Sneaking out of a hospital isn't easy,especially with so many people always walking around. I almost got caught a couple times, thankfully i'm pretty good at hiding. It took longer than necessary to reach the exit, instead of 5 minutes it took 10 minutes. I casually walked through the sliding doors, I got outside and took a deep breath,no more hospital smell. I started walking to the empty lot and hoped the fighting hadn't started yet. I had my hands shoved in my jacket pockets and walked relatively fast. I was close to the lot now and saw Darry and a blond joc circling.

"Hold up!" I yelled, I didn't want it to start without me, Darry looked at me and that joc punched him pretty hard but not hard enough to knock him down. The fight was on. I ran up to join and my body was still sore but that wasn't going to stop me from fighting. I took on the closest joc and beat him down to the ground. I was near Ponyboy and Johnny, they always teamed up to fight.

"I thought you were in the hospital!" Pony yelled as he was knocked to the ground, rolling to avoid a kick. Johnny was helping the best he could and he was doing a pretty good job.

" I was.." I wasn't doing my best with fighting, my body hurt "But I'm not now.."

"How?" Pony asked, a joc leaped on him they were rolling around me.

"I snuck out, it wasn't easy...besides a fight ain't a fight without me.". Pony didn't answer, he was being beaten pretty badly and Johnny couldn't get the joc off no matter how hard he tried. I had my own fight but I must say I was doing poorly. Thankfully Darry got the joc off of Pony, I was hurting so bad everything felt so damn sore. Pony and Johnny came to help me out. Pony jumped onto the joc's back and pulled his hair and giving a pretty good beating, I was quite impressed. The joc grabbed him and threw him on the ground then Tim Shepard accidentally stepped on him. He was up pretty quickly and again jumped onto the joc, looking like he was trying to choke him. The joc was trying to pry Pony's fingers off, I knocked him backwards and attacked him. All I could hear was cursing and the sounds of punches landing on skin. I was fighting and my body didn't hurt now..It was probably adrenaline. I kept fighting and I was beating this one joc pretty good. Pony got kicked in the head and he looked pretty out of it but he stayed awake. The next thing I saw was surprising...

the jocs were running..running.

"They're running!" I heard Two-Bit yell, his voice full of joy. I was happy and looked around, the sight wasn't necessarily beautiful. Tim Shepard was swearing over and over, his nose appeared to be broken, the Brumly boys beating one of their own for some reason I didn't care for. Steve was on the ground groaning in pain while Sodapop was speaking to him in a soothing voice.

"Dally!" I heard someone call, I looked over and it was Johnny. I was glad he wasn't beat up too bad. He grabbed my hand and was leading me away, I don't know where we were going. He stopped behind a tree and looked up at me, smiling. I smiled back at him , God he was perfect. I felt him hug me tight and I hugged him back, closing my eyes to fully enjoy it. I felt him pull away a bit and I opened my eyes. I looked into his dark brown eyes and then I noticed how close our faces were. Johnny began to close the space between us and I didn't stop him. His lips were pressed against mine and I felt like I was in paradise. He pulled away and waited, as if waiting for my reaction. I smirked and kissed him again except deeper this time, it quickly turned into us kissing wildly like we would never kiss again..maybe we were making up for wasted time. My hands were on his waist and his hands were on my shoulders. He pulled away,panting, He needed air. I was panting as well but I just smiled. Johnny looked into my eyes and I got closer to him

"I love you, Johnny Cade.." I said in a soft whisper. Before he could respond I kissed him again. I pulled away and waited for his response, he seemed dazed and I smiled, he's so adorable. He grabbed my hand and held it to his chest, I could feel his heartbeat.

"I love you too,Dallas Winston.." He said with a small smile. I pulled him into a hug and held him. Johnny Cade was mine and no one was going to change that.