Best Times Of Our Lives

Chapter One

Disclaimer- I do not own the Outsiders.

Six weeks living in Tulsa and I couldn't believe how much my life had changed. It really is amazing. Johnny and Carrie were official now and Two-bit was fine with it. My mom came back to town on a bus two days after Andy and I had and her and my father had started the divorce proceedings. And things between me and Dallas were great.

It had been exactly one week since he kissed me in the park. We were together everyday from that moment on. He had walked me home that night, upholding his vow to not let me walk alone. When we reached my house he had asked if I wanted to go to the Nightly Double with him the next day. Just the two of us. Of course, I accepted.

We had been out a few more times since then and all the guys were starting to get less annoying about it. At first we had been subject to all kinds of teasing and taunting, not as bad as what Carrie and Johnny had to endure, the guys were a little scared of Dallas.

I still don't see why, it all has to do with his whole reputation thing. I know for sure now that it doesn't fit him at all. Sure he can be mean and he's definitely tough, but nothing to be scared of as long as you don't make him mad when he's in a fighting mood.

It's hard to explain Dally, but I think I'm doing a better job than anyone else could. I just get him. I've learned how to read him. He is a really sweet guy, and I know that no one would believe that no matter how well they thought they knew him. Half decent maybe, some people would believe that, but not sweet.

When most people hear about the two of us going together they assume that I must be a slut or something, never that Dally just isn't the jerk everyone thinks he is.

I've been talking about Dally for about ten minutes, I think I need to change the subject here. But, as you can clearly see I'm crazy about him. It's nuts, I mean, we're not even official...yet.

But, anyways, right now I was on my way to the Curtis'. Andy was there already there and I figured the rest of the gang would be, too. At least, most of them. When I arrived I found out that I was right, everyone was there.

"Hey guys," I said as I walked in. They all looked up at me.

"Hey Marie!" Two-bit called happily, the remnants of chocolate icing stuck to his face. I had to laugh at him.

I stood for a moment looking for a place to sit, but, of course, there were none. I sighed. "Nice to see you boys are decent enough to give up your seat for a lady," I joked. Two-bit looked around the room in bewilderment.

"Ladies?" he questioned, confused. "I don't see any ladies."

Carrie and I, both taking offense to that, flipped him off. "Ah, shut up Two-bit," Dally defended me as he grabbed my wrist and pulled me down to sit in his lap. I leaned back and rested my head against his chest. I took a deep breath, catching the familiar scent that was Dally and listened to his heartbeat for a moment.

"Oh sorry," Two-bit apologized. "I forgot."

"Forgot what?" Dally asked, looking at him like he was an idiot.

"This," he replied and began to sing. "Dally and Marie, sittin' in a tree, F-U-C-K-I-N-G!"

I felt my cheeks burn as I buried my face in my hands. Dallas was giving Two-bit a death glare.

"I don't like this song," I heard Andy say and when I looked up at him he had a very disturbed look on his face. The rest of the gang was laughing, though.

I was pretty happy with the way things were going for me. My life couldn't get any better...which only meant that it could get worse.