Soda POV

I woke up the next morning thinking of last night and how crazy it was. The dancing was crazy, wild and fun. I got up out of bed and put on a grey button down with washed out blue jeans with brown boots. I had to get to work, I didn’t like the idea of working on a vacation but I would do anything to help Darry out.  I woke Ponyboy up too and he put on his new suit, it was pretty cool, it was white with gold trimmings and made him look real handsome. Once Pony was ready we went up to the main hotel and I dropped him off at the restaurant whilst I went to the lobby. I walked up to reception and saw a stunning girl sitting there I walked up with a smile on my face and leant against the front desk. “Hey, I’m Sodapop Curtis reporting for duty.” I saluted and winked at her but she just giggled. “Sodapop? That’s uh quite an unusual name. I like it.” She smiled. “Yeah my dad was pretty creative, my little brother is called Ponyboy.”  She just smiled but then looked down at the desk suddenly like she was lost in thought and snapped back to reality. “Today you will just wait out front and help people with their luggage, you must try to get along with everyone even if you don’t like them.” She said it so coldly that my smile faded but I just smiled again. “Shouldn’t be too hard I get along with everyone, including you if you let me.”  I winked at her. “My names Cynthia but everyone calls me Cyndi and you may call me Cynthia.” She said. “Aw why do you have to be so harsh?” I put my bottom lip out jokingly. “Customers are arriving go do your job” and she pointed to the door.  I wasn’t going to give up just yet, I was going to get a date with that girl but for now I had a job to do. I walked outside and saw Mr Kelleman talking to a tall lanky man with dark grey hair and light grey sideburns and tanned skin. He seemed to have a wife and two daughters. I walked up to the back of the car and got the bags out of the trunk and put them on the side walk when I saw the other two magically plop themselves down next to me. The better looking daughter had helped me, she seemed nice “hey thanks, want a job here?” I said teasingly.  I extended my hand out “my names Sodapop Curtis” I smiled waiting for the: Oh my god really? No way! But she just smiled, shook my hand and said “mines Francis Houseman but people just call me Baby because I’m the youngest.” “Nice to meet ya.”  I said. I think we could become good friends she seemed nice enough but maybe a little too rich to be hanging out with a greaser like me. “Sodapop take the bags to their rooms instead of just standing there, how many times do I have to tell you?” Mr Kelleman yelled at me, he hasn’t told me once, this was my first day but I decided to shut my mouth and carry the bags to the cabin. It was a nice cabin all decked out and real fancy.  I dumped the bags in the living room and went back to the lobby to continue my day of work.

Darry POV

I woke up and cooked some breakfast it was weird not having Ponyboy and Sodapop with me but it was only for summer and I liked the privacy of having my own cabin. It was only a one bedroom one and nothing fancy but it was still nice. I scoffed down breakfast and got ready for the day’s work.  I put on a black shirt and threw a dark blue button down over the top with dark blue jeans and boots. I walked up to the dancing room where I would teach lessons and rehearse with Penny for when we danced of a night for entertainment. I opened the door and ran up the stairs, I heard sobbing I wondered who it could be. I found Penny in the corner her knees brought up to her chest and her head buried in her knees. I approached her cautiously as if she was a dangerous animal “Penny are you ok?” I asked calmly and quietly. She looked up at me; it looked as if she had been crying for a while. “Darry I-I’m pregnant, I don’t want to be, please help me.” I knelt beside her and just hugged her stroking her hair softly. “We will figure out something Penny its ok” I thought back to how we were kids. She was so playful and full of life not like this girl, she never cried I guess over half a decade can change people. “Thankyou Darry.” She whispered. “Come on Penny we should rehearse.” I pulled her up and put some music on and we practised the dances that we had been shown.

Ponyboy’s POV

I walked into the restaurant nervously approaching the group of men and women standing around. They all seemed to be chatting and having a laugh. So I just stood at the back until one of them told me to come over a lady with blonde hair she seemed nice. “What’s your name kid? And how did you get stuck here?” “M-my names Ponyboy Curtis I’m here because my brother Darry is working for the summer and couldn’t leave me and my brother home alone.” I was shy and I sounded it. “I like your name kid, it won’t be hard to forget.” One of the guys said and he smiled at me so I smiled back I could tell this summer was going to be good because I got along with all the other staff just fine, except for one his name was Robby he just seemed to full of himself, so I avoided him. I was told what to do and I picked it up pretty easy we had a few practise go’s seeing as I was new and hadn’t done this before.  The restaurant opened at lunch and people just came rushing in including Two-Bit, Darry, Johnny and Steve.  I walked quickly over to their table wanting to serve them before anyone else did. “Hey guys” I greeted them enthusiastically. “Well, well, well what do we have here?” Steve said clicking his tongue. “Wow Ponyboy you look like the real life Ken doll.” Two cracked up. “Yeah I know I look lousy but no need to rub it in.” I said sheepishly. “Now what to you guys want to eat?” I asked not so enthusiastically this time. They all ordered and I took it back to the kitchen. I spent the next 3 hours serving guests and then at 2 we all got a free lunch and some free time until 5 pm when we had to return.  Darry and the other dancers came in for an early dinner before they had to start dancing for the guests, even Soda came in.

Baby’s POV

“Daddy I’m going for a walk to explore the grounds I will back soon.” With that I walked off and to the main building on the resort. I walked along the veranda that stretched out all around the building. I looked in through a window and realised it was a restaurant; I saw all the waiters and even the nice boy I had met earlier Sodapop, it was an original name and I liked it. He had his arm draped around another boy who looked like him I gathered it must have been his brother. They seemed to be joking and having a laugh when Mr Kelleman, the old man who ran the place walked in huffing and puffing. “Now all you listen, have fun with the guests, flirt but do not do anything more. Do you all understand?” he scorned. They all nodded and walked off but one guy caught my eyes, he was tall, with dark hair and light blue, green eyes. He had big muscles that were nearly bulging out of his shirt. I could have stared at him forever but I knew I had to get back to the cabin before my parents got worried, so I left and didn’t look back afraid that if I saw him I might do something stupid.

During dinner all I could think about was that man from earlier and then I was introduced to the Bosses grandson who I think daddy and Kelleman wanted us to date but he didn’t seem all that great.  His name was Neil and he seemed like a total nerd but I agreed to go for a walk with him, he took me dancing and we danced for a bit until I saw him the guy from earlier, he had this pretty blonde dance partner and they did this dance which was gorgeous and I wished I could dance like that so I could dance with him one day. Then he left and I was still dancing with Neil absentmindedly but then I got bored and insisted he take me back to the cabin. After the walk with Neil I went for another walk and found the staff entry, but I continued to walk because I wanted to see what was up there. I saw Sodapop carrying 3 huge watermelons so I ran up to help him. “Hey soda” I sounded bright and bubbly and grabbed a watermelon off him. “What are you doing back here? You’re not meant to be here.” He looked real nervous. “Why don’t you go back to Neil you guys seemed to be having some fun.” He smiled cheekily and mockingly danced with the water melons. SO I dumped the watermelon back on him and went to storm off when he asked “Can you keep a secret?” I then took back the oversized watermelon and followed him up the stairs to a place with extremely loud music and we got up to the room that had a bunch of couples dancing/ grinding against one another and then I spotted him coming towards us. It was the guy from before with a blonde pretty lady, my heart sunk he wasn’t single. “What’s the deal with them?” I asked Sodapop nodding my head towards them. “Oh they’re just great friends haven’t been together since we were kids.” He said with a grin. He then came over to us and said “What’s she doing here?” “I carried a watermelon.” I replied it was the first thing that popped into my head but then I thought it over and I couldn’t believe that’s what I said. “I carried a watermelon?” I repeated but to myself. A new song came on and he pulled me towards him and gave me a brief lesson on dirty dancing I was terrible at it but then it got fun and I just had some fun with him. He told me to look into his eyes while he was teaching me and so I did but they were a trap I could’ve got lost in them but then he turned away and I realised the music had stopped. I suddenly got all embarrassed and walked out of there and back to the cabin…I just danced sluttily with a perfect stranger…oh god!!