Disclaimer: I do not own anyone from The Outsiders. I only own my Original Characters.
In his hands sat the letter from his old flame. He wasn't sure if he should open it or not, kinda scared to know what was in the letter she wrote him. It has been three years since they last talked and suddenly he gets a letter from her.
He slowly turns the letter so the back seal is facing him. He takes his pocket knife out and slowly opens the letter using his knife. After it was opened he slowly laid his knife down and took the letter itself out
Unfolding the letter a necklace falls out, confusion is written on his face, unsure why the necklace was in the letter.
He starts reading and this is what he read:
"Dallas,
Sorry, I haven't written in a while, just wasn't sure where to send the letters. Your mom finally got the nerve up to tell me where you last were. I hope this gets to you. Well, on a plus side I'm missing you, bad side The White Wolves are at it again. This time more towards me then anyone.
The leader still thinks we aren't together or anything and I'm sending the necklace back to you to keep him thinking that. The reason is, if he found out that we're still talking or anything he'd kill me he said. So, I'm protecting myself.
God Dallas, why? Why the fuck did you leave me like this? Do you know how hard it is to walk into the hang out and not see you stretched out on the couch or anything? It's really, really hard Dallas.
The guys all say hey, well all but Markus, he's pissed more then I am about you leaving like you did. Come to New York and go to the hang out, I basically moved my shit there from my parents house since they kicked me out. I'll be there a lot, the guys don't mind me living there. Talk to you sometime Dallas.
Love,
Victoria."
Dallas sighed as he picked the necklace up off the blanket. With a yawn he climbed off the bed and went to his closet and started putting t-shirts on his bed. Buck came in and saw Dallas throwing stuff onto his bed.
"What are ya doing Dallas?" Buck asked placing a non-open beer on the night stand.
"Packing, I'm going to New York for a few weeks," Dallas told him. Buck saw the letter on the bed with the necklace.
"Alright, take the truck since it's yours and all," Buck told him. Dallas nodded and continued to throw his stuff onto the bed.
Buck left for a moment and came back with two duffel bags and started putting Dally's stuff in the bags.
"Okay, stuff's packed, I'll take my two pillow's then go say good bye to the guys and head out," Dallas said.
"Alright, take some blankets also, and don't worry, your room won't be used for anyone else," Buck told him and left with Dallas behind him.
"Good, and see ya," Dallas called grabbing the keys then putting his shoes on. He left out to the truck tossed his bags, blankets and pillows into the back then closed the tailgate and back window of the topper. He climbed in and headed to Darry's house to see who all was there.
He pulled in, got out and went inside and only saw Darry and Soda.
"Hey Dally," Soda greeted with a yawn.
"Hey, I'm leaving for a while if anyone else asks just say my mom called and wanted me to visit for a few weeks," Dallas told them and they both gave him a confused look.
"What's really going on Dallas?" Darry asked and Dally sighed.
"Just the fact that I got a letter from a friend and she's in danger and this girl is an important part of my life, if it wasn't for her I'd be dead," Dally told them. Darry sighed.
"Alright, I'll just tell them your mom wants you to visit," Darry said and Dallas left right after that and headed to New York.
A few hours later Dallas pulled into the driveway of the hang out. He stopped the truck and pulled the keys and with a shaky hand he opened the door.
He whistled a long, low whistle and got a high pitched reply. He smiled and went inside and got arms around his neck.
"DALLAS!" Victoria called happy to see him back in town.
"Hey Vicki," he replied picking her up and carrying her to the couch.
"I'm happy you got the letter," she told him and two dogs came on a run and jumped onto Dally's lap.
"Sugar, Cookie down girls," Dally said chuckling, "Yes it's good to see you both also."
The dogs jumped down and a low whistle came and Vicki returned it with a low one also. A few guys came in and saw Dallas.
"Don't," Vicki ordered seeing the pissed off looks in the eyes of the two who walked in.
"He has explaining to do Victoria," one of them told her and she sighed.
"He left because of me, I told him it was to damn dangerous and I didn't want him dead," Vicki lied and the guys rolled their eyes at her.
"Then why is he back?" Jake asked.
"Because of me also," she told him and he sighed, "oh don't start Jake."
"Sorry darling but those Wolves are out for blood and will be worse if they find out he's back because of you," Jake told her and went to a room.
She followed, "Jake I'm sorry okay, the kings wrote me saying he was dead, I had to find out for sure," Victoria told him.
"I read the note, but that was no reason to bring Dallas back to New York, shit will fly now baby girl," Jake told her in reply.
"Don't call me that okay, you know I'll never date you, plus, I brought him here for a reason alright," she told him and he sighed and pointed to a sleeping child on the bed. She nodded and he smiled.
"what do you think he'd say?" she shrugged with a smile and the little girl woke up.
"Mama?" she asked with a yawn.
"Morning sleepy head, was Uncle Jake's bed comfy?" she joked and the little girl reached up for her. The little girl nodded as Vicki picked her up and took her to the living room.
Dallas glanced up and saw her carrying a kid, he huffed 'man do I hate kids' he thought. She sat down next to him on the couch. Put the little girl on the floor and glanced at him.
"Whose kid?" he asked.
"Yours and mine," she told him quietly. He chuckled but saw the serious look in her eyes.
"You ain't shitting are you?" he asked and she shook her head no.
"It's another reason why the wolves want me dead," she told him with a glance towards him.
"Now you have a reason to go to Tulsa with me," Dallas told her and she sighed.
"You just want me to pack up all my stuff and Annie's stuff and move to Tulsa?" she asked.
"It'll be safer," he told her and watched as she stood up and went to the kitchen area of the hang out.
"My life is here, my job is here," she told him in argument.
"I can get you a full time waitress job at a bar, the guy is my friend and I live there also," Dallas told her and she chuckled as she got an apple out and started to eat it.
"Really?" she asked and he nodded, "can you give me time to think?"
"Of course," he told her and she got a glass of milk.
"Damn it, Jake get in here," Vicki called.
"What's up?" he asked.
"Dishes, can you do them?" she asked and he nodded and started on the dishes for her, "Thanks."
"Anytime," he replied.
Annie came into the kitchen, "mama, is it lunch?" she asked with a smile.
"What would you like?" Victoria asked kindly.
"Um, apple and nut-butter," she replied.
Dally gave Vicki a confused look as she placed the little one in a chair and got an apple out. Vicki cut the apple up, took the skin off it, chopped it into smaller sizes and placed two spoon fulls of peanut-butter in the middle of the plate and gave it to Annie.
"She's just like you when it comes to apples Dally," Vicki told him and he chuckled.
"It's good," Dally replied and Vicki nodded in reply.
A smile came to her face when a truck pulled in. She went straight to the door, opened it and started laughing, "Mike, stop," she called with laughter.
"Mommy ticklish," Annie spoke up with a smile.
"Are you also?" Dallas asked and Annie nodded.
"Mike please, we have company, someone you'll be happy to see," Vicki said in a soft voice.
"Oh?" Mike asked and followed Vicki to the kitchen, "Dallas?"
"Mike, I thought you'd be out of here also," Dallas said as they shook hands..
"Naw, someone had to watch out for Vicki," Mike said as he sat down across from Annie, "hey sweetie have a nice nap?"
"Yeah," Annie told him with a yawn. Mike nodded then got up and got a beer.
Vicki closed the door and shook her head no, "you know not around Annie."
"Sorry," Mike said and went to his room.
"Everything alright?" Dallas asked.
"Yeah, just I hate it when the guys drink, fight or swear around Annie," Vicki replied and Dally chuckled, "what?"
"Nothing darling, just, you haven't changed much when it comes to the drinking and stuff," he told her and she smiled.
"Yeah, well, it's just a habit not to allow it near me and ever since she came around I hated it twice as bad," she told him and got two Pepsi's from the fridge and handed him one. She got Annie a small cup of apple juice.
"Tank you," Annie said with a smile.
"You're welcome sweetie, also, baby girl, I'd like you to meet your daddy," Vicki said and Annie glanced up at Dally and smiled.
"Hi daddy," Annie said softly.
"Hi Annie," Dally greeted back with a smile.