Deep End Going Nowhere
Chapter 11
She thought about how to word it "Everything, living here or there, you, Dally, work?"
Darry was silent trying to think about what she meant by that. Why she had added him to the list.
"To be honest I don't know what I'm going to do about anything. There is just so much going on and so many ways to screw it up." She took another bite of his food.
"I'm sure you will figure about a way to make everything work out the way that you want it to." Darry told her watching her sit in the chair playing with her fingers. "You know that you are spoiling the boys right?" Darry joked.
"What?" Mandy said looking confused.
"You are an amazing cook. The boys aren't used to food like this on a regular bases. First waffles for breakfast now a casserole that we both know Soda didn't make for dinner. What are they going to do when you aren't here to make them food. I'm sure you have better things to do then hangout with the Curtis brothers." Darry said more then he wanted to. He didn't realize how happy he got when he walked in to find her in his house. Or the tug at his heart when he noticed that she was worried that he wasn't home on time.
Mandy looked at Darry she hated the fact that she didn't know what was going on in his head. She wanted a clear answer of who she wanted to be with. Kat was right about what she said about Darry and Dally, but she would never admit that to Kat. "I am not spoiling the boys with my amazing cooking." She emphasized amazing to make fun of Darry. Plus with my best friend dating your friend it kinda limits me on the people that I know in this town. Half the people that I know in this town live in the same house." She laughed to herself at the fact that sounded pathetic. She used to have so many friends the only difference was the ones in Tulsa actually cared.
"Are you still hungry?" Darry asked after he washed his plate from dinner. He was looking in the fridge for some dessert, but didn't find anything. Ponyboy must have finished off the chocolate cake when he got home from school.
"A little. Why?" Mandy asked. She had just watched Darry put everything way. Now was an odd time to ask her if she wanted anything to eat.
"Dessert" That was all he said.
"What? I didn't make dessert." She was confused again. She didn't like that that Darry can put her in such a state of confusion.
Darry gave her w weird look. "I know that. You know that you don't have to do everything in this house. We can cook." He said rolling his eyes. "Let me rephrase do you want to go out and get something for dessert?" He said it loud enough and close enough to the door to know that Pony had heard him to.
"Can't Dar I still have my math to do. But if you guys can bring me back something that would be great. Ponyboy yelled from his spot on the floor in front of the coffee table.
Mandy watch Darry stare are her waiting for an answer. She was trying to figure out if there was a deeper meaning to what he had asked. Did she want there to be a deeper meaning in his question? Did she want something to happen between the two of them? "Ice-cream?" she asked him looking up at him from her seat.
"Sure" was all Darry said as he extended his hand to help her up off her seat. All he could think about was how soft her hand was in his. He didn't want to let it go but he knew that he had to so that they could put on their coats.
Mandy walked outside while she waited for Darry to find out what Ponyboy wanted then to bring back. She tried not to analysis the way her hand felt in Darry's. She tried not to think about how much she wanted to intertwine her fingers with his. Too bad they weren't going to a party tonight because she would kiss him and blame it on alcohol. At the thought of this she started to laugh uncontrollably.
Darry walked out and watch Mandy sit on the porch and laugh at something that he assumed most be the funniest thing in the world only problem is that he had no idea what. "What is so funny?"
She looked up at him. His face was full of confusion and she laughed harder. She tried to control herself but wasn't having much look. She just lifted her hand for him to help her up. He took it. They walked down the street with her trying not to laugh as he held her hand.
"Well?" he asked again when he thought that she was done.
"Nothing I was just thinking about last night." She became aware that he was holding her hand again and remembered giving it to him. She smelled to herself that he didn't let once she was standing up. She was never one to be shy so she took it upon herself to mover her had so that their fingers were intertwined. She felt Darry's hand loosen as she moved hers and then tighten back up after she was done and her hand was where she wanted it.
Darry released the breath that he didn't know that he was holding when Mandy started to move her hand. He had no idea that all she wanted to do was get a better grip on his hand. He could think of the last time he held hands with someone.
