Johnny Cade. You met when you were 15 and started dating when you were 16. But one night you got crazy drunk and slept with his best friend... Dallas Winston. You found out you were pregnant with his baby and after regretting it all, you run away to...
Johnny, of course, asked if I wanted to go with him and I obviously said yes. But I got a red dress this time. It wasn't super flowy like most girls but it wasn't tight.
I actually kinda liked it.
I also bought white heels to go with it. I'm not one for heels but I was determined to look as best as I could.
I got ready at my house by myself and I was just gonna meet everyone at the Curtis'. Sodapop talked about crashing but I wasn't sure if he was being serious. Or more importantly, Darry would let him.
But I was curling my hair and it was weird to see it all done up like this. I haven't seen it out of a high frizzy ponytail in a while.
Actually, it almost felt nice.
If only I wasn't so paranoid about everyone. I'd leave it down more.
I put my makeup on next. It wasn't much but it was simple. Mascara, blush, concealer. I know some girls who go all out, but the most I put on was eyeshadow.
I was about to walk out the door and take my dads car to the Curtis', but Lizzie walked in the door.
I groaned. "Not happy to see me?" She asked.
I ignored the question. "Can I help you?"
"Why are you all dressed up?"
"The dance is tonight." I said. "Ugh. I hated school. What's the theme this year?" She asked rudely.
"King and queen." Her mouth dropped.
"The year after I dropped out?" She snapped. I nodded.
She was a smart girl. I'm not sure why she dropped. I guess just no motivation to go anymore. I mean, I wanna drop out but I'm dumb.
Lizzie's pretty and smart. She has a boyfriend, too, I think. "I'm gonna win it tonight."
She laughed. "You?" I nodded.
"Alright. Call me when you do."
I can't stand her.
She's the reason I want this damn thing.
I wouldn't give a fuck if it weren't for her.
She's always been better than me,as much as I hate to admit it. All her awards are on a shelf in her bedroom. At least they were the last time I was over there, which was 4 years ago.
Her mom won the crown when she was a senior at Will Rogers which is why Lizzie always wanted to win it.
Her mom is drop dead gorgeous and she's in her 40's now. She's a lot prettier than my mom which is probably why my dad likes her. But she always wore it around saying she's the queen and I was the peasant.
I hate her ego.
"Why are you here?" I asked.
"My mom took my inhaler. Did she leave it here?" I shrugged.
"Look around. Next time, knock first."
"Like you care anyways." I rolled my eyes and grabbed the keys.
I got in the car and I was positive I was gonna win this. I just wanna gloat in front of Lizzie and her stuck up mother. But I got there and I locked the car door.
I went inside and threw the keys on the table. "Alright let's go. Hurry up and get this night over with."
"Woah!" Ponyboy said.
"You're dressed up!" He said.
"Yep. Surpise I know." I said with a grin. Soda was in a suit and he was acting skeptical.
"Soda!" Darry yelled. "You cannot go to the school. You don't attend there."
"I feel left out." He said crossing his arms. I laughed. "I'm going to the dance." He mouthed.
Darry was driving us all because his cars the biggest. We all got into the car. Steve and Two-Bit got in the front, Ponyboy and Dallas got in the back, and Johnny and I got in the trunk. Sodapop snuck in the trunk with us.
"Didn't Darry say no." Johnny asked.
"I don't wanna feel left out." He said crouched down.
I laughed. "So who's got dates tonight?" I asked. "Well, there's you and I, Steve's going with Hayley-" I cut him off.
"Who's Hayley?" I asked.
"Oh. You aren't at our house that much. But Hayley is Steve's girlfriend."
"He's got a girlfriend?"
Soda nodded. "I want a girlfriend." Soda pouted. Johnny and I laughed.
"I also think Two-Bit has three dates. All blondes." I raised an eyebrow. "He couldn't chose so he asked all of them."
"Do they know that?"
He nodded. "He asked all three of them at the same time."
I rolled my eyes playfully. "Dallas will probably find someone to hook up with by the end of the night." We laughed.
"And you're all alone." I said with a pouty face.
"I hate being single."
"Didn't your ex cheat on you? Sandy, right? And get pregnant?" He nodded.
"I can't believe I ever liked her." Soda said with an eye roll.
"I'd be furious if someone did that to me." I muttered. "How awful do you have to be to do something like that?"
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I couldn't help but laugh. "I'm such a hypocrit." I said. "It's not funny, but I mean..."
"Wait so did this all happen that night?" Emma asked.
I shook my head. "No... everything went down hill about a week later."
"After that whole conversation in the back of the car, I was surprised when I found out about your situation." Sodapop said to me. "But I didn't know till like a month later because I'm clueless." Sodapop said.
I grinned. "Did you ever find out who Sandy's kids dad is?" I asked.
Soda shook his head. "I'm glad, though. I'd rather not know. He probably lives in Tulsa and what if it was someone I knew?"
"Hey, Johnny. How'd you find out it was Dallas'?"
Everyone was quiet.
I just sat there awkwardly.
"I told him." I finally said laughing.
"Really?" Hayley asked.
"I was drinking the day before so I was hungover." I said.
"Ohh." Hayley said dragging on.
"Alright. Continue." Hayley said. "I wanna hear the rest of this by chapter 27."
"Chapter?" I asked.
"Y'know. The fanfic we're in?" We all stared at her.
"I knew it!" Two-Bit shouted.
"I'm majorly confused. But ok. Back to the story."
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