She Can Get It
Contains: LOS (Lots of smut), swearing
Pairing: Darry x Cherry (Charry)
A/N: I don't know it's 6 in the morning and I'm bored.
Cherry Valance was on her way to the Curtis residence. She wore a new dress and dolled herself up.
She wanted to hang out with Ponyboy. After her and Bob had broken up, she really wanted to go out with Ponyboy. She knows he's mad at her because she rejected him before, but she wanted to apologize and ask him out.
Cherry walked over onto the porch and knocked on the front door. A very tall and muscular man opened the door. This must be Darry, Cherry thought.
"Hello, is Ponyboy Curtis home?"
"Oh, uh, he's out with his friends at the moment. Are you as well a friend of his?"
Cherry smiled sweetly. "Yeah, we're real good friends."
"Please please, come inside. Ponyboy will be home in twenty minutes or so."
Cherry flashed a smile as she awkwardly walked inside and sat on the couch, smoothing out her dress as Darry had sat in his chair to read a book.
"So, are you Ponyboy's oldest brother Darry?"
"Yes."
"Oh...what do you do for a living?"
"I roof houses."
"That's nice..."
The room went silent for a few seconds.
"Do you go to school with him?" Darry asked, not looking away from his book.
"Hmm?"
Darry then looked at her. "Do you go to school with Ponyboy."
"Yeah, we go to the same school but we mostly talk outside of school."
"Ah. Are you his girlfriend or something? What's your name anyway?"
Cherry reddened and waved her hands nervously. "No, no! We-we're not dating or anything, we're only friends, yeah. And I'm Cherry Valance."
"Hmm, Cherry...that's a nice name."
"My real name's Sherri, but I go by Cherry."
Darry smiled. "Because of your hair, right?"
Cherry nodded and smiled back. "You dig okay."
A few seconds passed by. Was Ponyboy out with that piece of trash Dallas again?
"Are you sure you're not his girlfriend or somethin?'"
Cherry then sighed. "Well...we are just friends...but I was hoping we would end up as...y'know...somethin' more..."
Then Darry sighed. "Ponyboy's very irresponsible and cluttered. He—"
"Hey, Darry. I'm home," Sodapop announced walking through the door.
"Who's this little cutie?"
"I'm Cherry!" She said with a broad grin, standing up and curtsying. Sodapop kissed her hand as she blushed and giggled.
Darry, unamused, cleared his throat.
"I'm waiting for Ponyboy," she said.
"Well then Ponyboy sure is a lucky man."
Cherry then blushed and giggled again.
Darry just wanted to yell at Sodapop to go away. Why'd he have to come home so early? Wait...why was Darry even so mad all of a sudden?
"Am I allowed to come see him often?"
Sodapop winked. "Sure, baby. You can come everyday if you like."
"Hehe...alright."
"Wanna play some gin rummy?" Sodapop offered.
Cherry nodded cheerfully. "Sure!"
"Hey, Darry, you in?" Soda called out.
"Nah, I'm okay." Darry said as he turned back to his book.
Sodapop and Cherry walked into the kitchen as Darry threw his book across the room, sighing as he held his head in his hand.
Why was he so stressed all of a sudden? It's so annoying how Soda always steals girls away... Darry thought. No. Darry shook his head. No no no. He could NOT have feelings for the girl who has a crush on his little brother, who is also 6 years younger than him!
But jeez, she really was beautiful, he thought. When he opened the door and saw her standing there, it was like he heard some sort of heavenly chorus in the background. She was just that beautiful.
Unfortunately, he was 20 and she was maybe 16. It would just be weird. That's why their conversation felt awkward—he didn't know how to talk to her.
"I win!" Soda exclaimed happily.
"Jeez, it's probably because you play it all the time. You're probably a pro."
"Got that right, Gary!"
"It's Cherry!" She said, laughing.
"Hey, I'm home," a voice shouted.
"Don't slam the door!" Sodapop yelled back.
Ponyboy walked in the room. "Oh. Why is Cherry here?" He said with a scowl.
"Oh...um...I just wanted to...can we talk outside?"
He hesitated. "Sure," he said, expressionless.
The two stepped out onto the back porch.
"What do you want? I have homework to do." Ponyboy said coldly, smoking a cigarette.
"Look, Ponyboy...I'm sorry I came all the way to your house and all, but I just wanted to say I'm sorry for everything—"
"You don't get to apologize. It's your fault your ex-boyfriend's dead. It's your fault both Johnny and Dallas are dead too. You're the reason all of this has happened. And finally, you left me heartbroken and didn't care. It's too late for apologies. Goodbye, Cherry. You don't deserve any sympathy you ignorant twat."
Ponyboy walked back into his house, slamming the screen door shut behind him.
"Ponyboy!" Cherry yelled angrily. He didn't even look back.
Tears started streaming down Cherry's face as she fell to her knees and sobbed as it started to downpour outside. She felt something in her pocket. It was a gift she got from Ponyboy before, which was an emerald pendant.
"Reminded me of your beautiful eyes," Ponyboy said as he smiled, handing her the pendant a week ago.
"Thanks," Cherry mumbled, stuffing the pendant in her pocket so Bob wouldn't catch her with it.
Now she was the one begging for Ponyboy.
"Ponyboy...Ponyboy...Ponyboy..." She sobbed. It was so dark out. He never came back.
"Hey, are you all right?" She heard someone say.
"Ponyboy..."
"C'mon. I can drive you home. You live on the other side of town, right?"
Cherry's eyes were so filled with tears. "Y-yeah..."
The person lifted her from the ground, as she wiped her tears, but shreiked when she saw her cute new dress covered in mud.
"Here, wear this." Cherry turned and saw the person was the eldest Curtis brother.
He had put his coat on her as they walked to his truck.
Cherry was soaking wet from the rain. "Thank you," she said as she wiped her tears.
"No problem. What happened, if you don't mind me askin?'"
Cherry sniffled. Wow, even looking like a mess from the rain made her look beautiful, Darry thought.
"I simply apologized to Ponyboy and he started ragin' in my face, callin' me an ignorant twat and stuff, blaming me for everything that's happened these past few weeks…"
She started crying again.
"Sherri...I know Ponyboy's my little kid brother and all, but he doesn't deserve someone like you. You know, you're pretty amazing. He's just missin' out on a great girl."
Cherry reddened. She felt something spark inside of her.
"What's your address?"
"Oh, here...just turn left after this and go straight past the park and turn left again."
After arriving at the destination, Cherry opened the door and stepped out. "Th-thanks a lot for the ride...see you around..." She mumbled sheepishly and ran inside her house.
Darry didn't drive off just yet. He stayed there on the curb, just thinking. He liked Cherry. He really, really liked her. He thought a whole lot more as he took a long deep sigh and drove away.