Alright I take back my comment about Zizou, (Zinedine Zidane) being an idiot, if Materazzi said a racial comment to him, Materazzi deserves a lot worse than that head-butt and more power to Zizou. Anyway enough football talk, on with the show.

Disclaimer: The song "That was a crazy game of poker" is preformed by O.A.R. and I do not own it

Note to readers: The song That was a crazy game of poker was shortened to fit the story because it is an 8 min something song. (If you feel like you could dig it you should listen to the song its really good, Their a punk rock band but this song they sing doesn't fit that genre, one that does is Love and Memories, which is a kickass song!) AND THERE IS TEXT BETWEEN THE SONG LINES THAT YOU SHOULD READ. IT JUST FLOWS BETTER IF U DO, THOSE LINES WILL BE STANDARD TEXT AND THE SONG IS IN BOLD.

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Chapter 4: The Domino Effect of Emotions

Domino's POV

I sat in TechEd working on our second assignment of the year which was building a Go-Cart (It's not that hard to imagine every year at my school we do it) I was sitting in the seat I just put in wiping grease off my hand and admiring the ring Dallas had given me, I guess I was lost in my thoughts because I failed to notice Steve and Soda making their way to me with a couple of wrenches in their hands. They struck the frame of my cart making a great ringing noise in my ear.

"Ahh shit man. What do you have to go and do that for?" Soda pinched my nose and smiled.

"Back to reality Bebe, lunch bell rang." I climbed out of my cart and took off the navy coveralls the school supplied. I grabbed my bag in a hurry and turned back around to Steve and Soda, "See you guys after lunch."

"Be careful Dom." I gave Soda a curt smile.

"Aren't I always."

"Yea but I mean be careful of Dally," I noticed a cold look in Soda's eyes, that was really rare.

"And don't do anything with your boyfriend that would put your mama to shame!" Steve interjected.

"Wouldn't' dream of it." It was Steve's turn to laugh.

"Yea sure thing doll." We sure were a funny bunch I'll give us that much.

I made my way over to the parking lot to see Dally, Pony and Johnny already there.

"Hey boys."

"Hey Domino, where's Two-bit?"

"He's got a lunch hour meeting with the principal, fooled around to much in Tech."

"Well hop in then sweet cheeks." Dally told me. Pony called shotgun and ran for it but Dallas made him move to the backseat.

"Sorry kiddo this seat is for my girl." Dally said with pride in his voice.

"Yuck."

"Oh yuck yourself Pone."

"Hold on girl."

"What" I gave Dallas one of my famous quizzical looks. He just reached over to me and started to rub my nose. "What in gods name are you doing?" He pulled his hand away and revealed the grease on his fingers.

"I'm going to kill Soda!" I began to rub my nose to make sure there was not a spot of grease on it, I'm pretty sure I looked like Rudolph when I was done. Within seconds we headed down to the grocery store. Dally asked me to get him a pack of Du Maurier cigarettes a Pepsi, and headed off to talk to some greasers in the parking lot. "Come on boys." I nodded towards the store and Pony and Johnny followed. "Go grab what you want and meet me at checkout, Pone grab 2 Pepsis for Dal and me eh?"

"Sure. Come on Johnnycakes."

I wandered around the store and came across some diet pills. I grabbed two packs and headed to check out.

"Hey boys," I noticed Johnny wasn't carrying anything. "Hey John-boy where is your lunch?"

"I don't have any money."

"Well go grab some stuff, I've got some."

"No it's alright."

"John, I'm gonna count to 10 and if you aren't back here by then with some food I'm gonna beat the living tar out of you. Ya here?" No one ever called Johnny 'John' but I figured to make my point I was going to have to try something different. It must've worked because his face went pale and he ran for the Pepsi cooler and some chips. I put the pills, 4 Pepsis and the chips on the belt making sure Pony and Johnny didn't see the pills; I asked the woman for 2 Du Maurier packs one for me and one for Dallas. She rang up the items and we headed outside.

"Dally!"

"See you later guys." He pounded fists with the boys. "Hey did you get my stuff?"

"Yeah here." I rifled through the brown bag for Dally's coke and fags (A/N I hope no one gets offended by me calling them that, I just always do, it's the Brit inside me I guess!). We started to drive back and I handed Johnny and Pony the bag absent mindedly.

"Hey Domino, what are these pills for?" I looked of from my Pepsi and saw Pony holding up the bag with a concerned look in his eyes.

"Diet pills." I needed to keep this conversation as short as possible. I was not in the mood for a lecture from my little brother.

"What for babe?" Dally asked me.

"To clean the floor with, what do you think?" I punched him in the arm.

"I don't know Domino, they might not be safe. You're already a normal size."

"Lighten up Pone, their normal pills and they've got to be safe for them to sell it at a grocery store. Now don't give me the third degree about it!" I got pissed with every word.

"Sorry." He mumbled.

"Don't be sorry Pone, she's just PMSing." Dallas laughed as we got to school. I smacked his cheek and left the car grabbing my stuff as I left.

Two-Bit's POV

I left the principal's office with a new bounce in my step. I had beaten my record on how pissed I could get the principal. He was probably still steaming. When I turned the corner and slammed right into Domino.

"Sorry Dom."

"It's fine Two-bit."

"What's wrong?"

"Dallas." My blood bubbled, no one hurts my 'sister' and gets away with it.

"What did he do?"

"Nothing really. He just---he's just being himself."

"Well, you tell me if he hurts you and I'll kick the crap out of him."

"Yea."

"Hey Two-bit, hey sis, you calm down yet?" Pony and Johnny came up to us and I pounded their fists.

"Peachy keen. How's Dally? Is he steamed?"

"Yea, but don't worry just give him a few hours. He said he'd be over tonight for poker."

"I don't know if I'm going home tonight, I'm not ready to see Darry." Wow what Darry did and said really was chewing on her the wrong way. I rubbed her back sympathetically.

"Well it's your lucky night; Darry said he's going out on a date and that we shouldn't wait up. So if he does come home, you'll already be in bed."

"Well then what are we waiting for let's go tell the gang!" I chimed, this was good news, I needed to have a good drink and game with the boys.

"Two-bit." Johnny snapped me back from my daydream of beer.

"Yea boy-oh?"

"Um, school is what we're waiting for. We still have another class, then Dom's got work after school."

"Yea sorry Two-bit its gonna be another six hours before you can get ripped." Dom chastised me.

"Are you sure about that?" I opened up my leather jacked revealing a can of beer that I had stashed. I cocked an eye-brow at Dom. "Are you feeling alright, you should know me better than that." She slapped me on the chest.

"Oh, shut-up, come on we've got Photo next, (A/N Do you think they would have a class like that back then?) and I'm feeling a little clicker crazy!"

Dally's POV

I think I made 15 'U'-turns before deciding to suck up my pride and pick up Domino after school like I promised. She didn't deserve to get jumped again because she decided to be a bitch and smack me. Okay so maybe I shouldn't have commented on the fact that she was PMSing. Whatever the sooner I get there the sooner I can drop her off, I care about the girl but I don't have to care about her right now…or was the saying 'I love you, but I don't have to like you right now'…aww who gives a shit. I'm really starting to go soft. I would usually have a problem with that, but my life was in shambles right now. I turned to liquor instead of my father, I steal stuff instead of telling the people I love how I feel and I didn't have two dimes to rub together. Domino is like Johnny, she gives me the hope that there is good in the world, and that good doesn't mind hanging with a hood. (A/N, no pun intended…well maybe a little, what can I say I love me a good rhyme.)

I pulled up to the parking lot from the far side and I saw Domino have the same debate I was having with myself earlier. She stood there mumbling before she turned around and walked two steps, stopped again and steadied her hand she turned around twice so fast that it looked like a spontaneous spin.

"What the hell is this girl on?" I wondered to myself. Before she started to walk away again I honked the horn letting her know I was there to pick her up. She turned around and smiled hesitantly. "Hey," I said as she got in.

"Hi." She stared at her Converse as we pulled out.

"How was the rest of your day."

"It was—heh-well-um—there" she stopped and sucked in a breath. "Good…good." Oh god it was never good news when she started to stumble and laugh uncomfortably.

"What is it?" I really need to learn how to talk to a chick, note to self: hang out with Soda more.

"Well, we had a sub in photo."

"And…" I tried to get her to continue.

"I was just thinking about this whole Darry thing. I mean everyone tells me he means good, but I just don't see it. He can't call me his sister, because that would have to make him my brother, and no brother would ever hit his sister or say any of the things he's said to me. No. If he was my brother he'd be supportive and understanding, he'd say 'try harder next time' when I get a C+ in math and say 'good going, you really have some talent with a camera or a canvas' instead of 'stop wasting your time on these artsy-fartsy crap and spend more time in the academics so that you can get somewhere and be something."

"Wow, sounds like you really thought this through."

"Yea," She started on this whole ramble on how Darry doesn't love her or even Pony the way he loved Soda and himself. Wow, since when were her and Pony tight? She must have been talking for a while because the next thing I knew she was saying "Oh, we're here, well your speed ceases to amaze me." I parked the car and followed her in.

"Hey Taz."

"Hey Dal."

"How's business?"

"Would be better if I didn't have hoods like you leave here with the store under their jacket."

"Heh what can I say, I set records people try and break."

"Yea I guess. Hey Dom your shift starts in 5 so you better hurry it up."

"Yeah, sure, just let me get changed." She started to head to the employee bathroom and so I followed her.

"Hey don't close the door on me."

"Oh sorry, but I need to change."

"Nothing I haven't seen before."

"I'm serious Dally."

"So am I! Besides how are you gonna get that shirt off without hurting your ribs."

"So that was your plan."

"Yea-ah!" I squealed. Oh god, did that sound just come from my throat?

"Alright fine but no funny stuff, you're gonna get me in trouble with Taz."

Dom's Pov

Oh boy oh, I am bored. I am soooo bored. Bored…board...bore…boar….the words have lost all meaning…like north…nor-th…no-r-th…no-are-th(-e)…Dude that's mind blowing. Mind, m-i-n-d…crazy.

"Dom, HEY DOM! Are you listening to me!"

"Huh?" I looked up and Taz, the manager of the DX, was waving his arms like a madman in front of my face. "Oh hey man schup?" (A/N that's right I spelt sup with a lisp effect Snaps fingers)

"I'm closing up shop early, its been slow."

"It's been alright."

"Well usually when Soda's working it's a crowd but sorry you're just not bringing in the customers as much as I thought you would when I first hired you."

"HEY!"

"I'm just joshing."

"Heh, right. Can I borrow the phone to have Dal pick me up?"

"I'll drop you off."

"Okiez."

"Thanks." I waved off Taz after he left me off at my house.

"Hey I was just heading over to pick you up." Dal was standing in the doorway on his way to being drunk and naked…well he didn't have his shirt on. Oh god.

"There is no way I'm playing strip poker!"

"Wouldn't dream of it." It was strange, the way Dal stood in the doorway with the light illuminating him from behind, he looked as innocent as Soda…I shook my head knowing better.

We all sat around playing a game of poker like we always did, and I wasn't doing so well. I gave Two-bit a nudge in the ribs and winked. He just nodded and I slammed down my cards and began to sing the song me and Two-bit made up one night while we were playing poker with the gang. Everyone got extremely annoyed by the song, but that was the point. Every time Two-bit or I were losing all our money we just distracted everyone from the game with the song and a card fight and that way everyone got their money back when we lost track. We were sneaky like that.

(Domino) Ohh myyyy
20 throw down in my fist of rage
and the man to my left has folded down

"Oh come on Dom I'm winning do you really have to start that up again?" I just ignored Steve's comment and kept singing.
well Johnny doubled up with a royal flush
I had three jacks and a pair of nines
my mind is turning - just two shots more
there's not much left to play
well then dude walks in black hat on top
What a mop,
I nudged Steve in the Ribs I'm lucky
It wasn't a county cop
cause I'm just runnin out of time

(Both) Who's up for game two
(Domino) what to do?
my wallet's gettin thin
and I just lost my watch last night (Two-bit: I just watched my watch last night)
well I gotta problem
(Both) just one answer
(Domino) gotta throw it all down
(Both) and kiss it goodbye, Yeah!

(Domino) That was a crazy game of poker (Two-bit: That was a crazy game of poker)
I lost it all (Two-bit: I lost it all)
but someday I'll be back again
And I, never to fold. (Two-bit: never to fold)

(Both) Who's up for game three
(Domino) I can barely see the bourbon drowning next to me
And I just lost it all
(Both) well there's a man sittin next to me
(Domino) Red, with smiling eyes
It's funny
(Both) I don't have no money tonight, yeaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!

That was a crazy game of poker (Two-bit: That was a crazy game of poker)
I lost it all (Two-bit: I lost it all)
but someday I'll be back again
And I, never to fold. (Two-bit: never to fold)

Bitty bop bop bop ba-da-bop (Two-bit scats while Domino makes drum sounds)
(Two-bit) I say now skittleedat dat,
(Both) Well how bout that?
(Two-bit) I'm coming out the front never coming out the back

And I walked into the bar yesterday
Cause I had something to do, something to say
And Johnny walked in right behind me and I didn't turn around
Til I heard the sound of his feet falling on the ground
I looked over my shoulder and I saw a clown
And I said what'cha doin' in the bar tonight.

(Both) So I said Johnny whatcha doing tonight?
He looked at me with a face full of fright
And I said, how bout a revolution?
And he said right.
I say oh, you say ah
I say revolution, and you say jah
I say oh, you say ah
I say revolution, and you say jah, jah, jah, jah, jadda-oh

(Two-bit) I said that, was the craziest game of poker that I ever saw
I said that, was the craziest game of poker that I ever saw
But I'm not gonna quit and I'm not gonna stop
Don't give a shit cause I got the drop
Johnny just got two eyes just like mine
And I'm feeling kinda funky, kinda fine
And I drank a bottle of whiskey, 'fore I came
Came to the bar to see what's the same
I saw my man named Johnny sittin' across the table from me

(Domino) And to my left was a man, he had no chin

I nudged Steve again while he complained about my 'below the belt' comment
Didn't really think about starting to sin
The man to my right wasn't feeling kinda nice

I threw my arm around Dally trying to cheer him up.
He looked kinda mad and I felt bad
(Two-bit) Beacuse I took his money last night it's kinda funny
But now I'm just struggling--
I need a honey-bunny.

I jumped into Two-bit's arms as we started to finish the song.
I don't know what to say anymore
So I'm just gonna go out, anywho...

Everyone else couldn't resist by the end and they jumped in on the chorus.

So I said Johnny whatcha doing tonight?
He looked at me with a face full of fright
And I said, how bout a revolution?
And he said right.
I say oh, you say ah
I say revolution, and you say jah

I say oh, you say ah
I say revolution, and you say jah

I say oh, you say ah
I say revolution, and you say jah
I say oh, you say ah
I say revolution, and you say jah jah jah jah jadda-oh

"Oh" We all winded down as Darry walked in.

"Talk about your buzz kill," I whispered to the group. Dally who was playing with his cards gave a half-stifled half-snorted laugh.

"What's going on?" Darry walked further into the house towards us. I just tensed up and stood for my room. "Dom," I didn't want to hear it.

I just marched into the bedroom without a word to him. I'm going to kill Pony, he said Darrel was going out and wouldn't be back all night. That little brat is gonna wish he was the one gone all night when he deals with me.

"Hey" I looked up to see Dally standing in the doorway.

"Either come in or stay out, if you leave the door open who knows what kind of animals are gonna make their way through." I referred to Darry as Dally stepped into my and Soda's room and closed the door.

"You know kid that mouth of yours is gonna get you in serious trouble some day."

"Too late," I laid my back against the wall as I sat on the bed.

"Hey," Well that's a soft tone I never thought would come from Dally's mouth. "I know he shouldn't have hit you, but he's really sorry. The tension is killing everybody."

"Sorry isn't good enough; I mean how many times has he told me that?" Dally just gave a heavy sigh and sat next to me.

"Please, for me will you just consider making peace?" I gave in; my sulking expression went to a smirk with that line.

"Dallas Winston wants peace?"

"Hey like you said before, you're gonna be the death of me."