"Dally?" Johnny said. Dally was working under the car, and Johnny didn't want to talk to his feet.
"Hm, JohnnyCake?" A very dirty, oil covered Dally slid out from under the car. He was immeditly alarmed when he saw johnnys face contort in discomfort and pain. He was rubbing little circles over his swollen stomache and took a deep breath.
"I think..its time. I..can feel it." Johnny said, his voice wavering alittle.
"Johnny, are you absolutely sure? This has happened before and you were wron-" But his sentence was cut short as he heard Johnnys water break.
"Dally, we need to leave, we need to leave!"
Dally paced back and forth in the hallway. Was Johnny okay? Was the baby okay? Why did they kick me out? Please God, let my family be okay. He was still pacing when he heard loud footsteps runnign down the hall. "DALLY, DALLY!" Ponyboy was running the fastest, but with the rest of the gang following him.
"Will you shut up! People are sleeping!" Dally scolded Ponyboy, but he didn't even care.
"Is Johnny okay! Is the baby okay, why did you get kicked ou-" Ponyboy stopped mid sentence when he saw the usually pale blonde even paler then normal.
"Dally," Darry said, pushing towards the front. " Is everything okay?"
" They said his blood pressure was really high and that the baby was in danger, so they kicked me out, and I'm scared." Dally said this all too quickly, and was left out of breath.
Soda looked at Darry and then back to Dally.
"Dally," Soda said. " The same thing happend to me. Its okay, he'll be okay."
Dally just nodded "Speaking of which, Where is your little squirt?"
"We left him with Steve," When soda saw Dally's eyes widen he quickly explained, "He was the only one around, and we didn't want to bring him to the hospital because we didn't want him to get sick, so when we got your call we told Steve to stay home and watch him."
"You know, that was probably a bad idea, right?"
"Yeah..But we all wanted to come. We said we'd keep Steve filled in."
"Come on," Pony said, tugging at Dally's arm, " Lets go wait in the waiting room."
"Dallas Winston?"
Dally jumped up out of his seat to the sound of his name. "Is johnny okay, Doc?"
The doctor just smiled. "Everything is fine, son. You're a father to a beautiful baby boy."
Dally looked at the doctor wide eyed, then back to his gang. "..Hear that guys? I'm a dad..I'M A DAD!" The gang rushed around Dally and started to hug and cheer.
"Boys," The doctor said, but no one was listening. "BOYS!"
The gang stopped everything and looked at the doctor.
"Johnny wants you Dally, go and see him."
Dally nodded and started for his room.
"Ah, but your friends need to stay, We need to keep Johnny and the baby as calm as possible, sorry boys."
The gang groaned but Dally just kept walking.
I'm a dad, I'm a dad, I'm a dad. Am I ready for this? Will I be a good father? Can I be a good husband? I'm a dad, I'm a dad, I'm a dad. Thats all Dally could think about, being a good father. One thing is for sure, he would love his boy with all his heart, and he wouldn't abandon him like his own father did. He would stay with the boy he loved, he would marry him, not because they had a child together, but because Dally truelly loved Johnny with all his heart.
Dally opened the door quietly, careful not to wake anything or anyone.
"Dally.." Johnny said quietly. He was holding a tiny figure wrapped in a blue blanket. His carmel skin was slick with sweat and he looked exhausted.
"Oh Johnny.." Right then Dally bit his lip as a tear rolled down his cheek.
Johnny reached up to wipe it away softly. "Why are you crying?" he murmured.
"I'm just..so happy.." Dally's breathe caught in his throat as the tiny figure yawned and blinked at him.
"Dally..Do you want to hold him?"
Dally nodded and slid his arms under Johnnys, cradling the tiny figure alittle awkwardly. He adjusted his arms so he had a better hold on his new son.
He stared down in awe. His son was beautiful. He had a light dusting of black hair, but his eyes were bright blue. Dally hoped they would stay like that, or at least turn into Johnny's chocolate brown. His skin was a nice creamy mocha kind of color that would no doubt turn to be more tan then anything later in his life. He was perfect. He made Dally's life complete. He had everything he wanted. He had Johnny, his best friend, and the love of his life, and also the mother of his son. His son would have the life that his parents didn't have, Dally would make sure of that. He had 5 uncles that would love and care for him as much as they did.
"Dally? Are you okay?" Johnnys voice pulled Dally out of his thoughts.
"Yeah, I'm fine, why?" As he was talking he didn't take his eyes off his new son, but he did notice the warm wetness on his cheeks.
"Oh," he said. "I'm crying." he didn't bother to brush the tears away because he knew Johnny would.
"Johnny, he's perfect. He's beautiful, just like his mommy."
Johnny smiled weakly. "You know, Dally, He doesn't have a name."
Dally nodded. "I know. How about..Nick. Nicolas James Winston."
"I think thats a fine name. Sounds strong." Dally and Johnny both turned their heads to see the gang standing in the doorway, all of them smiling from ear to ear.
"Nick it is," said Johnny. "But I'm going to sleep now because I'm tired, so please don't be loud." and at that, Johnny leaned his head back and fell asleep almost instantly, snoring softly.
Dally walked over to the gang so they could all see little Nick.
"Whoa," said Two-Bit, "He looks exactly like Johnny. Scary."
Steve, who just got there, slapped his shoulder and scolded him. "Ouch, why you gotta hit so hard? Your like a woman." Steve glared at him but then looked back at the baby.
"He's offly pretty, Dally. You're gonna have to keep him safe from all the other boys."
"I know," said Dally. "He's pretty just like Johnny."
Jimmy, AKA Squirt, tugged on sodas sleeve.
"Momma, I wanna see the baby."
"Well, You have to ask Dally first."
"Unlce Dal, can I see the baby?" the 5 year old said.
"Oh, I don't see why not." Dally smiled and leaned down to show Squirt his future best friend.
Everyone could see that squirt instantly fell in love with him, just like they all did. "He's pretty," Is all squirt could say. "And he smells good. Do all babies smell this good?"
They all laughed and Darry picked up his son and said, " Well, you smelled good too. But then you wet your pants, and you didn't smell good anymore." They all laughed again but Squirt got this cute little scowl on his face and hit Darry's shoulder. "Ouch ouch, you hit like Soda."
Soda spoke up and said, "Hey, I may look small and pregnant but I am mighty!"
Soda instantly shut his mouth, but it was too late. They all looked at him, wide eyed. Darry's eyes being the biggest.
"..Pregnant?" Darry asked.
Soda bit his lip and nodded. "I just found out this morning.."
"Daddy, Why is everyone having babies?" squirt asked.
They all melted out of their frozen states and laughed.
"Well, Squirt, we'll have this conversation when your older. Right now, we have to celebrate because your going to be a big brother!"
Soda smiled real big and kissed Dally's cheek. They both looked at each other as too say a silent 'I love you.'
"Well then, I guess we'll have to have another one too, so we can be even." Dally said with a grin.
"Dallas Winston, I will castrate you with my bare hands before that happens!" They all turned around to see Johnny, who was sitting up and very much not asleep, giving Dally a death glare.
"Yes dear." Dally replied.
And at that, they all laughed,smiled, and hugged at one another.
I'm ready, Dally thought, I'm ready.
Should I continue?