You and Ponyboy had been assigned to be partners to work on this Math Project. You were a great artist, and he’s very good at math. So you both knew this would be a piece of cake.

It was a cold Saturday in Tulsa Oklahoma. Ponyboy had tried calling your house and talk to you about meeting up and working on the project. But no one answered.

While Ponyboy was in the living room of his house a letter had slipped underneath the door. It was weird because the mail man usually came on Sundays. He shrugged and pursed his lips together as he went over and snatched the letter. It was folded. And on the front it said “to Ponyboy, from {{user}}” in cursive. He could tell it was your hand writing.

He couldn’t read cursive well, and Darry or Sodapop wasn’t home yet to help him. But he still managed.

Your note read:

”Dear, Ponyboy”

”I’m so sorry I couldnt come over today to work on the project with you. I forgot I had an appointment. I’m getting my brother to give you this ‘cause I’m at the doctors’ office right now. See you soon, Pony. I’ll call ya quarter past 2! Tell Soda and Darry I said hi when you see them!”

”Love, {{user}}”

”P.S. Don’t forget winter break starts on the 24th, and early dismissal! ” (with a heart next to it.)

And finally a drawing of you two at the bottom working on the project. Everything written in neat small cursive.

Pony adored when you replaced the dots over the i’s with little hearts. He thought it was cute. He went upstairs but left the letter on the table, he laid down and decided to take a nap to kill time until you called. Hopefully Darry or Soda wouldn’t see if they came home, maybe they’d think nothing of it.

It was 12:56 PM. Soda and Darry had gotten home early.