We soon arrived back at the Curtis household, still not having said a word or even dared a glance towards one another. Once we were inside Soda went straight to the bathroom and locked himself in. I sighed and looked around. There seemed to be no one here. The only light on was the kitchen light, which was kind of dim without the other lights in the house on, but I could still see. I checked the kitchen, dining room, and the hallway, but there was no one else. I went down the hallway and checked inside of Pony and Darry's rooms, whose doors had been closed, but again, no one. I sighed and went to walk past Sodas room, when I noticed that the door was slightly open. Weird... Maybe soda had gotten past me and in there at some point.

I slowly went into his room and looked around, not seeing anyone. I was about to leave when I noticed a piece of paper that was laying on top of Sodas neatly made bed. Furrowing my eyebrows, I walked over and picked it up, barely being able to read it since the only source of light was coming from outside of the door.

Soda,

The note read,

Dally, Steve and Two-Bit have gone to a party and probably will stay the night there, wherever it is. Darry's actually hanging out with an old buddy who came into town. Imagine that, huh? He should be back sometime in the early hours, he said. I'm actually going to a friends house right now and am staying the night. He lives closer to my school and to be honest I didn't want to be alone. I don't like it. So Soda, Darry says that there's food in the fridge if you get hungry and that if Lil came home with you then she's welcome to stay over, as always. See you soon.

Pony

Well, that's good to know. It's almost ten-thirty and I just want to lay down and go over what happened today.

I walked out if Sodas room, staring down at the paper and skimming over it again, and shut the door behind me. I was going to go give Soda the note. If he asks, I found it in the kitchen.

As I walked forward and continued to skim over the note, I ran into something, about to fall down when a pair of hands reached out and caught me,. I was pulled up quickly which caused me to lose my balance and stumble forward into the person. I looked up, only to see Soda staring down at me with an unreadable expression on his face. He was just staring at me.

We stood there for a second, staring at each other, until I realized how close I was to him. His arms were wrapped around me so that he was holding me, my chest pressed up against his. Our faces were inches apart. I realized this and instantly broke away from his grip, taking a step back. That seemed to snap him out of his little trance as well.

"What were you doing in my room?" He asked, breaking the slightly awkward silence. My mouth probably looked like a gaping fish for a second as I thought if something to say. I hope he isn't mad at me!

"I-I saw that your, um, door was open, so I went to, uh, see if you were in there." I said. He just stared at me while I awkwardly spoke. I suddenly remembered the note. "Oh! Pony left you a note. He's staying at a friends house tonight, Darry should be back early in the morning, and the others are at some party that they'll probably stay the night at." I was trying to get his mind off of the fact that I went into his room without permission. "And the note said that I could stay over if I want, like always." I said so low that it was almost a whisper. I didn't want things to be super awkward between us, but it would be hard when we're going to be the only two in the house until the morning.

Soda still stood there, not moving, but seeming to take everything in. I stood where I was for a few moments until I decided to break the sort of awkwardness by watching some TV. I walked forward and tried get out of the hallway and go into the living room, but Soda stepped in front of me. I tried to go the other way, but he stepped in my way again. I nervously looked up at him.

"Can I get by, please?" I asked. He just stared down at me with narrowed eyes, as if he was thinking. He then took a step forward and I took one back.

"Please don't be mad that I went into your room," I started, my voice shaky. I've seen Soda really mad before and it's not something that I ever want to have an encounter with. "I just saw that the door was open and thought that you were in there. I-I was going to tell you that I couldn't find anyone b-but you weren't in there." My voice shook, causing me to stutter a couple times. I hate it when people are mad at me! It makes me feel so worthless and scared. Soda shook his head and slightly smirked. What...?

"I'm not mad at you, Jean." He said. As soon as he said that, a wave of relief went through me. Thank god!

"Then why won't you move?" I asked, my eyebrows furrowing. He said nothing and began to walk forward, making me walk back until my back hit the wall. Soda stood in front of me, so close that I couldn't get away. My breathing became irregular as I looked up at him. He was staring down into my eyes, searching them.

"You know, Jean," he started, bringing his left hand up and placed it on the wall, right besides my head. "You have very beautiful eyes." He finished. I gulped. What in the hell is he doing? After I didn't say anything, he shifted slightly from his left foot to his right and leaned in closer to me. My breathing hitched at the closeness. This caused him to chuckle. His warm breath ghosted across my face, causing shivers to go down my spine. We were still for a couple of seconds, staring at each other, until Soda moved so that he was right in front of me, both of his hands on both sides of my head. He was so close to me that our chests were almost touching, less than a an inch away from each other. His feet were on both sides of mine. I was completely trapped, but I can't say that I didn't like it, 'cause then I'd be lying. I don't know... the fact that the guy I like is doing this to me is really exhilarating.

My arms were down at my sides and I didn't know what to do with them. I had dropped the note on the ground, but didn't really take any notice to it. My hands were trying to find something, anything to hold on to, but they were left to grope aimlessly at the flat wall.

"S-soda?" I questioned, confused on what was happening at the moment. He didn't answer me, he just continued to stare. He closed his eyes for a couple of seconds and when he opened them, they were almost completely black. All I could see was lust, mostly. I don't know what the other thing could be. I think it's... Affection? Well, that can't be right. He would never think of me that way.

Sodas eyes flickered to my lips before settling back on my eyes. I did the same. This is kind of like what happened at the DX station. I wonder if he's going to- my thoughts were suddenly interrupted as I felt a pair of soft lips crash down onto mine. My eyes widened at his sudden actions, shocking me. I couldn't think at the moment, the kiss was too distracting. My instincts finally kicked in and my eyes fluttered closed as I began to kiss back with as much passion as he was showing. My arms came up to wrap around his neck, having to get through his arms, which were still up by my head. My hands instantly went to his silky-soft hair, tugging and pulling. His hair is so soft and smooth! I'm so glad that he doesn't use a lot of grease in it.

Soda moaned into my mouth as a result of my actions. Just the sound caused me to reciprocate and moan back. His arms were suddenly off the wall and on my hips, his fingers digging into them, the pressure causing me to moan again. Sure, I've had this type of experience before, but it wasn't as amazing as it is with Soda. Just his lips alone sent a shock through me that I could barely comprehend. It was just so... amazing. It feels so right. Like we were meant to be doing this together.

A couple more seconds into the kiss things started to get a little more heated. We continued to kiss, but Soda took his hands and tapped on my thighs, motioning for me to jump up. I did and he caught me, pushing me back against the wall. I wrapped my legs around his waist and could feel his excitement. It didn't even phase me. In fact, it made me even more excited then I already was. Sorry if that's too much information but... just... Jeez.

Sodas right hand was on my hip and his left was under my thigh, helping to support me a bit more, while my hands were still raking through his amazing hair, making it messy. Oh my god, this has got to be the most amazing moment of my life! I can't believe that this is actually happening!

Soda and I continued. It was so exhilarating! He had bit and tugged at my lip, causing me to open my mouth, and our tongues were now fighting for dominance, gracefully twisting and turning around. He had a sweet taste, like mint gum. It was delicious.

Not breaking our kiss, Soda took his right hand off of my hip and fiddled around with the bottom button of my shirt, popping it open. There was no way he could get his hand under my shirt with how tight it is. His fingers trailed up and across my stomach towards the next button, causing me to shiver with pleasure. His fingers reached the second button, pushing it so that it was almost free from its hole, when suddenly we could hear a "tsk tsk tsk" come from behind us. Still in our current position of me being wrapped around and pushed up against the wall, Soda and I instantly stopped and our heads sharply turned towards the noise, scared at what we would find. Luckily (though probably not for too long) standing there in the living room near the front door was Two-Bit, who had his arms crossed over his chest and a huge smirk on his face. Uh oh. This is not going to end well.