "If that's how you kiss for a dare, I would love to kiss you when you mean it." He says. "Dally you want to join?" Soda asks. "Sure, Soda truth or Dare?" He asks. "Dare." Soda says acting all macho. "I dare you to kiss Lux." Dally says. "I am such a slut." I say sarcastically. Soda looks me in the eyes and leans in- until we hear a girlish scream in the bathroom. I jump up and run to see what's going on. "I SAW A RAT!" Two-bit squeels. "Only you Matt." I say. Only you...