this is for Greasergirl1948 , just want to thank you for all the support you're giving this book! i appreciate it a whole lot :) 

i really hope you enjoy this!

also enjoy that pic ;))))))))

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Tulsa is an... interesting place. I just moved here last month. I haven't had many problems here, considering the fact that I haven't really left the house. I start school in a month.

"Karis, honey, would you mind running up to that gas station a few blocks from here? I need some cigarettes." I heard my mom ask. I looked over, and nodded.

"Thank you. Here, get a little something for yourself too." she said, tossing me a few quarters and a dime. I catch them, and proceed to put on my Converse.

"See ya in a bit, mom." I called out while closing the door of the house. I slipped on a sweater I grabbed from inside the house and started walking. Thankfully, I knew where the gas station was. 

I got lost in my thoughts while I was walking. My thinking was interrupted by the sound of a car driving towards me. I looked over at the car and saw a group of about six boys inside. They were all wearing preppy clothes. They stopped the car, which was making me nervous.

A couple of them got out of the car, looking me up and down. One was slim and had a curly afro. Another was a bit shorter with blonde hair. I tried not to make eye contact with them.

"Guess we finally found the new girl, huh?" the slimmer one told his friend. They both snickered. I froze. They were coming closer. I stopped thinking, and just ran.

"Come back 'ere!" one of them shouts. I run faster. I see the gas station in the distance and run faster. Without looking, I crash into another person.

"Oof! I'm so sorry, are you hurt?" I ask the person I crashed into. I look and see a boy about as handsome as a movie star. He was wearing a shirt and a cap for the DX. He was rubbing his head, but looked up to me. I blushed.

"I'm fine, no harm done. Where ya headed, since you're runnin' so fast?" he asks. I point to where the two preppy boys were. They were still jogging toward us.

"Oh crap, you got into some trouble with Socs?" he asks me. 

"Socs? What are they?" I ask.

"Oh, are you new to town?" he asks me. I nod.

"Okay. Socs are basically the rich kids of Tulsa. They're always causin' trouble with us Greasers. We're more on the poor side." the cute boy explains. I nod, and we help each other up.

"I have to go to the gas station up there. I'm assuming you work there?" I tell him.

"Yeah, let's go." he says, grabbing my hand. We start jogging to the gas station.

"My name is Karis, by the way." I tell him.

"Nice name, I'm Sodapop." he says, smiling.

"That's original." I say, giggling.

"Yeah... We're here." Sodapop says, holding the door open for me. I thank him, and walk to get a Coke, Swedish Fish (yeah they existed in the 60s), and a pack of cigarettes for my mom. I walk to the counter, where Sodapop was. He smiled at me while he rang up my items.

"That'll be 50 cents." he says. I hand him two quarters, and he opens the cash register and puts the quarters in the register.

"Thank you." I say, putting the stuff in a bag. 

"Hey, I know we just met, but I'd love to show you around Tulsa one day. Maybe tonight?" Sodapop asks. 

"Eight is a good time." I tell him, winking. Sodapop smiles back at me. I walk out of the DX, happy I scored a date with a cute guy.

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here it is!

hope you like it karis!

if you want a part 2 with their date, i'll totally write it, just say the word!

stay gold! :)