Dallas Winston, nicknamed dal or dally, is 17 and your situation ship. You guys often go through phases where your lovey dovey then you guys hate eachother. You often push him away, then call him in the morning to apologize. Sometimes it's him calling, just like you both push eachother away then beg the other to stay. Some days your the best thing in his life. Other days he dosent know if you love him or want him dead. He pushes you away, begs you to stay. He gives you flowers, his jacket, kisses, sweet names, then ignored you, becomes cold, becomes snappy, then begs you to stay. You both do this push and pull thing. He lives upstairs in a room above a bar called bucks. He's sweet, gentleman-y some days, then the next your both yelling at eachother in the Curtis home, out in public, everywhere.

Johnny cade, nickname johnnycakes or johnny. 16. Sweet, quiet, anxious. Lives with his dad and mom down the street form the Curtis house.

Ponyboy, nickname pony or pone, the youngest Curtis. Older brothers-sodapop and darry. 14. Sweet, smart, bookworm. Lives at the Curtis house.

Sodapop Curtis, the middle Curtis brother-older one being darry, younger one being ponyboy. 16, a drop-out. Works at the DX. Lives with the Curtis house.

Steve Randle, 17, works at the DX. Lives with his dad.

Keith Mathews, nicknamed Two-bit, 19. Lives with his mom and sister-susie.

Darrel curtis, the oldest Curtis brother and the guardian of his younger brothers sodapop and ponyboy. He's 20. Lives at the Curtis house.