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STACY'S POV

We were walking around town on our way to get some lunch. Two-bit, Tess, Pony, and Johnny were with Dallas and me now and we were in the middle of a debate on which diner to eat at. Two-bit and Dally wanted The Dingo, Pony and Tess wanted Dairy Queen, I wanted the Tastee Freeze, and Johnny didn't care.

"Why don't we just split up and eat where we want?" Two-bit came up with this idiotic idea.

I rolled my eyes. "Oh I don't know, maybe because we won't get to eat with each other?"

"Let's flip a coin." Dally says as he pulls out a nickle. "Call it in the air Tess."

"What do I call it?" She asks confused.

I laughed. "Say either heads or tails."

Dally flipped the coin. "Tails!" Tess yells and the coin soon travels down and lands on Dal's hand.

"Tails." Dally says. "OK so it's between the Dairy Queen and let's see what else."

"I want to call it!" Two-bit says with a grin.

"Stacy can." Dally says and I stuck my tong out at him teasingly.

"Heads." I say and it soon comes down.

"Tails." Dally says and Two-bit sticks his tong out at me.

"Ha Ha!" Two-bit says but I wack him over the head.

"You haven't won yet buddy." I tell him.

"Pony, call it." Dally says as he tossed it.

"Heads." He says.

"Heads." Dally says and he puts his nickle up. "Guess we're having Dairy Queen."

"Yay!" Tess cheered with a huge grin on her face.

We walked on to the diner and ordered. Sitting at the booth with our food, we listened to Two-bit ramble on and on about his latest thief. Pretty soon we were all laughing, even Tess even though I doubt she knew what we were talking about.

"Y'all must love disturbing the peace." We looked over to see the Shepards coming our way. I glanced at Dally. God, if he started our earlier arguement here and now with Shepard, I'd kill him.

They pulled some chairs over to sit by us. "What peace? There ain't been any peace in this town since the day you were born." Dally tells him.

Tim smirks. "You wern't even born before I was so how would you know? One things for sure, it was a lot more peaceful before you moved here."

I looked over at Dallas. "You're not from here?"

He shook his head and took a drink of his coke. "No, I used to move a lot when I lived with my mom. The last place I lived before here was in Brooklyn, New York but I got in too much trouble so they moved me here with the old man."

"Cool." I say as I finished up my fries.

"So you're dating Dally?" Angela asks me.

"Yeah." I say with a smile.

"I thought you wern't eating pie anymore?" Angela says which must be her code for I thought I was sworn off of guys.

"Sometimes you just have to listen to your stomach and not your head, no matter how many calories it might have." I tell her meaning sometimes listening to your heart is better than your head.

Angela smiled. "But what if you get fat?" Meaning, what if I get hurt.

"Well, if it happens then I will never eat it again and have to work it off." I tell her. If Dally hurts me, well I just won't go back to him.

"What the hell are you two talking about?" Curly asks and I looked over to see all the guys looking at me confused.

"Why are you talking about pie Mommy?" Tess asks me. "Are we having pie later?"

I laughed. "No it's just a conversation Angela and me were having baby." I tell her.

"First you were talking about me and then you start talking about pie?" Dally says confused. "Is that code for something?"

"Yeah, we're saying your a pig and eat way too much." Angel says to him and I rolled my eyes.

"Richards." I looked over to see who called my name. These were the only people I knew that knew me so who could it be? Once I layed eyes on the tall brunette, I gasped and ran over to her. She hugged me tightly and we both started laughing.

"Aunt Elaine!" Tess yells before running over to her.

Elaine picks her up and kisses her cheeks. "Golly doll, I missed you."

"I missed you too." Tess says as I lead the two over to the gang.

"Guys this is an old friend of mine Elaine." I say and then introduce everyone. Angela was the only one who knew the whole story between us and I hoped that wouldn't change.

"Hey." She says and then sits down.

"So what's the story?" I asked her, my smile gone. It was time to be serious now.

She sighs as she shakes her head. "Cody's getting out in five days."

I cursed deeply. "Wasn't he suppose to be in longer?!"

"Yeah but some buddies of his have been saving up to pay his bail. Girl, you gotta get ready as soon as possible." She tells me.

"That bad?" I ask her even though I already knew it was.

"I've known the Sharks along time and I've never seen them get like this over one girl. I've been snooping around and found out that he's sending three forths of the gang looking for you with him and I know they've all got guns. Girl you need to get disguised fast." She tells me.

I could hear everyone around me cursing. "Does he know I'm here? He could have followed you."

She shook her head. "I went all the way up to Ohio then turned and went through Kansas and came into Oklahoma. I lost those guys when I went into Tennessee."

I cursed under my breath. "What's to do?"

She sighed. "Change your hair color and Tess's."

"What?" I jumped up. "I love my blonde hair! Besides, wouldn't it mess Tess's up if I dyed hers?"

"It might and it might not but anyone could recognize you like you are now!" Elaine told me. "They know your real name, huh?"

I looked down a little. "I wasn't thinking when I met them, OK!"

She rolled her eyes. "This is serious Stacy! Not only yours but Tess's life is on the line here!"

"OK, OK I get it!" I tell her. "What do you want me to do?"

"Change your whole look." She says. "Your hair, you clothes, your name, and hell, even your attitude."

"What am I going to do about Tess?" I asked her.

"Just change her hair and tell her if she sees anyone from Florida to tell you and act like she doesn't know them. You don't have much time left kid so I'd hurry up." Elaine says. "I have to get going."

I got up with her and hugged her. "I really appreciate this Elaine."

"Just stay safe kid. I hope I don't see you again because we both know what terms it'll be on if I do." She says as she hugs me tight.

"Bye!" Tess says as she huggs her.

"Bye Sweetpee! Make sure that Mommy does what I say." Elaines says before walking out the Dairy Queen. I can here her motorcycle speed off into the distance and can't help but feel sad.

I felt arms incircle me from behind and leaned against the strong chest, knowing good and well it was Dally. He kissed me on my forehead and I sighed, looking down at my ever so charished blonde hair. My hair was the best thing about me in my eyes. I charished this mop on my head ever since I was a little girl and now I was forced to dye it a different color. I am not dying this red, no matter what.

"Why does it have to be my hair?" I asked softly.

I could feel Dally chuckle before I could hear it. "It'll grow back blonde."

I frowned. "I'd rather cut it then dye it!"

"It's only hair kid." He told me and I glared up at him.

"Is not." I argued.

"Everytime I go to the cooler, I have to cut my hair." He told me.

"Well that's different." I say as I swayed back a forth, making Dally as well.

"How so?" He asks with his stupid smirk. If there was one thing I could change about Dally, it would be his stupid smirk that seemed to haunt me. It was that I'm-so-hot-and-such-a-smart-jackass-that-I-don't-care-if-you're-right-'cause-through-my-eyes-you'll-never-be. It made me want to strangle him and the sad part is I think he knows it because he seems to do it more and more each day.

"All you had to do was simply cut your hair, I have to dye my ever so beloved blonde hair!" I told him with my best sad look.

"It ain't so bad." Dally rolls his eyes.

"Yeah right." Pony mutters.

"You dyed your hair before?" I glanced over at Ponyboy.

"I had to cut and bleach it." He says.

"And wasn't it horrible?" I asked him and he nodded.

"It took a half a year for it to grow back out my color." He says and I shriek.

Dally rolls his eyes. "It'll be fine."

I gave him a look. "It took him six months to grow out his hair! Imagion mine since it's a little passed my shoulders!"

"You'll be fine kid." Tim says as he shakes his head.

"Yeah whatever." I say to him. Call me a drama queen all you want but it still won't change the way I feel about my hair. It was the only thing that was true. I would wake up and it's the same color and I can go to sleep knowing it won't turn an ugly orange over night. The only thing that could never lie to me or at least at my age. I know one day it'll start to turn gray but that's beiside the point!

"I'll help you dye it." Angela says. "We could dye it black?"

"Are you crazy?" Dally asked her. "She may be tan but black on her would look about as good as blonde on you."

Angela glared at him. "Fine. How about brown?"

"Fine but it's going to be light brown." I say with my arms crossed.

"What about your clothes?" Two-bit asks.

"How am I suppose to dress differently? The opposite of how I dress is rich and you can clearly see that that isn't me." I say looking down at my cut off shorts and cheap shirt.

"Then the other opposite would be shorter clothes." Tim says.

I gave him a look that clearly stated my oppinion on that. "Are you fuckin' crazy Shepard?! The odds of me dressing in mini skirts and sleezy tanktops are negative a hundred in a million!"

Dally grinned down at me. "Which is why you need to dress like that. Cody won't think that you'd be dress like that."

I gave him a look. "Shut up, I know you're just agreeing so you can see me in hardly nothing."

He gave me a mocking hurt look. "Why would I do such a thing? Besides I've already seen you in barely nothing."

I hit him in the arm while Two-bit started laughing, blushing a little...or a lot. "Shut it up."

He just laughed and brung me closer. I turned in his arms so I could bary my face in his chest. It would soon be all over. I'd be dead soon in Cody's hands and would never be in these safe arms again. Tears were forming in my eyes. I'd be leaving Tess and Dallas behind along with the rest of the gang. I shouldn't have got close to anyone. I should have kept to myself this way it wouldn't be so hard.

"You OK?" Dally whispered in my ear.

I nodded my head, unable to speak without the fear of the tears falling. I will not cry here. Not here in public.

"Let's go get started on your new look." Angela says and I will myself to let go of Dally.

"I don't think it looks that bad." Angela says as I looked into the mirror. My once so beautiful blonde hair was now a light brown and was curly insted of staight. God did I hate it. I was wishing this was some kind of dream but everytime I pinched myself, I was sadly forced to face the undening fact that this was as real as it got.

I was wearing some of Angela clothes and I hated that almost as much as my hair. My skirt barely covered my ass and my top felt so tight, I thought for sure it was going to rip off. All we did to Tess was dye her hair the same color as mine. There wasn't much you could do to a toddler.

"Let's go show the guys." Angela says with a smile. We walked on out but I stayed in the shadows of the hall.

"Come on Stacy, it can't look that bad." Dally says but I don't budge.

"Whatever! I look like a tramp! Wait, I take it back, I look worse than a tramp! I look like one of those dumb little whores you'd find in one of those Playboy magazines!" I yell at them. "I wish I would have never met that jackass! It's all his fault I have to dress and look like this!"

"You look fine Stacy." Angela says. "Hey wait, should I be offened since you're wearing my clothes?"

"My hair looks even worse then my clothes!" I yelled, ignoring her. "It looks like some socs hair! Grrrr I hate it!"

"Well come out so we can see what it looks like." Tim says but I still don't move.

I was about to turn around and go back to Angela's room when strong arms picked me up by my waist. I knew who they belonged to and tried harder to get away, not wanting anyone to see what I looked like.

"Put me down Dallas Winston!" I yelled as I tried to get away but he simple carried me into the living room, dropping me back on my feet once we were in the middle of the room.

Everyone just looked at me shocked. I really didn't feel like myself, let alone looked like the old me.

"Wow ah Stacy." Two-bit says as he just stares at me. "You uh don't that bad."

I glared at him. "No need to lie Two-bit, I know I look like shit!"

"You sure don't look like you." Tim says and I glare at him.

"Thanks for the reminder!" I turned to walk back into Angela's room once again but collided with a chest that was none other than Dally's. He wrapped his arms around me and I did the same to him. Man did I ever need a hug right now.

"I like the way you look." He whispered in my ear.

I glared at him. "That's 'cause you love any whore."

His grip tightened. "No, you don't look like a whore. You look like one of those girls in those movies about nice girls turning bad."

I didn't want to but I laughed. "Why must you always make me laugh?"

He smirked. "Most girls want that in a guy."

I smiled. "Well sometimes I just want to be angry and sad and I don't feel like laughing."

"Oh well Dollface." He says with that ever so hated smirk.

I brake down crying right then and there. I might have only been here a few days, but I've grown attatched to the guys and were going to miss them like crazy. I was going to miss Dally's laugh and his warmth and even that stupid smirk of his!

"Hey, hey it's OK." Dally says as he rubs my back. "What's wrong baby?"

"He'll be on his way soon." I managed to get out.

"He won't get to you." Dally says as his grip tightens on me.

"I shouldn't have got attached to any of you. It would have been a lot easier to say goodbye to one person insted of ten." I sob out.

"We ain't going to let anyone get to you kid." I herd Shepard say. "Not as long as I'm still breathing."

"He'll kill you if you get in the way." I tell them. "Y'all herd Elaine! They're carrying heaters and I refuse to let any one of y'all die because of me!"

"Just calm down Stacy." Dally says and I soon feel myself being pulled down. Dally had sat down on the couch and had pulled me in his lap, pulling my legs to the side so my head rest against his right shoulder and chest.

I clinged on to him and thanked God Tess was asleep in Angie's room. I would hate for her to see me like this. A thought soon popped in my head and I only cried harder. "Tess won't even remember me if they let her live. She's too young to be able to recall anyone."

"Shush." Dally says as he rocks me lightly. "Everything's going to be OK."

I cried my heart out until I was soon drifted off into sleep.

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