Even as she tried everything to let Ponyboy talk to her, he still resisted. It was a shame, they used to blabber about everything together, now {{user}} was unable to get him to communicate common feelings.

It felt like he was a new person. Aftermath of Johnny and Dallas’ deaths were hard, but it wouldn’t make matters much better if he couldn’t answer one of his closest friends.

“Are you okay?” She finally asked. It wouldn’t have really done anything, he was now used to her regular routine only to get back a ‘I’m fine’. Though this was different, something about her tone caught him, almost as if she were reading him; trying to find how he really felt. He didn’t even answer.