A/N: Well I have a few followers now which I'm taking as a good sign, but if you enjoy reading please review, so I know what you like or dislike, any suggestions you have etc. Enjoy, might be a bit of a boring chapter though I dunno.
I didn't get much sleep during the night, I had no idea where Dally went and Johnny never came back to our place. I was really worried, not to mention confused, about what happened last night. There was something fishy going on. Ponyboy came in to check on me before he went to bed at 1am, he was just as confused as I was. He didn't seem to think it was that big a deal, he reckoned it was kind of weird to imagine me n Dal together seeing as he was like a brother to everyone, but he thought we'd be good for each other. I guess he was just as in the dark as I was about the whole thing. He told me Two-Bit had gone home and Steve, Soda and Darry were asleep in the living room. I'm guessing they were trying to stay awake to see if Dally came back or I left to go somewhere. Honestly I would have had no idea where to start looking if I did go. I doubt he would have gone back to Buck's, he was too pissed off, and he had Johnny with him and Johnny didn't really like Buck's.
I looked over at my alarm clock, it was 8am, last time I'd checked it was 4:30am, so I'm guessing I got at least 3 hours sleep in. I was pretty hungry, but I didn't wanna make everyone breakfast, I just wasn't in the mood to look after them after last night. So I got up and started sorting through some things in my room, it was starting to get a bit messy. I didn't have much room to store things being that my room was so small and I had a lot of fabric, samples and items of clothing in various states of progress hanging around the place. I would have made some headway on a couple of things I was making for people or my textile design class but my sewing machine was in the living room and I really didn't wanna face Darry or Soda if they were still out there. I knew I was in for a long day seeing as I wasn't working, luckily Soda was so at least I wouldn't have to see him, but it would have been good to get out the house, plus I may have seen some people at the DX who might know where Dal was. Tim quite often popped in to fill up on gas or have the boys check over his car.
I decided I couldn't put it off any longer, I was absolutley starving by this point, so I ran to the bathroom and had a quick shower and threw on some jeans and a white t-shirt. I tied my hair up pretty messily, I wasn't planning on going anywhere, so I didn't really care what I looked like. I headed through to the living room, thankfully it was empty, I checked the clock, noticing it was 9:30am, Darry's truck wasn't in the drive and neither was Steve's car so I'm guessing they were all at work. I put some porridge on the stove and ran through to see if Pony was still home.
"Hey Pony? You in there?" I got a grunt in response. "I'm making some porridge, you want some?" Another grunt. "Ok well it'll be ready soon, get up."
I grabbed a couple bowls out and pulled the honey from the cupboard whilst the kettle was on to boil. I figured we could both use a cup of coffee.
"Hey Blue, guessing everyone's at work?"
"Yeah thankfully. I don't think I could face Darry or Soda after last night, and if I see Steve again I'll just want to punch him."
"That was a good punch, plus from what I head from Buck's I think he deserves it, kissing you like that."
"I'm glad you see it that way. Soda and Darry seem to have him on their side, I think they've forgotten that he forced himself on me. Just because he's pissed about Dal like they are."
"Mmm it's really weird." By this point we were scoffing down the hot porridge. I was too nervous to eat much last night, plus drinking always makes me hungry and I hadn't had anything since before we went to Buck's so I had a big appetite. Pony was ALWAYS hungry. So nothing new there, got used to it living in a house of teenage boys.
"You know what the worst thing is Pone? Soda and I are so close, but he's completly ignoring me on this. It's as if he doesn't even care what I think. He never even asked me if I was ok last night. That hurts. I mean maybe he's pissed I never told him about Dally, but there wasn't much to tell, I had no idea what was going on between us, and I didn't wanna tell him a half story because then he'd just jump to conclusions, I wanted to wait until me n Dal had sorted ourselves out before I told him anything. And he'd have been the first one I told. Nothin' against you n Dar but with me n Soda bein' twins we're close like that and I owe to him I guess."
"Yeah I get it, comes with the territory of bein' a twin I guess. I can kind of understand Darry being angry about you two, in the way that he's your big brother and Dal is his best mate, but the whole 'there's things you don't know about Dally' carry on was weird. Like what don't we know? The guy has a rap sheet a mile long, yeah we know that, but it's only for stupid things like fighting, being drunk, stealing, being drunk, vandelising, being drunk haha."
"You sum it up pretty accurately haha. But I agree it's not like we don't know Dally... Maybe I should go and look for him. Talk to him about it. But I have no idea where he'd be."
"Darry told me you had to stay here today."
"When'd he say that?"
"Last night, said if he has to go to work today I'm meant to make sure you stay home and don't see Dal, and if Dal does turn up I've to call Soda at the DX."
"What overkill seriously. Whatever, like I said I dunno where to look... Could you see if Johnny is around then? Maybe he'll know. I'll wait here."
"Ok I'll go check his house and the lot see if he's about. Although I doubt he'll be at home. And if Dal doesn't turn up, I won't tell Soda, unless he does somethin' stupid. I kinda wanna know what the big deal is too. Plus if he makes you happy then I'm cool with that, so long as he don't mess ya about."
I laughed, "Thanks Pony, it's good to know someone is on my side."
He smiled and got up to get dressed, I washed up the plates while he went off to go see if he could find Johnny. Seeing as no one was home I took the opportunity to get on with one of the dresses I'm making. Mrs Baker, from down the street, had asked me to make her a dress for her sister's wedding. I still had a month to finish it but I thought I better get it out the way. I had been wanting to finish off a new dress to wear for my birthday. Soda and I were 17 in just over a weeks time and we had been planning a party... but I guess not now. Whatever. I'll just go out with Angela instead. Who knows what would happen with this whole Dallas situation between now and then.
I'd been working on the dress for a couple of hours now, Pony hadn't come back yet so I'm guessing he was still looking for Johnny. I hoped he found him. I heard a car pull up in the drive so I rushed out to the porch, thinking it was Dally as it didn't sound like Darry's truck. Unfortunately it was Two-Bit. Well not that I wasn't happy to see him but I was kind of dissapointed.
"Tsk tsk tsk Miss Curtis. We have gotten ourselves into a right mess here haven't we?" He was grinning, so I'm guessing he was finding the situation funny as usual.
"Oh yeah it's a real laugh Two-Bit."
"I knew you and Dal would get it on. If only I'd have told someone else, coulda put a bet on it." He was still grinning as he barged past me into the house, straight through to the kitchen to raid the fridge.
"That's funny, Johnny said the exact same thing!"
"Surprised your brothers didn't see it coming then if we all did."
"Yeah well they're idiots." I sat down on the armchair as Two-Bit popped open a beer and sat on the sofa.
"Nah not idiots. Just oblivious I guess... They really care about ya Blue, I guess they just don't want Dal messin' ya about, getting you in trouble with the cops... or otherwise seeing as ya'll are sleeping together."
I threw a cushion at him. "Two-Bit! That ain't gunna happen, we're not stupid, ya can use protection ya know."
"Lalalalalala! I don't wanna know. But seriously I get where they're comin' from."
"You don't think it was weird though, how much they overreacted? And all that crap about stuff we don't know? Come to think of it, Dally had mentioned something about them giving him second chances, but I didn't know what he meant. You know anything?"
"I ain't gotta clue, honestly doll." He gave me a sympathetic smile. "I'll give ya some company seeing as you're here alone. Plus it's lunchtime, figured you might wanna go down the Dingo for a bite to eat?"
"Sure I'll go tidy myself up. Beats sitting here all day. Better write a note though incase Darry comes home and thinks me n Dal have eloped to Mexico." He gave me a whooping laugh in response, Two-Bit always brightens the mood.
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I didn't talk to Darry or Soda when I they got home. Steve turned up with Soda after work and tried to talk to me. I told him if he opened his mouth again I'd shut it for him, that I was still pissed off about him forcing the kiss on me even if Darry and Soda weren't. But that just earned me an angry rant from Darry which I ended by slamming my bedroom door as I went in. I was currently lying on my bed, listening to snippets from the guys in the other room. They were talking about me, and whether anyone had seen Dal. Pony told them he never came by here, and he went out looking for Johnny while me and Two went to the Dingo. He never found him, he looked everywhere, even asked at Buck's but he didn't tell Darry that part. I had no idea where they'd gotten to. I was more worried than ever now. Thinking they could have run away or gotten themselves in trouble with the fuzz, it's not like Johnny but Dally would have been real angry last night.
"Well Two he better stay gone. I don't want him anywhere near Blue."
"Why man, I get the whole sister/bestfriend deal, but wouldn't you rather him over someone from Tim Shepard's outfit, we all know how well that went last time."
"I don't wanna get into it Two-Bit. I know what I know about Dally and that's that. I wanted to look out for him and I was happy to try and be a friend and keep him on the right track, but I ain't lettin' my sister get involved in his shit. He's in deep and I'm happy to look out for him but he's not goin' with Blue and that's it."
"Ok, I just reckon if it's that serious you're better off tellin' her the truth, she's confused and worried man, everything'll be a lot better if ya'll come clean about whatever it is, then let her make an informed decision, cos this'll come back and bite ya'll in the face." I heard Two-Bit leave, I was glad he was standing up for us, for me. I'd always had a soft spot for Two-Bit. He just saw the light side in everything and could turn any bad situation around. And he was loyal.
Everything died down after a bit, I just sat reading on my bed, after a while I heard Soda come in from working on Steve's car, luckily I also heard Steve's car leave, glad that he wasn't spending the night here. That was until Darry came in to check on me on his way to bed.
"Two-Bit ain't goin' to school tomorrow so Steve's gunna drive ya'll in." I groaned, ready to argue.
"I'd rather walk."
"You know that ain't gunna happen. I don't want you fightin' with him, he's just lookin' out for you."
"Oh yeah it really seemed that way when he had me pinned against a wall with his tongue down my throat."
Darry frowned, "Well, he's real sorry bout that. I guess that was his way of making sure you knew what was goin' on."
"Whatever Darry."
"Don't give me attitude Bluebell, I'm tired of it. We're lookin' out for you I promise you that. Dallas is bad news-"
"So why have we been friends with him for so long then? huh?"
"There's a difference between friends and boyfriend. I don't want you gettin' that close to him, it'll end in trouble. As friends we can look out for him, but as your boyfriend he'll just drag you in, and I'm not gunna let that happen alright? Stay away. Good night."
He shut the door before I could answer back. I lay in bed for a while longer, milling over things, dreading tomorrow, until I dozed off.
xxxx xxxx
I woke with a start, something was opening my window. I froze and looked over at the clock, 2:30am, what the hell. I swung my legs off my bed and jumped to the other side of my tiny room, with my bed up against the corner and wall where the window was I wanted to be away from whatever was opening it.
"It's me." Dally whispered as he latched the window open.
"Oh my god Dally you scared the crap outta me, what's wrong with you!"
"Hey hey keep your voice down, don't want your brother's waking up."
"Where have you been? Pony was looking everywhere for you and Johnny." I went back over to my bed and crawled up to the window.
"Around."
"Sure, whatever. Johnny ok?"
"Yeah he's with me. Listen I better lie low for a while, your brothers have it out for me-"
"Yeah I gathered that, what's the big deal? What's with all the secrecy?"
"I can't get into that now. I'll come pick you up from school on wednesday okay? When you get there just come meet me in the parking lot. Steve doesn't go to school on wednesdays so I figure we'll be safe."
"Yeah Two is onboard as is Pony so they won't blab, that's if they notice I'm gone."
"Cool, sounds like a plan. But before I go, c'mere."
As I leant over he grabbed my face, pulling my lips to his, through the window I slid my arms around his neck and pulled myself into the kiss. I could get used to this, I wanted him to come into my bed, but he refused, saying he would get carried away and give my brothers a hundred more reasons to hate him, as much as he hated to he said I'll just have to wait till wednesday.
We heard a noise next door in Soda and Pony's room, so Dal gave me one last kiss and bolted. I waited not moving incase Soda or Pony came through, but nothing else happened.
So I shut the window and lay down on bed, thinking about what would happen wednesday. I started to doze off again, but turned over and locked the window... You had no idea who could be out there!
