Woo! Chapter 11 is finally up. I enjoyed writing the last chapter took me a few hours to finally get everything planned. I think I have a good idea now. I'll tell you right now that this chapter is very important, so no skipping. :P

Steve's POV

After that horrible incident I just wanted to crawl into a whole and just die. I don't know what is wrong with me or what I was thinking about even calling the gang. I just lied to Soda, I should have just told him everything, and he is my best friend after all. But he would have hated me all the same and I couldn't live like that. So calling him back is totally out of the question. What was I going to tell Two Bit? Now that I think about it, I pretty much lied to him too because, I was supposed to tell them everything and get some help, but no… I had to lie. Ugh. I am royally screwed.

May as well head back now. I had until 10:00 a.m. until the fireworks began. The idea of leaving Ashley without saying goodbye kind of made me feel bad so I wrote a note and left on the fridge.

Hey Ashley,

Just wanted to thank you for everything. You really helped me out. I have to leave now, so thanks again.

Love, Dallas

Huh. Now that I think back I really don't know why I signed the note with Dally's name. But I couldn't tell her my real name, she might call the fuzz or something. I walk out of the house and close the door shut.

Now how was I going to explain all of this to Two Bit. I mean when I get back he's going to be expecting this whole rescue mission and when he finds out I lied…All I'm saying is that I'm tired of fighting with and just wished that none of this crap even happened.

I figured out a lot of things when I had stayed at Ashley's and I came up with this plan when I left there too. Like, I was in some town called New Hamilton and it was about twenty miles away from Tulsa. There was no in hell that we would make it back to Two Bit's on foot, by 10:00 a.m. It's just not happening. The next thing that I learned is that there is this hotel a couple of blocks away from the town line. Maybe I can get Two Bit agree to let us stay there for a while so we can rest and then plan everything else. I still don't want to tell the guys what's going on yet. As I thought about all of these things I wasn't expecting the surprise that I got when I finally made it back to the scene of the accident.

I see that Two Bit was there and that the kid was awake several thoughts and feeling ran through my head at that moment: Fear, Anxiety, and Frustration. How in the hell was he still alive? Did Two Bit tell him what happened? Was he going to tell the gang? Oh my God.

I slowly make my way over to them and call out. "Hey I'm back." And then the kid looks up at me and so does Two Bit.

"Steve! It's so good to see you again!"

"I was only gone for—I don't even know. But yeah I'm back."

"Did you call the gang?" I turn away from him and run my fingers through my hair. There are the magic words. I gulp and pray that he doesn't ask any more questions.

"Yeah. I called them."
"Are they coming to get us?" I turn around and look back at the kid. He always got on my last nerves and I saw him as a tag along. I didn't really know but I hated him for a minute. I pause for a moment not really wanting to explain how I actually made things worse than they were.

"Did you?"

"Yes… technically."

"What do you mean 'technically'?" Two Bit cuts in. I put my hands in my pocket and hand finds Two Bit's blade. I just want to pull it out right now. It would solve so many things.

"Yeah. Well Soda picked up the phone. I told him that we were at your house and he's going to pick us up tomorrow at ten in the morning." He and the kid stare at me. Oh yeah, really want to crawl into that hole right now.

"You told him what? What the hell Steve? That was not the plan. You were supposed to tell them what happened and we were supposed to get out of here. Now we're never going to get out of here!"

"Since when did you get the gall to boss me around."

"Since you can't follow simple directions. I told you to tell them what happened and you lied. You lied to them and you lied to me."

"That supposed to mean something?" I was getting pretty angry now. Why is he making it sound like all of this is my fault. I realize that some of the things that I did were wrong but still. I thought that we were friends. We all supposed to be in this together.

"Yeah. You want to know what this means? It means that you are willing throw us under the bus just to save your sorry ass!" That's it. I remember that he gave me his blade earlier and I'm half a second away from whipping that thing out and cutting him to ribbons. Before I can do anything though the kid gets between us.

"C'mon guys let's not do anything stupid okay. We all just want to get out of here and move past this. Fighting isn't going to get us anywhere. " As he is going on and on, I get this feeling of hatred again. I wouldn't even be in this mess if it wasn't for this damn kid. What bothers me even more is the fact that he still knows about all of this. Two Bit fucking told him everything that happened. Hell the first thing he probably told him about was that I hopped out the car and made up some lies about how I left them to die. He can't keep his trap shut about anything and he'll probably tell the whole gang. And then bye-bye Steve. Not happening. The only thing standing between me and the fact that nothing really happened is the kid. Somebody has to go and it's not going to be me. I have this sudden urge to kill him. No kidding, I want push his ass into that lake and watch him drown…for real this time. I want to pull out the blade and slash his fucking throat. He has got to go, I can't risk anybody finding out about this. I couldn't live like that. So that's what drove me to say what I said.

"Fine, no more fighting." The kid turns and looks at me surprised. I plaster the fakest smile on my face and reply.

"Yeah. No more fighting. I know this hotel around here, we can stay there for the night. Call the guys up in the morning and explain everything. " I look at Two Bit now. "No more lying. And you know what? I think that everything is going to be okay now."

"Oh? So we've reached an uh, clear understanding?"

"Yeah. I get it." Don't worry, I understand everything. I know what I've got to do and I won't hesitate.

"Let's go then." I wait for them to start walking when I pull the blade out of my pocket. I switch it open and slip it into the sleeve of my shirt.