I do not own the Outsiders. They rightfully belong to S.E. Hinton. I only own this idea and the characters Tristian and Bella.
"Darry! There's somebody at the door for you!", called out Sodapop from his position at the table with Steve. "Did you get a name?", called back Darry as he pulled a shirt on over his head and smoothed it out. "Ponyboy, did you get a name?", asked Soda as he looked over his shoulder. "No!", called back Ponyboy from his bedroom where he had his nose buried in a book. "What is this, a phone line?", muttered the oldest Curtis to himself as he walked out of his room and across the kitchen. "Look out, Dar.", said Two-Bit from the floor where he was watching Mickey. Darry gave him a confused look and then glanced at the floor, he carefully stepped over a beer bottle only to step on the second one, landing on his butt on the floor. He could heard Steve and Soda laughing from the kitchen and saw Two-Bit trying to hold back his own laughter. "Clean it up.", he ordered as he stood up and brushed off his jeans before walking over to the front door.
Darry opened the front door and took a step back when a little girl came running into the house and wrapped her little arms around his legs. "Dadda!", called out Bella as she grinned up at the man. At that word the entire house fell silent, even Ponyboy stopped reading his book. "We really need to get her to stop doing that. Good morning to you, too, Bella.", said Darry as he scooped up the little girl and brushed brown curls out of her brown eyes. Bella giggled and wrapped her arms around his neck and held on to the point of choking him. "It's not my fault, Darrel. You're basically the father figure in her life, she's going to call you Dadda.", explained Tristian as he walked into the house and shut the door behind himself. "Somebody fill me in here. Since when did you have a kid, Dar?", asked Sodapop as he put down his cards and walked into the living room. "Darry has a kid?", asked Ponyboy as he practically ran out of his room, only to trip over the bottom frame of the door.
"Good going slick.", said Two-Bit as he moved from the floor to the couch. "Calm down, guys, don't scare Bella. Tristian, make yourself at home.", said Darry as he bounced the little girl on his hip, being rewarded by giggling and clapping from her. "Explain.", said Steve as he leaned against the wall, watching as Tristian sat down on the arm of the chair. "Bella is one of the children at the Cornerstone Orphanage that Darrel volunteers at. The moment she saw him she latched onto him and hasn't let go since, its been the same for him too.", explained Tristian as he reached into his pocket and took out Bella's pacifier, handing it to the oldest Curtis. "I walked in the front door of Cornerstone and Bella was screaming from across the room, she was handed to me and once I started bouncing her she stopped crying. Her parents wanted nothing to do with her so I'm guessing I kinda took over as the father figure. She latched onto me and would scream if I made a move to put her down. She dang near choked me with the chain around my neck when I handed her to Tristian to get her bottle ready.", explained Darry as he rocked Bella in his arms and rubbed her back gently and slowly.
"Since when do you volunteer at an Orphanage?", asked Two-Bit as he picked up the remaining beer bottles off of the floor and threw them into the trash. "I've been volunteering there for the past month or so. There are so many kids there that need homes and loving families.", explained Darry as he looked down at the sleeping bundle in his arms. "She's cute, Dar.", said Ponyboy as he walked over to get a better look at the little girl. "She has your brown hair and eyes. Are you sure that she's not yours?", teased Sodapop as he clapped his older brother on the back. "I'm positive that she's not mine.", said Darry as Tristian gently took a sleeping Bella back into his arms. "Go finish getting ready for work, she'll be there when you get off.", said Tristian. Bella woke up the moment she was taken from the man's arms and her bottom lip started to quiver as tears formed in her sparkling eyes. "Um. Darry. She's two seconds away from screaming.", said Steve as he backed away from the little girl as though she was about to blow up.
Apparently 'screaming' was the trigger word for her since she let out the most blood curling, glass shattering scream. All the guys were covering their ears and Two-Bit was trying to cover his ears with the pillows from the couch. "I'm coming. I'm coming.", said Darry as he walked back into the room and gently took Bella from Tristian's arms. "I think you're calling off and spending the day at the Orphanage if she's going to be like this again.", muttered Tristian as he rubbed his face with his hand and looked up at the older man. "I can't afford to take the day off, Trist. Shhhhhh, Bells, I got ya'. There's no need to be crying.", cooed Darry as he began to bounce the little girl and gave her stomach a gentle tickle. Bella's crying soon turned into hiccups which then turned into giggles when he tickled her again, she then grabbed a handful of the chain necklace around his neck and pulled it from the back. "Choking. Choking.", said Darry as he tried to reach back and grab the chain from her little hand, only to have her grab it with the other hand and pull.