Hey! I am so sorry it has been forever since I last updated. Truth is, a lot has been going on and I havent had the time to write and/or I had writers block. I hope you enjoy this chapter. I tried to make it a bit longer to make up for lost time. Review and or Favorite/Follow!
Curly and Marie were on their way to the Dingo when they ran into Johnny. He had told them he and the gang were all meeting there for dinner before the movie. Curly and Marie ended up getting distracted with messing around with Socs, so Johnny said he would just meet them there.
Dallas was sitting in the Dingo, with the Curtis brothers, waiting for the rest of the gang to show up when someone from the brumbly gang started talking to him.
"So, Dally, that sister of yours, she's pretty hot." Dally didn't say anything, but glared at the boy.
"You must be seeing things, cuz Dally ain't got a sister." Soda said.
"Well, she looked just like Dallas, only in a girl form and better looking, hotter. In fact you two were there." The greaser nodded his head toward Pony and Darry.
"Actually, Soda," Dally said, "I do have a sister. I've never talked about her." Dallas grabbed the greaser by his collar and pulled him closer to his face and said, "And if you call her hot one more time I'll-"
The front door to the Dingo opened and in came Marie and Curly. Marie didn't notice Dallas and the others, but Curly did, and as soon as Marie went in the other direction, he pulled her over towards Dallas.
Everyone's eyes got wide.
"Told ya," The boy Dallas was holding said,
"Shut it." Dallas whispered under his breath then pushed the boy away and looked at Marie.
Marie didn't know what to do, should she say something? Should she just run up to him and scream his name like they did in movies? Like when the girl finally see's her lover or whomever?
Shock was written all over their faces. Tension was in the air. Not because the two sibbles had just been reunited, but because Mr. Winston had just rolled in the Dingo with some chick, both drunk, and instantly noticed his son and daughter. He walked over to them and said,
"Elizabeth, the fu** you doing here? I thought I finished you New York."
Marie's eyes turned even colder. Ponyboy seemed to notice this because he got Dallas's attention and nodded to Marie and pointed to his eyes. Dallas knew what he meant. When Marie get's mad her eyes turn pitch black, even with the sun in her face they looked black, lifeless.
The only thing Marie said was, "It's Marie."
"No one cares." Mr. Winston said taking a sip of his beer with the woman still standing next to him.
"Mom does."
"So did you little fiance."
"Excuse me?" Marie fisted her hand and her nails dug into her skin.
Dallas stood next to Marie and said "What did you finish?" Mr. Winston obviously wasn't that drunk because he could remember the scene, the blood and the smile upon his face.
Mr. Winston gave an evil smile and said, "You knew him, Dani boy. One of your little ass friend."
"Yeah, what bout him old man?" Dallas was getting impatient.
"Don't mouth me! And he's dead." Their father paused, "I killed him."
Marie lost it and attacked him.
"You son of bitch! What the hell did I ever do to you!" Marie yelled as she tackled her father and the women screamed backing away causing the entire restaurant to look at the scene.
"You were born you waste of space no good shitassed child! I never wanted you, Dallas was enough. " Marie's father punched her back. The kept punching and hitting each other and it took Dallas, Darry and Steve, who arrived during the fight, to pull Marie off of her father.
They were all breathing heavy.
"How did you kill Daniel? They were rich Socs, it wasn't money. What was it?" Marie said in a tone that was almost unrecognizable to Dallas.
The old man smirk and said, "You."
"What?"
"I promised them your turf, your gang and your title. Once you left New York, the Socs took over. It's hell up there."
"There's more to the story isn't there?" Marie was smart, she know her father was certifiably insane.
"I came up to visit to get information. You see, I've been waiting for you to leave. I was gonna kill you, but there's thing's far worse than death. So I figured I make you suffer. Like I did when you were born. I ran into Daniel two day's before. He convinced me to kill him, not you. Sweet boy, really loved you, to bad I shot him before you two got married." Her father said as he stood up, wiped his blood off and dusted his pants off and let out an evil laugh.
"It was you in the hood wasn't it? You shot him." Marie questioned.
"Yes."
Before anyone could blink, Marie whipped out her gun and shot him in the shoulder. Someone had called the police during their argument because they came barging in after she shot her father.
Marie and Dallas were in a cell at the police station waiting. Marie didn't kill him, just a simple surgery would fix the wound.
"The hell you do that for Lizzy? You could get looked up for a few years!" Dallas exclaimed.
"Like you care" Marie muttered not caring what her brother thinks.
"Of course I care you stupid lizard!" Marie smirked at her nickname, Dallas used to call her that when they were little, Lizard.
"Why did you leave?" Marie asked.
"I needed to get out."
"You could have called, visited, taken me with you. "
"You and Mom always got along. She never cared about me."
"Are you stupid? There must be a hole the size of Texas missing in your brain, Tex! She loved you, you know she cried when you left. She didn't know what had happened to her son. She got a job at the hospital because it kept her busy. After you left, I rarely saw her. I lost everyone and everything Texas." Marie said eyes getting hazy. "I needed you Dallas, but you left me."
"You had Daniel, I'm sorry bout him Marie, I didn't know he was killed."
"No, you don't know anything." Marie rolled up a sleeve on her plaid shirt revealing scars on her arms,
'Look at this, you were there last night, I know you were. You did this, years of thinking my brother left because he hated me, he didn't want me and he never loved me. Years of fighting Socs and Mexican gangs, training horses, and being pushed around like shit! Years of being the Queen of New York and not giving a damn about it because all she wanted was her King, her brother to come back and save her from herself." Marie yelled at Dallas for leaving her, part of her understanding why he left, but hating him for leaving. Still Marie never shed a tear instead her eyes dried up and they turned even colder. Tim was in there along with Curly because the police always like to question them. They both remained silent.
"Marie I'm-" Dallas was cut off because Marie's mother had finally arrived after being contacted that her daughter was jailed, again.
"Marie!"
The officer walked in after Marie's mother walked in.
"You all are free to go. Ms. Winston, we do need to talk to you though." The officer said.
The officer took Marie and her mother into a private room. All that was there was a table and a chair.
Marie sat in the chair.
"I need you to confirm that you father shot your fiance. We maybe able to get him in jail and let you go free."
After about 20 minutes Marie and the officer walked out of the room and arrested Mr. Winston for murder, attempt murder, DUI and a lot of other drug related issues. Marie's mother went back to work and the gang was waiting for Maire when she walked out of the station.
Tension and silence occurred until lost it. "What the hell Maire! I told you to stay out of trouble! Not cause trouble! You could have gotten Curly in jail. He's on parole ya know!"
It was around Marie's dinner time and she was tired and just wanted to go see Buck and Texas. Tim's yelling mad her even angrier, adding to the fact that Daniel was dead because of her father.
If Marie's eyes could get any darker, they just did. The gang watched as Maire exploded into Tim.
"You fuckin' know what Tim!? None of us could have guessed that son of a bitch I called a father would show up. And I'm already pissed that he was the one behind Daniels death, so if you wanna fight me, it's on! But if you're worried about Curly getting in trouble then you can kiss my sweet southern ass because I'd never let anything happen to him."
Marie slapped Tim in the face and ran off. The gang stood there in shock. What just happened? Dallas and Curly were the most in shock because Tim and Marie were always close, they never fight.
"I don't think she knows her way around here." Steve said.
"What do you mean Stevie?" Soda asked.
Steve pointed in the direction she ran, "She ran towards the country part of Tulsa, your's and her house is the other way."
The gang decided to go after her, but couldn find her.
Marie was a fast runner and she managed to get to Bucks bar in a fairly quick amount of time. Lucky her, Buck was still there.
"Hey, Buck, can you give me a lift up to the farm? I left my truck.." Shit Marie though, it's still at the dingo, "at the Dingo."
"Sure, but what's it doin there?"
"Long story, I'll tell you at the farm, here's my keys can you drive it up?"
"Sure, but what's the rush, something wrong?"
Buck know's Marie pretty well from New York and Tim. Her eyes were still lifeless black.
"My life. Please drop it."
"OK, I'll be up in a few after you."
Marie was driving up to the farm when her stomach growled. She remembered that Buck also lives there sometime and figured on eating up there.
When she arrived at the farm, Marie grabbed something to eat out of Buck's fridge and a bag of apples.
She walked over to where Texas was. Texas had a sense of Marie's feelings, animals are good at that.
"Here boy, have an apple." Marie held the apple in her hand and Texas gently took it.
"Good boy" Marie said rubbing his face. Marie knows what Cuck feeds new horses; 1 scoop of grain, 1 scoop of sweet feed and some hay. So, she went and grabbed a new halter and lead rope, opened the gate and went in. It didn't take long before Marie already had Texas in his stall. She was feeding him for the first time when Buck walked in.
"I guess I owe you." Buck said surprised that Marie had made such progress in little time.
"It's cool man, I got everything I need right now. I couldn't be, never mind. You got my truck?"
"Yeah your fancy ass black Chevy." Buck said grinning. Marrie always had a thing for trucks, especially black ones. Come to think of it, that's how her and Daniel met. He was new to Dallas's gang and his truck was outside their house. Marie was checking it out and he, Danielm thought she was checking him out. They were great friends and were the cutest couple, so everyone thought.
Marie laughed at Buck's comment, she knew he was thinking about Daniel and her weird like for trucks.
"Don't make fun of me, that's rude." Marie said laughing.
"Hey kiddo I'm gonna go get some dinner you alright?" Buck asked as his stomach growled
"Yeah, I'll just stay here." Marie replied.
The way Texas's stall was designed was that the door was split in half, so the top/ bottom could be open/ closed. The door was open and a rubber stall guard was the only thing keeping Texas in his stall. There was a bed of hay in his stall, next to the door and Marie sat down in the bed of hay and watched Texas eat. Slowly but surely she fell asleep. Texas noticed and horses normally sleep standing up, but he layed down next to the bed and Marie. Marie was still a bit conscious so she crawled over Texas and curled up next to his belly using little hay as a pillow and fell asleep.
It must have been around 20 mins when Buck returned and noticed the two sleeping and silently laughed to himself. Marie sure has a way with horses he thought. He then heard cars outside of the barn and went to check it out.
It was Dallas and the gang, with Tim and Curly in tow looking for Marie.
"Dallas what can I do for you?" Buck asked, already knowing the answer.
"Marie where is she, I know she's here. That's her truck."
"Relax, sh-" Buck was cut off by Dallas running into the barn.
Buck ran after trying his best not to yell and wake Marie, "She's sleeping man, don't spook the horses"
Dallas stopped in front of the stall with a sleeping Marie and horse. Everyone soon caught up and looked at them.
"She looks so peaceful" Johnny whispered to Pony, Pony just nodded.
They all just stood there for a few mins not saying anything. Tim felt so bad for yelling at her, he knew she had been through a lot, and that she would never let anything happen to Curly.
"Looks kinda like an angel" Soda said out loud, accidently. Everyone agreed, when she was asleep Marie looked..happy. It's been so long since she was truly happy.
"Marie."
"Daniel?"
"Am, I dead?"
"No silly, you're just dreaming."
"I don't have dreams."
"Of course you do, you just can't remember them."
"Oh."
"I love you Marie, you know that."
"Why did you have to leave?"
"It's better than you being killed."
"Daniel, I-"
"No Marie, listen. There was no bargaining, no arguing, no tellin you what happened, I didn't know when he was going to kill me, and I didn't want anything between us to change. You need to forgive yourself and live, baby."
"I need you."
"You have Texas."
"Dallas doesn't mean crap to me as much as you do."
"I meant your horse."
"Oh. Right."
"You'll be fine, try to stop cutting, I know you are capable of stopping."
"I had you"
"And you will always have me, you have a new gang. They love you."
"How do you know they love me?"
"I just know."
Things were beginning to fade, and Daniel seemed so far away.
"It's time to say farewell, my darling. I love you."
"I love you too Daniel."
The sun was rising and shining on Marie's face. There was something in her hand. Daniel's necklace.
