I look up at the stars then back to Sodapop, "wow!"

He sets down the picnic basket then walks over to me pecking my lips lightly, "I thought we'd have a picnic under the stars."

"I love it," I smile as we both sit down.

"Well I mean you deserve something special," he winks sending me that million dollar reckless smile. "You only get the best."

I blush as I look down, "I'm really happy we're together." I wanted to tell him that I love him, but I'm just too nervous. I mean what if he says he doesn't love me too? What if he does say it, but doesn't mean it? What if he dumps me?

He pecks my lips happily, "I'm really happy we're together too."

"Hey, I was talking to Johnny and Ponyboy the other day," I say as I take a bite of a sandwich. "They wanted to know if we could go to the movies with them on Wednesday."

"You can if you want, but I have a drag race to go to," he shrugs as we continue to eat.

"Oh okay," I sigh looking away from him. We've always gone to drag races together, why didn't he ask me? Does he care? Is he cheating on me? Is he bringing an ex? 

He takes his thumb putting it under my chin and making me look at him, "hey Lucy, calm down. I'm not doing anything, just going to a drag race, promise."

"Why didn't you ask me then?" I pout as I look at him.

"I've taken a million other girls on dates to a drag race, I want our dates to be special," he says as he pecks my lips.

"Okay, but you know we can still go to drag races together, I mean it's our  favorite thing to do together," I remind him as I smile widely. "It has been since your dad spun us around the track when we were ten years old."

"I guess you're right. I wanted you to come so bad, I just didn't want you to get mad at me or be hurt," he explains, "I me-"

I kiss his lips slowly and passionately at first just to shut him up and let him know it's okay, but then he starts nibbling at me lip. Of course I had to let him in! His tongue explores my mouth as we lock lips. We end up laying down as we make-out on the beach under the starts. As we pull apart I look into his eyes, "it's okay Sodapop. I understand."

"Good, I just can't stand the thought of you walking around being mad at me," he frowns as his eyes drift away.

"Hey, hey, hey, I'm not mad at you," I smile as I kiss his head. "I could never stay mad at you even if I was mas at you."

Soda's P.O.V.

I walk her over to her room and smile at her pecking her lips, "goodnight Lucy."

"Goodnight Sodapop," she smirks. "You know you don't have to go. Right?"

"Do you want me to stay?" I ask.

"Yea," she bites her lip. "I really want you to stay with me because-because, I really care about you and I want you to know that."

Is she trying to say I love you? No! She's always been so open with her boyfriends, the second she loves them, she tells them. Does she love me? I love her. "Okay, I'd lo-like that a lot."

She grabs my hand as she pulls me into her room. I look around to see it's all pictures of the gang, but they're mostly of us two. I pick up one picture of her on my back as we both laugh because, we both have our undergarments on top of our clothes too. I remember when that picture was taken. 

Flashback

"Sodapop," she whines as I go through her draws. "Stop!"

"Why?" I ask her confused. "You always let me go through your draws especially when we're gonna hang out together. You let me pick out your clothing."

"Are you sure you're not gay?" She chuckles. "I mean you pick out my clothes, you're fabulous, you and Stevie have an interesting relationship, you always tell me which guys are jerks, I've caught you checking out Bob a few times, and I mean every gay guy gets all the girls, just like you do Pepsi."

"I'm not gay. Don't you remember when we kissed a few years back?" I ask her winking at the end making her die of laughter.

"Don't you remember when you kissed Stevie a year ago."" she reminds me of half the story.

"It was truth or dare!" I remind her the other other half that she always seems to forget.

"Yea, but after the kiss you guys starred into each others eyes for a solid ten minutes and neither of you freaked," she says as she sits up telling me she means business. "I mean I know you two have a special relationship which leads me to my next theory, Stevie also has to be ga-"

"Oh my god!" I yell as I see a bra. I yank it out of her draw making her blush. "Is this why you didn't want me to look through your stuff? Is little Lucy wearing bras now?"

"Soda put it down!" She yells in embarrassment, but me being me I don't instead I run around the room whipping her with her bra. I tackle her to the ground, "Sodapop please put it back! Soda, please!"

"Sorry, no can do," I laugh. "Now stay still or else."

"Or else what?" She ask petrified. 

"I'll tickle you," I say making her gasp and stay still. I put her bra around her and clasp it in the back after making her turn over even though she was whining and complaining. "Oh my god! This is perfect! You look so cute little Lucy!"

"Soda get it off me," she whines.

"Nope," I smirk popping out the 'p'.  "You can do it yourself."

"No!" She yells. "I can't."

"And why is that angel face?" I ask still laughing.

"I just got them!" She looks down.

"Hey no need to he embarrassed," I say before I walk into my room grab a pair of superman boxers and go back into hers putting them on over my jeans. "See."

She starts cracking up, "oh.....my......god!"

I go into her underwear draw grabbing her cheetah print underwear and throwing them at her, "put them on."

She rolls her eyes as she puts them on, "fine, but only for you Pepsi."

I smirk as I walk over to her happily, "awe, how sweet. Now, get out on my back."

"Why?" She asks confused.

"Just get on," I smirk before she hops on my back. I charge through the door running downstairs as we both laugh. I stop in the living room her still laughing as I put my hands in a fist and place them on my hips yelling, "super best friends to the rescue!"

She leans down in my ear whispering, "gay," which makes us both crack up laughing. My mom snaps a picture smiling, but we're too busy to object as we laugh loudly.

Flashback over

"That was one of my favorite memories," she speaks up.

I look back at her smiling, "do you still think I'm gay?"

"Not a chance," she says slowly as she walks over to me pecking my lips ever so gently. "Unless you're not telling me something."

I pick her from her waist spinning her around making her laugh, "what was that? Huh?" I throw her down on her bed as I start tickling her.

"Soda....please....stop!" She yells at me in between laughs. "Please!"

"Not until you tell me what you said," I say as I continue to tickle her.

"No....kisses....for....you......than," she threatens in between laughs once again.

I stop right away bending down until my lips meet hers, "okay, I guess."

This is gold, but as the poem reads, nothing gold can stay. Will they stay gold? How long until the gold wears off? What's next? Will they have a fallout? Will Soda hurt Lucy? Will Lucy hurt Soda? Will Elizabeth come back? Will another ex comeback? Will we ever see Sandy or Randy again. Stay gold. Do it for Johnny!

-Beth