"Everyone, pay attention!" Ms. Hicks called. Ms. Hicks is my algebra teacher. One of the four that just don't get me. They don't understand that it's just hard for me to grasp onto things. So instead of just being someone who needs a little আরো help, I'm dumb. It was bad enough I flunked this year, now they just treat me like I don't know nothing. "We have a new student. Her name is Torie Drew."
I just shook my head. Does it really look like any of us care? I mean, it's January 1st of 1966. The new বছর has finally come. We don't need no "new student" to "brighten up" our day. Then Torie ended those thoughts. As she walked in, her body went slow motioned. Torie has long, dirty blonde, extremely curly hair. From what I could tell, the most beautiful big, hazel green-ish eyes. Her skin is light and her lips are a soft পরাকাষ্ঠা color with the cutest nose. And she doesn't even look even near to who would become a Soc. She looks like some girl who has older brothers who give her their clothes as hammy downs. Her hair was up in a ponytail, with a string of her curly hair coming down from the side of her head. She wore a red plaid long sleeved shirt, with dark worn out jeans, and worn out levi কনভার্স shoes. She looks like the sweetest girl you'll ever meet. So her looks... perfect.
"Johnny, put your eyes back in your head. I know Torie's pretty, but for good God." Ms. Hicks caught me.
"Never would I have thought আপনি would ever fall for a girl." one of the Greasers, Stephen, teased from behind me.
"Very funny." I ব্যক্ত sarcastically, glaring at him. My eyes flew back in front of me. Ms. Hicks was talking still, but my eyes were glued on Torie.
"Hey Johnny." I kept hearing repeated in my ear. I broke away from my thoughts only to see Torie beside me. She was sitting causally on the আসন at the ডেস্ক we'll now be sharing. My ears started to grow hot. Torie giggled slightly.
"Okay now, Class, we'll be doing slope." Oh great, something new. I groaned.
"What's wrong?" Torie whispered to me.
"Nothing," I lied, whispering back. Torie just nodded her head and looked back up at Ms. Hicks. She started লেখা what looked like hieroglyphics on the chalkboard.
"Now this is 'y' equals three 'x'." Ms. Hicks said, pointing her ruler to the board.
"What?" I whispered soft enough she couldn't hear me.
I heard a ruffle of a piece of paper and looked beside me. It was Torie. She scooted on পরবর্তি to me with the piece of paper and a pencil. "Now this is the 'y'." she whispered. I nodded. "Then আপনি equal." she said, লেখা an '='. I nodded again. "Then আপনি have the three 'x'." and she wrote the '3x'. I understood that. At least she did the steps unlike Ms. Hicks did. Ms. Hicks just wrote the whole damn thing on the board.
"Awh, look at the two lovebirds!" one of the Socs, Joseph, laughed. "Mrs. Cade." another coughed. Everyone but the Greasers laughed. Us Greasers all hate the Socs. Torie giggled. And man, was it adorable. And the way she smiled along with it, damn.
"When's your baby due?" Lisa, another Soc, joked along with Joseph. "Yeah, when is it?" another asked. I didn't know what Soc that was, but it really didn't matter. All that mattered is us Greasers knowing the Socs were no good. Torie smiled an embarrassed one.
"Oh c'mon--"
"You all know I'm still in here, right?" Ms. Hicks stated, throwing her hands out. Ruler still in her right hand. Everyone slouched down in their seats.
"Sorry, Ms. Hicks." everyone apologized. I only did slightly since I wasn't the one talking at all, and neither was Torie. But she apologized thoroughly. How she started অভিনয় now proves with the way she looks so sweet.
After all the wrong answers, misunderstandings, and the glances at Torie that Ms. Hicks caught a few times, Torie grabbed her books. When she stood up, she turned to me with a smile.
"What class do ya have next?" she asked me as I was still sitting down at the desk.
"Uh--Uh--Uh Sp-Sp-Spanish." I stuttered.
"Awh, আপনি stutter? That's cute." she giggled. "C'mon, I have Spanish, too. We can walk together." I couldn't help but smile at her. It was a nervous one, but I sure meant it. We walked on to our lockers. Hers was just a locker down from mine, which was to my luck.
~~**~~
"So I see we have a new student!" my Spanish teacher, Ms. Patton announced. I stood right beside Torie, waiting to see if she could sit at the ডেস্ক on the left of mine. "What's your name?" she asked Torie.
"Torie Drew." she answered with a sweet smile on her face.
"You can sit wherever!" Ms. Patton pointed to the desks. I poked Torie, who then looked at me surprisingly. I threw my thumb to the desks near mine. She smiled slightly. Her feet walked with mine, and I showed her her desk. She placed her বই carefully on her desk, and I placed mine down on my desk.
"So we have another project!" Ms. Patton clapped her hands together, jumping up on her tippy toes. 'Oh Golly', I thought. On every project, I was paired up with the obnxious Soc, Beverly. If she's with me again, I swear I will go insane.
"Now I haven't done this before, but since we have a new student. আপনি all can pick partners." Ms. Patton smiled as she said.
"Yes!" I whispered. I was happy since I could pick Torie as my partner. Well, only if she'd like to be mine. My eyes were pleading as I glanced at her. She giggled.
"Be my partner?" she asked. My smile popped up out of no where, and I nodded my head frantically. She giggled once more. Adorable, may I say? But I couldn't tell her that.
Once everyone got paired up with their partners, Ms. Patton came back into the front of the room. "Everyone got their partners?"
Everyone ব্যক্ত yes.
"Okay, now everyone, get your papers and বই from the back shelves!" she informed us, pointing to the back of the room.
"I-I-I'll g-get the b-b-book." I offered, about to stand up and walk off, but Torie took me দ্বারা my hand.
"No need to be nervous around me, 'kay?" she ব্যক্ত with an adorable smile. I felt tingles go through my hand as she held it. I didn't want to let go, but she unfortunately did.
When I walked up to the shelf, I felt someone from behind me.
"Oh নমস্কার Grease." there was a Soc behind me. I jumped up a little. He chuckled. "I saw the whole 'hand to hand' thing with Torie. What's up between আপনি two?" That's Evan for আপনি alright.
"Nothing," it was between a lie and the truth.
"Sure, I'll go along with that." he ব্যক্ত sarcastically, putting his thumb up in the air.
I grabbed the Spanish book from the shelf and retrieved my আসন back beside Torie. My throat started to get all stuffed with things I wanted to say. It was hard to breathe.
"Is there something wrong?" I heard Torie's voice with a chuckle.
"Oh, uh, um.. uh... n-nothing." Would I ever stop lying? Torie just nodded her head slowly. দ্বারা her looks, I could tell she wasn't believing me. A few সেকেন্ড later, she scooted her ডেস্ক পরবর্তি to mine. I became আরো nervous.
"Now let's look in the book." Torie said, making her hand go for the book. My hand was on it, and when she reached for it, her hand fell completely on mine. My ears grew so hot it burnt. "Oh, sorry!" she apologized, taking her hand away.
"N-N-No, i-it's f...fine." I couldn't help but smile as I stuttered that. As I looked back up, her eyes caught mine. When that happened, I realized they were আরো beautiful than I thought. Sure I just met her, but I yearned to lean in and give her a gentle kiss. Torie smiled slightly, blushing a bit. "Y-you're eyes ar-are... b-beautiful." I sucked in air and then blew it out.
Torie giggled. "Really?"
"I-I-I don't lie." I gave her a small smile. I laid my left hand down on my desk, not believing that I just told her what I thought.
"Well, thanks." she responded, brushing her hand against my ডেস্ক to my hand, then to the book. I felt those tingles again. The good tingles. Could she like me? Does she have the same crush on me that I have on her? Naw... this could just be some joke.
"Wh-what lunch d-do আপনি have?" I could even look at her. I was becoming nervous all over again since she brushed her hand against mine.
"I think it's C." Torie answered.
"Dammit. I have A." She giggled.
"We still have some classes together. What do আপনি have after lunch?"
"World History. You?"
"Earth Science."
"Please tell me আপনি have art." I asked in a begging tone.
"After Earth Science, yes."
~~**~~
The ঘণ্টা then rung for Lunch A. Torie and me exchanged glances that meant 'See ya later'. Before I walked out of the door, I glanced back at Torie. She was talking with some Soc. I growled. She couldn't like some Soc, could she?
"Hey, how's Johnnycake doin'?" I heard Ponyboy's voice come up পরবর্তি to me.
My smile started to paint itself on my face.
"Since when do আপনি smile?" he asked me. I chuckled.
"Since I met... Torie."
"Who's Torie? Your new girlfriend?" he teased.
"Psh, I wish."
"Falling for a girl for the first time, too? What hasn't happened today?"
"I'll tell ya what happened when we get to the lunchroom." I responded.
I sat down at the nearest table.
"Johnnycake, you're not eating today?" Ponyboy asked me, raising an eyebrow.
"Naw, I'm not really hungry today..."
When Ponyboy came back to the table, he sat down.
"So what happened?"
I smiled again. "Our hands kept brushing together."
"Who did the 'brushing'?"
"... Torie. Now that I think about it."
"Awh, she likes you..!" Ponyboy sung.
"No sh--" I started, but was interrupted দ্বারা someone.
A Soc sat on the end of the টেবিল near to me. "She ব্যক্ত she likes you. I promised her I wouldn't say anything, but guess what? I lied."
"See?" Ponyboy shook his head, chuckling.
"You're lying." I disagreed.
"Do I lie?"
"I don't know you."
"Well, she ব্যক্ত it. That's all--wait, Beverly, come here."
"Yeah?" she responded.
"Who likes Johnny?"
"Oh, that's easy. Torie." Beverly answered as she nodded her head.
"See?" the Soc said, standing up and walking away.
"See? Two people say it." Ponyboy chuckled.
"They're Socs." I mumbled.
~~**~~
After lunch, I walked back into Spanish class, seeing Torie sitting at her seat.
"H-hey, whatchya w-writing?" I asked. She crumbled the paper up as quick as she could. Too bad I couldn't see it.
"Oh, uh, nothing! Just... nothing." Torie answered, breathing heavily as she said.
"I told him." the Soc, now I know his name, Mark, walked past us stated.
"You didn't." Torie mumbled with her gritting her teeth. Mark smirked.
"So it is true?" I gave her a true smile.
She laughed. "No, I was kidding with him." My smile faded.
I didn't talk to her for the rest of the time, I just wrote. I guess I found something to just take my mind off... stuff. লেখা could change things, huh?
Then the ঘণ্টা rung for Lunch C, and Torie left.
~~**~~
"Hey Johnny." Torie greeted as she walked down to her locker.
"Hey Torie." I mumbled, still a little disappointed.
"What's wrong?" she softly asked.
"Nothing." I snapped. She jumped back a little.
"Fine, snap all আপনি want. If আপনি wanna talk, then I'm... here, I guess." she offered. And when she walked away, I felt really bad.
~~**~~
'Torie, I'm sorry I snapped.'
'It's okay, Johnny'
'No it's not. All I wanna say is, I like আপনি and that's why I snapped'
'You do?' she smiled
'Yeah, and do you?'
'Yes! A lot!'
'Torie, I really--'
"Johnny?!" Mr. Allen called, slamming his ruler on my desk.
"Yes, Torie, I really--!" I slouched down, embarrassed as hell. Everyone started laughing hysterically.
"Who is Torie?" George, another Greaser, asked, totally confused.
"This girl he likes." Sure, Beverly just has to be in my class again. "They like each other, just won't admit it." I glared at her.
"Next outburst, Johnathan Cade, and আপনি will be লেখা Torie's name on the board a hundred times." Mr. Allen warned. I gulped, slouching down in my seat. Torie can't find out about this, but I knew Beverly would tell her.
It was totally boring in class without Torie.
~~**~~
When I came to the hallway where my locker was, I noticed Torie at hers. I stopped and took a deep breath, knowing I had to apologize for snapping. My hand dusted off my shirt, and I started to walk down to my locker.
"Hey Torie." I whispered.
"Hey." she slightly smiled.
"Sorry for snapping. I was just... in a bad mood."
"You wanna talk about it?"
I tilted my head to the side, not knowing the answer. "I'm not sure."
"That's okay."
I just nodded. All from art I retrieved from my locker, while Torie was waiting for me. I smiled when I turned to see her waiting.
"Don't look at me, just get your book!" she laughed. My ears grew hot. And I took my sketchbook out of my locker. "C'mon now, আপনি slow fool." she smacked me playfully in the back of my head. I chuckled.
The classes like Spanish and art have all grades mixed in. So I was sitting পরবর্তি to Ponyboy, but what I hated is that I already had someone sitting on the other side of me. So Torie had to sit too far away from me.
"Hey Johnnycake." Ponyboy greeted me.
"Hey Pone." I greeted back, not taking my eyes off Torie.
"Is Torie over there?" Ponyboy asked me.
"Yeah, Pone, over there." I pointed my head in her direction. Ponyboy's eyes grew wide.
"You didn't tell me how beautiful she was."
"That's because Mark and Beverly kept talking about her. And I know, she's the most beautiful sight I've ever seen."
"You've gotta let the whole gang meet her."
"Ya think they'll be all over her?"
"Probably." Ponyboy chuckled. I glared. "You asked me a question."
"Okay, so Torie's new. And I know everyone has one partner, but who wants her to be the third?" Ms. Mild asked, messing with the pencil in her hand. Ponyboy raised his hand, and I nodded, smiling straight at Torie. "Okay, Torie will be with Ponyboy and Johnny." "Now Torie, every group has their own দেওয়াল in the school. We're painting the walls with snowflakes!"
"Okay." Torie smiled.
"Now everyone get to your walls!" Ms. Mild ordered, walking out of the door. Ponyboy and me walked up to Torie, both of us taking her wrists and dragging her out of the art room. She giggled.
When we came up to our wall, which was a hallway down and to the right, Torie smiled at what we had started on. "That's really cool." she smiled.
"Tuff." I corrected her.
"Tough?"
"Tough is rough. T-U-F-F is cool." I explained.
"Oh, that's coo- tuff." she winked. I shook my head in a chuckle.
"I don't know how to paint a snowflake..." Torie admitted, shrugging her shoulders. It was surprising that I wasn't too nervous to help her. The snowflakes was one thing I actually could grasp onto with a snap of fingers. Torie held a thick brush, and stuffed it into a pile of dark blue paint.
"Here, I'll প্রদর্শনী ya." I took in some air, telling myself I wasn't gonna get too nervous to help her. I placed my hand on hers, প্রদর্শিত হচ্ছে her how to paint the snowflake. My ears grew hot, and I could see her cheeks blush a bright red.
"Thanks, Johnny." Torie thanked me, then kissed me on my cheek. I shallowed hard, my ears grew even hotter. "You're a really sweet boy."
"You're a really sweet girl." I complimented her, too. Torie giggled.
~~**~~
Ponyboy stood with Torie and me at our lockers. He had already gotten his stuff for homework and all.
"It was nice to meet you, Torie." Ponyboy smiled.
"You too, Ponyboy." Torie smiled back.
"Can't she come with us, Pone? আপনি know, meet the gang?" I asked.
"Of course. I'd প্রণয় for her to come."
Torie smiled, jumping up on her tippy toes a little. "But I'll have to ask my mom."
"We can come with you, right?" I asked another.
"Sure!"
~~**~~
"Mom?" Torie called her as she opened the door to her house. "C'mon guys." We walked in with her, and her house was tuff.
"Tuff house." I complimented.
"Thanks." she giggled.
"Yes Sweetie?" her mom came from around the corner. "Who are these boys?"
"Oh, these are my new friends. Johnny and Ponyboy."
"Ponyboy? Wow. That's cool." her mom chuckled.
"Tuff." I laughed at that. Torie was really getting it.
"Tough?"
"Oh Golly, Mom. You're so rank." I kept laughing and so did Ponyboy.
"Okay, what's with all this slang words?"
"T-U-F-F means cool. Rank means uncool."
"Alright, Sweetie. পরবর্তি time tell me right away."
"Can I go with them to meet their friends?" Torie asked her mom.
"Sure, as long as আপনি two keep her safe."
"We will." Ponyboy and me ব্যক্ত at the same time.
~~**~~
"Now who is this pretty thing?" Two-Bit asked as we came into the Curtis house.
"Told ya..." Ponyboy sung to me.
"Told me what?"
"They're gonna be all over her."
"My name is Torie. Torie Drew." Torie introduced herself, sending her hand out to Two-Bit. He took her hand and shook it.
"Well, you're so pretty!" he smiled.
"Thank--"
"If only I didn't have Sandy..." I heard Sodapop's voice come from out of the kitchen. I growled. I knew Torie was definitely gonna like Sodapop. He's the 'movie star'. And for sure, her eyes popped out of her head.
"H-H-hey." she stuttered.
"What's your name?"
"Her name is Torie Drew." Two-Bit answered before Torie could.
Sodapop walked up closer to Torie and took her hand, then kissed the শীর্ষ of it. "Well, you're very beautiful, Torie Drew." Torie giggled. I narrowed my eyes at Sodapop.
"Oh sorry, Johnny. I didn't--"
"Shhh!" I shushed him.
"Are y'all the only ones here?" Ponyboy asked them.
"Yeah."
"Oh, well, I better go. Supper, ya know." Torie winced.
"No, don't go! I really don't think our little Johnny here wants আপনি to leave." Sodapop teased.
"Soda..." I called his name in a warning tone. Torie just giggled.
"And we don't want আপনি to leave either. We wanna get to know you." Two-Bit smiled.
"Maybe another time. I really shall be going." Torie said.
"Alright, I'll see আপনি tomorrow, right?" I slightly smiled.
"Yeah." Torie returned the smile, starting to walk away, but came back and hugged me around my neck. My ears grew hot. And the little of the gang gave some "awwhs".
~~**~~
After Torie left, it was kinda boring for me. Just a simple নৈশভোজ with the Curtis' and Two-Bit with his চকোলেট cake. Then I started to get a little exhausted.
"Pony, I'm gonna go sleep in the lot. See ya tomorrow." I ব্যক্ত my goodbyes.
"No, it's cold out there, Johnnycakes. Sleep on the couch."
I didn't wanna argue with him, so I nodded. I stretched out on the পালঙ্ক with a blanket, and went to sleep.
I just shook my head. Does it really look like any of us care? I mean, it's January 1st of 1966. The new বছর has finally come. We don't need no "new student" to "brighten up" our day. Then Torie ended those thoughts. As she walked in, her body went slow motioned. Torie has long, dirty blonde, extremely curly hair. From what I could tell, the most beautiful big, hazel green-ish eyes. Her skin is light and her lips are a soft পরাকাষ্ঠা color with the cutest nose. And she doesn't even look even near to who would become a Soc. She looks like some girl who has older brothers who give her their clothes as hammy downs. Her hair was up in a ponytail, with a string of her curly hair coming down from the side of her head. She wore a red plaid long sleeved shirt, with dark worn out jeans, and worn out levi কনভার্স shoes. She looks like the sweetest girl you'll ever meet. So her looks... perfect.
"Johnny, put your eyes back in your head. I know Torie's pretty, but for good God." Ms. Hicks caught me.
"Never would I have thought আপনি would ever fall for a girl." one of the Greasers, Stephen, teased from behind me.
"Very funny." I ব্যক্ত sarcastically, glaring at him. My eyes flew back in front of me. Ms. Hicks was talking still, but my eyes were glued on Torie.
"Hey Johnny." I kept hearing repeated in my ear. I broke away from my thoughts only to see Torie beside me. She was sitting causally on the আসন at the ডেস্ক we'll now be sharing. My ears started to grow hot. Torie giggled slightly.
"Okay now, Class, we'll be doing slope." Oh great, something new. I groaned.
"What's wrong?" Torie whispered to me.
"Nothing," I lied, whispering back. Torie just nodded her head and looked back up at Ms. Hicks. She started লেখা what looked like hieroglyphics on the chalkboard.
"Now this is 'y' equals three 'x'." Ms. Hicks said, pointing her ruler to the board.
"What?" I whispered soft enough she couldn't hear me.
I heard a ruffle of a piece of paper and looked beside me. It was Torie. She scooted on পরবর্তি to me with the piece of paper and a pencil. "Now this is the 'y'." she whispered. I nodded. "Then আপনি equal." she said, লেখা an '='. I nodded again. "Then আপনি have the three 'x'." and she wrote the '3x'. I understood that. At least she did the steps unlike Ms. Hicks did. Ms. Hicks just wrote the whole damn thing on the board.
"Awh, look at the two lovebirds!" one of the Socs, Joseph, laughed. "Mrs. Cade." another coughed. Everyone but the Greasers laughed. Us Greasers all hate the Socs. Torie giggled. And man, was it adorable. And the way she smiled along with it, damn.
"When's your baby due?" Lisa, another Soc, joked along with Joseph. "Yeah, when is it?" another asked. I didn't know what Soc that was, but it really didn't matter. All that mattered is us Greasers knowing the Socs were no good. Torie smiled an embarrassed one.
"Oh c'mon--"
"You all know I'm still in here, right?" Ms. Hicks stated, throwing her hands out. Ruler still in her right hand. Everyone slouched down in their seats.
"Sorry, Ms. Hicks." everyone apologized. I only did slightly since I wasn't the one talking at all, and neither was Torie. But she apologized thoroughly. How she started অভিনয় now proves with the way she looks so sweet.
After all the wrong answers, misunderstandings, and the glances at Torie that Ms. Hicks caught a few times, Torie grabbed her books. When she stood up, she turned to me with a smile.
"What class do ya have next?" she asked me as I was still sitting down at the desk.
"Uh--Uh--Uh Sp-Sp-Spanish." I stuttered.
"Awh, আপনি stutter? That's cute." she giggled. "C'mon, I have Spanish, too. We can walk together." I couldn't help but smile at her. It was a nervous one, but I sure meant it. We walked on to our lockers. Hers was just a locker down from mine, which was to my luck.
~~**~~
"So I see we have a new student!" my Spanish teacher, Ms. Patton announced. I stood right beside Torie, waiting to see if she could sit at the ডেস্ক on the left of mine. "What's your name?" she asked Torie.
"Torie Drew." she answered with a sweet smile on her face.
"You can sit wherever!" Ms. Patton pointed to the desks. I poked Torie, who then looked at me surprisingly. I threw my thumb to the desks near mine. She smiled slightly. Her feet walked with mine, and I showed her her desk. She placed her বই carefully on her desk, and I placed mine down on my desk.
"So we have another project!" Ms. Patton clapped her hands together, jumping up on her tippy toes. 'Oh Golly', I thought. On every project, I was paired up with the obnxious Soc, Beverly. If she's with me again, I swear I will go insane.
"Now I haven't done this before, but since we have a new student. আপনি all can pick partners." Ms. Patton smiled as she said.
"Yes!" I whispered. I was happy since I could pick Torie as my partner. Well, only if she'd like to be mine. My eyes were pleading as I glanced at her. She giggled.
"Be my partner?" she asked. My smile popped up out of no where, and I nodded my head frantically. She giggled once more. Adorable, may I say? But I couldn't tell her that.
Once everyone got paired up with their partners, Ms. Patton came back into the front of the room. "Everyone got their partners?"
Everyone ব্যক্ত yes.
"Okay, now everyone, get your papers and বই from the back shelves!" she informed us, pointing to the back of the room.
"I-I-I'll g-get the b-b-book." I offered, about to stand up and walk off, but Torie took me দ্বারা my hand.
"No need to be nervous around me, 'kay?" she ব্যক্ত with an adorable smile. I felt tingles go through my hand as she held it. I didn't want to let go, but she unfortunately did.
When I walked up to the shelf, I felt someone from behind me.
"Oh নমস্কার Grease." there was a Soc behind me. I jumped up a little. He chuckled. "I saw the whole 'hand to hand' thing with Torie. What's up between আপনি two?" That's Evan for আপনি alright.
"Nothing," it was between a lie and the truth.
"Sure, I'll go along with that." he ব্যক্ত sarcastically, putting his thumb up in the air.
I grabbed the Spanish book from the shelf and retrieved my আসন back beside Torie. My throat started to get all stuffed with things I wanted to say. It was hard to breathe.
"Is there something wrong?" I heard Torie's voice with a chuckle.
"Oh, uh, um.. uh... n-nothing." Would I ever stop lying? Torie just nodded her head slowly. দ্বারা her looks, I could tell she wasn't believing me. A few সেকেন্ড later, she scooted her ডেস্ক পরবর্তি to mine. I became আরো nervous.
"Now let's look in the book." Torie said, making her hand go for the book. My hand was on it, and when she reached for it, her hand fell completely on mine. My ears grew so hot it burnt. "Oh, sorry!" she apologized, taking her hand away.
"N-N-No, i-it's f...fine." I couldn't help but smile as I stuttered that. As I looked back up, her eyes caught mine. When that happened, I realized they were আরো beautiful than I thought. Sure I just met her, but I yearned to lean in and give her a gentle kiss. Torie smiled slightly, blushing a bit. "Y-you're eyes ar-are... b-beautiful." I sucked in air and then blew it out.
Torie giggled. "Really?"
"I-I-I don't lie." I gave her a small smile. I laid my left hand down on my desk, not believing that I just told her what I thought.
"Well, thanks." she responded, brushing her hand against my ডেস্ক to my hand, then to the book. I felt those tingles again. The good tingles. Could she like me? Does she have the same crush on me that I have on her? Naw... this could just be some joke.
"Wh-what lunch d-do আপনি have?" I could even look at her. I was becoming nervous all over again since she brushed her hand against mine.
"I think it's C." Torie answered.
"Dammit. I have A." She giggled.
"We still have some classes together. What do আপনি have after lunch?"
"World History. You?"
"Earth Science."
"Please tell me আপনি have art." I asked in a begging tone.
"After Earth Science, yes."
~~**~~
The ঘণ্টা then rung for Lunch A. Torie and me exchanged glances that meant 'See ya later'. Before I walked out of the door, I glanced back at Torie. She was talking with some Soc. I growled. She couldn't like some Soc, could she?
"Hey, how's Johnnycake doin'?" I heard Ponyboy's voice come up পরবর্তি to me.
My smile started to paint itself on my face.
"Since when do আপনি smile?" he asked me. I chuckled.
"Since I met... Torie."
"Who's Torie? Your new girlfriend?" he teased.
"Psh, I wish."
"Falling for a girl for the first time, too? What hasn't happened today?"
"I'll tell ya what happened when we get to the lunchroom." I responded.
I sat down at the nearest table.
"Johnnycake, you're not eating today?" Ponyboy asked me, raising an eyebrow.
"Naw, I'm not really hungry today..."
When Ponyboy came back to the table, he sat down.
"So what happened?"
I smiled again. "Our hands kept brushing together."
"Who did the 'brushing'?"
"... Torie. Now that I think about it."
"Awh, she likes you..!" Ponyboy sung.
"No sh--" I started, but was interrupted দ্বারা someone.
A Soc sat on the end of the টেবিল near to me. "She ব্যক্ত she likes you. I promised her I wouldn't say anything, but guess what? I lied."
"See?" Ponyboy shook his head, chuckling.
"You're lying." I disagreed.
"Do I lie?"
"I don't know you."
"Well, she ব্যক্ত it. That's all--wait, Beverly, come here."
"Yeah?" she responded.
"Who likes Johnny?"
"Oh, that's easy. Torie." Beverly answered as she nodded her head.
"See?" the Soc said, standing up and walking away.
"See? Two people say it." Ponyboy chuckled.
"They're Socs." I mumbled.
~~**~~
After lunch, I walked back into Spanish class, seeing Torie sitting at her seat.
"H-hey, whatchya w-writing?" I asked. She crumbled the paper up as quick as she could. Too bad I couldn't see it.
"Oh, uh, nothing! Just... nothing." Torie answered, breathing heavily as she said.
"I told him." the Soc, now I know his name, Mark, walked past us stated.
"You didn't." Torie mumbled with her gritting her teeth. Mark smirked.
"So it is true?" I gave her a true smile.
She laughed. "No, I was kidding with him." My smile faded.
I didn't talk to her for the rest of the time, I just wrote. I guess I found something to just take my mind off... stuff. লেখা could change things, huh?
Then the ঘণ্টা rung for Lunch C, and Torie left.
~~**~~
"Hey Johnny." Torie greeted as she walked down to her locker.
"Hey Torie." I mumbled, still a little disappointed.
"What's wrong?" she softly asked.
"Nothing." I snapped. She jumped back a little.
"Fine, snap all আপনি want. If আপনি wanna talk, then I'm... here, I guess." she offered. And when she walked away, I felt really bad.
~~**~~
'Torie, I'm sorry I snapped.'
'It's okay, Johnny'
'No it's not. All I wanna say is, I like আপনি and that's why I snapped'
'You do?' she smiled
'Yeah, and do you?'
'Yes! A lot!'
'Torie, I really--'
"Johnny?!" Mr. Allen called, slamming his ruler on my desk.
"Yes, Torie, I really--!" I slouched down, embarrassed as hell. Everyone started laughing hysterically.
"Who is Torie?" George, another Greaser, asked, totally confused.
"This girl he likes." Sure, Beverly just has to be in my class again. "They like each other, just won't admit it." I glared at her.
"Next outburst, Johnathan Cade, and আপনি will be লেখা Torie's name on the board a hundred times." Mr. Allen warned. I gulped, slouching down in my seat. Torie can't find out about this, but I knew Beverly would tell her.
It was totally boring in class without Torie.
~~**~~
When I came to the hallway where my locker was, I noticed Torie at hers. I stopped and took a deep breath, knowing I had to apologize for snapping. My hand dusted off my shirt, and I started to walk down to my locker.
"Hey Torie." I whispered.
"Hey." she slightly smiled.
"Sorry for snapping. I was just... in a bad mood."
"You wanna talk about it?"
I tilted my head to the side, not knowing the answer. "I'm not sure."
"That's okay."
I just nodded. All from art I retrieved from my locker, while Torie was waiting for me. I smiled when I turned to see her waiting.
"Don't look at me, just get your book!" she laughed. My ears grew hot. And I took my sketchbook out of my locker. "C'mon now, আপনি slow fool." she smacked me playfully in the back of my head. I chuckled.
The classes like Spanish and art have all grades mixed in. So I was sitting পরবর্তি to Ponyboy, but what I hated is that I already had someone sitting on the other side of me. So Torie had to sit too far away from me.
"Hey Johnnycake." Ponyboy greeted me.
"Hey Pone." I greeted back, not taking my eyes off Torie.
"Is Torie over there?" Ponyboy asked me.
"Yeah, Pone, over there." I pointed my head in her direction. Ponyboy's eyes grew wide.
"You didn't tell me how beautiful she was."
"That's because Mark and Beverly kept talking about her. And I know, she's the most beautiful sight I've ever seen."
"You've gotta let the whole gang meet her."
"Ya think they'll be all over her?"
"Probably." Ponyboy chuckled. I glared. "You asked me a question."
"Okay, so Torie's new. And I know everyone has one partner, but who wants her to be the third?" Ms. Mild asked, messing with the pencil in her hand. Ponyboy raised his hand, and I nodded, smiling straight at Torie. "Okay, Torie will be with Ponyboy and Johnny." "Now Torie, every group has their own দেওয়াল in the school. We're painting the walls with snowflakes!"
"Okay." Torie smiled.
"Now everyone get to your walls!" Ms. Mild ordered, walking out of the door. Ponyboy and me walked up to Torie, both of us taking her wrists and dragging her out of the art room. She giggled.
When we came up to our wall, which was a hallway down and to the right, Torie smiled at what we had started on. "That's really cool." she smiled.
"Tuff." I corrected her.
"Tough?"
"Tough is rough. T-U-F-F is cool." I explained.
"Oh, that's coo- tuff." she winked. I shook my head in a chuckle.
"I don't know how to paint a snowflake..." Torie admitted, shrugging her shoulders. It was surprising that I wasn't too nervous to help her. The snowflakes was one thing I actually could grasp onto with a snap of fingers. Torie held a thick brush, and stuffed it into a pile of dark blue paint.
"Here, I'll প্রদর্শনী ya." I took in some air, telling myself I wasn't gonna get too nervous to help her. I placed my hand on hers, প্রদর্শিত হচ্ছে her how to paint the snowflake. My ears grew hot, and I could see her cheeks blush a bright red.
"Thanks, Johnny." Torie thanked me, then kissed me on my cheek. I shallowed hard, my ears grew even hotter. "You're a really sweet boy."
"You're a really sweet girl." I complimented her, too. Torie giggled.
~~**~~
Ponyboy stood with Torie and me at our lockers. He had already gotten his stuff for homework and all.
"It was nice to meet you, Torie." Ponyboy smiled.
"You too, Ponyboy." Torie smiled back.
"Can't she come with us, Pone? আপনি know, meet the gang?" I asked.
"Of course. I'd প্রণয় for her to come."
Torie smiled, jumping up on her tippy toes a little. "But I'll have to ask my mom."
"We can come with you, right?" I asked another.
"Sure!"
~~**~~
"Mom?" Torie called her as she opened the door to her house. "C'mon guys." We walked in with her, and her house was tuff.
"Tuff house." I complimented.
"Thanks." she giggled.
"Yes Sweetie?" her mom came from around the corner. "Who are these boys?"
"Oh, these are my new friends. Johnny and Ponyboy."
"Ponyboy? Wow. That's cool." her mom chuckled.
"Tuff." I laughed at that. Torie was really getting it.
"Tough?"
"Oh Golly, Mom. You're so rank." I kept laughing and so did Ponyboy.
"Okay, what's with all this slang words?"
"T-U-F-F means cool. Rank means uncool."
"Alright, Sweetie. পরবর্তি time tell me right away."
"Can I go with them to meet their friends?" Torie asked her mom.
"Sure, as long as আপনি two keep her safe."
"We will." Ponyboy and me ব্যক্ত at the same time.
~~**~~
"Now who is this pretty thing?" Two-Bit asked as we came into the Curtis house.
"Told ya..." Ponyboy sung to me.
"Told me what?"
"They're gonna be all over her."
"My name is Torie. Torie Drew." Torie introduced herself, sending her hand out to Two-Bit. He took her hand and shook it.
"Well, you're so pretty!" he smiled.
"Thank--"
"If only I didn't have Sandy..." I heard Sodapop's voice come from out of the kitchen. I growled. I knew Torie was definitely gonna like Sodapop. He's the 'movie star'. And for sure, her eyes popped out of her head.
"H-H-hey." she stuttered.
"What's your name?"
"Her name is Torie Drew." Two-Bit answered before Torie could.
Sodapop walked up closer to Torie and took her hand, then kissed the শীর্ষ of it. "Well, you're very beautiful, Torie Drew." Torie giggled. I narrowed my eyes at Sodapop.
"Oh sorry, Johnny. I didn't--"
"Shhh!" I shushed him.
"Are y'all the only ones here?" Ponyboy asked them.
"Yeah."
"Oh, well, I better go. Supper, ya know." Torie winced.
"No, don't go! I really don't think our little Johnny here wants আপনি to leave." Sodapop teased.
"Soda..." I called his name in a warning tone. Torie just giggled.
"And we don't want আপনি to leave either. We wanna get to know you." Two-Bit smiled.
"Maybe another time. I really shall be going." Torie said.
"Alright, I'll see আপনি tomorrow, right?" I slightly smiled.
"Yeah." Torie returned the smile, starting to walk away, but came back and hugged me around my neck. My ears grew hot. And the little of the gang gave some "awwhs".
~~**~~
After Torie left, it was kinda boring for me. Just a simple নৈশভোজ with the Curtis' and Two-Bit with his চকোলেট cake. Then I started to get a little exhausted.
"Pony, I'm gonna go sleep in the lot. See ya tomorrow." I ব্যক্ত my goodbyes.
"No, it's cold out there, Johnnycakes. Sleep on the couch."
I didn't wanna argue with him, so I nodded. I stretched out on the পালঙ্ক with a blanket, and went to sleep.