Hi everybody! For those who follow my story Follow The Way,this is a story about the first date of Darry and his beloved wife, Sue. One idea that came to me through Bob Dylan's song,Wallflower . For everyone else, well maybe this will make you want to discover it . Happy reading. Enjoy !

I do not own The Outsiders.

Darry not keep still. He was pacing in the living room, looking at his watch for the tenth time in five minutes.

"But what he's doing, dammit!" he grumbled in strongly looking out the window. "I told him to bring the truck to seven hours ! And if it broke down or... I'd better call the DX ". He walked to the phone and dialed the number nervously. A few minutes later, he hung up. No one answered the DX. "And if he had had an accident ," he said, turning to the couch where Pony was installed, his books and notebooks and pencils spread out on the coffee table as he leaned on his literature work during his break of the first year at the University of Oklahoma.

"Oh! Relax, Darry ! Pony said, looking up from his books. The DX isn't closed a long time ! Soda is fine ! And then, if the truck is down, he will repair it ".

Pony observed a moment his older brother and gave him a laughing look, shaking his head in disbelief. "I swear you, Darry, you look nervous as a fourteen's kid who is going to his first date"

Darry swept his words with a gesture of the hand, yet God knew how Pony was right. He was nervous, he was terribly nervous. As much as he was during his first date with the beautiful Dinah Willer, his first flirtation when he was thirteen. He had spent days wondering how he was dressing, he must have formal or casual air, he had reservations at a nice restaurant or in a cool place where you could dance ... . But he had a perfect excuse. He knew it was HER.

One day when he was recovering from a painful break when he was in senior year, his father told him: "No one can know when he will meet the right person,son. It may be that you first goes through many other painful spilt-up, you know. But when you meet her, you'll know it's her. Her, the one with whom you want to spend the rest of your life, the one with which you feel able to share everything,good things like trials, the one that you miss when you'll be one hour away from her . It will be as obvious! The evidence that this is HER ".

Darry hadn't thought about these wise words of his father for years. He had to take many responsibilities, raising his brothers, be present and be strong for them, for their friends, when they lost the same night Johnny and Dallas. He had made mistakes that he had done to repair, he matures. Then Pony had graduated and had left home for the University of Oklahoma, Soda lived his adult life as he saw fit, as Two Bits. Darry was very supportive Steve after his return from Vietnam, then his leg injury healed, he was back to work and was happy with Evie and their adorable little Debbie. Soda was still living at home, but spent most of his free time and his nights with his current girlfriend, the one with which,since Sandy and after many others, he went out for six months, a record time. So now, Darry felt alone when he returned in the evening to come face to his television screen. Until five days ago... The day where,at the supermarket, and after a rather comical exchange of cart,he met Sue .

Darry sighed nervously and scratched the back of the skull. "I'm too stressed, you think ?" he asked as if that wasn't obvious. Pony put down his book and walked slowly to his brother.

"That's an understatement, he smiled patting him on the shoulder. Two Bits would say you looks like need a drop to relax."

"I feel stupid,Darry confessed. It's ... I don't need to be so nervous, right ?"

"No ," Pony replied, smirking.

"Oh, it's ridiculous ! Darry let up in the window watching the arrival of the truck. I feel like a fifteen's kid ."

"Yeah ! I've already said ."

"While there is no reason. It's true, it's just a date...it's..." He paused and looked at his little brother ,embarrassed.

"You must think I'm stupid, right ?" Pony sighed and joined him at the window, planting in front of him.

"No, he reassured him gently. It's great to see you like this . I mean .You're so sacrificed for us ."

"I'm not sacrificed !" Darry cut him off.

"Yeah...you did it ! Pony continued. Throughout these years, you have no, or hardly, taken time for you . You have your luck there ! And apparently,she's worth it, huh ? So, believe me, you're not stupid ."

Darry couldn't conceal his astonishment to hear him speak so frankly to Pony. It was unusual for him to have this kind of conversation with his little brother. But Pony was almost nineteen, he was no longer a child. And it was a pleasure to Darry to see the young man law and sound he was became.

"Thanks," he said, patting his neck gently. A roar was heard from the street.

"Ah !" Pony said acknowledging the motor old pickup that pulled up to the screen door of the yard . " The coach is arrived, it seems ." Darry shook his head and made sure that he had taken his wallet before going out on the porch.

"Just in time !" Soda exclaimed climbing the steps.

"Yes ,well ... Five minutes more and we lost him !" Pony launched, gently mocking his older brother. Soda handed the keys of the truck to his brother, unable to prevent a huge smile appear on his face.

"I told you seven, Soda ." Darry grumbled taking him the keys . "You're late !"

"Oh, that's good, Dar ." Soda responded grabbing Darry's wrist to check the time . "It is...seven hours... and two minutes ! And in my defense, he added freeing the place for Darry can pass, let me tell you that we had a monster job to DX . There is a lack of arms since Steve was out on his own . I still don't understand what got into him . "

"Hey, he has a family to feed ." Pony objected.

"Yeah ... Anyway ! And the old pickup to stall twice on the way back ! I had to check what was wrong " Darry would push the screen door, but turned sharply.

"What ? he asked. You mean I might breakdown ? Are you kidding me ?" Soda shook his head gravely but couldn't stop smiling.

"Darry, Pony intervene. If you want, I'll lend you the Ford Mustang ."

Darry looked from his brothers and the black Ford Mustang, offered by him and Soda to Pony for his eighteen birthday . It seemed to shine under the sunlight was beginning to decline. He sighed and turned back to his father's old pick-up . He was so used to it that he wouldn't really feel himself if he would have to drive anything else. Then go to that first date that mattered so much to him driving the car of his little brother ... it would have far too embarrassed him . He wanted Sue sees him as he was. Too bad if the pickup was stalling on the way.

"No ,he said then. Thank you, Pony...But I'll take the truck!"

"Are you sure ? It doesn't bother me, you know "

"Yeah ,Darry smiled. I'm sure. Be wise, you two ," he threw settling behind the wheel.

"Us ! Soda exclaimed. Rather, it is to you that we must say that, Superman !"

"No, Pony said. You know him, he is a gentleman ."

"Oh yeah ! As he was when he went out with Suzy, Millie, Mary and the others ," Soda replied, laughing.

"He was still in high school at the time , Pony ventured to add. He is maturing now, he became wise."

" Getting older ," Soda continued before bursting into laughter imitated by Pony.

"Be careful, both ! Darry warned them taking a deceptively menacing tone . Just hurry and "old" that I am, I can still get out of this truck and come kick your ass !"

"Oh no, don't do that ! Soda laughed, raising his hands. I withdrawest what I said ! You are still the strongest ! Don't take the risk of being late. And Pony and I have lots of stuff to do ."

"Like what ?" Pony asked innocently. Soda smiled and put his arm around his shoulders.

"Like going to pick up Two Bits and make us a ride between guys onboard this wonder Beauty Ford Mustang!" he replied cheerfully. Pony nodded. He didn't go home for Christmas and only wanted to spend time with his brother and friends, like old times.

"Well,see you later !" Darry said by starting the pickup that went into whirring.

"Won't you rather say, tomorrow ." Soda teased him one last time .

"And be wise ," Pony threw in turn .

The sun had already fallen when Darry stopped the truck in front of the small building downtown residential where he was to meet Sue. The evening promised to be warm and soft on this Saturday early May. He entered the lobby of the small building where two little girls with tanned skin were playing jump rope, one holding one end while the other was jumping, singing, the other end of the rope was attached to the ramp of the stairs. The building housed rather modest families, mostly families of workers or immigrants from finding employment in the industrial city that was Tulsa or in the many farms nearby. By climbing the floors, Darry thought heard everything that was happening in the small building, the crying of a baby, a couple fight , music, TV that worked too hard. Finally, he reached the third floor, to Sue's apartment. He took a deep breath before knocking on the door. After a few seconds,the door opened revealing a young brunette rather plus-size, dressing gown, her head adorned with curlers.

"Yes ?" she asked, taking the time to mensuration look .

"Uh , Darry said. Is it here that lives Sue Dobbins ? " The young woman smiled.

"Yes , she answered, opening the door wider. Come in ! Sue is spirit to dress. I am Gladys, her roommate !"

"Nice to meet you, Darry said pressing the hand she held him. Darrel Curtis . "The young woman nodded and sighed:

"Hmm ! Well, there really are some who are lucky ! I'll get her." She left the room to slow and Darry heard her rushing into the small corridor squealing . He raised his eyebrows, thinking that Gladys was definitely the kind of girl that Two Bits might get along with . As he waited, Darry began to observe the decoration of the small apartment. The fuchsia curtains, pink plaid flowers on the couch, trinkets of all kinds on the shelves ... all this was so unlike what he could collect by Sue, he didn't need to guess that Gladys occupied the premises first.

The conversation between the two women, which he perceived as some flanges, seemed to drag. He put his hands in his pockets and focused on the small television which broadcast an episode of Bonanza. Five more minutes passed and Darry was impatient following the adventures of the heroes of the series, when Sue finally entered the room.

It seemed then to Darry that everything disappeared around him. Everything except her.

In a light turquoise blue cotton smokes dress with a slightly scooped neckline and a flying skirt falling to mid-calf, her feet shod pleasant heel sandals matched her dress, she stood in the entrance to the room, her long wavy blond hair carefully coiffed ash two small braids joining at the back of her head releasing her dol fine face, as she looked up at her blue-green eyes makeup gently. Darry believed to have gasped. Already during their first meeting at the supermarket, and then when they had discussed taking their time returning to their respective car, he thought she was the most wonderful creature on which he had ever laid eyes on. She was so different from other girls he had known. On such a small and little young woman emerged gaiety and joy of living incomparable. Her smile could melt anyone. She was so bright.

"Wow !" Darry could't help blowing. "You're ,you're , you ...," he stammered foolishly, looking for words that might come to him. Gorgeous, wonderful ... No, it was much more than that. It wasn't only her outfit, but her whole person he wanted qualified without success .

"Well ! Words fail you, it seems, Mr Curtis, " Sue laughed, advancing towards him and taking his arm. "I hope they will come back before the end of the evening ," she added, giving him a gentle smile.

"Oh, Certainly ," Darry could only respond, unable to take out his eyes of her .

"Good evening, lovers ! " Gladys then launched when they left the room. "Be wise! And no imprudence ," she added in a mocking voice while they undertook the stairs.

"I'm sorry for Gladys, Sue said confused when they reached the lobby. She always tends to exaggerate ."

"Oh, it doesn't matter, really , Darry reassured . You know, my brothers gave me the same kind of remarks ."

Darry came down the steps to see that the two little girls were always playing with their jump rope.

"Beware the ..." he say to Sue address but realized with surprise that she had ahead of him, a smile on her lips, to perform some jumps nimbly under the amused look of the two girls. "You should be home, girls," she tells them away from the play. "Tessa, Jenny! Go! Your mom will be worried ! And ... Store this rope ! Mr Curtis might go about feet and fall ," she added, smiling to Darry while the two little girls did just that . He ran down the last steps and gently took the hand she held him. "I am less fragile than you seem to think, Darrel Curtis ," she exclaimed as he planted in front of her.

"I want to believe," he replied, with difficulty restraining his urge to kiss her as he plunged his eyes into hers. She smiled, breaking the silence that seemed to last for hours. "OK, let's go ?" he asked, pulling himself together. She agreed with a slight nod and took his arm again. Darry guided her to the pickup and opened the passenger door gallantly.

"I'm sorry, he said, settling behind the wheel. This old machine is not very comfortable . I ...".

"Darrel Curtis, she cut him with a tone of mock exasperation. Stop treating me like I was a princess, because I wear this dress, okay ! I'm still the same girl who stuns the wrong cart in the supermarket ,the one with which you have set one hour back that old pickup truck in the parking lot, because you couldn't stop to talk to her ... So if it can help you feel more at comfortable, I can change me back and put some jeans and a T-shirt . " She paused, waiting for his reaction smirking.

"No, he quickly made. This isn't what I want ,I'm ... I'm just ..."

"A little nervous ," Sue assumed with a mischievous air .

"It's true , Darry admitted ruefully. I ... I would love to make this evening ... perfect."

Sue put her hand on his arm that she pressed gently. "It's already ", she affirmed, smiling. Darry smiled. Struggling again not to look at her and finally let their lips meet, but, although he knew that she wouldn't be there opposite, he wanted to choose the perfect time for it . "So on the way !" he exclaimed by starting the old pickup that went like clockwork.

"And where are we going ?" Sue asked, settling as comfortable as possible on the old leather bench.

"I booked a new restaurant outside the city , Darry explained. I think the place you please ." She smiled softly and slipped closer to him to put her head against his shoulder. The pickup sped down the road to find themselves alone once they left Tulsa. It was still daylight, though night was falling and the blazing colors of the setting sun already invaded the horizon.

"It's beautiful ." Sue sighed, her eyes plunged into this sumptuous array of nature. Her chin resting on her hands, leaning against the edge of the door to the open window, a few strands of her hair fluttered in contact with the wind as she dreamed before this landscape, when she suddenly jumped.

"What is going on ?" Darry asked, surprised.

"Can you turn up the radio ! she exclaimed, excited all at once. Please !" Darry wasn't long pray and increased the sound of the old car radio that worked previously muted. Mr Tambourine's harmonica by Bob Dylan was heard. He glanced around to see Sue as she looked at him with the bright eyes and humming the tune of the song slightly swinging her head.

"I love Bob Dylan !" she explained, blushing slightly with the impression of having suddenly behaving like a little girl. "Oh,you have to find me silly, right ?" She said, lowering her eyes confused. Eyes fixed on the road, Darry shook his head and with a big smile grew a little more to the radio, singing the refrain:

"Hey, Mr Tambourine Man ! Please,song for me...!" Sue laughed out loud and rose her clear voice to join him until the end of the song. "We should sang a duet ! Darry joked turning down the volume. I am sure it would work the thunder!"

"Oh yes ? she said entering his game. Like Johnny Cash and June Carter ?"

"That's it ! Oh, listen to this !" he suddenly exclaimed, making a nod to the radio playing this time Suspicious Mind by Elvis Presley.

" The greatest singer of all time !" he exclaimed before taking embarrassed. "You think I'm stupid, I bet ," he said, imitating facial expression she had a few minutes earlier. Sue took an offended air and hit him on the arm.

"It's not funny !" she exclaimed falsely annoyed before smile to him, then leaned her head back against his shoulder and sighed contentedly.

"I feel so good,"she said,gently placing her hand on his arm, feeling thrilled slightly under his dark blue flannel shirt . "This is...as if we were going together into the sunset ! I could stay like this for hours ."

"Well ..., Darry smiled. It would be a shame ! Because you don't know where I led you ".

"Where are you taking me, Darrel Curtis ? Oh, give me a hint !" she exclaimed impatiently.

"No ! Darry replied with mock authoritarian. You'll have to wait the surprise ! We will be in a small half hour ".

A sweet silence settled in the cabin of the old pick-up where only the car radio broadcasting various antique hit and other successes of the moment were heard. Sue had again lost her dreamy look in the burning rays of the setting, while Darry remembered their conversation on the supermarket's parking ... .

"The cashier had to take us for two fools !" Sue had laughed as they walked side by side on the desert parcking roughly pushing their respective cart .

"It was enough to see the eyes which she has started !" he had guffawed. " My God ! I've never done anything so embarrassing ! When I put this makeup on the checkout ! "

"And me ! I look smart with this shaving foam !" A burst of laughter was followed. "It must be said that there was what mistake..." she noticed comparing the contents of their trolleys. "Chocolate powder, soda, beer, flour, ground meat, box of soup, eggs, pasta...Do you have children ?"He had looked surprised before answering :

"Oh,no . But,uh...Well, it's true that my brothers could make me think of a regiment of children sometimes ! "

"Your brothers ? So your brothers have the same huge appetite that my roommate, Gladys ." Sue had smiles going towards her old Beetle with doors painted colorful flowers, before retracing her steps. "Can I get you a soda ... uh?"

"Darry . Darrel ... Darrel Curtis, he said smiling. With pleasure, but it is me who gives you one..."

"Sue ! Oh, but ... I wouldn't starve your brothers ".

"Neither I your roommate ".

Sue had laughed heartily. "Well,let's find a compromise !" she proposed by detaching a soda bottle from the pack of her cart . "I offer you one of mine". He nodded and then imitate her.

"And I, one of mine ." He handed her the bottle she had grabbed, their fingers involuntarily meeting. He then noticed how her hands were soft.

"Let us sit down ." She suggested, pointing to a small nod a bench not far from where their car were parked.

"So you live with your brothers ?" She asked, taking a sip of her soda.

"Yeah ". He didn't know what had happened then . But suddenly, although it certainly wasn't in the habit, he began talking to her as if he couldn't stop: the tragic and unjust death of his parents, his certainty having to take care of his brothers, even if it meant giving up his football dreams and university, his first mistakes as head of the family, particularly those who five years earlier had led to a series of events tragic, and the lessons he had learned.

"I believe that today, my parents would be proud of the relationship we have my brothers and me, although ...we often fight for not much, " he finished before to drink a long sip of his soda. A leaning elbow on the back of the bench, her left temple resting on her closed fist, Sue hadn't stopped to look at him, her blue-green eyes thinly disguised hanging on his lips. He had turned his head and crossed her look she had hastened away,blushing softly .

"Oh, sorry . I didn't want stare at you ," she had whispered, embarrassed.

"Oh but, it's me who is . I didn't stop natter. It's not my habit ", he confessed with embarrassed tone.

"I could listen for hours, you know ," Sue had smiled while mechanically with her index finger forming small circles around the neck of her bottle of soda barely begun.

"Your life seems so much more filled than mine ," she said admiringly before interrupt suddenly, remembering all the troubles and difficulties he had had to travel through. "Oh, I didn't want say that ,she had taken. It's just that ...You have a purpose in this life, people you care about. While I,I am a cashier in a tree nursery,and I'm just a spoiled little girl who adopted the hippie look for to make her overbearing mother mad. This isn' t very rewarding ."

"But ...it look really great on you", he said making her look down again.

"Thank you,she had blown. But seriously ,do you understand what I mean ?"

"I think so .Even though being responsible for these two kids often made me think that I will have white hair before the age ?" he sighed. " But well, they're men now. Sodapop still living at home,howsoever when he is there. And Ponyboy is left at the university for almost a year .So, I can say that, although at least I have peace, I find myself often alone in front of my TV at night, like an old fossil . And I miss them ."

"This proves that you love them ". Her voice was so sweet by saying that last sentence, that is Darry was felt almost moved. He looked down at her and crossed her sparkling eyes when she added. "And believe me, Darrel Curtis ! You are the best preserved old fossil I know ! " Then she entered in a burst of pure,clear...and contagious laughter .

"Anyway ! Darry had then said catching his breath. I am sure of one thing ".

"Which ?" She asked, looking at him with her bright emerald eyes that had so troubled him that he had foolishly could only smile before answering.

"Well , that for the first time in my life I'm glad I found in a ridiculous situation. Because ,well ... uh ..." he had just realized as the small smile on her pink lips showing her delicate face lit up with expression both sweet and mischievous, and it seemed that she had guessed the end of his sentence before he pronounces. "Because it is the most beautiful blunder that was given to me ", he finished a smirk.

Sue had gently lowered her eyes and blushed slightly before answering in a soft voice:"Yes, For me too".

Leaving her that day, Darry had understood what his father had told him when he was just a kid who was crying on a break-up. He thanked chance, God or fate to have led him to the wrong truck to place on his way this little sparkling blue fairy who was like a ray of sunshine that had just touched him right in the heart .

"What do you think, Mr. Curtis ?" Darry heard suddenly out of his thoughts. He glanced at Sue who had forgotten the sunset to watch him carefully.

"What makes you say that I think of something ?" he asked without looked away from the road.

"I dont know ,she said casually. Maybe,the smile I see on your face ." Darry suppressed a smile more.

"And then ?" he said simply.

"So ,Sue replied straightening completely. Mr Curtis, such a smile can only suggest that you think of something nice,isn't it ?"

"Okay ! You took my hand in the bag ! he confessed, defeated. I was thinking about our first meeting ...".

"Really ?"

"Yes really !" Sue gave him a smirk, happy to found she occupied all his thoughts. She gently wrapped his bicep by her hands and wanted to put her chin on his shoulder when the truck emitted a low growl. Looking Darry, she saw that his face was contorted and he struggled with the speed controller. The pick-up cabin trembled slightly. Darry could only deviate from the road to stop on the low side. "Shit !" he let out frustration.

"What's happening ?"

Darry gave a bored sigh and left the cabin. Sue watched him head towards the front of the truck and open the hood from which came thick black smoke behind which he disappeared. Coming in turn, she could hear coughing and swearing, and finally push a cry of pain. She rushed toward him .

"It's okay ? she worried, sweeping his hand smoke. Are you hurt?"

"Shit ! Fucking !" Darry swore again before angrily slamming the hood of the truck in a deafening sound of old metal.

"Show me ," she said, holding a hand to him . Taking painfully his right hand, he retreated a few steps through gritted teeth.

"It's nothing," he replied in a surly. Sue shook the head at his obstinacy.

"Show me !" she insisted as she walked towards him and grabbed his wrist, forcing him to open his hand, revealing a slight burn that she touched the fingertips. With a slight cringe, Darry gave a low whistle between his teeth. Sue smiled a mischievous air. "Have you a handkerchief or something like that ?" she asked, holding penalty with laughter. Darry brought his free hand to the back pocket of his jeans and pulled out a white handkerchief he held out. She took one end and gently dabbed the palm of his hand.

"Good, you will survive," she said with a small smile. "You had hidden it to me, Mr Curtis ! I didn't know you snug as a little child ," she tried to joke before realizing that he didn't start smiling .

"Darrel,it is not so dramatic ".

"Not so dramatic ! Darry repeated a little hard. But yes it is ! I don't believe I could be so stupid ! Soda had warned me that the truck stalled ."

"You couldn't know , Sue tried to reassure him. It seemed to me to have no problems . It's not your fault ."

"Ugh ... I would have had to take the Ford Mustang ." Darry still raged, striking his forehead, forgetting his painful hand.

"The Ford Mustang ?" she asked, intrigued.

"Forget it ". He gave a kick in the gravel along the road and walked to the back of the pickup. Sue decided to give him a second to recover, then joined him at a slow pace. She found him leaning against the tailgate closed, arms crossed and his icy blue eyes downcast as he piteously drove the toe of his boot into the dry earth. Sue slipped cautiously beside him and gently placed her hand on his arm contracted.

"Forgive me, he said in a tone completely softened by looking at the corner of his eye. I ... I didn't mean to yell or get upset . And even less against you . I...I am sorry ". Sue shook her head and gave him a little pressure on his arm.

"Darrel Curtis ,she sighed. First, if you shout against someone is above all against you, not against me. And then,secondly, you had enough,right ?"

"Maybe, but ... I gave you a very bad image of me", he said, embarrassed.

"Yes, she said nodding gravely. It's terrible to see a man get angry against the engine of his truck. I think...I'll run away " . In her drawling and sarcastic stalk voice,Darry turned to her to see her mischievous smile and shook his head, stifling a laugh. "You know a shortened back to town ?" she keep going with it seeing that it worked . " "Running I could maybe arrive before midnight ,or tomorrow morning early " . She giggled and gave him a playful little push in the ribs.

"It's good, Darry finally smiled uncrossing his arms. You had me !"

She turned to face him with a sigh and gently took his hands: "I don't want you feel obligated to give me a good image of you, Darrel . I want to see you with your qualities as with your faults . And ... " she lowered her head slightly and blinked, trying to chase away the tears that were filling her eyes, unable to explain why she suddenly felt so moved. She struggled in vain then freed her hands to clear it before it spill from her eyes. Darry frowned, puzzled. Gently, he slid his finger under her chin and raised her fine face towards his . His heart sank at the sight of beading tears on her cheeks. He felt stupid to sit there doing nothing, and opened his mouth, trying to appease the words, but was stopped by the soft smile he saw suddenly reappear on her face.

"And,she took in a breath, the only image of you I wish I had...I already had it ,Darrel Curtis . The day I met you . And I don't want more gold or more brilliant . I want to see you as you are. You're a good person, Darrel . So stop thinking that you have to prove me anything either,because you don't need to do it...You don't need it ."

She took a long breath away repressing the emotion that choked her and found her mischevious smile .

"And I won't run away, Darrel Curtis ! Oh, that no, definitely not!" she exclaimed, shaking her head, she drove back the tears mingling with her clear and pure laugh .

Darry had felt his breath catch as his heart was beating faster and stronger whereas he listened her . His eyes, immersed in her emerald eyes shining up at him, were unable to break away from her. He felt wonderfully dazzled even more than the day they met. A click was coming to him to make sure of one thing, he didn't want for the world to see his bright little blue fairy, so especially wonderful, fly and feel extinguish the sun that she had filed in his heart .

He felt full and confident of this evidence which his father had told him years and years ago .

In turn, the emotion stung his eyes. He gave Sue a sweet smile and tenderly stroked her face, his fingers, electrified in contact with her skin, strolling along her features so fine that he carefully traced.

"If you ran away,he said softly wiping a tear slid down her cheek,you can be sure that I would run after you to catch you ".

Sue smiled to these words . Overwhelmed by mezmerizing and passionate sensation he felt lightly holding her beautiful face in his hands, he slowly bent his lips against hers and closed his eyes, gently kissed. His mind suddenly transported into a swirl of stars, he wondered if he should let his desire to take this sweet kiss towards something more intense, or stop it before it becomes, wanting absolutely to respect the will of Sue. But when she wrapped her arms around him and tenderly stroked his shoulders and neck, he knew she wanted as much . Sliding a hand behind her head, running his fingers through her silky hair, with his arms wrapped passionately her waist and held her tighter while they exchanged a long and tasty kiss . The space of a moment, they were carried away in the same breath both delicious, tender and passionate. United, alone in the world.

A night bird cried in the colors of dusk falling, scary few partridges nestled in the fields of cultures that flew around, the tall dry grass crunching against the beating of their wings. In the same delighted smile, they had to agree to separate, slowly taking their breath. Darry grabbed Sue's face in his hands and kissed the bridge of his nose and her forehead before tighten her against him. Snuggled in his arms, her head resting against his robust torso, she sighed and said in a faint smile: "Your heart is beating so hard, Mr. Curtis ".

His chin resting on top of her head, Darry gave a slight laugh, realizing that his heart hadn't stopped beating wildly. "It is you who making it beat so hard, Miss Dobbins," he replied, taking a long, quiet breath. She smiled and squeezed stronger her arms around him. They would could remain so for hours until morning perhaps, to enjoy the sweet peace which wrapped them.

"Darrel ?" The clear voice of Sue then rose, breaking the silence.

"Ahem ," Darry said.

"Can I ask you something ?"

"Yes...What ?"

"Well ... now that we are clearly down in the middle of nowhere,she began airily. Maybe you could tell me what was this surprise. " Darry breathed a laugh in her hair and pulled away her a little of him to see the mischievous look on her face that gave him, once again, the impression of falling backwards.

"You never give up, you !" he exclaimed softly caressing the little dimples on her cheeks hollowed by her smile . "Well ... Anyway, our table had to be given to someone other now . So,I guess I can tell you ." Sue opened her eyes to look forward, waiting for his response.

"Well ,in fact, I have long asked me,he said by prolonging the suspense. Then, I remembered that on the day we met, you told me to your taste for the country, folk and country music . So I booked in a small restaurant opened recently. The atmosphere of the dining room is in the ranch style, with warm tones and sieved, and there is a dance floor, and, of course, it play this kind of music you like . I've told you ... I immediately thought that the place would you like. Because, it's ... cheerful, soft and bright,like you . "

A sweet smile was posted on Sue's lips and her eyes were lit up. She wondered how the simple time of a meeting had could give them both the feeling to know each other for a long time, as if fate had knew they would meet this day there, because they were destined for each other .

"What ?" Darry asked softly as she looked at him insistently by touching his face with fingertips. " You're a lovely man, Darrel Curtis", she said before tenderly kissing him and snuggling against him again.

"This is one of my qualities, it seems , Darry poked fun laughing. But for once it missed . Unless you accept that I invite you there again . "

"But,I'm counting on it , Mr. Curtis ! " she assured him, looking up at him. " And even many more times !"

Darry smiled placing his index finger under her chin to kiss her,when a car crossed the road,lighting them of its lighouses.

"Hey !" Darry exclaimed, running along the road, trying to stop it raising his arms." Hey ! Wait ! " but the car kept on going. "Awesome !" he grumbled letting his arms fall limply.

"What we do now ?" Sue asked, joining him on the roadside. Darry looked around in search of any indication panel. " We should be halfway between the restaurant and Tulsa ,he think hesitating . There is a small town just before the restaurant, but ... I doubt that there is a tow truck . The nearest garages must be in Tulsa, but to find a phone in the area..." The nocturnal bird cry was heard again resonating on the fields of the deserted countryside. "We are in the middle of nowhere ! "

"Um , Sue said, shaking her head with a thoughtful pout. I'm not so sure ." Without warning she began to make some steps in the direction opposite to their original destination.

" Hey ! Where are you going ?" Darry exclaimed in the catching.

She turned to him and replied, continuing to work backwards: "I get us out of here,Darrel Curtis !"

The dark didn't prevent Darry see her mischievous expression and self-confident, which gave him each time a little more like falling backwards while she ventured recklessly on the road . "Hey ! he said, taking her hand protectively. Wait for me ! I don't want you to get lost ."

"I thought you had to chase me if I took me away !" she replied, smiling and continuing to progress . "Give me a little bit of credit, Darrel ! I tell you I know how to get us out of there ."

"Sue ," he interrupted, pulling her downward side.

"What ?" she said innocently. Darry shook his head and smiled sweeping few thin strands of her hair flowing down her face.

"You walk in the middle road ." he warned gently posing his hands on her shoulders. Sue gave him a surprised look. "Huh ?" she said before looking around.

"Oh, yes ," she said with a small laugh confused and blushed slightly, embarrassed that he could find her stuns and imprudent.

"You know , Darry said, scanning the horizon darkening a bit more every minute, we shouldn't get away from the pick-up . If a car comes to pass ...".

"Darrel ! We could wait for hours before someone goes . Come, come with me !" she exclaimed, dragging him with her .

"But, where do you want to go ? There is nothing to several kilometers around !"

"Exactly ! Sue replied airily. Is this not what is called "go exploring" ?" Still holding his hand,she raised to him her bright emerald eyes enthusiasm and lightness and saw his anxious look whereas he slowed down clearly the step . Intoxicated by the contagious enthusiasm that emanated from her so wonderfully, Darry couldn't yet prevent his eternal and weighted serious side to prevail .

"Uh ,Sue,he began then . I don't think...This is not a good idea. I mean...It's not safe. We are invisible on this road, any car could pass at full speed ... ".

"Darrel ," she interrupted softly and slightly tilted her head to the side,fixing him amusedly, while the mischievous smile slowly invading her face left him mute. "Don't be so worried," she said confident.

"I'm not worried ! Darry defended himself, a little confused. It's just that ..."

"Look in this direction ! " she interrupted him again, pointing to an invisible point away before her. "About five or six hundred meters, we encountered a fork in the road. It seems to get lost among the fields,but I could see a mailbox beside the road . If we follow it, we will surely find a farm or a house ,well someone who could afford to call a tow truck . " She fell silent and waited for the reaction of Darry who remained silent to listen to her melodious voice explain her reasoning full of common sense. He shook his head and grinned, pinching the bridge of his nose, annoyed not to have knew to put, for once, his wisdom aside. His brothers were maybe right, he became probably old and boring.

"Excuse me," he said embarrassed.

"Why ? Sue asked innocently. To have believed me silly and insane ?"

Darry sighed tenderly putting his index finger along her cheek and added: "... and to have been a idiot confident. " With a sweet smile, Sue took based on his broad shoulders and gave him a quick kiss on the cheek.

"Come on,"idiot confident " !"

TBC .

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