A/N: It's been a while huh? I'm sorry, homework is kicking my a$$ right now, but I found time, and along with a P.M from greasy girl love, I got motivated to do it again.

Also, how do you find betas and such? I'm looking for one, so if you can, p.m. me pretty please!

Also, in this chapter, it mentions some more of Avery's brothers, so here's some quick info so you know who they are:

Zeke; 25

Luke; 20

Matt; 19

Danny and Avery: 17.

"Do you like Avery?" He asked, referring to the crush like, not the friendly like.

"Yes."

Danny said nothing, and just looked at the brown haired boy in front of him. Then, he shook his head.

"Is… Is that alright?" Darry asked quickly.

"Of course. You like you who like. It's not like we can help it. Would you….date her?"

"If I had the chance." Darry replied smoothly. Danny smirked.

"Come over at 7." Darry's eyes narrowed. He started to shake his head, and back up. 'Surely this was a trap. I'm a greaser, she's a middle class. There's no way anything is going to happen' Darry thought to himself. Danny seemed to read his mind.

"Do you think I would walk you into a trap Captain? When you come, just say you need some help with auto for the, I don't know upcoming test or something."

"Uh… Okay thanks man." Darry said shaking Danny's hand and walking to his blue pickup. Darry climbed in and drove home. He saw his brother, and his brother's friend walking towards the house, so he pulled beside them.

"Soda, you and Steve headed home?" He asked. His brother and Steve stopped and looked at him.

"Yeah, why? You going to give us a ride?" His brother replied smiling. Darry laughed, and the 2 boys walked towards the truck. As soon as Soda reached for the door, Darry stepped on the gas pedal, and the truck took off. Both boys stood there, and Darry began to laugh and stopped. The boys ran over and tried to get in, but Darry lurched the car forwards. It continued like this until they got home. Steve and Darry were laughing, and Soda became frustrated. They walked in together, and Soda and Steve went to his room. Darry set his bag down, and went into the kitchen to see his mother cooking dinner. He smiled and gave her a hug from behind, making her jump. She turned around and smacked him with the wooden spoon she was about to use to stir the noodles. He smiled.

"Is dad home yet?"

"Yes," His mother replied, stirring the noodles "He just went for a shower. Can you go and fetch the boys from the park and tell them supper is going to be ready soon? And have Dallas and Johnny come home for dinner too." Darry nodded, obeying his mother, and walked out the front door, wondering what was to come from tonight's upcoming events.

"What took you so long?" Zeke asked when Danny climbed into the truck.

"Just going over the game plan we have set for Friday. I wanted to make sure I had it right," Danny replied knowing that the lie seemed true enough. Avery cocked her eyebrow, and when Danny caught sight of it, he gave her a look that said 'leave it alone'. Megan almost immediately started talking to her best friend about the appointment. Zeke joined in, but Danny could help but wonder what might happen between Darry and Avery.

"Well, ya know mom will be pissed. We live a bit a ways outta town, and you know how she feels about us being late for supper" They all nodded in agreement.

They arrived home at 5:45 p.m. everyone got out, and quickly walked into the house to get dinner. They knew their mother was going to be mad. In their house, dinner was on the table at 5:30 sharp, and if you weren't there, she would most likely tan your hide. Sure enough, as soon as they stepped into the dining room, their mother started yelling. They all sat in their spots as the mother continued to yell.

"In this house, dinner is at 5:30! And until you move out, or start to pay for your own food, it will continue being at 5:30! These are the rules, and you will obey them. There is no reas-"She was cut off when Avery abruptly. She looked at her mother with tears streaming down her face, and then she quickly ran from the room, and they could hear her door slam. Matt got up and walked to her room. Avery, Danny, and Matt were always the closest. Danny considered going as well, but figured that it would probably have been awkward for Meg to sit there alone. So he stayed. They all listened, and heard Matt knock on her door.

"Ave, it's me. Open up." The door opened, and then closed.

"Does someone want to tell me what happened?" Their father asked.

"Avery and Joey broke up" Zeke said quietly. If even possible, the room became even quieter.

"Why?" Their mother asked.

"Because Joey was cheating on her" Danny replied, and Luke dropped his fork. He looked at Danny, his eyes full of doubt.

"This isn't a joke is it?" Zeke, Meg, and Danny shook their heads.

"Do you want to tell me what happened?" Matt asked his little sister while holding her. She took a deep breath, and looked at him. Her eyes were full of sadness, pink and puffy.

"Joey and I broke up. He was cheating on me with another guy's girl. Apparently it's been going on for a while. I was too stupid to notice it. I found out today before shop class when they left the boys washroom together." Matt rubbed her back, trying to comfort her.

"Who's the other guy?" Avery looked up at her, her eyes questioning him.

"I mean, who is the other guy who had his girl cheat on him?"

"Darry Curtis. Captain of the football team." She said quietly. Matt decided that it would be better if he took her mind off of things, and asked how her day was. She smiled, and told him everything that happened, and he listened, and laughed when she told him about shop class. She pulled out some of her homework to review for the exam, and asked him to help her with it, because she didn't really understand. He smiled, and accepted. They stopped an hour later when the doorbell rang. They got up and walked to the railing and looked down, watching to see who was at the door. Danny was the one who answered.

"Hey Darry." Darry smiled.

"Hey Danny. I hope I didn't interrupt dinner, did I?" He asked politely.

"No. We're finished. What's up?" Danny asked smiling.

"Well… I was wondering if Avery was available."

"What for?" Luke yelled from the kitchen.

"Well, uh, we have a test coming up in shop… and I don't think I'm going to pass," Matt nudged Avery, and smiling, she went and quickly got changed "and I wanted help from the best." Avery walked back out beside her brother, clad in skinny jeans and one of her brother's shirts from the garage he worked at.

"Ave!" Danny called up the stairs, and Avery and Matt walked down the stairs.

"What's up?" Avery asked. Danny explained that Darry wanted help for the upcoming test. Avery then asked her dad if they could use the shop. She came out of the kitchen, with a set of keys, and told Darry to follow her. They went out the front door, and the sun had already begun to set. The two walked around the side of the house to the back, and began walking on a beaten path.

"Um, where are we going?" Darry asked quietly.

"To the shop." She replied smiling, and Darry made a small sound of realization. It was some ways of a walk, and when they got closer, Darry noticed that the shop was next door to a barn. He looked a bit behind the barn and saw 2 horses and a foal grazing in the field. She put the key into the lock for the garage, and turned the key. They walked in, and Avery flicked on the light. In there, there was a car with no tires, up on a jack stands. That was the first thing that Darry noticed. It was old looking, probably a chevelle, by the looks of it. He walked around the car, looking at it. The hood was open, and looking inside he saw that it was in amazing shape.

"Nice car," He told her. She smiled, and walked over. Avery put her hand on the car.

"We've been through a lot together." She told him, smiling weakly. Darry looked at her, his glance questioning her statement. She looked over and saw him looking at her.

"It was my first car. One night I was driving to the store to get some things for my mother, and half way into town, I was t-boned by a drunk driver. If it had been a newer car, I would have died. The car caught fire, and the engine was trashed. I myself was lucky to get out when I did. So, I made it my personal project to rebuild this baby." Avery finished, wiping some of the dust off the top, and tucking a piece of hair behind her ear.

"So, what do you want to start with?" She asked. Darry honestly wasn't sure what he needed to know. He knew some stuff sure. But he didn't know where to start.

"Um… how 'bout fuel intake?" She nodded, and grabbed a blanket and laid it under the car. She got down, and lied. She motioned for Darry to do the same thing. After her talking, he briefly remembered that Austin was going on his (hopefully) last date with the girl he was dating. Darry personally hated being 'popular'. When you are popular, all of your friends are pretty much superficial. Hell, even his girlfriend was superficial. She was going out with him because he was popular. She cheated on him with Avery's guy. Why would Joey do that to Avery? Why couldn't it have been anyone but Joey? Joey and Avery had been for at least 4 years. Everyone knew the obvious reason why Joey was cheating. Rumor has it that he wanted to sleep with her, and she keep telling him no. Eventually he got bored and slept with girls behind her back.

Darry didn't really care that Sophie cheated on him anyways. He never liked her, and he found her repulsive. But it was good for his 'image'. That was the first thing that was going to change. Now that Sophie cheated, it gave him a legitimate reason to break up with her. He turned back into what Avery was showing him.

After 3 hours of working, they finally made some progress. Darry finally began to understand what she was trying to show him. It was about 10 o'clock, and the clock chimed 10 times. Avery noticed, and smiled at Darry.

"I should get going now," Darry told her "I still have homework" Avery nodded, and walked with him to the door. She shut it and locked it. They began walking towards the house.

"Do you need a ride?" She asked him.

"Avery I don't want to be a bug. My mom said to just call her to come pick me up."

"Don't be silly Darry. Your mother probably has to work tomorrow right? It's no issue, I've got to go pick up some stuff anyways" he grinned, and finally agreed. They reached her house, and Avery let her parents know that she would be driving Darry home. They walked out to the garage, and Avery grabbed a pair of car keys off of the shelf full of keys. She unlocked a green mustang, and got in. Darry followed the suit.

Once at home, after talking to Soda who was convinced this was a date he went on, he decided to call his best friend.

"Hello?" The voice on the other line answered.

"Hey man."

"Hey. What's up?" Austin asked.

"I just got in. You?" Darry informed his friend.

"Same. Had that stupid date with Emma and the rest of em. Finally broke it off with her thank the Lord. You should have been there. We started arguing about what she was doing, wearing, and eating. I finally had enough and told her to fuck off. I ended it right there, and I left. Sophie was upset that you didn't show. Where were you? Even though it was so obvious that she was cheating. She even told everyone. The guys were appalled. She was pretty happy though." Austin finished

"Yeah. I kind of figured." Darry told him.

"You going to break up with her tomorrow?"

"I'll try. But you know her" Darry said sighing.

"Yeah. A crazy bitch!" Both boys laughed, until Darry heard a crash in the background of his friend's phone, and his parents start to yell at one another. Austin sighed.

"You want to stay at my place?" Darry asked.

"Yeah please."

"Alright man. I'll be over in 10." Darry told his friend. Austin muttered thank you, and began to pack his bag with clothes for tomorrow and money for lunch. He knew that the Curtis's had no problem letting him stay, and eat a good meal because his parents didn't care. He put his backpack on his shoulder, and walked down the stairs. He vaguely heard his dad yelling at him, but he didn't care. He walked right out and into his friend's truck.

"Thanks Darry." Austin said.

"It's no issue. My folks weren't joking when they said that you could move in." Darry told him, and Austin put his head on the window and closed his eyes.

"Austin…?"