"Lucy! I didn't mean to get so drunk-"
" It doesn't matter!" I yelled at him pushing him away from me. " You said what you said and we are through!"
Last night Ricky got drunk. Too drunk. I drove him back to his house and while he was wasted in the front seat he said some interesting things. How I was too uptight and how I should be more like Sylvia, his new girlfriend. The next day I avoided him like crazy. He finally caught up to me while I saw walking home.
" There is no Sylvia!" he lied trying to hold my hand. I yanked it away.
" Yes there is! I know a greaser named Sylvia who does anything to anyone! Leave me alone or I'm calling the cops." I held my books to my chest tighter and walked on faster.
Ricky gave up on being sweet. He yelled at my back " You'll regret this! I swear you will!"
Tears stung at my eyes but I couldn't let myself cry. I've never cried for a boy and I won't start now. After 15 minutes I find myself in front of my house. You could say I'm rich. I have a pretty nice house with a white picket fence. My dad has a real nice job. My mom travels round the world, designing new trends everywhere. She sends money back once a month. I walk through the double doors and immediately head to the kitchen.
If I had a normal life like normal kids, I'd find a batch of fresh cookies waiting on the table. My mom would be at the stove wearing an apron and would smile at me, ask me about my day, and hug me while I told her what happen. But my life wasn't like that. I grabbed a banana off the counter and ate it. If my life were normal we would have dinner. My father would be reading the paper at the table, but put it away when we started to eat. But no, my dad was in his office. Working like always.
I went over to the kitchen table and sat down. I worked on my homework which took me about 30 minutes.
I would usually call up Ricky and ask him if he wanted to see a movie. He'd say he was going to a beer blast. I would say "oh" and say goodbye. But, Ricky is no longer a part of my life now, is he? I am a very quiet girl and usually don't seek revenge, but today was an exception. I quickly dialed Suzy's number and waited for her to pick up.
"Hello?"
"Suzy? Its Lucy. I broke up with Ricky." I told her the whole story and she sympathized with me. I told her I wanted to meet someone new and she offered to go to the drive in tonight. I told her I'd meet her there and thanked her.
I looked at the clock on the kitchen counter. 6:45. I had about an hour and half to get ready. I took the steps two at a time and ran into my bedroom. I flopped onto my big bed.
I thought of my knight in shining armor. He wouldn't have cropped hair like Ricky. He would be tougher; more manly. He could sweep me off my feet more than Ricky ever could.
Revenge would be sweet.
***
" Lucy?" Suzy asked me while we sat in our seats.
" Yes?"
"Why are those boys staring at us?"
I looked at where Suzy was pointing. There were four greasers there. They were all smoking and leaning on the hood of a rusty car.
" They're just looking at us cause we are so pretty, Susan. Ignore them."
Suzy rolled her eyes. " Well, of course because we're pretty. But, they keep laughing."
" Ignore them." I glared at her. " And stop looking at them," I said through my teeth. I turned my attention back to the screen. It was a car chase with a lot of explosives. Not my thing really. I felt a tab on my shoulder so I turned around to face a very greasy greaser. He had red hair and freckles. His hair was so greased it looked like he hadn't taken a shower in weeks.
" May I help you?" I squeaked.
" Yeah, yeah ya can," he said cocking an eyebrow. " Ya think I could take yas home with meh?" My face got hot and I turned my attention back to the screen. His hand was now on my shoulder. I turned as stiff as I could. His hand started to go to my face. I turned around quickly and slapped him in the face. His eyes got really wide. Then he smiled. He put his hands on my face and leaned in to kiss me. I pushed away with all my might. I saw out of the corner of my eye that a brunette was doing the came to Suzy. He kept grabbing at me. I didn't want to scream but I was close to it.
" Get off of me, you greaser!" I yelled. This only made him come at me more.
I cried a weak "help!" but no one came. Everyone else just stood back and watched.
" Easy, buddy," someone said and yanked the grease off me. I looked up at him and was surprised to see it was a greaser. He had brown hair and was tough looking.
The red-head started to argue but stopped once he looked at the guy.
" Dallas Winston, whatcha doin?" the red head asked.
Dallas got out a cigarette and lit it. " Yeah, man, don't look like miss blondie likes that." He puffed out a perfect circle. He then smiled a crooked smile. " Also, only I can do that. Not a wise guy like yourself." His face turned serious. " Now, get outta here!"
Just like that they scattered. It seemed like they were afraid of him.
I sighed in relief and felt Suzy relax besides me. Dallas sat down besides me and blew out another circle. I felt like I needed to thank him, even if he was a hoodlum.
" Thank you, Mister Winston," I said to him. His eyebrows furrowed together.
" Don't call me that, blondie. Makes me sound like my old man." He turned to look at me. He had shockingly cold brown eyes. I always thought brown eyes were warm. " And I don't like my old man."
"Oh. Sorry."
He smiled again. " I would be all over you right now, but that red head contaminated you." I leaned away slightly and he laughed. " I won't get your pretty friend either."
There was an awkward silence that followed. I kind of wanted him to go away, but he stayed. It almost seemed like he wanted to make me uncomfortable.
All of a sudden he hollered, " Johhny, Pony, Two-Bit! Get your asses over here, will ya?" I saw a very tan kid and another kid come walking over. They couldn't be more than 13.
" Hey, Dally," the tan one said.
The other kid's eyebrows scrunched together. " You bugging these girls?"
Dallas put his hands behind his head. " What if I am? Whatcha gonna do about it, kid?"
The kid just looked at his feet. Dallas smirked. " That's what I thought." He frowned. " Where the hell is damn Two-Bit?"
" Right here!" a guy said. He put his hands on my shoulders and startled me so I screamed. Two-Bit started laughing.
" This one is jumpy, Dally," he said cocking an eyebrow. What's with greasers and cocking an eyebrow?
Dallas suddenly got up. He looked down on me and Suzy. " Ya'll want something to drink? How 'bout some Pepsi?" He didn't wait for an answer. He walked towards the concession stand.
The guy named Two-Bit just went on babbling about nonsense. Rodeo…Darry… He kept saying something about soda. I kept telling him that Dallas was getting soda, but he just laughed. He was drunk.
I felt rude seeing the tan boy and other one standing there. I really didn't care that Two-Bit was, as mean as that sounds.
" Would you two like to sit down?" I asked them. The tan one looked at the other boy and he nodded. They sat behind us. They didn't really need an invitation to, but…
" So..." I said trying to start a conversation. " What are your names?"
Two-Bit yelled pretty loud, " Two-Bit!" I looked at the other two.
The tan one just looked at his feet.
" His name is Johnny." The kid kept fidgeting in his seat. " My name is Ponyboy."
Suzy snorted. " Ponyboy? Yeah, right. I bet your dad is a-"
" Really unique and creative man!" I exclaimed. I saw the look in his eyes and Ponyboy wasn't lying. Ponyboy shifted his eyes down.
" Was a unique and creative man," he mumbled.
"Pardon?"
Then a Pepsi cup was jutted in my face. I took it and Dallas gave everyone else a drink. He sat next to me and put his arm around the back of my chair. I sat on the tip of my chair. Suzy must of saw me being distressed, because she asked, " How about me and Lucy get you boys some popcorn."
Dallas grunted. " Your name is Lucy? Ya look more like a Blondie," he said smirking. I quickly rose from my seat, smoothed out my skirt, and walked with Suzy. I glanced over my shoulder and saw Dallas looking at me while I walked away. Jerk.
As soon as we got in line I said to Suzy, " Good plan you had. We'll ditch them now, right?" It was mean of me to want to, but they weren't us.
Susan looked horrified by the idea. " What ever do you mean? I want to stay!" She started to whisper. " Look, you know how you wanted to pick up a guy and all? This is your chance! That Dally guy is cute! So is Two-bit, but… he isn't really your type."
I almost gagged from the idea.
" Did Dallas put something in your drink or something!" I exclaimed. " Me and Dallas will never be, nor do I want to." I sighed. " Suzy, I don't want to be mean, but we are on complete different ends on the social status."
She whined. " But you didn't even give Dally a chance!"
" Stop calling him Dally. Sounds like you're all buddy-buddy with him." I looked at her suspiciously. " You don't like him do you?"
She laughed. " Like I would ever go out with someone like him."
" That's what I'm saying," I tried to reason with her. " It just wouldn't work."
Suzy rolled her eyes. We were at the counter. She ordered the popcorn and roughly handed me some. She could be so stubborn sometimes. She went on ahead while I trailed behind. To leave or not to leave, is the question. I really wanted to hightail it out of here, but I couldn't just leave Suzy with a bunch of hoodlums. I dragged my feet to my chair and handed Dally my popcorn. He raised one eyebrow.
" I already have one, Blondie."
I shrugged. " I'm…not really hungry."
He looked at me a little longer but shrugged and started taking fistfuls of popcorn and stuffing it in his mouth. His arm was still around my chair.
Dallas and me? Never. Two-bit? No! Johnny and Ponyboy? Too young, but no.
Suzy had an over active imagination. She had to realize forbidden love just doesn't happen here.
The movie ended and Dallas went to yawn, but put too much weight on one side so he fell over. I couldn't help but laugh. I don't giggle like Suzy. When you giggle you sound more attractive, Susan said. But when I tried to giggle, I sounded like a pig oinking. I either laugh or stay silent. Dallas got up real cool, like he meant to do it. He yawned again.
" That was probably the dumbest movie I've ever seen," he said in a blasé tone.
Ponyboy looked shocked. " Did you even watch all of it, Dal?"
He nodded. " First time I've ever watched a whole movie, I think. But I did get distracted by Blondie's beauty," he finished sounding very cheesy. I felt my face get hot and I knew it was red.
Then Dallas laughed. " But I get distracted by my own beauty, so that ain't saying much." Two-Bit started howling with laughter. Dallas chuckled but didn't really laugh that much. I cleared my throat.
" Well, thank you for watching the movie with us, boys." I reluctantly looked at Dallas. He had a smug look on his face like he knew what I was going to say. I sighed. " And thank you, Dallas, for…getting that guy off of me." I stood up. " Now, if you'lll excuse us."
Suzy stayed sitting looking in deep thought. I nudged her and told her it was time to go. Suddenly, a wide smile broke out on her face.
" Hey, Dally," she said slowly, looking very please with herself. I didn't like that look. " Do you have a car?"
He nodded. " Darry let me use it."
Oh gosh, I knew where this was going. Before I could stop her she asked, " Will you drive us home? It's awful dark out and I really don't want to walk all alone at night."
Dallas smiled a crooked grin. He clearly saw that I was uncomfortable with the idea. And I knew he liked that. He liked making any girl uncomfortable.
" Sure. I'd LOVE that." He looked at me. " You coming, Blondie?" No. No. No. I am not coming. I'd rather walk. I was about to shake my head, when I saw Suzy.
She was looking at Two-Bit. Longingly. I sighed. It seemed like I had been doing a lot of sighing. I nodded. He had an amused look on his face.
I could only pray that he didn't have any other ideas.
We followed him to the fence. Johnny and Ponyboy were behind us and Two-Bit was in deep conversation with Suzy. Dallas broke out in a grin.
" Well," Dallas started, " since I don't like doing things the legal way, you're gonna either get your clothes dirty or you better not weigh a lot."
We were either going to have to crawl to get through a hole in the fence or we would've to let them lift us up. Suzy giggled.
" Mister Two-Bit, will you?" she asked and he nodded smiling. He put his hands together and she stepped on it. He boosted her up. I swear to God I saw him look under her skirt. Johnny had crawled under and was on the other side. He couldn't possibly catch her and she saw that. She sat on the fence and shimmied her way down. My turn.
Being the girl I was, I did not want to get my clothes dirty. My father would kill me. But I did not want anyone touching me. I made a decision.
I turned to Ponyboy who was looking at the ground.
" Ponyboy," I asked him grabbing his attention, " do you think you can lift me up?" He looked surprised at the request. Dallas and Two-Bit broke out in laughter.
" Pony!" Two-Bit said between laughs. " He can't!"
I narrowed my eyes at him and said firmly, " If he wants to, he can." I looked at him. " What do you say?"
He shuffled his feet. "You sure?"
"Positive."
He came over and did the same thing Two-Bit did. I couldn't believe I was doing this. I stepped on his hands and he used all his strength to lift me up. I sat on the sharp points of the fence. I was being idiotic, I know, but I couldn't jump. I never knew I was afraid of heights until now. I told myself I was being stupid, but I never listen to myself. It was a really long way down. I heard the laughing stop.
Suzy was a couple steps away from me. " What's wrong, Lucy? Just jump or do what I did! It's easy!" Easy for you to say. I shook my head. I felt myself getting sticky with sweat.
I looked over my shoulder. ' P-ponyboy? D-o you thi-n-nk you c-can-"
He shook his head. " Sorry."
I gulped. Dallas chuckled. He started to climb the fence like it was a walk in the park. He sat on top of the fence like I was. I was gripping the fence so tightly I would probably have a cut.
Then he pushed me.
I fell. But I landed on my feet. I then realized it wasn't as far down as I thought it was. I also realized I made a complete fool of myself. The guys all came down. Dallas wouldn't stop grinning. We followed them to a rusty blue car. It looked too small for all of us to fit in it. But we did.
Dallas drove, I was in the front seat because Suzy wanted to seat next to Two-Bit, and Johnny and Ponyboy were squished together.
Dallas looked at me. " Where does your lil friend live?" I gave him directions and he grinned. " Better hold on to me real tight," he said and pressed on the gas. We went forward with more speed than I thought was possible.
I gripped the arm rest which had tears and stains on it. How many times would I feel like I was going to die today?
He swerved to avoided hitting something in the road. I was thrown against him and could hear him mutter a string of swear words. I quickly got off of him. Please, God, don't let me die.
The car suddenly stopped and Dallas yelled, " This is your stop!" to Suzy. I was about to get out of the car when Dallas reached over and pulled me away from the door.
Suzy was smiling.
" Just let him take you home," she said giving me a ' better obey me' look. I folded my arms across my chest and looked ahead. Out of the corner of my eye I saw Suzy give Two-Bit something and vice versa. They're trading numbers! Great, my bestfriend is hooking up with…him! We went to the movies to find someone for me not her. I was being completely selfish, I know. But, still, it wasn't fair how she always gets what she wants and gets it fast. It's just not fair. But life's not fair.
Dallas speeded ahead. I told him where I lived and it was quiet.
Then Ponyboy blurted, " Are you feeling okay, Dallas?"
Dallas looked in the rearview mirror. " Why do you wanna know?"
Ponyboy reddened. " Well… you're not going all over Lucy and you're…quiet."
I laughed and Dallas narrowed his eyes at me. He turned his attention back to Ponyboy.
" Listen here, punk," Dallas warned in a low voice. " I don't have to fit anyone's preference and if you think I do you better-"
" You know it's true, Dal," Johnny said quietly. Dallas looked like he was going to say something, but stopped. He grumbled to himself more. He pulled up to my house and raised an eyebrow.
" Pretty nice house, Blondie."
" Thanks."
I opened up the door, thanked them for the ride, and got out. I went over to Dallas' side when he yelled, " Wait! Come back here, quick."
I rolled my eyes and went to his window.
" Yes?"
" Tell Ricky I said 'Hi'," he said smirking and drove away.
If I had a rock I'd throw it at his car. I took a deep breath and turned around. Almost every light was on inside my house and I knew my dad was up.
I started to walk preparing myself for hell.
Ha, if only I could.
This is much worse.
A\N: WOW that was long wasn't it?! If you are waiting for my Twilight series I am sorry I am taking sooo long. Busy busy busy busy.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE [ with a cherry on top ] leave a review. I worked hard on t his so I would like to know how I did! Thanks!!
A\N: I know Dally has blonde hair in the book. But I saw the movie and he looks sooooo much better w\ brown hair. So…yeah(:
