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Chapter 10, Stuff Like This Always Happens To Me!

In the morning, Ponyboy rolled out to go hang with Dally and Johnny while Steve and Sodapop went to the old tree house. I was supposed to go but I had other plans. After breakfast, I walked down to Angela's house. Tim opened the door with a pissed off face.

"What do you… oh. Hi Snickers." He said and moved out of my way. I raised my eyebrows at him.

"Glory, who pissed in your cereal Tim?" I asked. He gave me a look and I laughed. "What'd Dallas do this time?" I asked around another peal of laughter.

"He slashed my god damn tires!" Tim growled and I laughed harder.

"That sounds like something he would do." I nodded and laughed again. Tim mumbled something and walked into the kitchen just as Angela walked out of her room in a pink tank top and black underwear.

"Crissy! Whatcha doin' here!?" She said in delight as she ran over to me and hugged me. I smiled.

"Ang, I can't believe I'm saying this but… I need you to dress me." I said. Her eyes got wide and she stared at me.

"Seriously?" She asked and I nodded. She squealed and hugged me again. "Details! I need details!" She said as she dragged me into her room. So I told her about Soda asking me to go with him and what I had heard during the night and she just got more and more excited. I ended up wearing her black skirt witch wasn't that bad actually. It came to my knee on one side and on the other it came to the middle of my thigh. It was really pretty actually. My shirt was gray and long sleeved but tight fitted. The sleeves were threaded so that diamonds of my skin were shown up my arms. In the front, there was a big diamond cut out above my breasts so that I could see some cleavage. Angela made me put on some strappy black heels that were actually not as bad as they looked. She somehow managed to make my hair straight as a bored and flipped my bangs so that they covered my right eye. All I had for make up was black eyeliner, mascara, and red lip-gloss. I had been there all day getting dressed and just talking with Angela. She was really funny to talk to. She reminded me of Two-Bit or Dally with her dirty mind. It was about nine when I left her house. I was in the kitchen looking for my switch that I left somewhere in there when Sodapop and Steve walked in.

"Ready Sis?" Steve called.

"Yea!" I called back. "You got my switch Steve?" I called.

"No! Last time I took it you beat my ass!" He answered. Soda strolled in with my switch in his hand.

"I had it. Please don't kill me." He said sarcastically. I grabbed it and stuffed it in my bra. Soda whistled and looked me up and down. "Nice." He said and I blushed. Steve walked in then and froze when he saw me. His eyes got huge and his mouth dropped.

"Holy shit." He whispered. I couldn't help it… I laughed. He shook his head and looked up at me again. "Alright, c'mon you two." Steve said as he walked out. Soda linked arms with me and started pulling me towards Steve's crappy car.

Buck's parties were the best ever! Especially when you see random girls get into catfights with each other or when they throw themselves all over a guy and that guy blows them off. I had a smile on my face the whole night. Steve was drunk within an hour of us getting there and so was Evie. Soda and I mostly danced and laughed at the fights. I didn't drink and neither did Sodapop, so we had fun watching a very drunk Steve stumble around with an also very drunk Evie practically glued to his ass. We were just leaning against the wall, watching people be idiots when Sodapop suddenly grasped my chin and made me look at him. He was biting his perfect lower lip. His brown eyes were asking me a question that I didn't quite understand. Then, he very softly pressed his lips to mine. It was like a sweet question mark, which I answered with a definite exclamation point. His hands went to my waist and he pulled me closer to him, deepening the kiss. My arms slowly went around his neck and I stood up on my toes to reach him better. His lips were so soft and sweet against mine. He pressed himself against me just like I was doing to him. Behind us, Steve yelled,

"Finally!" And I showed him my middle finger. And, big shocker here, I was the one to pull away from Sodapop. His face followed mine for a second but then he opened his eyes and looked at me with a giant grin slowly spreading across his face. He mouthed the word "wow" before he took off his ring and gave it to me.

"Criss…" He started but I just kissed him again, this time a little more rough, and slipped the ring on my finger. Soda laughed against my lips but kept kissing me. After that, I don't really remember because Soda kissed me so much I got light headed from lack of oxygen. Before I knew it, Soda was walking with me up the porch stairs to his house at 1 A.M. Steve had gone to Evie's for the night… ew. We walked in and Darry's head snapped up from his newspaper. He looked disappointed when he saw it was us.

"Have you guys seen Ponyboy?" He asked desperately. Sodapop shook his head with me.

"No, why? Where is he?" I asked him. He sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.

"I don't know! He never came home from the movies." Darry sighed. Soda sunk down on to the couch and pulled me on top of his lap. Darry raised his eyebrows at us.

"No way… you two? Bout' damn time." He mumbled while he sat down in the armchair and picked up his newspaper. I leaned back against Soda and his arms went around me. I sighed into his neck as I closed my eyes and drifted off into a dreamless sleep.

….

I woke up to the front door slamming and Darry's big mouth.

"Where the hell have you been? Do you know what time it is? Well its two o clock in the morning kiddo!" Darry yelled. I groaned and covered my ears.

"Darry shut the fuck up." I growled.

"Hay Pony, were ya been?" Soda asked tiredly.

"I fell asleep in the lot." Ponyboy said as he made his way to the bathroom.

"You what?!" Darry yelled.

"I was talking to Johnny and I fell asleep in the lot! I didn't mean to," Ponyboy said. I stood up and walked over to them with Soda right behind me.

"Oh yeah? And I can't even call the cops cause' you two would be thrown in a boys home so fast it would make your head spin." Darry said. Soda leaned into the bathroom.

"C'mon Pony, let's go to bed now." Soda said tiredly. But Ponyboy was pissed now and I knew it to.

"Look! I said I didn't mean to!" Pony said as he walked past Darry.

"I didn't mean to, I forgot, that's all I ever hear from you!" Darry screamed.

"Aw, c'mon Darry…!" Sodapop went to say but Darry turned around and got in Soda's face.

"You shut up! I'm sick and tired of you stickin' up for him!" Darry screamed at Soda. Ponyboy and I glanced at each other before Pony yelled,

"Don't you yell at him!" Darry slapped Ponyboy then so hard that Pony fell to the floor. He got up and sprinted to the door.

"Ponyboy, I didn't mean to…!" Darry called but Pony was already out the door. I ran after him down the block. Darry and Soda were visible in the doorway of the house as I followed Ponyboy back to the lot. He ran and tripped and fell on top of Johnny who was still sleeping there.

"C'mon Johnny! We're running away!" Ponyboy called behind him as I continued to chase him. Johnny followed close behind. Finally Ponyboy slowed down and Johnny and I caught up. I leaned against the fence and sank down slowly.

"Take it easy Pony. It'll be alright man, just cool it." Johnny said breathlessly as Pony paced in front of us.

"Ya got a cigarette Johnny, I'm scared to death!" Ponyboy said. Johnny rummaged around for a smoke.

"Well don't be man, you're scarin' me!" He said as he handed Pony a smoke. "What happened?" He asked. I stood up slowly with my hand on my head.

"Darry hit'em. I swear when we get back I'm gonna…!" I didn't finish because I almost fell. Everything was spinning.

"I swear we used to get along just fine before mom and dad died. Now he just can't stand me." Ponyboy said. I coughed and almost fell over again. This time, Johnny caught me and held me up.

"I think I like it better when the old man's hittin' me. At least he knows I'm there. Now what in blue blazes happened to you Criss?" Johnny asked. I coughed again.

"Pony… runs… real good. Too… good." I said breathlessly. I really need to lay off the smokes. Johnny nodded.

"C'mon, lets walk to the park and back. Maybe by then I'll be cooled off enough to go home." Ponyboy said and he started to pull Johnny and me with him.

"Ya, alright." I said and walked with him. I was about to freeze to death in this damned outfit and my feet hurt like hell from running in these shoes. "Hold on!" I said. The boys stopped to look at me while I bent down and removed my shoes. "Oh, much better." I sighed. Johnny laughed and Pony smiled.

"Ain't you about to freeze to death?" Johnny asked me as I walked back to them shoeless.

"What do you think?" I asked. Of course I was fucking cold! I had no shoes, a skirt, and no jacket! Not to mention that even though I was in a long sleeved shirt, it was very thin! We climbed up on the dome and sat down. Pony and Johnny were talking but I didn't hear what they said, I was too busy watching the blue Mustang come towards us.

"Uh guys? Looks what's comin'" I said in a shaky voice.

"Bet there're lookin' for us." Johnny said. The car pulled up to the dome and four Socs came out. "Wanna split?" Johnny asked.

"Too late now, here they come." Ponyboy said.

"Stay cool!" I whispered. The Socs stumbled as they came towards us. "There're drunk!" I said.

"Well, well, well. Whata ya know guys. Aren't these the Greasers that tried to pick up our women?" The boy in the front said.

"It's that guy with the rings man." Johnny said quietly. I slipped down and put my hands on my hips.

"Hay, you guys are outta your territory. You'd better watch it." I said. The Socs next to the one with the rings laughed bitterly.

"No girly, you'd better watch it." He said. Everything went quiet as Ponyboy and Johnny slid down and joined me on the ground.
"You guys know what Greasers are? White trash with long, greasy hair." The one with the rings said. Then he splashed beer in Ponyboy's face. Was I pissed then? Oh hell yeah.

"You know what a Soc is?" I said.

"What?" The ringed guy asked. I grinned a cold grin, the kind of grin that would have put Dally's to shame.

"White trash with Mustangs and Madras." I said, then I spit at the drunk one.

"Get them!" He said and we ran. Two tripped Johnny and kicked him while the one with the rings grabbed Pony and tried to drown him in the fountain! Man, why is Pony always getting drowned in the fountain?! Another Soc came to help the guy that was currently trying, and failing, to punch me. The Soc that ran over to help whacked me over the head with a beer bottle and I was out.

....

I opened my eyes and the four Socs were holding Ponyboy's head under water. Johnny was running towards the one with the rings with his switch. Johnny stabbed the boy in the side and he fell to the floor. The other three ran for it when he fell. Ponyboy passed out on the floor and Johnny sunk down and started rocking back and fourth with his switch. Suddenly, I got it, slowly but I still got it. Johnny killed the Soc. We were screwed. Oh shit. I stood up slowly and prodded around on my head, feeling sticky wet stuff there that I knew was blood. Great! More injuries! Oh well, I'll deal with it later. I walked slowly over to Ponyboy and felt for a pulse. When I found it steady and strong I crawled over to Johnny and wrapped my arms around him. I wondered why I wasn't crying. Shouldn't I being crying? Shouldn't I be scared? I wasn't at all. I was only scared for Johnny. Kid had been through so much and now this too? Why is the world so fucked up? It's not fair!

"Johnny, it's alright. I promise it'll be alright." I said. He leaned his head onto my shoulder and cried silently. I did my best to avoid looking at the pale body of that boy, lying in a pool of his own blood. Instead, I focused on the stars. They were bright tonight. God, what did we get ourselves into this time? Ponyboy stirred and I looked up with Johnny who was still shaking.

"I…I…I killed him. I killed that boy. Killed him." Johnny whispered, his voice shaking with fear. Ponyboy looked at the Soc laying on the ground and swallowed hard.

"I think I'm gonna be sick!" Pony gasped out as he got up and ran over to a trashcan. Johnny was starring at his blood-covered switch when he whispered. I slowly took the blade out of his hand and closed it, trying not to touch the blood.

"G-go ahead man. I ain't… I ain't gonna look at cha." Ponyboy fell in front of the trashcan and proceded to loose his dinner. After he was finished, he sat in the cold grass and put his head between his knees. Johnny got up slowly and walked over to him. I just leaned back and closed my eyes, the blade still in my hand. I felt the tears come then. Now I felt the fear. It wasn't fear for myself though, it was for the two boys sitting just a few yards away from me... scared to death. Please, let this be a horrible nightmare. Don't let this be real. Johnny, Pony… they're just kids! Too young! Hell, I'm too young! Please! My head begged. I knew it wasn't a dream though. I knew this was real. I got up and walked over to the boys. I knelt down in the grass and buried the switch so nobody finds it. Then looking up at the boys I wiped my tears away and put on a strong face. Pony looked like hell and so did Johnny and my best bet would say that I did too. I needed to be the strong one for them though, they were gonna need me to be calm down instead of running around like a chicken without a head.

"C'mon. We gotta go find Dally. He'll help us." I said as I helped Pony and Johnny to there feet. My voice sounded wrong. None of the happiness or spunk was there. I sounded like a girl version on Dallas. "Ummm, anybody know where Dally is?" I asked as I realized I had no clue where he may be.

"He's at Buck Merrill's place." Johnny responded. I nodded and threw my arms over their shoulders.

"Listen. We just got ourselves into some deep shit. But we stick together no matter what… got it?" I said, looking from one boy to the other. Both nodded with small, sad smiles.

"If it weren't for you keepin' cool, I don't know what we'd be doin' right now Criss." Johnny said with a grateful smile.

"I do. We'd be screamin' and runnin' around like a couple of lunatics." Ponyboy said seriously which made me laugh a bit. It was a strange, hard bitter laugh that I actually couldn't believe came out of my mouth.

....

We walked up the steps of Buck's place and pounded on the door. Buck answered and looked up over.

"Whata you kids want." Buck said with his gruff, stupid sounding voice.

"Dally. We need to see Dally. Now." I spoke calmly yet urgently but Buck didn't get the hint.

"Why? He's sleepin' and he's gonna ring my neck if I wake him up. Why should I get my ass whooped for some kids?" He asked very unwisely. I grabbed the collar of his shirt and slammed him into the wall, fire blazing in my eyes.

"Go get Dallas and tell him Johnny, Crissy, and Pony need to see him right now or else I'm gonna whoop you better then Dally could on his best day pal." I growled, shoving Buck inside. He got the point that time and hurried up to get Dally. I sighed and sank down on the steps. While Johnny and Pony looked through the window. Man, I was tired as hell, I wanted Soda to kiss me and tell me it's gonna be okay, and I wanted Steve to come and protect me from anything bad like he always did. Dally opened the door with a confused expression.

"Whaddya guys want?" Dal asked.

"Johnny killed a Soc. Crissy thought you could help us." Pony said.

"What? Alright, good for you." Dally said tiredly.

"Dallas, if anyone can get us out, it's you. I'm sorry we took you away from this party but we don't know what to do." I said as I rose and walked over to them.

"I was just sleepin'. I got fight with Shepard tonight. Get in here and let's see what we can do about this mess." Dally said as Johnny and I walked in. Dally grabbed Ponyboy's shirt and pulled him in.

"Ponyboy are you wet?" Dally asked.

"I'm ok." He replied. Dally pulled us into his room and rummaged through his drawers for a minute, then looked up.

"Hay stupid take the sweatshirt off. You'll freeze to death." Dally said to Ponyboy. He pulled a heater out of his drawer and loaded it for us then handed it to me. His eyes scanned me before he looked through his drawers some more and tossed some fabric at me. "Put those one. It'll get cold and you'll freeze to death." He said. The jeans were girl's jeans but really long on me.

"Whose are these?" I asked.

"Sylvia's. The shirt is mine though." He said. I slipped on the pants and threw the plain white T-shirt on along with a button up red plaid shirt for over. "Sorry, but I don't have much for a chick to wear." He said but I just smiled. Sure, the pants were long but they fit around my waist just fine. And I didn't mind the shirt; I always stole the guy's shirts when I was too lazy to look for my own. Plus, I liked the red plaid shirt. It reminded me of the one Soda always wore around.

Dally tossed one of Buck's shirts at pony and handed $50 to Johnny.

"Listen. I ain't ichin' to be the one to tell your brothers bout' this." Dally said to Ponyboy and I.

"Then don't tell'em!" We said quickly and in sync. Dally nodded and pulled Johnny down to eye level while sitting next to Pony and me on the bed. Poor Johnny, he was biting his nails nervously. I tapped his hand and he gave me a small smile and quite biting them.

"Catch the 3:15 train to Winderixvillie. It's a freight. There's an abandoned church on top of Jay Mountain. There's a pump in the back so you won't have to worry bout' water. Get a week's supply of food as soon as you get there, and then don't so much as stick your nose out the window. I'll be up there as soon as things chill out here. Okay?" We all nodded. "And I thought New York was the only place I could get in the middle of a murder rap, Jesus Christ." Dally sighed. He walked us to the door and the boys headed out into the night but Dallas stopped me and gave me his sneakers.

"You got your switch?" He asked. I nodded and he grinned. "Watch out for them two knuckleheads. Keep them outta trouble and stick together. Am I clear?" He asked sternly.

"Yea. Don't worry Dal, I've dealt with bigger and meaner and scarier then them two before. It comes in the form of Steve Randle my annoying brother." I said slickly.

"C'mon Criss!" Pony said waving me over. Dallas was still laughing at my joke as he gave me a huge bear hug. He pushed me towards the boys and I sprinted over to them and almost fell because of the giant shoes. Pony caught me and started tugging me towards the train tracks.

Okay so I thought it would be kinda cruel to make Crissy go through all of this just afte she FINALLY got her Soda. 3 But OH FRIGGIN' WELL! I'M A NATURALLY CRUEL PERSON! (JK) Anyway, hope you enjoyed my new chapter... i'm getting very confident in this story due to all the wonderful reviews I get. 3 I LOVE YOU ALL SOO MUCH! (sobs heavily into hands and blows nose on Jake's T-shirt.)

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