Best Times Of Our Lives
Chapter Ten
Disclaimer- I do not own the Outsiders.
It's been about a week since the last time I saw Dallas. I was starting to wonder where he was. It's six days until school starts and five days until the custody hearing. Andy and I don't know if we're starting school in Tulsa or in Windrixville. We were both really nervous.
"You guys seen Dallas lately?" I finally asked.
"Nah, he's laid up at Buck's," Steve answered.
"What?" I questioned. "Why?"
"Well, he got hurt pretty bad," Two-bit laughed, like it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"What happened?" I asked, worried.
"Didn't you hear?" Soda replied, looking over at me. I shook my head. "He got busted up pretty bad in the rodeo a couple days ago."
I leaned back into the couch as this all sank in. How could I not know? Why didn't anyone tell me? "Well, is he alright?" I finally managed to say.
"Oh yeah," Steve assured me. "Don't worry about him. He's been hurt worse than that before."
I sighed, relieved. I still couldn't believe that I didn't know. All the guys knew, why didn't I? I wasn't necessarily mad at them for not telling me. It was just that, what if he'd been hurt worse? How long would it take for me to find out?
Then something hit me. What if Dally didn't want me to know? I mean, Soda said a couple days ago but I haven't seen him in a week. Maybe he's avoiding me. I was starting to get paranoid and I knew it was stupid. Me and Dally had a good thing going and one fight shouldn't change that. Right?
Okay, okay I know it's painfully short but I just wanted to put something else in here before I ended it. So only two chapters more, The End and The Epilogue. Stayed tuned!
Rachel