Chapter Two-Hold it Against Me
If I said my heart was beating loud,
If we could escape the crowd somehow,
If I said I want your body now,
Would you hold it against me?
I looked up, wondering why my guy had been yanked away from me. That's when I realize he's cursing at someone else. The guy he's yelling at has curly dark hair and I recognize him immediately. Momentarily forgetting about the fact I was just making out with someone, I hop up, excited to see my cousin.
"Hey, Steve!" I said cheerfully. He turned his attention away from the other guy and looked at me. His eyes were angry, and I took a step back at the sight of them. I never saw him that mad before.
"You know each other?" The guy I was making out with asked surprised, but the anger was still in his voice. Steve's eyes widened with realization, but didn't soften.
"She's my cousin, you ass!" He yelled at the other guy. I expected the guy to hit him-he sure looked like he wanted to. He didn't though; he just looked back at me, studying me more closely. I looked around nervously, not liking being watched so closely. I realized we had attracted a crowd. Not a big one, but the people near us were staring.
Finally, the guy's eyes widened, "Stacy?" He asked, surprised it was me. I looked at him confused. He knew me? Now that I thought about it he did look kind of familiar.
"Yeah, duh." Steve said, still angry.
"Steve, I really didn't know," the guy said, a sincere voice. Steve seemed to loosen up, I was glad too, because if they were to fight I seriously doubt that Steve would win. I mean, Steve looks pretty strong, but the other guy was defiantly older, and just by looking at him you knew he was not someone you would want to fight.
"Okay, who are you?" I asked, unable to try to guess anymore. Steve rolled his eyes at me; I might have slurred those last words. It's not good to be involved in drama like this when you're this drunk.
"Dallas Winston," He introduced himself. Then I remembered him. Looking at him now, I don't know how I didn't recognize him. I gasped and covered my mouth. He was one of Steve's buddies. I felt bad then, I understood why Steve was so angry. I can imagine how he felt showing up at a party to find his favourite cousin pressed up against a wall by one of his close friends.
"Steve, I'm sorry!" I said, hoping he wasn't too angry at me. Steve can hold a grudge. For a long time. He sighed and came over to me. He put his hand on the small of my back and turned me towards the door.
"Let's just go. Dal, find yourself someone else for tonight," he said, pushing me lightly away from there.
I didn't like it when he said that though. He just told Dally to go off and find some other girl for tonight. Like I was no different from any other girl there. He just told Dally to go find some other girl to take my place, replace me. I frowned at the thought of Dally all over someone else. He was a really good kisser, and I wanted him kissing me.
Steve had to push me a little harder to get me to keep moving. I was staring at Dally, wanting to stay. I know it's wrong, I know he's Steve's friend and, from what I've heard, a pretty dangerous hood. But I didn't care. I wanted to stay here and kiss him some more. I kept looking at him and he looked right back at me. I couldn't read the look on his face though. Finally he disappeared behind people's heads and I left with Steve.
Steve was really nice to me. Helping me up the stairs and to my room. I was feeling dizzy from the booze and laughing at everything around me. As soon as I was in bed, I passed out.
I woke up with a pounding headache. The house was quiet, and I was thankful for that. After a couple minutes of lying on my bed in pain, I decided to get up. I went downstairs and found aspirin and cereal in the cupboards.
While I was eating, Steve came in and sat across from me.
"Morning!" He purposefully said it too loudly. I groaned and dropped my head in my hands. He snickered at me and asked, "You remember much from last night?"
I thought about it. Yes, I didn't remember walking home, but I remembered Dallas. His hands on me. His mouth on mine. My back against the wall. I remembered it all too clearly. I shook my head, trying to rid it of the thoughts. "Not too much," I lied to Steve.
"You remember Dally?" He asked, a hint of anger touching his voice.
"Yeah."
It was awkwardly silent for a moment, before he clapped his hands together, loudly. "Well, want to come get re-acquainted with the gang today?" He asked, changing the topic, I was glad.
"Sure!" I told him, enthusiastically. The guys were so nice to me the last time I was here. Of course, we were all younger back then, but I was excited to see them now. I wanted to see how they had grown up.
On the way over to the Curtis', Steve filled me in on what was going on around here. He told me that Mr. And Mrs. Curtis had died in an accident. Darry had custody of the younger ones now. He worked a lot. Soda had dropped out of school, and worked with Steve at the gas station. Johnny got beat up pretty bad by the socs a couple months ago, and was kind of jumpy because of it. Other than that, not much else had changed.
I walked into their house behind Steve. I noticed he didn't bother to knock, just walked right in like he lived there. When I went inside there were a few boys on the couch, and a couple in the kitchen.
"What you make for breakfast?" Steve called in, momentarily forgetting about me at the smell of food. The guys in the living room looked up at me, not saying anything for a little while. I realized Steve wasn't going to come back and introduce me, so I spoke up.
"Hi. I'm Stacy, Steve's cousin. I met you guys when I was younger and visited, but that was a while ago. I'm going to be staying in town for a little while." I explained to them. The one who was sitting on the floor jumped up and came towards me.
"Oh! Stacy! I knew Steve couldn't pull off picking up something gorgeous as yourself!" He said, coming over to me with a goofy grin. I crinkled my nose at that thought. Ew.
"Two-Bit, don't even think about it! Do not touch her." Steve warned through a full mouth as he came back into the room.
"I know, I know. That's Dally's job right?" Two-Bit joked. He laughed out loud at his own stupid comment as Steve glared at him and I blushed. Did they all already know about that?
"How'd you know about that?" I asked him.
"I was at the party with Steve here when he stormed off. I look up and he's ready to fight Dally. So, I'm laughing to myself, thinking 'what is this guy doing, starting shit with Dallas?' Anyways I watched the whole thing go down. Man, it was better than a movie. I liked when Dally actually backed down. Didn't see that one coming, I thought Steve was going to lose some teeth, talking to Dal like that. I can't believe you were only in town for a few hours and already started something like that. I can't blame you though, I mean, with a body like that. Good job growing up by the way," Two-Bit rambled on. He talked kind of quickly, and I didn't appreciate the fact that the other guys in the room now knew exactly what had happened. But, since they didn't look too surprised, I figured they must've already known.
"Two-Bit, lay off. If you hit on her again, I'll hit you." Steve said, glaring again. I just laughed at him being so protective. I looked to the other boys.
"So... do you guys talk, or?" I asked them.
"I'm Ponyboy," one said, smiling at me, "and this is Johnny." Johnny still hadn't spoken, but I smiled at both of them anyways.
"Nice to meet you," I said, politely, glad someone in here wasn't hitting on me in front of Steve.
I went into the kitchen to meet the other two guys. I walked in and they looked up at me. I recognized one of them right away.
"Let me guess..." I said, "Sodapop?" I asked, looking at the handsome one. He smiled at me. To my surprise he came over to me and hugged me. I hugged him back and looked up at him. He had really grown.
"Stacy! How long are you staying?" He asked, happily. I smiled at him. He was Steve's best friend, and I knew him better than the rest of the guys. I hung around with him and Steve the most of my last trip here. I had a huge crush on him back then too, but, then again, who doesn't?
"A long time." I told him. Then I looked over at the other guy, he was just finishing up with the dishes. "So, that means you're Darry," I said when he looked at me.
"Yeah. It's nice to see you again, Stace," he said, a welcoming smile on his face. I hung around with him a lot last time too, he was real nice. They all were, but the Curtis boys were more... polite than the rest of them.
I heard the front door open and slam closed. I went back into the living room with Soda, but stopped when I saw who came in. Dally was standing in the doorway, his arm drooped around some girl.
She had hair as dark as mine, but straight, and a lot of makeup on. Her clothes didn't cover enough of her and she was chewing loudly on her gum. I couldn't help but hope she wasn't around to stay.
Dally paused when he saw me, then smirked. It was a mocking smirk, and it infuriated me. What gives him the right to come in here, mocking and laughing at me, just because I had a little too much to drink and a good time? But thinking about that only made me want him to kiss me again, which made me even angrier.
I stopped looking at him and sat between Two-Bit and Johnny on the couch.
"Hey, Dal. New girl already?" Two-Bit asked, making me clench my teeth together.
The girl with Dally glared at him. "Funny. Two-Bit, why don't you learn to keep your mouth shut," she told him. Wow, she seems real nice.
"As soon as you learn to do the same with your legs, Sylvia." Two-Bit replied, grinning. I had to grin too, that was a good one. Apparently, Dally didn't think so. He smacked Two-Bit on the side of the head.
"Watch your mouth. Were back together." Dally defended his girl. I crossed my arms and tried to ignore him.
"Awe!" Two-Bit said, overly exaggerated. I was glad he was there to make fun of them. It lightened the situation up a little. Dally gave him a glare and that shut him up, but he was still smiling.
"Yeah, we made up last night!" Sylvia said, holding up her hand with a big ring on it. Last night. Last night Dally was with me. I couldn't help but think that if Steve hadn't interrupted maybe I could've been the one wearing his ring. I could be his girl. I pushed that thought out of my mind. No. I can't think like that. He's Steve's friend. That's all. Just Steve's friend... who happens to be a really good kisser and have the ability to make my skin tingle with one touch.
I looked up at the couple again and quickly looked away.
"Want to go for a walk?" Soda asked into my ear. I jumped up.
"Sure, let's go!" I said, way too eager to get out of there. The rest of the guys in the room looked at me strangely, not having heard Soda's question.
"We're going to go for a walk," Soda explained, standing next to me.
I brushed past Dally on my way out. I felt my arm hit his and almost paused. Instead, I just walked faster, trying to ignore the jolt I got just being close to him. I wondered if he felt it too. Probably not.
I was outside and accompanied by Soda quickly.
Author's Note:
Sooo... I didn't get any reviews on my last chapter :( . But, the fact that one person added me to their alerts makes writing this all worth while! I'm glad you're enjoying it! Anyways, I know that this was kind of a slow chapter again, but the story is only begining, I got to lay the ground work, ahaha. It will get much more interesting! I hope you like it. I'll update again soon! Review please, people!
