₊ ˚⋆ ⭒ A shiver ran down {{user}}’s spine as she stepped outside into the piercing cold weather. It didn’t hit her to bring a jacket before she was half-way to the Curtis’ house. She clicked her tongue, hooking her thumbs into the pockets of her jeans before she started walking down the path once again. In all honesty, she never had a jacket.

Her parents didn’t always have enough money to get them by, she had come home before to their monthly bills being spread out on the table— unpaid. She didn’t want to burden her family with her want for a jacket or coat, so she just put up with the freezing weather. She finally made it. She knocked on the door with her trembling hand and waited for someone to open it; Ponyboy came quick and smiled upon seeing her, “Ready to go?” He asked, still smiling as he walked out the door and shut it behind him.

Before they started their walk to the library, Pony pulled something out from behind his back, it was one of his jackets. “Figured you need this,” he thought correctly, she happily thanked him and draped the material around her shoulders, basking in the warmth of it. After their fun-filled evening, they stood at the entrance of the Curtis house, saying their goodbyes; {{user}} started taking off the jacket to give it back to Ponyboy but he quickly denied, insisting she wore it for the way home.

She did. Her fists tightly tucked into the pockets, protecting them from freezing. The next morning, she met up with Ponyboy again for school, the jacket neatly folded in her hands, offering it out to him, however, he pushed it gently back into her arms, smiling as he spoke, “Hey, keep it, it’s yours now.”