CHAPTER 5

"Well considering I just told you we were, I would say ya. Why do you want to know?" I asked, while narrowing my eyes in his direction.

He shrugged, ah! So he knows this game as well. But he isn't as good as I am. (Internal dark laugh)

"Ohh," I replied and also added, "I think I know what you mean."

He turned and narrowed his eyes at me. "What?" he asked.

I just shrugged. And looked at the girl checking out my groceries.

"How much do I owe you?"

"13 dollars," she replied, and eyed me and Dally warily, almost like we were gonna jump each other.

I grabbed the right amount and handed it to her and grabbed four bags, but there were still some left. I looked at Dally then at the bags, and he just looked at me with a small smirk, knowing what I was asking but wanting to hear me ask out loud. Well that's not gonna happen. So I picked up the other 3 myself, and began walking out to my car.

"Damn," he muttered after me, "Here give me the damn bags, Sydney."

'Man it felt good when he said my name,' I thought, 'Wait! What am I thinking? Dallas Winston? No way!'

I handed him three bags and continued on my way just ignoring him.

I walked up to the car and sure enough there were Soda and Steve sitting in the back seat smoking and laughing.

"Hey doll, want one?" asked Soda.

"Na, I don't smoke," I replied.

They both coughed and Dally smirked. Steve was the first to break out of his stupor.

"You don't smoke?" I nodded, "Please tell you at least have had a drink though?"

"What do you take me for a goodie too shoes? Of course I do, I can prolly even handle my liquor better than ole' Two-bit."

They all laughed and I shrugged putting the groceries in the trunk.

I got in the car and started it and sped away, yeah I can drive fast when I wanna.

We pulled up to my house sooner than I expected, and all the boys piled out and grabbed all the bags before I could even turn the car off.

Dally handed all his bags to Ponyboy and Johnny and stayed outside till I reached the porch where he grabbed me arm and said, "Can I talk to you again?"

"Well if you wantin to know you can help unload the groceries I have no objection, "Said with a smile.

He just shook his head and walked towards the side walk. I followed why not I figured.

"So what's up, Dal?"

"I was wondering if ya wanted to go to the double feature wit me tomorrow?" he asked.

"Are you asking me on a date Dallas Winston?" I asked in disbelief.

'Please say yes, please say yes,' I thought.

"Yes," he said eyeing me warily.

I played it cool and said, "I'd love to," he smiled, not a wicked one but genuine, and I had to add, "but you're gonna have to make it past my brother, Dal."

He lost a little of that smile. I felt bad, and so I smiled up to him and gently touched his chest.

He looked at my hand then at me, and I smiled again. He got back that smile.

"Who knew Dallas Winston, could make me feel butterflies?' I thought.

"Come on, we better get inside, 'fore people start thinkin' we ran off together," said accenting my Southern-ness.

He grabbed my hand, and began walking.

'Oddly this feels good,' I thought.

"There ya'll are. We were thinkin Dally might of kidnapped you or something." Said Darry.

My brother just glared at Dally. He knows something's up.

"Alright well I'm gonna start making the food," I said.

I walked into the kitchen and heard Darry say to Soda, "Maybe you should go watch her, Soda, maybe you can learn how to at least boil water."

Everyone began howling with laughter.

I had been working on dinner for about 20 minutes when I heard the door bell ring and everyone got quiet. I walked out into the living room, and Ryan got up and went to answer the door.

He opened it and their stood Tim, Curly, and Angela Sephard.

I saw them and ran over to the door and enveloped Angel in a big hug and began dragging her into the kitchen, both of us talking a mile a minute. All the boys just chuckled and said, "girls."

As we walked into the kitchen we both said at the same time, "I've missed you!"

We started laughing.

"So tell me, Sunny, I walk in the door you attack me with a hug, and Dallas doesn't take his eyes from you as we walk in here," she asked me.

"What? He did!" I asked, excited that he was paying attention to me.

She laughed and said, "Spill."

'Now I'm not a complete girly girl, but I do enjoy acting like one around Angel, because we've known each other so long.'

"He asked me out on a date," I said.

She looked at me in disbelief.

"What?"

"That's just not very Dally like," she said.

"What do you mean, Ang?"

"He usually just sleeps with girls, hasn't asked a girl out on a date, in well a while."

This got me worried.

"Well I'll be damned if he thinks I'm putting out," I replied, and we both started giggling.

We kept up talk, until dinner was ready and I said before we called the boys in that we should both get ourselves a plate.

She agreed and we both made ourselves a big plate and I yelled, "Come and get it boys."

It was like a hungry pack of wolves.

Who knew boys could eat so much.

After everyone ate and me and Ang did the dishes, Soda came in the kitchen and said, "All of us are heading over to play some football down at the lot, ya'll wanna come watch?"

"Hell, boy, I wanna play," I replied.

Angel just nodded with me.

Soda started laughing, and said, "Girls, playing football, now this is something I gotta see."

"Well you feeling like making a wager that whoever's team we play on that we'll win?" I asked with a wicked grin.

He just frowned and shook his head, "Nope, I ain't like Two-bit, I think ya'll got a chance seeing as nobody wants to take the chance to hurt either of ya. Your brothers would kill us."

We just shrugged and I said, "Just treat us like a couple of the boys." As we walked down to the lot, I straggled at the back of the group, looking for Dally, when he came up behind me and whispered in my ear, "Ya wouldn't be lookin' for me now would ya?"

I jumped and turned and said, "Now, why would the likes of me be lookin' for you?" He had a dangerous smirk on his face.

He began to walk again, and talked real low when he said, "I talked to your brother."

"And?"

"He said, if I try anything on his baby sister, he'd have me put in the cooler and then he'll kill me himself."

"Sadly, enough he would."

Dally paled a little.

"But don't worry, he would only do that if I didn't take care of ya myself," I said with a wink.

He laughed and put his arm around my shoulder.

We all reached the lot in no time and began playing.