"I can't believe you're going to back to Florida and didn't even think to tell us about this little fact!" Sodapop yelled with hurt in his voice.

"You're my little sister and you didn't think to tell me," Dally hollers.

"When were you going to tell us this little fact about yourself that you were planning on running away?" Ponyboy asks furiously.

"Sarah, I can't believe you were just going to leave again," Johnny adds with a broken voice and some tears rolling down his face.

"You should just leave now before we get used to you," Two-bits of course adds in.

"You heard him leave," Steve screamed in my face.

"I think it's for the best that you get out," Darry chimes in pointing to the door.

I look at them tears forming in my eyes, "bye, I'll get the rest of my stuff tomorrow." I wish they let me explain, I'm not moving back to Florida, I fed him a load of bullshit. I guess I'll just explain it to Soda tomorrow. Our, kiss was perfect but, he'll never like me the way I like him, he'll never like a girl like me.

***TOMORROW MORNING***

I wake up shivering, it's freezing out and it's snowing again, so I'm covered in white snowflakes. I slowly and weakly walking through the streets, the world spinning around me. I weakly stumble into the DX, I feel so faint. I stumble over to the counter, grasping the wood. "Sodapop?" I said in more of a question.

"Yea," he replies with annoy in his voice.

I look at him with pleading eyes, "just let me explain and if not I'll leave."

"Fine," he replies rolling his eyes.

"I'm not leaving, I told that to Andrew knowing he would want to follow me but, I don't to. You see I really like this guy and having a puppy following me around who's 'in love' with me would just get in the way, so if fed him a load of bullshit. If I do leave, I'm going to California not, Florida. I could never go back to Florida," I inform him.

"Why California?" He asks.

"It's away from all my issues," I reply.

"Ok, you'll come over tonight and explain it to the guys," he informs me.

"Fine, but I got to go out, I'm going out shopping to the same boutique I went to when I first came here," I say as I walk out.

I came here to but more jackets and converse. In converses I buy, hot pink, navy blue, dark gray, light gray, white, lavender, crimson and teal. In leather jackets I got, yellow, navy blue, light gray, baby blue, brown, a dark purplish blue, a teal, a green, a tan, a white one, a salmon one, and a cream one. I skip happily to the DX afterward, it should be about closing time after I get there because, I've spent hours shopping. "Sarah, what did you buy the whole store?" Soda jokes.

"No, some jackets and converse," I reply smiling happily.

"Wow, that long for some jackets and some shoes, damn you really are a girl," Soda laughs nudging my arm a little bit.

"Hey I got like ten jackets and shoes, plus the jackets were buy one get one free and so were the shoes so I got a lot stuff for cheap," I defended.

He threw his hands up in the air laughing, "ok. Ok. I give up."

We walk to the house Steve huffing and puffing giving me death glared then as we walk in I get the same treatment from everybody.

"Hey, I came to explain," I announce.

"Then go," Dally snarled.

"I was never planning on going back to Florida, I told Andrew that to get away from Florida and everybody there. Andrew is in love with me but, I'm not in love with him," I sigh loudly buy continue. "I want to stay here because here is where my home is even though I don't have a house, but I have a home and the family I could ever ask for."

"Ok, we forgive you," Pony says.

"Agreed sorry for yelling," Johnnycakes agreed.

"We were mad at you though," Steve piped in.

"Also hurt," Two-bit added in.

"I'm sorry Sarbear," Dally smiles.

"I just saw how hurt the gang looked and knew I had to kick you out," Darry threw in, it sounded defensive.

I look at the sorry faces cheer up as I say, "forgotten."

"We should finish truth or dare," Two-bits suggested.

"Let's do it," I looked around as the people sat in a circle before I asked, "Pone truth or dare?"

"Dare," he replied.

"I dare you to prank call somebody," I said

"Easy," he replied with a shrug.

He walks over and calls a random number as he talks, "hello?....so you orde.....no, no....so sorry.....won't let it happen again....ok bye."

"Pone, who the fuck was that?" I manage to say in between laughs.

"Some angry man, I think he was on his period," he laughs along with the rest of the gang laughing behind him.

"Ok, Sodapop truth or dare?" Pony asks with an evil smile spreading across his face.

"Dare," he shrugs.

"I dare you to show us, your skills and make-out with Sarah with tongue and everything," he

relies glaring at me then back at Sodapop.

"Bring it on, I bet I'm a better kisser than Sodapop anyways," I say waiting for Sodapop to plant a kiss on my lips. Sodapop walks over to me commanding, "jump." I do as he says wrapping my legs around his torso and my arms around his neck while, he wraps his arms around waist. We slowly lean into each other, his gentle lips meet mine, he licks my bottom lip asking me for entrance, I of course let him in, our tongues meet as they slowly dance together. I let out a little moan as he nibbles on my bottom lip, I just couldn't help it, time freezes as this kiss happens and nobody else matter but, him. I pull away after like ten minutes just to catch my breathe. "Damn girl you sure can kiss," Soda informs me as he tries to catch his breathe.

"Thanks, you ain't half bad either," I reply also trying to catch my breathe.

"Sarah, it's getting late we should head home," Dally says.

"Ok, see ya guys," I say then I look at Soda and add in, "see ya Sodapop."

"Bye Sarah," I hear the gang say, I can't help but stare at Soda and his big eyes. I love him.

"So, you two were pretty into that kiss," Dally says.

"No, not really," I reply smiling.

"Yea, do you like him?" Dally asks looking me in my eyes.

"No, and I just broke up with Andrew, I'm not ready to move on, just 'cause I wasn't in in love with him doesn't mean I didn't care about him," I sass.

"Ok," he says sarcastically.