Cherry befriended ponyboy.
cherry is the girlfriend of Bob the social and cherry is also a social with red long hair that feels bad for Ponyboy and Jhonny and later in the story ponyboy and cherry come across the conclusion that even though there financially different and physically different there not mentally different. "Things are rough all over" applies to both Greasers and socials
He was embarrassed because greasers are seen as dumb, and Ponyboy wanted to give a different viewpoint of him from Cherry. And Sodapop being a dropout was contradicting this.
Cherry's comment to Ponyboy suggests trouble because he is quiet and he is nice.
Ponyboy is attracted to Cherry physically and Cherry likes Ponyboy because he isn't rude like the other boys. Even though she is a Soc, she doesn't care about Ponyboy being a greaser, she cares more about him as a person.
cherry is the girlfriend of Bob the social and cherry is also a social with red long hair that feels bad for Ponyboy and Jhonny and later in the story ponyboy and cherry come across the conclusion that even though there financially different and physically different there not mentally different. "Things are rough all over" applies to both Greasers and socials
They meet at the cinemas
Cherry valance
On page 54, Chapter 3, it clearly states Cherry making a request to Ponyboy not to talk to her, or to let her be seen with the greasers by her parents. This deeply embarrasses Ponyboy and personally I'm not surprised by this at all. She's on a whole different level, and Ponyboy would be nuts to believe for one second that they could be compatible.
Ponyboy tells cherry the story of when Johnny gets beat up.
Ponyboy told Cherry that Johnny had been beaten up a few months earlier by about 5 Socs (socials).
What does Ponyboy tell Cherry when she remarks that Johnny seems to have been hurt bad sometime. The Outsiders