Author's note: Bryon will be spelled correctly in future chapters. I should have caught the mistake myself considering I had the book in front of me when I wrote the last chapter. Thanks to the two of you who pointed this mistake out. :)

Darry's POV

That Saturday, I had the day off and since both Pony and Soda had to work, I got to spend the day with Brianna. I don't get to spend time alone with her that much. Mostly because I still work two jobs. And when I am off, someone else is usually off, too. But not today. Even Steve was working and Two-Bit had to take his sister somewhere. So, it was just me and Brianna.

"Well, Brianna, what should we do today?" I asked looking at her. She was still sitting at the kitchen table, nibbling on her toast.

"I don't know." Was her reply.

"We can go to the park." I suggested.

That got her attention. She likes going to the park. "Can we go down the slide?"

I grinned. "As many times as you like. And, we can go on the swings, too."

"Can we go now?" Brianna asked, looking up at me. She gave me the sweetest grin she could. Just like Soda does when he wants something.

I grinned back at her. "Let's clean up first. Then we can go. Okay?"

She nodded as she finished the last bite of her toast.

"Here, you can wipe off the table. I'll do the dishes." I told her as I handed her a damp towel.

Several minutes later, we were walking to the park. Brianna insisted on walking despite my efforts of trying to convince her that we'd get there faster if we took the truck.

"No, we will walk." She insisted. So, we walked to the park together. Well, I walked. Brianna skipped while holding my hand.

When we got to the park, I let go of her hand and let her run to the slide. I followed and watched as she climbed up the steps and slid down the slide. She did this a few times before coming up to me and tugging on my arm.

"Come slide with me, uncle Darry!" Brianna said as she pulled me towards the slide.

"I don't know, Brianna." I said. "I think I might be too old for the slide."

"Daddy and Uncle Ponyboy go down the slide with me." Brianna told me.

"Okay, but just once." I replied. I followed her up the steps and sat down at the top of the slide, putting my arms around her. "Are you eady?"

"Hurry up!" Was her eager reply. I slid down and at the bottom, Brianna laughed.

"That was fun!" She told me.

I grinned. "Why don't we go on the swings now?"

"Will you push me, Uncle Darry?" Brianna asked.

"As high as you want." I told her as we walked to the swings. I helped her onto a swing. "Hold on tight."

She did and I pushed her on the swing until she was swinging really high. After a few minutes, I grabbed the swing and stopped it.

"You push me higher than daddy does." Brianna said as she slid off the swing.

"Do you like swinging high like that?" I asked.

"Uh huh." Brianna said with a nod.

We stayed at the park for another hour before we went home.

Soda's POV

I got home from work later that afternoon with Steve. Both of us were tired from working all day and were looking forward to doing basically nothing.

"Daddy, guess what!" Brianna said when I walked in the door.

I took off my shoes and picked her up. "What?"

"Uncle Darry took me to the park. He went down the slide with me and pushed me really high on the swing." Brianna told me. I knew she was excited. She doesn't get to do stuff with Darry that often.

"It sounds like you and Uncle darry had fun." I told her. "What else did you do?"

"We just got back from the store not too long ago." Darry replied from his chair. "We bought groceries for the week."

"And Uncle Darry bought me my very own candy bar." Brianna added. "But he said I can't eat it till after dinner."

"That's good." I told her. "You'll spoil your dinner if you eat your candy bar now."

"Hey, aren't you going to say hi to me?" Steve asked Brianna holding out his arms.

"Hi, Uncle Steve." Brianna said as I passed her to him. She gave him a hug and a kiss on the cheek.

"That's better." Steve said as he hugged her back. He looked at Darry. "Is Pony still at work?"

"No, he went over to Bryon's. He'll be back later tonight." Darry replied.

"I never thought I'd see those two become friends." I commented.

"Yeeah, well, I never thought Mark would be the type to sell drugs." Darry replied. He stretched and got up from his chair. "I'm going to fix dinner."

"Okay." Steve and I replied.

Steve put Brianna down and she sat down on the floor and started to play with some of her toys. I sat down next to her and played with her while Steve laid down on the couch and took a nap.