,Lucy P.O.V.

"No! No! No! Please no!" I yell as my car breaks down in the middle of the road in front of none other than the DX. I slam the stearing wheel as tears start to stream down my face. I've done so good keeping away and now this.

I see a few familiar looking faces jog out to my car, but it's not Sodapop nor is it Steve. It's Johnny, Dallas, and Ponyboy. I cover my face as I sob, this can't be happening. I pull down my sleeves to hide all my cuts. They knock on the window and I hear Pony's voice, "hey you okay ma'am?"

"Uh yea," I mumble as I try to get my breathing regular again.

"Where are you from, we can take you home? My friend Dally is willing too," Pony starts. "Who are you?"

"Uh I'm from Windrixville and I'm just gonna take my car into a shop. Thanks though Winston-I mean Dallas-Dall-Dally," I fumble over his name. 

"Wait are you-" Dally's voice.

I turn to look at them with my broken smile, "surprise!"

"Oh my god Lucy!" Pony says as a few silent tears fall freely.

"Princess is that you for real?" Dally asks. "You-you look so broken?"

"And when was the last time you ate anything?" Johnny asks shyly.

"No need to be shy around me, it's still Lucy," I smile a weak broken smile.

"Oh my god!" Pony yells.

I turn to him alarmed, "what's wrong Pone?"

"Sodapop! You need to see Sodapop!" He yells.

"Sodapop!" Dally and Johnny yells.

"Sodapop?" I ask werily. I can't see him. I've done so good staying away. He's probably better off without me and I can't just leave him again. I think that'll be too hard.

"What's wrong gu-" Steve runs out, but stops when he sees me. "Lucy?"

"Hi Stevie," I sink down in my seat. This is way further than I wanted to go. I don't want to see the gang. I'm on the verge of a mental break down and I know I can't. I'm not ready. 

"You need to see Sodapop," he gasps.

That's it! "NO! I DON'T NEED TO SEE SODAPOP AND HE DOESN'T NEED TO SEE ME! WE BROKE UP! NO MORE LUCYPOP! NADA! NONE! ZIPPO! OKAY? I DON'T EVER WANT TO SEE HIM AGAIN AND I'M SURE HE DOESN'T WANT TO SEE ME! I-I-I......I HATE HIM! HE CHEATED ON ME, BROKE ME, AND MADE ME DEPRESSED! WHY WOULD I WANT TO SEE ME AND IF HE NEEDED ME HE WOULDN'T OF FUCKING CHEATED ON ME!" I yell before I break down in tears. "I miss him, but I can't see him. It hurts too much. I don't want to remember. Why do I have to remember him. He broke me. I need somebody to save me before I die. I don't want to be in Tulsa. I've driven past the DX time and time again just replaying everything. I loved him guys and he didn't love me. He never cared. Just please let me go." They all look at me sympothy in their eyes as Sodapop comes running out of the DX. I look them with my helpless broken look as the tears stream down my make-upless cheeks, "help me please. Get him away....please."

They all run off minus Ponyboy shoeing Sodapop away from me, but Ponyboy he just stands there as I sob. "Are you okay Lucy?" He asks slowly.

"No," I shake my head. "What am I supposed to do Ponyboy? All I want is Sodapop, but I can't have him and he can't have me. I miss you guys so much. I miss rumbles and jokes and late nights with ya'll and nightly doubles and pranks and everyhting. I had it all Ponyboy and now I have nothing."

"Why don't you just come back?" Pony asks as he comes into my car.

"I can't Ponyboy," I sigh as I wipe a few tears away. "I'm too broken at this point. I can't let ya'l-"

"LUCY!" Sodapop bursts through the DX.

"I gotta go Pony!" I yell as I try to open the door, but it won't budge. "OPEN! OPEN! OPEN!" I fiddle with the door as I sob screaming open over and over again on the top of my lungs. Ponyboy has a horrified look on my face as I bang the window trying to open the door. Ponyboy leans over opening the door for me, "thank you! I gotta go. I love ya Pone." 

I run out of the car dodging throuhg traffic Sodapop trailing me. "Lucy please just wait!" Soda yells as he chases after me, but I can't wait. I have to run. I can't see him. Not now. I'm too broken, he's gonna balme himself.

Soda' P.O.V.

I go outside to see what's taking Johnny, Steve, Dally, and Ponyboy so long with that old looking pick-up truck. It looks like the one Lucy used to have, but she's gone now and it can't be her. All the boys minus Ponyboy run over to me, "guys what's happening?"

"Nothing," Steve and Dally say a little too suspiciously with this guilty smile. 

"Lets just go inside," Dally smiles as he looks back at the car then to Steve and Johnny.

"What's going on? Why is Ponyboy still there?" I question. 

"Just some girl having a mental break down," Dally shurgs. "Pony knows her. She went from screaming to sobbing in less than a second man. It ain't no big deal. Right Johnny? Right Steve?"

"Yea, right," Steve confirms, but Johnny is being more quiet than usual.

"Johnny?" I ask him looking right into his big brown eyes that are filled with tears. This isn't just any girl. I don't know who it is, but she's special.

"It's-it's-" he starts, but Dally and Steve cuts him off.

"Sandy," Dally cuts him off at the same time as Steve says, "Claire."

"Shit," Dally mumbles.

"Who is she?" I ask growing angry.

"Should we just tell him?" Steve asks.

"NO!" Dally yells. "Did you not see her? She's broken. You heard her when she was breaking down, Are you gonna do that to her Steve? She's in pa-" 

"It's Lucy," Johnny cuts Dally off.

My eyes fill with water as I run outside her windows are tinted so I can't see her, but if I yell loud enough maybe she'll hear me or maybe she won't, maybe she'll stay to talk to me or maybe she won't, "LUCY!"

After a few minutes of me dodging cars in the middle of traffic to get to the love of my life I see her run out of the car yelling, "thank you! I gotta go! I love ya Pone."

She runs through traffic dodging cars, but so do I. I can't loose her, not again. I love her and she has to know that I love her. I need her. As I chase after her I yell, "Lucy please just wait!" She doesn't listen, but she never listened. I guess some things never change. She was always a free spirit, she never did what people wanted her to do. It's one of the many reasons I love her.

Lucy's P.O.V.

With Sodapop close behind me I turn into an ally hoping to lose him, but instead I hit a dead end. No this can't be happening. I can't see him. I hit the wall as hard as I can.

SNAP!

"Ow!" I yell as I crumple down holding my wrist as tears stream down my face.

"Lucy?" I hear the voice that has caused so much pain and suffering in my life, but who's also been the one thing who kept me smiling since I was a little girl.

 What's gonna happen between Soda and Lucy? Is this the big make up moment we've all been waiting so patiently for? Will they call things quits? Will they mend their broken hearts? What's next for them? Will they ever actually make up?Stay gold. Do it for Johnny!

-Beth