"So eh.....hand-cuffs sound cool to ya?" Before he could answer, I pinned Two-bit down onto the bed and nearly pulled his arms off gettin' 'em far up enough for the cuffs to fit. "Heh...well now, Dallas Winston's ain't the one gettin' handcuffed this time!" I sprawled himself on top of him, breathing heavily against him, mutterin' under both of our breaths, "That's the way I intend for it to be, b-"

"Ponyboy Curtis, where the HELL'VE you been?!" Darry's obnoxiously loud voice jolted me from my awesome dream. So needless to say, I wasn't in a great mood now. "Damnit, Darry! I was tryin' to sleep..."

Darry ignored me and continued his tirade with Ponyboy. "Well? What kind of half-ass excuse do you have this time?!" I rolled my eyes and got up on my feet. "'Scuse me? You didn't just diss me, asswipe!"

Darry clenched his teeth at me and managed to growl out, "Dallas, I ain't in the mood right now, alright?" I chuckled and held my hands up. "'Ight, Superman. Have it your way....for now." He rolled his eyes and continued to point at his youngest....dumbest brother.

Bein' slightly grumpy about bein' woken up from my slumber, I just now finally noticed that not only was Two-bit awake and dressed, but Johnnycakes was here too. I would've said somethin' to them, but Darry's booming voice was way too loud for them to even hear me. So I just threw up a half-assed wave at them.

After a while of Darry's lecturing, it finally woke up Sodapop and the handsome teenager came rushin' downstairs to once again get involved in a situation he had absolutely nothing to do with. "What's goin' on, Darry?" Again, Darry ignored outer forces and just focused solely on Ponyboy Curtis. Sheesh....it ain't like this is the first time the kid's done this, Darry.

"Look Darry, I'm sorry, okay? Me and Johnny were hangin' out in the lot and...well....we kinda dozed off for a while." I looked over cautiously at Two-bit and Johnny. Johnny was meekly blushin' and Two-bit was trying his hardest to smile....but his eyes....oh no, he didn't have another daydream, did he?! Christ, Dar.....don't make the guy drive out to save a bunch of horny teenagers that-heh...wha?

Was that what they were up to?! "Sorry ain't gonna cut it, Pony. Johnny's welcome to stay with us if he don't safe enough to go home....but you gotta stop goin' to the lot to sleep. You remember the last time that happened?" Pony looked down solemnly at his feet and looked back in somewhat fiery anger. "Yeah, you fuckin' hit me and made me run away!"

I stifled a chuckle as Darry and Soda's mouths dropped open. "Pony, don't you dare back-sass me like that again, ya'hear me?!" Soda put a hand on Darry's shoulder in hopes of calming him down. "Easy, Darry......"

Darry's eyes widened for a sec and his face lowered. He seemed to be calming himself down now....that's a good thing. He could be in just as dangerous of a mood as I was sometimes. "Shoot....what am I doin'? Golly.....I'm sorry, Ponyboy. I just get so worried about you sometimes....you could get killed or somethin'. But by gettin' this worked up, I'm riskin' hittin' you again. D-Did I ever say I was sorry for that?"

Pony nodded. "I'm sure you have." Darry sighed and wrapped his arms around his little brother. "I'm sorry....I don't want my anger to ever get the best of me ever again."

Soon the whole cutesy, sick fuck family business closed as Soda wrapped his arms around both of his brothers and they just stayed like that for that longest while. I slapped my forehead, drug my palm down my mug, rolled my eyes and let out an audible groan right before I grabbed both Two-bit and Johnny and drug them to the kitchen. Once I was sure that we were far enough for us not to be heard, I started askin' questions. The kind that I REALLY needed to know and that they'd be best telling me about.

"Johnny, whaddya doin' here? What did you and Ponyboy do? Did you two fuck or somethin'?" He opened his mouth, but just before he could say anything, I turned to Two-bit. "And why're you awake? Why'd you go and get them? Don't you remember that the doctor told you relax yourself? Did you have another daydream?" Two-bit sighed and motioned for Johnny to wait a second.

"Darry woke me up and told me to take his car and go out an' find Ponyboy." Damnit, Darry.... "And...?" He looked down his fingers and sighed again.

".....yeah.....I did have another daydream...." My eyes widened. No wonder he looked so tense! "Two-bit, you gotta stop listenin' to Darry whenever he tells you to things! Dr. Hartman told you calm yourself down and try not to stress out too much. If you keep doin' things vitally dangerous, you'll end up gettin' yourself killed or somethin'! And I don't even wanna think about what I'd do if that ever happened to ya..."

He smiled weakly as he looked up at me. "I know....maybe I should just lay out of school for the next few weeks." I chuckled slightly as I came back with, "You do, anyway." I threw my arm around his waist and gave him a quick squeeze.

"Two-bit, I love you and I really need you to stop havin' those incredibly disturbing dreams, okay?" He nodded moderately as I turned my attention to Johnny. "Now you....explain yourself." Johnny looked down shyly and looked back up.

"Me and Pony were just hangin' out for a while and...I dunno...we just kinda got tired and fell asleep for a while until Two-bit came drivin' up." I groaned again. "AND.....?!" Seriously, I don't have the patience to ever be a master interrogator.

"And what?" I rolled my eyes at the gang's pet and stepped closer to him. "Did you fuck him?" He gave me a horrified look at first and remained silent.

Oh God....he did. "You did, didn't you?" I'm gonna kill Ponyboy later, I swear. I may have accepted him enough to be Johnny's boyfriend, but I still didn't like him.

Still, he remained quiet. So I turned to Two-bit again. "Did they, man?" His eyes widened and he grabbed the pack of cigarettes layin' on the counter.

"Oh, shit! Welp, look at the time...I really gotta be goin' right about now. I'm goin' outside for some air....Ciao!" Once he was on his way, I turned back to Johnny. He sighed and nodded ever so slowly. "......yeah....."

That's it; Ponyboy's dead. I may not like kids all that much, but I still saw Johnny as my little brother. Hey, his real family can't stand him....so he needs SOMEBODY, right? So it's only normal to be overprotective of your family, right?

Of course, he'd hate me forever if I ever intended to hurt Pony. So....I'm not gonna. Besides, it ain't like me and Two-bit ain't done anything. So I just nodded and patted his shoulder.

"Okay....okay. That's cool....real tuff. Just-eh-don't tell anybody, alright? I'm gonna guess Two-bit already knows, so just keep it between me, him, you and Ponyboy. Fair enough?" Johnny smiled and nodded cheerfully. "Aw, thank you for not bein' mad, Dally! I ain't ever gonna forget this, man." I rolled my eyes and patted his shoulder again.

"No prob, Johnny. Oh....and a little advice...." Johnny stepped closer so I could get away with whisperin'. "Don't let him top. You wanna feel like the man, you gotta take top. Unless you want him to ride you from top...then that works, too." His smile faded a little bit, but a grin still remained.

"'Ight....I'll remember that next time." He patted my shoulder and walked back into the living room. Wait....did he just admit that he took bottom?! Guh, damnit Johnny.....don't be such a pussy!

I started laughin', thinkin' loudly, "Johnny, Johnny, Johnny....you're becomin' such a graceful young woman, man."

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