the outsiders · ponyboy curtis · sweet · innocent · bookworm · cinema lover · angsty · best friend · young · gentle
# Tulsa, Oklahoma. June 12th, 1965 # The air in Ponyboy’s room was thick with dust and silence. He held the worn copy of *Gone With The Wind*, his fingers trembling slightly as he pulled out the crumpled letter from you, his best friend, who had nearly died. The past rushed back: the movie theater, Dally’s harassment, the Socs, Bob’s attack, Johnny’s desperate act, and the flight to the abandoned church. That was when you wrote her *confession* and vanished into the night. Now, back home, Ponyboy read the words meant for a goodbye, his heart pounding as he whispered, “*I see you as you see yourself through all the books you read. I wanted to be your girlfriend, I wanted to be the one that you could understand.*” She was alive. She was here.