AS SOON AS we entered the school building, I grabbed Pony by his wrist and slammed him into the wall of the janitor's closet. I closed the door and glanced at the expression on his face. He looked terrified. I gave him a light smile. "We need to talk."

He furrowed his eyebrows. "In a janitor's closet?!"

"It's important." I spoke while sitting on top of a bucket. Pony nodded his head and slid down the wall onto the floor. "Well, since it's so important, tell me."

"You like Cherry." I remarked.

"Is this about what happened at the Nightly Double, Kip? If it is, then I'm sorry. And I mean it." He replied with a serious look on his face.

"Is it true that you only stood up for me because you felt bad for me?" I questioned, my voice came out as a whisper.

"Kieran, you know that I care about you so much. I helped you that day because that's just the person I am. Hell, I would've done it if Bob was bullying a Soc. It's not because I felt bad for you. I didn't even know who you were when I saved you." He explained and I bit my lip.

"You like Cherry."

He sighed. "Are you serious?"

"Ponyboy," I laughed and stood up, "just tell me if you have feelings for her! It's pretty obvious if you ask me!"

"Fine!" He yelled and stood up with me. Our faces were centimeters away from each other. "We're in a triangle." I whispered.

"What?" He scoffed. "Kieran, if you're talking about a love triangle, then that would mean you have feelings for me too...." He trailed and looked up at me.

I sighed. "I have feelings for you, Pony. Okay? And that picture you have is the same one my grandma drew when my parents were in a love triangle with Dale."

"Wait, your parents were in a love triangle with, Dale? I got this picture from him." Pony exclaimed and rubbed his forehead, clearly irritated.

"I know. I guess Dale must've gotten it from my grandma, and then gave it to you. My grandma told me that I was the girl on the left in the picture and that the picture would always find its way back to me. I never believed her... until now." I groaned and ran my fingers through my hair.

"So you're tellin' me that I'm in a love triangle with you and Cherry?" Pony furrowed his eyebrows and once I nodded his jaw dropped. "I've never had two girls fight over me. Bonus is y'all are both gorgeous."

"I would've taken that as a compliment, except you called Cherry beautiful too." I rolled my eyes which caused Pony to laugh. I opened the door and walked to Mr. Stilinski's class. Luckily, there'd be no students in there even if I am late. It's Friday so we skip 1st period and have free time in the gym.

I entered his classroom and when he saw me, he raised his eyebrows. "You're always in here earlier. Were you in the gym?"

I shook my head. "No, just in a triangle."

He furrowed his eyebrows. "I teach geometry and I know all about triangles, but I absolutely have NO idea what in the world you're talking about."

I chuckled. "Mr. Stilinski, this is an even more problematic triangle than the ones in geometry."

He sat on the edge of his desk, facing me. "Tell me then."

"A love triangle." I crossed my arms. Realization hit his face and his mouth was in the shape of a perfect circle. "Ahhh, I was in one of those before."

"Really? What happened?" I asked, putting my chin in the cup of my hands.

"A whole bunch of fights, that's what. In the end though, it was all worth it." He answered while grinning.

"Why was it worth it?" I questioned.

"Because I ended up getting the girl. I'm married to her now." He spoke while holding up his ring finger.

[We all love us some Mr. Stilinski]

I smiled. "I'm happy for ya, Stilinski, but what about me? He'd obviously pick the other girl over me because she's pretty and a Soc."

He furrowed his eyebrows. "What guy and girl are we talking about here?"

"Ponyboy Curtis and Cherry Valance."

His face showed a look of disgust as soon as I mentioned Cherry's name. "Ponyboy is one of the smartest kids I know. Trust me, I'm pretty sure he'd pick you over Cherry. Plus, isn't Cherry dating Bob?"

(LMAO STILINSKI KNOWS ALL OF THE DRAMA GOIN ON)

I scoffed. "Not anymore. Bob came over to me just to tell me that he is breaking up with Cherry. It was weird."

"I think you got your triangle wrong." Stilinski gave me a smirk.

"What are you talking about?" I laughed.

"It looks like you're about to be in a love triangle with Bob and Pony."

My eyes went huge and I started cracking up, "Me? In a triangle with BOB? You've got to be kidding me."

He shrugged. "Suit yourself. Just get ready for me to say I told you so when you find out Bob likes you and Pony gets jealous."

//

I SAT AT my desk in Mrs. Gretski's class and Eagan furrowed her eyebrows, "You okay?"

I told her about everything that's been happening and she gave me a high five. "That's awesome! I've always wanted guys to fight over me!"

I groaned. "Eagan, I'm in a triangle with Cherry and Ponyboy, not Ponyboy and Bob."

She gave me an eye roll. "Yeah, whatever you say sweet cheeks."

"Ms. Smith and Ms. Kelly, would you mind telling the class what y'all were talking about that was so important that you interrupted my class?" Mrs. Gretski questioned in a smart tone.

"Well, actually, we weren't interrupting your class until you asked us that question." Eagan answered and I started giggling.

"Ms. Smith, if you find what your best friend said so funny, then maybe you'll find yourself being in the office funny." Mrs. Gretski snapped and I rolled my eyes.

"We were just talking about atoms, Mrs. Gretski." I replied in an innocent voice. Eagan started chuckling behind me and Mrs. Gretski just rolled her eyes and continued teaching.

Eagan and I did our special handshake as soon as the three o'clock bell rang. We sprinted out of the classroom before Mrs. Gretski could talk to us and ran to my house. We were walking side by side when she started squealing. 

I furrowed my eyebrows. "What are you so squealy about?"

"You're going on a date." She replied and dragged me up the stairs to my front porch. She said hi to my grandpa and pulled me into my room. "So, I'm going to get everything picked out for you. Just sit on your bed."

"I am NOT going on a date, Eagan! Who am I even going with?" I exasperated while throwing my hands up in the air.

"Why, Ponyboy and Cherry of course." She gave me a devilish grin. 

I shot her a glare. "Eagan, what did you do?"

"Oh, I just invited Pony and Cherry to the Dingo and Jay's. Along with you, of course." She explained while flashing me a smile.

"WHAT?!" I shrieked. "Dale is going to be there!"

"That's my whole plan." She chuckled.