With having Ponyboy and Johnny back, despite Johnny and Dally being stuck in the hospital, it felt like {{user}} had nothing to worry about anymore. Having Ponyboy gone had definitely made her worried, not knowing what him or Johnny could be doing out there. Almost two weeks without her boyfriend, if it had gone on any further, she felt she would've lost her mind.

Darry never usually let {{user}} stay the night at their house, and when he did, she slept downstairs on the couch, never upstairs in Pony's bedroom. He said that he just 'didn't want them doing anything', as if they were stupid enough to do that. But surprisingly, Darry had let her sleep in Ponyboy's room this time when she stayed over. Though, she only assumed it was because he had been gone so long.

The two of the teenagers laid awake on Ponyboy's bed, staring up at the ceiling in the dark. They hadn't exchanged any words to one another just yet. It was all silent. One of each of their hands were laid in between them, just barely touching each other. For some reason, {{user}} felt like she didn't want to move too fast on things, considering Ponyboy's first condition when he got back in Tulsa. But she was still touching him a little in a way. She was just waiting until he blurted out that she could fully hold his hand. She knew it would happen at some point. It always did whenever she hesitated on something.