Avalanche
Disclaimer: Unfortunately, I do not own any of the Outsiders. I do, however, own Tayin who will appear later on.
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Chapter 1: Where Should We Go?
Darry's POV
I was getting ready to head home after a very long day at work when Bob, my boss, came up to me.
"So Darrel, are you ready for your well deserved summer vacation?" he asked.
I nodded my head vigorously, "Yea, it will be nice to have a week off."
"Darrel, I have to tell you that you are, by far, my best worker, and every year during the summer I like to give my best worker something to make their holidays more enjoyable."
I gave him a weird look, and he continued with a grin, "An all expense paid trip to anywhere you want to go. For you and your whole family. For two weeks."
"Two weeks? For me and my whole family?" I was skeptical.
"I'm serious!" he assured me. I started walking toward my the parking lot and he followed beside me, "And I know it's just you and your two brothers, so why don't you take your friends along as well."
I stopped at my truck and turned to him, "I don't know what to say."
"Say, 'Alright. See you in two weeks.'" He laughed, as he handed me a card, "This card can be used for anything. Gas, clothes, food... you get the idea, and it can used almost anywhere." He waved as he walked toward his car and I waved back, still stunned. As I opened the rusty door I heard him call, "And for Pete's sake, Darrel, have some fun!"
I got home in a daze. The guys would be excited, for sure. Where should we go?
"Hey, Darry." Soda called sleepily from the couch. He had been working really hard this last month. Maybe longer, maybe even harder than me. One of the guys at the DX had quit and Soda took his shift, as well as his own. I had told him not to, but he put up a good argument. His boss was cool, though and gave him the next two weeks off for summer vacation. How very convenient.
"How are you doing, Pepsi-Cola?"
"Good," he lied, he was obviously tired. I realized this vacation would do us all good.
"Hey, Darry." Pony called as he entered the room with his plate full of blue macaroni, pink hot dogs, and purple hot dog buns. Pony cooked odd colored food? That was Soda's job. He saw my expression and nodded his head toward, a now sleeping, Soda. I nodded my head, Soda had made it. That made more sense. But, if Soda made it, it had to be good.
The rest of the guys filed out of the kitchen with their mouths already full of food so they just nodded their heads 'hi' at me.
I decided to wait until Soda woke up to tell the guys about the trip. I was surprised he was able to sleep with all of the noise the guys were making, and it was a couple of hours later before he opened his eyes.
"So," I started, while Soda ate his warmed up supper, "I have some news." I told them about the vacation and was met with a bunch of blank stares. They didn't believe me. It took a lot of convincing but finally they came around.
"Sweet! Let's go to Disneyland!" Two-Bit stood up and started to run towards the door to pack for Disneyland.
"Stop!" Dally yelled, "Let's go to Vegas." All of the guys called out their choices except Soda who remained oddly quiet.
"What do you think?" I asked him above the various shouts of 'Hawaii,' 'Mexico,' 'New York'. I hoped that he wouldn't say Florida to see Sandy.
"I think you should decide, Dar. You deserve it." He said, and I grinned at him.
"Well," I admitted, "I've always wanted to see snow." The guys actually agreed with me.
"So, how does Alaska sound?"
A/N That's it for chapter one. Hopefully you guys like it. It might not all make sense or be true, but it's fan fiction so just pretend, kay? Please review.
