Nothings Fair

I don't own The Outsiders or the characters. I only own Alex, Joe and thier mom.

Authors Note: Thank you for all the reviews, seriously. Sorry it has taken me so long to update I have been away on vacation. Also I haven't been able to get onto my account on Fanfic.

I came to a realization. I'm going to have to quit school like Soda. That would be the only way I could help my mom pay for the bills and stuff is if I get a job. I do miss Joe, but not so much I would cry over it. Maybe I could work with Steve and Soda. I don't usually talk with Steve. I was thinking to much. I decided to go find Two-Bit. I hope he wasn't mad at me. Two-Bits like my brother.

I found Two-Bit at the lot with Johnny, Pony, and someone I have never met and it was a girl.

"Hiya guys!" I said fast, breaking the silence.

"Hey, this is Ellie." Pony was sitting next to Ellie and he was very close. Maybe I should tell Darry. I wouldn't 'cause I have some secerts with Pony that he could tell Darry and Darry would kill me.

"Hi, Alex" I looked at her confused then she continued "we go to the same school."

"Not anymore, I'm dropping out." Two-Bit stopped staring ahead and cocked one eyebrow at me.

"Why?" Johnny looked suprised. I was probaly the last one in the gang to say that.

"O, come on you guys, you know I have to. Its like if I want to stay with my mom and live near you guys I have to." Two-Bit couldn't take it.

"I CAN'T BELIEVE IT, YOU OF ALL PEOPLE SHOULD KNOW DALLY WOULD HELP YOU! AFTER ALL HE DOESN'T CARE ABOUT THE REST OF US BUT HE SURE WILL CARE ABOUT YOU!" Johnny moved silently at this.

"Two-Bit i'm sorry. Your like a brother to me. My best friend. I just couldn't date you or kiss you, I'm sorry. I love you in a different"

"Once again it's all about you." Two-Bit threw his beer bottle down and walked away.I could feel tears welling up. I usually don't cry. But it felt like being slapped by your brother. Hard. I started to cry. I just couldn't take it. I ran to DX. I heard Pony calling after me, but I didn't stop I didn't want Johnny and Pony to see me cry.

"Alex?" Soda asked.

"Soda, I need a job, I know alot about cars, please. Can you put in a good word for me with your boss?" I looked at him like I did with my dad to stop beating on my ma.

"What happened?" Soda put his arm over my shoulders.

"O, Soda, Two-Bit yelled at me, it felt like my brother slapped me hard." I was crying hard, my world was blurred.

"Its okay, Al." I knew he was trying to make me calm but it didn't work. Soda tried his grin, of his, but that didn't work either. "Was he drinking?" I guess he was starting to give up with his grin idea.

"Yea, he was." I said in between sobs "and when your drunk the truth comes out." Steve came out looking madder then I have ever seen him.

"Soda, get back to work!" Steve, doesn't like me so it would seem obvious that he didn't want to deal with me. "Are you okay Al?" But I was wrong.

"Just, I'll be fine, can you call Dal?" I asked Soda, who was still trying to calm me down.

"Sure" he said with a flash of his grin, he was gone.

"Hi, is Dallas Winston there?" I could only hear Soda talking.

"Dal, you need to come to DX. It's Alex." Soda hung up the phone.

Flashback

A worried wife starts yelling at her husband for drinking. "Where the hell have you been?"

"Leave me only, bitch."

"We have childern who could hear you." The mothers voice was shaky. The father ran over to his wife and started beating her up. All you could hear from the living room is screams. A little girl runs out into the room and looks at her father, pleading silently with him to stop.

Flashback Ends

Dally ran up to me and started kissing my forehead. I was so out of it. I didn't say anything.

"What the hell happened?" That was the second time he asked me that question like it was up to him to save me.

"Two-Bit." I said quietly, I stopped crying. I all of a sudden had a rage towards Dally. Why would he have to save me? I'm tough even though I probaly don't show it.

"Why do you care about Two-Bit?" Did he really have to ask?

"Well, gee, I don't know, he is just like a brother to me. What if Johnny yelled at you and said he hated you?"

"I don't know, look I'm sorry if I offended you. I just don't want you to get hurt." I forgot Soda and Steve were still watching us talk.

"I'm okay, its just I don't know what to do. Joe is gone, my dad wants to kill me, I need to drop out, and Two-Bit hates me."

"He doesn't hate you, don't worry it'll be okay." He picked me up and brought me to his car. I sat down in his car. Niether of us spoke. After a while I looked up at Dally. We kissed, it was like the wind. It calmed me down and I forgot about all my worries. I liked it. I put my head on his lap, my legs were scrunched (i'm not sure how to spell that) up. I must have fallen asleep cause when I woke up I saw my mom. I was still in Dallys car. Dally was gone and I was still laying down.

"Alex, what happened with your father, I already know. He just called, he wants to get you for the weekend. He is coming in an hour. He said that if you didn't trust him, you could bring one of the boys along." My mom looked worried and I knew why.

I hadn't seen my dad not drinking since I was a very little. Even then, he still didn't have my trust. I was tough, but I have only cried three or four times in my life probably. I cried when my mom was in the hospital and I had to live with my dad, when the Cutis's parents died I was really close to thier mom, and when Two-Bit was mad at me. According to Dally that was weak. I have only see Dally cry once, no one else has ever seen him cry. It was when he first found out that the Curtis's parents died.

Flashback

All of the greaser gang was in the lobby, waiting for the docter.

"I'm sorry they are both" the docter paused "gone." Then the docter left.

"No" screamed Soda. Pony was crying hard. Darry was holding his brothers. Steve just sat there trying to hold back tears. Two-Bit was too drunk to do anything. Johnny was crying too. Dally ran out of the hospital. Alex ran after him. Dally ran straight to Buck Merrils house, cursing under his breath. Alex was still running after him, crying.

"Dallas, wait." Alex screamed. Dally slowed down.

"Sorry, I'm so sorry." Dal said in between sobs.

"It's okay." They were both crying and Dally was griping onto Alex's shirt, while they both started siting down on the damp grass.

"How do you know nothing will be fine? This should of never happened, I let myself care. I knew better." You could see fear in Dally's eyes, fear for the future.

Flashback ends

That night was so weird. It hurt to see the guy I have always liked just crash down. Especialy, since I've never seen him cry before that. But Dally was tough and he got over it fast by drinking. No one in the gang has ever seen Dally cry. They only saw me cry couple times, so when they do see me cry they know it is something bad.

Next Chapter Preview: Alex goes with her father but who else goes?........Pony gets in trouble with Darry.........Soda helps Alex get a job........Two-Bit runs away