Chapter 4

Sarah's POV

My eyes fluttered open and my hands went to hold my aching head. I searched around the room for something familiar, seeing as I had no memory of this place. The sheets I lay under were blue, and there was a lamp on a small table next to the bed. I closed my eyes again and lay back against the pillow. That's when it flooded back to me. No home, Steve and Johnny leaving me at the movies, Tom and I drinking, and Dallas Winston bringing me up here.

I cursed Dallas under my breath. Who did he think he was anyway? I quickly jumped out of the bed, truly happy when I found that all my clothes were still on my body. I must have been pretty sick last night for him to have just left me in the bed. I'm sure no other virgin had slept in Dallas's bed and had come out the same the next morning. Before he could come back and find me awake I walked down the stairs finding that the people from last night had cleared, apart from the greasers who'd passed out.

I recognized Tom out of the corner of my eye. It would have been in my nature to leave him there, but the black eye he sported held my curiosity.

"Tom?" I questioned, tiptoeing over to him. His closed eyes shot open, well, one of his eyes opened. "What happened to you?" I questioned kneeling in front of the chair he sat in.

"Nothing important." He yawned rubbing his black eye by accident and swearing out loud.

A rush of fury swept through me as I realized whom Tom and probably received the shiner from. "Did Dallas do this?"

"You know Sarah, I thought you knew better." He went to get up but I stood before he could, and pushed him back into the chair. He was too hung over to fight back.

"Know better about what?" I yelled, anger seeping out of my voice.

"Dallas Winston?" He chuckled to himself, "How was the fuck?"

It took a minute for me to totally comprehend what he had said. When I did, I slapped him. "You're a jerk Tom Day!" He laughed some more, as he rubbed his left cheek.

"After you two went at it last night, he came down from the room and decided to beat the hell out of me." His chuckle had turned deadly, "Lucky for me the police were called. I'd probably be dead if they hadn't showed up and arrested him." It was then that I really saw what a snake Tom was. What greaser called the fuzz on fellow grease?

"You should have died Tom." With that I walked away and out into the warm summer morning.

As I walked back in the direction of the Curtis' house I began to think of all the reasons I hated Dallas Winston, and what had caused my hate in the first place. Well the second question wasn't that hard to answer. When he'd come back from New York, I was fourteen. It hadn't taken Dallas too long to start hitting on me, even though I was young, so was he. I'd fallen for him. What girl wouldn't? He was handsome! He still is, only now I see him in a different light from back then. We were together quite often, he was still pretty cold (a few years in prison and in New York could do the to a person) but I had had plans to change that, until I found him with her. It didn't take long until I realized how many girlfriends he really had. And that's how it ended.

Since then I've hated Dallas. He does the stupidest things, and he's just an awful person! Now he was in jail because he picked a fight with Tom. So now he was stupid and in jail, what a combination! Unpleasant memories faded away when I reached Two Bit's house. I decided to stop in for a visit.

I knocked on the front door and when nobody answered I let myself in. I knew Two Bit's mom would be working, and that he'd probably been out drinking last night. Sure enough, when I got inside and into the living room, Two Bit was passed out on the couch. I smiled sympathetically, he really needed to cut back on the booze. I walked into the bathroom and grabbed a cloth from the top shelf over the sink. I wet it with cold water and went back to tend to Two Bit.

I placed the cool cloth on his forehead and went into the kitchen. Opening the fridge I noticed that he was as low on groceries as my fridge had been. There was however, a few eggs and some cheese. As funny as it may seem, I knew where everything was at Two Bit's. I had the eggs scrambling on the stove before too long, and was adding the grated cheese to make an even more delicious breakfast for Two Bit.

When the eggs were finished I put them on a plate and turned off the stove. I took the eggs to Two Bit, who was still asleep on the couch. I sighed and placed the plate on the coffee table and kneeled down by Two Bit's head. I took the cloth and began to wipe his cheeks. He began to stir and mumble different words so I took the cloth away and propped his head up with a pillow.

"Sarah?" I smiled as his eyes opened. I saw so many questions behind those eyes, and I knew I was in for a serious interrogation.

"Hey Two Bit. Hungry?" I took the plate from the table and handed it to him, hoping to delay the questioning. He took it happily.

"I haven't had breakfast, like breakfast breakfast, in weeks." He laughed shoveling the egg into his mouth.

"Well maybe you should go grocery shopping." I said as I pushed his legs over the couch and sat next to him.

"Shoot Sarah, that's mom's job." He laughed, and I laughed too. He placed the plate back on the coffee table when he was done and put his hand on my shoulder. "Are you okay?" he asked softly. Okay so when Two bit interrogated someone it was in a very nice manner, but I still didn't like the question he asked.

I looked up at him, my thoughts blank. The obvious response came out with a non-satisfying 'yes'.

"Sarah," he said my name so softly it sounded like the wind, "I know about what happened… at home." I felt my chest tighten, and my eyes begin to sting. "You know the gang will look after you right. You and Johnny." He touched my face with his large hands, and turned me towards him.

"Johnny needs help more than I do." I choked, "I'm free, he's still in a cage."

"We'll all look after him, but I know that's not how you feel. As bad as your parents treat you, I know you miss home." He said rubbing my back.

"Two Bit, I just feel like, I have nothing." I sniffed and wiped my nose.

"You've got everything!" He said sternly, "you don't need people who won't care for you, you've got me, and Steve and Johnny and the rest of the gang."

A sob escaped my throat as I thought of Johnny and Steve. "They don't care now either. I pushed them away Two Bit. I yelled at Johnny and was completely cold to Steve." My breathing became uneven as more tears slipped down my cheeks.

"Their going to forgive you Sarah, you know that. Everyone knows you've got it rough right now." Two Bit said trying to calm me down.

"No Two Bit, listen to what I'm saying!" I was so upset I hadn't noticed the volume of my voice rising, "I'm cold! Last night I didn't care about anyone!" Those words caught in my throat. They were so true, and the same truth applied to Dallas Winston. "Oh my god!" I cried placing my face in my hands and sobbing even more hysterically.

"Sarah, calm down." Two Bit was beginning to get a little frightened by my sudden sobbing fit. 'Everything's okay, You do care, isn't it obvious, look what you did for me this morning."

I looked up at Two Bit and the tears began to slip noiselessly down my cheeks. That's why Two Bit didn't have love for me. Instead, he felt love for me. He took me and held me in his arms, like Dallas had done, only this felt very different. This was a brother hugging me. Someone who never wanted me to hurt and who would always be there as a father figure, and brother. Someone I could look up to. With Dally it had been different. It was warm, unfamiliar, and something else I couldn't quite figure out.

After my eyes had dried out I let out a pathetic laugh, "Two Bit, let's not tell anyone about my blubbering okay?"

He laughed and messed my hair, " Okay kid." I pushed his shoulder and he stood up laughing as he skipped out of the house. I heard a large thud, and laughed even harder when I realized that it was Two Bit falling down the front stairs.

A/N: Hey I hope you enjoyed this chapter! It's one of my favorite, because I Love Two Bit! If you have anything to say about this chapter please leave me a review!