*Ponyboy Online*

Ponyboy looked over the cover of the book. he put it back on the 表 and asked me, "is that supposed to be ME?" he was reffering to the face on the the cover, the one on 最佳, 返回页首 of all the others; the largest.

"i guess so. i dont really know. i never thought about it, Ponyboy," i said. he looked at me and smiled. i dont know why. he didnt really have any reason to smile. and ya know what? he had a real nice smile. it just made me wanna jump up and down and giggle and grin. he had the same girl-stopping smile that i imagined his older brother Sodapop to have. it was cute and sweet and adorable.

"so," he started. "do 你 have ANY idea how we coulda gotten here, in..."

"you and your 老友记 are in the 年 2012," i said. "and i really dont know how. i'll have to think about it." Ponyboy's eyes nearly looked like they were gonna fall outta his head.

"2012?!" he exclaimed. people stared at us. i looked at him and put my finger in front of my closed mouth. he grinned sheepishly.

"golly, and i thought 你 were supposed to be a QUIET sorta guy, Pony," i said, and then i smiled. then he said, "thats 44 years after the time we came from!" i looked at him, alittle confused.

"i thought it was 46. didnt 你 come from 1966?" i asked. he shook his head.

"no. we came from 1968, two years after i wrote that paper. maybe thats why 你 think its '66. the...'book' took place in '66 but we came from '68. make any sense?" i nodded. i guess it did.

"so youre 16?" i asked him. but he shook his head again.

"im 15 going on 16. i'll be 16 下一个 month." i knew that. i knew when his birthday was. it was July 22. "how old are you?"

"i'm 14 going on 15. my birthdays in August. and isnt your birthday July 22, Pony?" he looked at me...a little creeped out but also pleased.

"yeah," he said. "howd 你 know that?" i sighed and stood up. i walked over to him and took his hand.

"come on, Pony. youre going to my house. theres loads i need to 显示 你 online." i hurried him and we walked the long walk to my house.

"what about Dally and Johnny?" he asked.

"we'll get them later," i said. and then i was off in an almost-run.



i walked into my house, thank God no one was home, and plopped down on my computer in the living room. Ponyboy stood 下一个 me and watched as i quickly typed things in on Internet Explorer. i went to one website that was all about him. "see?" i said. he stared at it, almost wide-eyed.

"whos that?" he asked, pointing at the picture of a boy in the middle of the screen.

"thats C. Thomas, i call him Tommy, Howell. they boy sitting 下一个 to him is Ralph Macchio. Tommy portrayed 你 in the Outsiders movie and Ralph portrayed Johnny. since people have no pictures of 你 and your 老友记 cause 你 werent real people, 或者 so we thought, they use the actors pictures for things instead," i said. Ponyboy stared at Tommy Howell curiously.

"well, Tommy looks an awful lot like me," he said. i looked up at Ponyboy and stared at him. he looked down at me.

"hm," i said, looking him over. "he kinda does, i guess. thats good. that means they got a good actor."

"i guess," he said. "now, is this all info about ME?" i nodded.

"yup. your birthday, your interests, your hobbies, 你 appearence, etc. and"--i moved the 老鼠, 鼠标 so on the screen is was 由 the left hand column--"if 你 click on your friend's names they 显示 up with the same things." he looked at it and said, "hey, theres Cherry's name." i looked down. ew. Cherry. gross. Cherry. that faker, Cherry. i didnt hate her but i didnt like her. i didnt like any girls that were possible 爱情 interets for Ponyboy. they didnt exsist in my world.

"whats wrong?" he asked me. i looked up and put on a fake smile.

"oh, nothing, Pony. dont worry about it. now"--i exited outta that site and went to one called Fanpop. i typed in "the outsiders" into the 搜索 bar in the 最佳, 返回页首 right hand corner and waited for the club to pop up--"here is another site. this is all about the book and movie." i got up off my computer chair and motioned for him to sit down. he quickly did and used the 老鼠, 鼠标 to scroll down. there was pictures and 文章 and 链接 and 视频 and 测验 and a 墙 that 粉丝 could write on. Ponyboy stared in amazment. then he scrolled back to the very 最佳, 返回页首 of the screen and looked in the 最佳, 返回页首 left hand corner. i think i knew what he was looking at and i immediatley thought, uh-oh.

"whos PonygirlCurtis7?" he asked me. then he looked up and raised his eyebrows. i blushed.

"oh," i 说 nervously. "thats just a silly username/screename. everyone on this site has to have one if 你 want to be a part of clubs."

"is this YOUR username?" a small smile played across his lips. i blushed even more.

"yes," i 说 quietly. he moved the 老鼠, 鼠标 so he could click on the word 下一个 to my 用户名 that 说 "profile." i wish he wouldnt have done that. my 个人资料 page popped up and he saw my 更新 and pictures and 俱乐部 and my wall.

"you are from Tulsa and your name is...Ponygirl Curtis?" he asked. my face was going to burst into flames. literally. i was really embarrassed. he scrolled down some more. then clicked on "more wall" so he could view my entire 墙 and looked at the very very bottom; the very first thing i put on my wall. it said, "i 爱情 Ponyboy...i just had to say that..." i quickly 偷了 the 老鼠, 鼠标 and scrolled back up.

"alright, Ponyboy, youve had your fun. thats enough," i 说 nervously. but he put his hand on mine to stop me fron exiting out. it felt really nice. i was about to 问题 him when i noticed what he was looking at.

"'Stay Gold. Its a good way to be...'" he quoted. he was looking at my motto.

"oh," i started. "thats my motto. 你 know what i mean 由 that, right?" but 小马 shook his head. then i thought, wait a minute...

"oh, thats right!" i said. "Johnny never died so he never told 你 to stay gold." Ponyboy looked at me questioningly. i smiled. then i said, "youre gonna have to read the book, Ponyboy. it'll make 更多 sense once 你 do."