So the last Chapter didn't get many reviews, hopefully I get more for this one!
"What the hell is goin' on here!" Darry screamed.
"Darry-I-I."
He stomped over to me and grabbed my arm. He pulled me away from Dally so hard I almost lost my grip on my blanket. He glared down at me before he spit out his statement, "I'll deal with you later." I had never felt so afraid in my life. I had seen how Darry had been recently with Pony, and he had never been this angry at him.
He turned back to Dallas, fury evident in his eyes. "Now," he began, trying his hardest to calm down.
"Darry," Dally interjected. He held one hand out in a gesture telling him to calm down.
Darry had turned slightly away from Dally, but now gave him his full attention. He pointed one finger at him like a father would when he was scolding a child. "Don't interrupt me!" he bellowed.
"Darry, just calm down," Soda spoke softly.
Darry turned to face Soda. "Calm down? You want me to calm down? Soda, did you see what I just saw?"
"Yea, Darry, I did. But I think you're overreacting."
"Overreacting. I 'm not overreacting. I just found Dallas Winston, Dallas Winston, in bed with Lana. What do you want me to say? 'Oh it's fine I don't care,' well guess what! I do care, and I will not stand here and allow this to happen! Lana," he turned to me, "you are not allow to see him ever again."
I was shocked. Darry couldn't ban me from seeing him, it was impossible. "What are you going to do Darry? Ban him from our house?" Darry would never do it. He was too nice.
"That's exactly what I'm going to do. Dallas," he turned back to Dallas, who was still sitting on my bed with his cold eyes and expressionless face, "get out." And that was all it took. He got, up collected his clothes, and walked out without even a glance towards me. I wouldn't cry now. I would wait until I was alone to do that.
Darry turned to me, his anger considerably lower now that Dally was gone. "Get dressed," he said before walking to my door. I didn't put any clothes on. I walked straight into my bed and curled up in my blanket. I stared at the wall while the first tears ran down my face. I blinked a few times and my breath hitched in my throat. I started sobbing. That was the first night I cried myself to sleep.
When I woke up that morning my throat was sore from all the crying. I rolled over onto my back and looked up at the ceiling. I didn't cry again, I couldn't cry anymore. I didn't have any tears left, I rolled out of bed and lay on the floor a moment, collecting my thoughts. I got up and walked over to where my clothes were and put on my top and bottoms. I didn't care that I wasn't wearing a bra.
I walked into the bathroom, did my business and walked into the kitchen. No one was up yet, so I fixed a bowl of cereal and sat at the table and ate in silence. I wasn't ready to face Darry yet, but I was curious to see if Dally obeyed Darry's order. Knowing him he'd probably lay low at Buck's for a few days and then come back to test the waters. I heard stirring coming from Darry's room so I quickly finished my cereal and put the empty bowl and spoon in the sink.
The house was still silent so I just laid on my bed, not trying to go to sleep, but not trying to stay awake. Darry walked into the kitchen and put on a pot of coffee before walking into Soda and Pony's room and wake them up. I heard Pony's groan followed by two sets of footprints, one going to the kitchen, and the other going towards my room.
"Come in Soda," I said before I even heard the knock. He opened my door and pocked his head through the opening.
"You're awake early," he stated.
"Yea, I guess," I wasn't in a talking mood right now, but I could tell that Soda was.
"You gonna join us or stay in there all by your lonesome?"
"I already ate."
There was a pause, "O.K. Then," Soda said before he closed my door and left me to myself.
I decided to stay in my room the whole day. I got up a few times to go to the bathroom, but Soda brought me my Lunch when he went on his lunch break and my portion of dinner when it was ready. Nobody bothered me. I wasn't pestered by any of the guys. I was left to sulk on my own, and that was how I wanted it. I knew I would probably only be able to pull this off for one, maybe two more days. Darry wouldn't allow it for too long. He thought I shouldn't waste my tears on someone like Dallas Winston. Soda was the one who told me he felt that way. I also didn't want to miss too much at the beginning of school, but school was the farthest thing from my mind right now.
As expected, Dally laid low for the next few days. On Wednesday I decided I would leave my room and go to school. It seemed like a good distraction for me, especially since Dally didn't go to school. I got dressed and walked into the bathroom to put my make up on. When I walked out of the bathroom everyone was surprised to see me. I ignored them and sat down at the table to eat my breakfast. It was quiet, too quiet. Then I realized that it was only us in the house, and unusual occurrence. When I finished I sat on the couch to wait for Ponyboy.
We walked out of the house to meet Johnny at his house. Our walk was silent, no one knowing what to say to each other. I didn't know what Darry and Soda had told everyone and I didn't know if Two-Bit had been talking about us. I really hoped he hadn't. Two-Bit had problems with opening his mouth. Ironically, he met us about halfway to the school.
He walked up behind me and slung his arm around my shoulders.
"So how are we today?" he asked, his goofy grin on his face.
"A lot better before you showed up," I replied. I wasn't in a good mood today.
"I get the feeling you're not excited to see me," he said, his arm making its way down my back until it rested around my waist. I rolled my head lazily to look up at him. He tok that as an invitation to kiss me.
"Two-Bit, what the hell is your problem?" asked, pushing him away from me.
"What's your problem?" he asked, bewildered.
"Just leave me only O.K?"
"Fine," he answered before he walked towards a group of greasers smoking around a tree.
I found Stacy and Sandy and walked over to them.
"Hey, where have you been?" Stacy asked.
"Dally," was all I said.
"Dally Winston?" Sandy asked, astonished.
"Yea Dally Winston," I replied, imitating her tone.
"What have you been doing with him?"
"Nothin' really just-"
"Dallas Winston doesn't do nothin' with girls," Stacy said knowingly.
"And how would you know?"
"Well, just a few days ago I was walking upstairs at Buck's with Jazz and I saw this other girl walkin' towards Dally's room and knock. Ans then just a few moments later, this other girl walks out of his room and the other girl walks in. I could hear them through the wall. And then yesterday, Angela Shepard was tellin' me that Dally had invited her up to his room and apparently he is very satisfactory, if you know what I mean."
"Yea, yea I know what you mean," I said absently. Damn you Dallas Winston. You broke your promise. And I'll be damned if I let this go easily.
So, what did you think? Also, it's about to pick up where the book starts so in the next few chapter there will be a time lapse (I'll let you know exactly where it is), s just be ready for that. As always, R&R!
