Margaret's POV

I woke up a few hours later, only I wasn't the only one in my bed. I turned my head and saw Dally snoring peacefully. Then it hit me. Like running head first into a brick wall. The events that had happened last night came rushing to me and I hoped that it was only a nightmare. But I knew it was real. In one night; my brother died, my boyfriend became a killer, and I vowed to runaway with him. I still want to runaway with him. I know that I should hate him for what he did, but I can't. I understand why he killed Bob, though. If Dally didn't kill him, then I would have moved out of the house and tried to stay as far away from him as possible. I would never speak to him again for killing Johnny. This isn't a way of me rationalizing the situation and saying that I'm cool with my boyfriend killing my brother. No. This is me looking at how I would have been living with my brother still alive. I never had the strongest relationship with him, but he was always there for me like a brother should be there for his sister.

Dally started to wake up, too, and I stared at his face as he slowly opened his eyes and looked at me with a smile, but soon his smile turned into a frown when he remembered what had happened tonight. He just stared at me with an emotionless expression and I stared at him right back. We stayed in that position for a while until Dally finally broke the silence.

"How are feeling?" he asked me

"OK...I guess. I feel as good as any girl that loses more than one person she cares about in one night would."

I could see tears start to build up in Dally's eyes. Then he pulled me to him and kept muttering, "I'm so sorry" and "I love you" over and over again softly. After a few moments he composed himself again and leaned in to kiss me. I met him halfway and we shared a soft sweet kiss. It wasn't passionate, but full of love and compassionate. What had made me happy was that a tiny kiss like that could be full of so much emotion.

He pulled away and we sat up. It was only then that we remember what we had did just a few hours before. I sat up and the blanket once covering myself up to my chin dropped to my waist and Dally started to stare at my chest. I looked down and realized that the two of us were naked in my bed. I grabbed part of the blanket and awkwardly pulled it over my exposed chest. Dally looked away uncomfortably and then looked me in the eyes.

"Margaret, I love you, but if you changed your mind about what we said before -"

"No." I cut him off. "I don't want you thinking that I changed my mind. I meant it Dally, I want to run away with you and find our somewhere. I know that it's gonna be hard but I can deal with it because I know that as long as I'm with you, then everything will be OK in the end."

Dally smirked. "Really?"

"Really." Then I heard my phone ring next to my bed. Ring, Ring.

"Hello?" I asked

"Hey, Margaret, it's Cherry. I'm calling to tell you that I'm on my way over to your house. I should be there in about ten minutes or less." she sounded really depressed.

"OK. See you then. Bye." then I hung up the phone.

"Who was that?" Dally asked as he rubbed my shoulder.

"It was 's coming over here in about ten minutes. Which means that you need to get of here." then I gave him a short peck on the lips.

"Why?"

"I don't think she'll appreciate you here right now. She's too struck with grief to understand your side of the story."

"But you understood."

"Well, I'm completely and utterly in love with you, and I got to know all the Greasers, too. Johnny became like a little brother to me." I shed a tear as I mentioned Johnny. I could see that Dally was fighting tears too.

"I'm sorry" I said

"You don't have to be. It wasn't your fault."

"I know, but I'm still sorry that this happened and you got sucked into the middle of it."

"It's okay, baby girl." he said as he pulled me close to his chest.

"Now get out of here." I said as I reluctantly pulled away and gave him a slight push. He kissed me one more time before throwing his legs over the side of the bed with his back facing me as he got his pants on. Then he got up and found his shirt across the room.

"When Cherry leaves, go to Ponyboy's house. And bring all the money you have and a small bag with an extra change of clothes. We'll leave from there." Dally said to me

"OK. I will." I nodded and I stood up, still holding the blanket to my body. I walked Dally to the front door and we took down the mini barricade that Dally had made to keep Randy out. When i opened the door I half expected to still see an unconcious Randy on the doorstep. But, there was no one out there when I peeked my head outside. I stepped back and said, "Randy's gone and there's no one out there."

"Great." he said as he pulled me in for one last kiss before he left. This is was one of those kisses that was full of passion and it erased any doubt in my mind to runaway with him. I know that nothing matters as long as we have each other.

"I love you." I said as we pulled away

"I love you, too. See you soon baby girl."

"Bye." I said as I closed the door behind him. Then I raced upstairs and threw the blanket back on my bed and got on my underwear and bra as fast as possible. I was when I was putting my shirt on that I heard the front door open and close. Then I heard Cherry's voice call out, "Margaret! I'm here!"

"Just a sec!" I called back as I threw on a pair of shorts and ran back down stairs to see a red-nosed, puffy-eyed Cherry. I pulled her into a hug and I let all of my emotions out. I began sobbing onto her shoulder as she cried onto mine. When we pulled away from each other we wiped our tears away and walked up to my room.

"How are you doing?" she asked me

"Alright, I guess. You?"

"Same. I just can't believe that he's gone."

"I know. I know."

"What's that?" Cherry asks me

"What's what?"

"That jacket, on the floor over there. Isn't that Dally's?"

"Oh yeah. He gave it to me the other night."

"I knew it." she whispered to herself

"Knew what, Cherry?"

"How could you?!"

"What are you talk-"

"I KNOW HE WAS HERE! I know." Cherry started to cry again. "I thought I saw someone coming out of your house when I was walking up. I thought that it looked like Dally but I would have thought you were better than to still talk to the boy who killed your brother."

I stayed silent.

"Please tell me that he was only here for a few minutes and you broke up with him."

I still remained silent.

"TELL ME!" she was in hysterics now

I took a shaky breath and said, "He's waiting for me at Ponyboy's house." I mumbled, but I knew she heard me.

"You bitch." she started to walk out the door but I caught her arm.

"Cherry, wait! Let me explain first. You don't understand how much I am in love with him, and it wasn't his fault! Bob killed Johnny, he was Dally's best friend. You have to understand that."

"Your boyfriend killed my love and your brother! Why can't you see the kind of boy he is!"

"I have a love, too! I know what he did was wrong and I am furious with him, but I can't ignore how my heart feels."

By now we are both crying in hysterics and after a few minutes we started to calm down.

"You should know better, Cherry. You were in love, or so you said." I said to her.

"Of course. I love Bob with all of my heart." then she sighed, "I heard some of the guys talking on my way over here. Randy has a gun and he's looking for Dally."

My eyes widened as I heard this information."No. No, this can't be happening."

"I'm sorry." Cherry said

"I am, too." Then I pulled her into a hug, but we were interrupted with a knock on the door. We pulled apart and we walked to the front door. When I opened it I saw that it was a police officer.