// 1157 words //

(A/n: The picture up top is their house)

// Ponyboy's Point Of View //

"Darry I'm okay, I promise," I say into the phone.

"Are you completely sure that you two made it there safe," Darry questions.

"Yes we're completely fine Darry. No one is hurt, sick, or dying," I say with a chuckle.

"Okay... Fine I believe you, just make sure to come visit every once in awhile and be careful,* Darry says.

"I promise Darry. We'll come visit and we'll be careful," I say with a smile on my face.

"Alright... I'm gonna leave you two be, make sure you say hi to Daniel for me," he says.

"Bye Darry I will," I mumble.

"Bye," he says.

I hang up the phone quickly and put it in my pocket, turning and walking into the house. Daniel and I have been living here for a few days and we managed to unpack everything so we didn't have to do it later.

All that needed to be done is a bit of painting in a few rooms and some cleaning here and there. Suddenly, arms wrap around me from behind and I smile lightly, giggling at him.

"Hi Dani," I say quietly.

"Hi Ponyboy," he mutters.

I turn around slightly and wrap my arms around his neck, pressing a soft kiss on his cheek. He smiles at me and and kisses my nose.

We haven't had a chance to look around because of us being so busy with unpacking. I wanna see everything he loves about this place.

"Can we go walk around after lunch," I ask.

"Of course we can. I have someone for you to meet anyway," he says.

"Oh who is it," I ask with a grin.

"Just someone really important to me, besides you that is," he says pulling me closer.

"Well I'm excited to meet them, what are they like," I ask.

"He is like my best friend, he helped me out a lot when I needed it. He even taught me a few things," he says.

I let go of him and sit on the couch, him following after me and sitting next to me. I lean my head onto his shoulder and sigh quietly, him wrapping an arm around me.

"So what time is it," I ask.

"It's about 12:30," he says. "Why, ready to eat?"

"Yeah, I am. How about you," I ask.

"Yeah I am. What do you want," he asks.

"Hmm, I want pizza," I say with a giggle.

"Okay then that's what we'll have. You want home made pizza or you want me to call," he asks.

"I've never had homemade pizza so I want that," I say.

"You've never had homemade pizza," he asks.

"No, Darry always ordered it," I say with a shrug.

"Well, we need to go grocery shopping so let's go," he says standing up and pulling me up onto my feet.

I smile and grip his hand tighter as we walk out the door to his truck, closing and locking the house behind us. He opens the door for me and I hope in, buckling up and he closes the door, getting in on his side and buckling in.

He puts the key into the ignition and turns it, causing the truck to turn on and he puts it in reverse. Carefully, he backs out of the driveway and starts driving down the road.

He turns on the radio and I grin, knowing the song that was on. I start singing quietly with it, watching out the window.

He places a hand on my knee and I look at him, he has a big smile on his face. I giggle quietly and keep singing the lyrics softly, leaning my head on his shoulder.

"You have a very nice voice," he says.

"No I don't but thanks," I say.

"Ponyboy Michael Larusso, don't say that," he scolds.

"Fine Daniel, you win," I say pouting.

We pull into the market parking lot and he puts the truck in park, turning off the truck and taking the key out of the ignition. I unbuckle my seatbelt and open the door, getting out and shutting the door behind me.

Daniel gets out and locks the truck and I walk over to his side and grab his hand, intertwining our fingers together. He chuckles quietly and we walk into the market, me grabbing a basket, swinging it slightly.

We walk down to the aisle, looking for the supplies that we needed. I grin when I see a thing of chocolate chips, stopping and looking at Daniel.

"Please Dani," I whine.

"Okay, put them in the basket," he says smiling.

"Thank you," I giggle out.

Smiling more, I pick up the bag of chocolate chips and drop them into basket. He squeezes my hand gently and we continue walking through the aisles.

Daniel puts a few things into the basket and we walk out of the aisle, going to a different one. We got a few more things before deciding it was time to check out.

We walk over to a lane and wait in the line, waiting so we could buy everything. It didn't take long seeing that it was one person with only a few items.

The cashier looked at us funny and my smile fades slowly, turning my gaze downwards. I lift the basket and put it on the thing and Daniel unpacked everything so the cashier could scan everything.

Daniel notices my sudden mood change and squeezes my hand lightly causing me to look up, him digging his wallet from his pocket. The cashier finally adds up he total and looks at us, an almost disgusted look on his face.

"That'll be $20.00," he says.

Daniel pulls out a $20 and hands it to him, taking the bags and we walk over to the door, leaving. We walk back to the truck and he let's go of my hand, getting in the truck.

I open my door and hop in, buckling my seatbelt and closing the door. Daniel hope in and buckles up, placing our groceries into the back seat.

He sticks the key into the ignition and starts the truck, putting it in reverse and pulling out of our spot carefully. He drives down the road, the car completely silent as I stare out of the window.

"Are you okay Ponyboy," Daniel asks me.

"Y-yeah it's just the cashier was giving us weird looks and I guess it just made me feel bad," I mutter.

"Don't worry about other people. What do they know about us," he questions.

"N-nothing," I guess.

"Exactly so they don't have a reason to judge," he says.

I grin and nod slightly looking down at my hands, looking at the ring on my finger. I look up slightly to see Daniel reach out his hand and grip one of mine, intertwining out fingers.

"I love you Ponyboy," he says.

"I love you too Dani..."

[ The Rings ]

Ponyboy's Ring

Daniel's Ring