Disclaimer ! : I do not own Outsiders , nor am i S.E Hinton , the book was officially wrote by S.E Hinton ! The only characters i own is Scarlet !

I looked away and started walking, anywhere but where we were, i just fallowed Darry, i could hear a few of them talking, i just ignored them.

Dallas kept a glance at me as we walked over to the Curtis' house, i was told about everything, about how Johnny almost died, about how Dallas got shot, but survived, about Soda breaking up with Sandy, about Darry's, Soda's, and Pony's parents passing away right after i left for the first time. It seemed like alot of things happened while i was gone, personalitys have changed also.

I was in deep thought as someone poked my cheek, i glanced to see who it was, Dallas. I rolled my eyes and looked straight ahead. He poked it again and i shot a deadly glare, he just laughed getting a few wondering eyes, we were in the back, me and Dallas had many things alike, but he was just so... So ... Annoying! He always had a different girl everyday, stupid, slutty broads that he'd just pick of from a bar of something!

"Hey... Scarlet." He poked my cheek again as i snapped out of it. I glanced at him but looked away. "What were ya' thinkin'?" He asked curiously, it seemed like he was trying to be nice for once! Oh jolly.

"How i'm going to skin you if you poke me one more time." I glared, it was a lie, i wasn't good at lieing to him, he wasn't going to take that as a threat, we were best-friends when we were younger, he knew i twitched one eye when i got too mad, he knew i bit on my lip when i lie, he new i would hide away from everybody when i was about to cry, he knew really, everything!

He laughed and shook his head as i bit my bottom lip slightly, he smirked. "Thats a lie." He said lighting a cancer stick. I glanced away as he looked at me. "I want the truth Scarlet." He said sighing, he was trying really hard not to snap and just go yelling at me, it was easy to tell how he looked away every minute of so whenever i ignored, or ticked him off.

"Just stuff, its personal." I said as he shot the coldest glare i had yet received. I frowned slightly. He took in a breath before i glanced at him, he was looking away. I felt bad honestly, the one time he cares about what i might be thinking, and i blow it! Nice going Scarlet!

"Well tell me the real reason why you were in jail then." He said quietly, we were behind the gang by far, but they didn't seem to notice one bit.

"Well... My dad snapped on me.. I guess i didn't take it well cause i stormed out the door... I just went crazy, i didn't even know what i was doing." I sighed as his attention turned fully to me, i wasn't used to having anyone listen, especially him.

"Go on.." He said while putting out his cancer stick, and throwing it off somewhere.

"Well.. I went to a bar to see if i could relieve any of the temper... It didn't go down one bit... So when i was on my fifth drink, this chick was talking behind my back and finally came up to me, my dad had slapped me so i had a pretty bad bruise on my face... So anyway, this chick came up and said something, i don't quiet remember, but i kinda decked her in the face, she threw a punch back, it got pretty bad until the Fuzz showed up, thats when i decked the cop in the face, i was in there for about two months, then i got out and have just been hiding ever since.. Well now." I sighed, feeling like i had talked to much, he wasn't saying anything yet.

He nodded slowly. "Sorry about your dad, and i bet that bitch was just jealous, was she ugly?" He asked as we caught up, i had a small smile on my face and shrugged.

"Well she did look like a pig to me, she had the nose and everything." I said, i heard him laugh, i chuckled slightly as he glanced at me.

"Well thats a pretty bad ass story you got there Scarlet." He smiled and put him elbow on my shoulder, i was shorter than Ponyboy, i was about 4'11 or so, trust me, being short has its ups when coming into a fight.

"Thanks Dally." I smiled back before we walked in.

I kept quite and ate some cake with Two-Bit as we watched Mickey Mouse, we would always watch it together, he was more obsessed with it than me, but i watched it with hi alot as he explained what might happen next , he would also talk here and there about random stuff, Dally had sat next to me as i was explaining how my boyfriend cheated on me while i was in jail and how much of my life i wasted, doing drugs, smoking, drinking, and other thinks like cutting, getting into more and more fights, being pretty bad ass in rumbles, and just plain hiding away from everybody.

Two-Bit's face turned paler and sighed. "You shouldn't have to go that that! We'll teach him a lesson!" He said, quite loudly as i realized that Dallas was right next to me.

"We will. But first of all, why in the hell would ya' do that to yourself!" He was yelling now as everyone was looking at me and him, i glared at him.

"Well, why would you care!" I screamed just as loud as he was, this was one of the things that we would do when we got older, just scream at eachother for now plain reason, thats when things went down.

He was shocked, i would never really yell at him like this, i would always joke around, but i was so serious at this point. "Because i'm your friend, we all care!" He yelled louder.

I huffed getting up and glaring down at him, "I know that, and since when was i your friend, speaking of earlier you hated my guys.. Dallas Winston!" I was yelling, Two-Bit looked pretty damn scared, i was usually really calm when i was by him.

He stayed quiet looking at the ground, Darry was trying to calm me down as i walked outside, quickly. I needed to cool down, i slammed the gate and sat on the curb, i looked at the cloudy skies, it was going to rain pretty soon, i didn't care, not one bit.

After a few minutes it started pouring in rain as i got up, i felt someone walked up to me as i quickly turned back to see Dallas, he was soaking wet, i was more wet though, having no jacket on or anything! "Hey." I said quietly, that was all i could say.

"Uh... I'm- Uh... Sorry." He said, trying to apologize, it was a shock, my mouth was open as i looked at him with wide eyes, he was looking at the ground for a moment until he looked at me. "What?" He said harshly.

"So the big tough bad boy... Is saying sorry for the first time?" I smirked as he glared at me and took off his leather jacket.

"Here.. Put it on and lets go inside." He said totally changing the subject, i looked at it for a moment before putting it on and walked by him as we went back inside. His jacket smelt like cologne and cancer sticks, but it didn't bother me, its what he always smelled like, and i loved it.

He let me walked in first as everyone glanced at me and him, he was smiling, i sighed wiping wet, more like soaked hair out of my face, when Darry walked in the room, he almost busted out laughing, i was turned bright red as Dallas smiled.

"Need some dry cloths?" Asked Soda as i nodded, i was alot warmer than i thought, poor Dally, he must be freezing, i glanced at him, but he didn't even seem cold at all! I shrugged mentally as Soda came in and handed me on of him shirts and some sweat pants. He also handed Dallas some cloths as he mumbled a thanks and i went and got dressed first, i took of Dally's jacket and out on the cloths quickly, the shirt made me look skinnier than i was, i only weighed about 90 pounds or so. I put on the sweat pants and dried my hair quickly, it looked black, but it was actually a dark purple. I sighed and dried off Dally's jacket which was no problem as i walked out and Dally walked in and got dressed.

I saw down next to Two-Bit who glanced at me. "You gots Dal's jacket, huh?" He smirked. I blushed slightly and shrugged.

"He let me use it, it was cold." I said, as Darry yelled from the kitchen that dinner was done.

Dallas came out, everyone but me and Johnny were already in the kitchen, i forced Johnny to go eat as i sat and watched the news, bored off my mind, everyone had gotten food except me, i really hated eating, it just wasn't something i liked. Dally came and sat next to me with some food and sighed looking at me.

"You have to eat somethin'." He said, kindly, i sighed and took a small bite out of his burger, i felt bad for eating some of him food, i chewed as he ate some also.

"Thanks." I said as he nodded, he ate pretty quickly, and went and put his plate in the sink and came back as sat down next to me.

I yawned, it was pretty late, and i was tired, not really getting much sleep the past few days. I yawned yet again and blacked out from being so tired. Dreaming about nothing really, more like deep into my thoughts..