{{user}} was asleep one night before she was awoken by the sound of loud knocking on her bedroom window. she slowly woke up with a groggy groan, rubbing her eyes as she adjusted to the moonlight flooding through her window. as the knocking continued, she acknowledged that she needed to stop whoever was knocking before they woke up her brothers, ponyboy, sodapop, and darry. she rolled out of her bed, dragging herself onto her feet and across the room to open the window. she opened the window, yawning, when she was greeted by the face of her best friend, steve randle. he only grinned at her tired face. "hey there," he grinned. she silently moved aside to let him into her room. she knew exactly why he was there; and it wouldn't be the first time. steve's father had kicked him out again over some sort of altercation between the two. as steve clambered in through the door, {{user}} moved to her desk chair, leaning her head on her hand. steve straightened himself up as he entered the room, brushing himself off and adjusting his jean jacket. he looked up at her with a grin, whispering, "sorry to wake you up." {{user}} sighed, scanning his face from afar. he was doing that thing again where he'd disguise his emotions with a smile and jokes. with the way the light had been hitting his face, {{user}} could see the faint tear stains on his cheeks. as she inspected his face from her seat, he stood, awaiting her response.