Chapter 10

"Oh no." I said as the banging continued

"Come on we'll go upstairs and wait" Angela said and we went to the top of the stairs and sat down listening to what was going on.

"Tim where's Dallas?" I heard a voice say as he came into the house "I know he's here Tim so tell me where."

"He's in the living room." Tim said

"What is he doing?" I whispered to Angela

"Dallas where is she? Where's Scout I know you know where she is now tell me." The voice said

"I dunno where she is man." Dallas said

"Dally just tell me I just wanna talk to her. She is my baby sister and I wanna make sure she is ok."

"I'm telling you I don't know where she is." Dallas said

"Dallas Winston I know for a fact you know where she is. I'm not stupid just like when you said you didn't know where Pony and Johnny where when they were at that church and I asked you were they were even thought you did so will ya just tell me where she is I need to talk to her." The whole house was silent. Nobody brought up Johnny especially around Dallas. Angela and I just sat there and then we heard footsteps coming toward us.

"Soda?" I said when he got to the top of the stairs. I was shocked that it was Soda talking to Dal like that.

"We need to talk" he said and I stood up and Angela went downstairs. I lead him into Angela's room and sat down on the bed. "Scout where were you we were worried sick. Darry even stayed home from work to look for you."

"Sodapop if you are just going to yell at me you can just leave right now." I told him

"Scout look I'm not here to yell at you I just wanted to make sure you were ok." He told me "And I wanted to tell you I'm not mad at you. I mean I was worried when you ran off but I can understand your reasoning and if Dallas makes you happy then I'm all for you guys being together. Now I will admit at first I was furious that you guys were together but I knew that you would end up getting your way and were too stubborn to give in so I figured that it was ok. Besides I know Dallas wouldn't let any one hurt you."

"Really Soda you're ok with it?" I said excited

"Yeah but don't you ever run off like that you hear me." He said trying to sound mad "So what are ya gonna do about Darry?"

"Well I'm not going home for at least tonight and probably not until he comes and apologizes for what he said to me and Dallas." I said "He knows that Dallas would never hurt me and if he did he knows that you guys would kill him."

"Yeah" Soda said and went to go home

"Soda don't tell Darry where I am." I said and he nodded "Oh and tell Pony, Two-bit, and Steve I'm ok"

"I will little sister." He flashed me his trade mark smile and walked out. I sat there a few minutes thinking and then walked back to the living room and sat next to Dallas.

"So what'd he say?" Dallas asked

"Nothing he just wanted to make sure I was ok and told me that he was ok with us and that he was worried but now that he knows I'm safe he's ok. Just stuff like that." I told him like it was no big deal.

"Wait did you say he was good with us?" I nodded and smiled

"Said he knew you would take care of me and I was to stubborn not to get my way." I told him he smiled and kissed me. We sat there for a bit then went to grab a burger at the Dingo.

"Scout" Angela said "You know you can crash at our place as long as you need to."

She told me. Both her and Curly called Tim's place theirs even thought they didn't officially live there. The lived with their mom and step-dad but had rooms at Tim's and stayed there a few days per week.

"Thanks Ang." I told her. We walked into the Dingo and sat at a booth. We ordered ate and then went home. Angela let me borrow some of her clothes so I could take a shower and said I could use them until I got some of mine from Darry's. I showered and when I was done Dally had to leave. Well he didn't have to but Tim and Curly wanted him to go out with them so he did. Angela and I stayed at the house and watched TV.

"What do you wanna watch?" She asked "It doesn't matter to me."

"How about Mickey Mouse." I said it felt weird not watching Mickey at least once a day.

"Mickey?" she asked giving me a puzzled look

"Two-bit watches it all the time at our house and it kinda feels weird not seeing it at least once a day. Don't ask why it just does." I explained

"If you say so." She said and we watched Mickey for a while "So what do you want for breakfast in the morning?" she asked and I smiled and said

"Chocolate cake, eggs and bacon."

"What?" she said "did you say chocolate cake with eggs and bacon?" I nodded and dragged her into the kitchen

"My mother used to make this amazing chocolate cake every night and we always wanted it for breakfast and she would always say no and then when my parents died we started eating chocolate cake with breakfast." She nodded and we found the things we needed to make the cake. We made the cake, frosted it and then put it in the icebox. Then we cleaned up and went to bed. I wondered what was going to happen with Darry if he was ever going to let me come home and where I was going to stay and then finally I was so tired I couldn't even remember what I was thinking about and fell asleep.