Hello all of my wonderful reviewers! Well let us see. . . you all hate
Cherry cause she hit Dallas! I think that she is getting the first of a few
mean things in this chapter!
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Raleigh was sitting in the hospital waiting room when the rest of the guys and Italy got there. Italy immediately ran to Raleigh and hugged her. When the two finally let go, Italy went back to Johnny and Raleigh walked over to Darry. Darry looked down at his shaken up fiancé, who was trying not to cry. He rubbed her back as she sat with her head in her hands.
"Raleigh, baby, everything is going to be ok. Alright? Just calm down ok?" Darry said soothingly. Raleigh looked up at him with tears in her eyes and nodded her head slowly.
"I'm going to go get everyone some coffee, ok?" Sodapop said as he left the room. Just then a tall man with a gray mustache came out of the swinging double doors. He pulled off his surgical gloves, as he sat down across from the seven friends.
"Well," he said rubbing his hands together. "I think that you have a very lucky friend in Mr. Winston." Two-Bit snorted hearing Dallas referred to as 'MR'. Raleigh shot him a look that could kill, and he smiled apologetically.
"Is he ok? Can we see him?" Raleigh asked as the others listened closely to what the doctor was going to say. The doctor let out a huge sigh and smiled tiredly at him. Just then Soda returned with the coffee. The doctor reached up and took one without a second thought. Ponyboy and Steve laughed a little at the slighted look on Soda's face. The doctor took a long drink of the warm liquid.
"Yes, you are able to see him but you will have to wait for the young lady to leave that is in there with him now." He said standing to leave.
"Wait, what girl?" Steve asked. The doctor turned around and looked at the group with a perplexed look on his face.
"A young lady with red hair, I think her name was Cherry Valance." He said thoughtfully and left.
"What the hell is she doing here?" Darry asked looking at the rest of his rag-tag family. Ponyboy shrugged his shoulders, looking around at the rest of the group. Raleigh looked at Darry in confusion.
"Who is Cherry Valance?" Raleigh asked. No one would answer her. After about twenty seconds of awkward silence, Johnny spoke up.
"She is the girl who was driving the car that hit Dallas." He said quietly looking at her with his head cocked sideways. Raleigh's eyebrows shot up and her eyes blazed with a certain twinge of anger. She sat back down and began to fidget. Her left leg kept bouncing up and down in a steady rhythm.
"Hey guys, I'm going to take Italy back home. Does anyone want to go with us?" Johnny asked breaking the silence again. Ponyboy stood up to leave with them telling Darry goodbye. They left leaving Two-Bit, Steve, Soda, Darry, and Raleigh. Raleigh still wouldn't say anything not even when Soda offered her coffee. (A/N: Raleigh likes coffee a lot so that is weird.)
Suddenly a tall girl with bouncy auburn waves came walking out of the same double doors. She had tears in her eyes, and it was easy to tell that had already wiped some away by her smeared make up. Raleigh looked at her as she walked towards them.
"How are you Cherry?" Two-Bit asked standing up to greet her. Before she even got a chance to reply Raleigh cut her off.
"So, you are Cherry Valance? Well, I am Raleigh Daniels, a very close friend of Dallas'." Raleigh said with an icy edge to her voice. Darry wrapped his arm around her shoulders and Soda stepped just slightly in between the two girls.
"I am so sorry about this. I was just reaching down to get my lipstick that I had dropped and I didn't see him-"
"YOU ALMOST KILL THE ONLY PERSON THAT IS FAMILY BECAUSE OF FUCKING LIPSTICK!" Raleigh yelled as she interrupted Cherry. Everyone jumped slightly at the sudden noise. Darry's hold on her tightened ever so slightly.
Steve moved to the other side of Raleigh just incase she decided to doing anything irrational. He had been on the receiving end of one of those irrational moments by Raleigh once and he didn't want anyone to have go through it if it could be prevented.
"I think I should leave now." Cherry said as she began to walk out. Raleigh twisted out of Darry's grasp and tripped Cherry, who tried to catch herself and ended up breaking heel of her shoe. Two-Bit caught her just as Steve grabbed Raleigh around the waist to keep her from doing any other damage. Cherry stood up and muttered an apology and left with Two-Bit.
Steve let go of Raleigh as soon as Cherry was gone.
"Raleigh, what the hell are you thinking? She is a damn Soc! She will have you in court faster than you can blink!" Darry said in a very loud voice. Raleigh looked at him with an eyebrow raised.
"Darry, I think you have me confused with some who gives a damn." Raleigh replied in a deathly calm voice.
"I can't believe you are this stupid to do this! You are just really out of line!" Darry continued to rant and rave. Raleigh looked from Soda to Steve and smirked.
"Here's something else you wont believe. . ." Raleigh said taking off the engagement ring and throwing it as far as she could across the hospital.
"You would rather take up for a Soc than me." She said with the same calm voice as she got up and left to go to Dallas' room. Darry went to follow her after picking up the ring.
"I don't think that is such a good idea." Soda said placing a hand on Darry's shoulder. Darry dropped his head and turned to look at his younger brother.
"I shouldn't have yelled, should I?" He asked, regretfully.
"No, and she shouldn't have tried to trip Cherry." Soda said reassuringly.
"You guys go home and I will wait here for Blaze ok?" Steve said with a yawn. The brothers looked at him but he just nodded his head and motioned for them to go.
When they left he walked down the hall to find Raleigh sitting outside of Dallas' room crying on the floor. He walked over to her and pulled her up into a hug. Raleigh stood there and cried into the 6'3 boys shoulder. When her tears had finally gone she looked at him through glassy eyes.
"I'm a horrible person, aren't I?"
"No, Blaze! You shouldn't have done what you did but it is ok. No damage was done and she will just know now to watch her back." Steve said reassuringly. Raleigh looked at him with a sad grin.
"Darry isn't going to love me anymore, is he?" She asked fearfully.
"He'd be stupid to. You really are in love with him aren't you?" He asked with a grin of his own.
"Yeah, do you hate me, Stevie?"
"I could never hate you."
"He sure as hell better not!" They could hear Dallas' voice drift through the open door.
"DALLY!" Raleigh yelped and rushed over to him. She told him all about what she did and about throwing Darry's ring.
"Don't worry, Blaze. Cherry will forgive you and Darry will come to his senses. I'll take care of everything." Dallas said as his cold gray eyes softened as he looked at her. Steve quietly backed out of the room as the 'brother & sister' talked about how to fix the sadness that Raleigh was feeling. He sat in the waiting room, thinking.
He thought of a girl about 5'4 with wavy brown hair and deep brown eyes. He thought of Laney and how good it felt to have her in his arms tonight. Steve settled into the chair wishing he had his girl to hold. One day, he would tell her that he didn't care that he was a greaser and her daddy was the Judge of the town, and they would runaway together and live happily ever after. He fell asleep just as Raleigh came back and sat beside him. The two friends sat in silence thinking of love just out of reach.
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Hey! I know that this chapter is like horrible but I am leaving Sunday and I wouldn't have been able to update for a while! Well I hope that you all like this chapter and maybe if I get lots of reviews I will try to update before I leave!(*WINK WINK*) Well I hope that no one is mad about this chapter!!! EMAIL ME!!! writerraleigh@yahoo.com
I love you all!
Special thanks to :
SodasGurl Lai Hana Chino
(you have me as a favorite story! MMUUAAHH! THANK YOU!
And to all of my other reviewers. I LOVE YOU WITH ALL OF MY HEART!!!!
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Raleigh was sitting in the hospital waiting room when the rest of the guys and Italy got there. Italy immediately ran to Raleigh and hugged her. When the two finally let go, Italy went back to Johnny and Raleigh walked over to Darry. Darry looked down at his shaken up fiancé, who was trying not to cry. He rubbed her back as she sat with her head in her hands.
"Raleigh, baby, everything is going to be ok. Alright? Just calm down ok?" Darry said soothingly. Raleigh looked up at him with tears in her eyes and nodded her head slowly.
"I'm going to go get everyone some coffee, ok?" Sodapop said as he left the room. Just then a tall man with a gray mustache came out of the swinging double doors. He pulled off his surgical gloves, as he sat down across from the seven friends.
"Well," he said rubbing his hands together. "I think that you have a very lucky friend in Mr. Winston." Two-Bit snorted hearing Dallas referred to as 'MR'. Raleigh shot him a look that could kill, and he smiled apologetically.
"Is he ok? Can we see him?" Raleigh asked as the others listened closely to what the doctor was going to say. The doctor let out a huge sigh and smiled tiredly at him. Just then Soda returned with the coffee. The doctor reached up and took one without a second thought. Ponyboy and Steve laughed a little at the slighted look on Soda's face. The doctor took a long drink of the warm liquid.
"Yes, you are able to see him but you will have to wait for the young lady to leave that is in there with him now." He said standing to leave.
"Wait, what girl?" Steve asked. The doctor turned around and looked at the group with a perplexed look on his face.
"A young lady with red hair, I think her name was Cherry Valance." He said thoughtfully and left.
"What the hell is she doing here?" Darry asked looking at the rest of his rag-tag family. Ponyboy shrugged his shoulders, looking around at the rest of the group. Raleigh looked at Darry in confusion.
"Who is Cherry Valance?" Raleigh asked. No one would answer her. After about twenty seconds of awkward silence, Johnny spoke up.
"She is the girl who was driving the car that hit Dallas." He said quietly looking at her with his head cocked sideways. Raleigh's eyebrows shot up and her eyes blazed with a certain twinge of anger. She sat back down and began to fidget. Her left leg kept bouncing up and down in a steady rhythm.
"Hey guys, I'm going to take Italy back home. Does anyone want to go with us?" Johnny asked breaking the silence again. Ponyboy stood up to leave with them telling Darry goodbye. They left leaving Two-Bit, Steve, Soda, Darry, and Raleigh. Raleigh still wouldn't say anything not even when Soda offered her coffee. (A/N: Raleigh likes coffee a lot so that is weird.)
Suddenly a tall girl with bouncy auburn waves came walking out of the same double doors. She had tears in her eyes, and it was easy to tell that had already wiped some away by her smeared make up. Raleigh looked at her as she walked towards them.
"How are you Cherry?" Two-Bit asked standing up to greet her. Before she even got a chance to reply Raleigh cut her off.
"So, you are Cherry Valance? Well, I am Raleigh Daniels, a very close friend of Dallas'." Raleigh said with an icy edge to her voice. Darry wrapped his arm around her shoulders and Soda stepped just slightly in between the two girls.
"I am so sorry about this. I was just reaching down to get my lipstick that I had dropped and I didn't see him-"
"YOU ALMOST KILL THE ONLY PERSON THAT IS FAMILY BECAUSE OF FUCKING LIPSTICK!" Raleigh yelled as she interrupted Cherry. Everyone jumped slightly at the sudden noise. Darry's hold on her tightened ever so slightly.
Steve moved to the other side of Raleigh just incase she decided to doing anything irrational. He had been on the receiving end of one of those irrational moments by Raleigh once and he didn't want anyone to have go through it if it could be prevented.
"I think I should leave now." Cherry said as she began to walk out. Raleigh twisted out of Darry's grasp and tripped Cherry, who tried to catch herself and ended up breaking heel of her shoe. Two-Bit caught her just as Steve grabbed Raleigh around the waist to keep her from doing any other damage. Cherry stood up and muttered an apology and left with Two-Bit.
Steve let go of Raleigh as soon as Cherry was gone.
"Raleigh, what the hell are you thinking? She is a damn Soc! She will have you in court faster than you can blink!" Darry said in a very loud voice. Raleigh looked at him with an eyebrow raised.
"Darry, I think you have me confused with some who gives a damn." Raleigh replied in a deathly calm voice.
"I can't believe you are this stupid to do this! You are just really out of line!" Darry continued to rant and rave. Raleigh looked from Soda to Steve and smirked.
"Here's something else you wont believe. . ." Raleigh said taking off the engagement ring and throwing it as far as she could across the hospital.
"You would rather take up for a Soc than me." She said with the same calm voice as she got up and left to go to Dallas' room. Darry went to follow her after picking up the ring.
"I don't think that is such a good idea." Soda said placing a hand on Darry's shoulder. Darry dropped his head and turned to look at his younger brother.
"I shouldn't have yelled, should I?" He asked, regretfully.
"No, and she shouldn't have tried to trip Cherry." Soda said reassuringly.
"You guys go home and I will wait here for Blaze ok?" Steve said with a yawn. The brothers looked at him but he just nodded his head and motioned for them to go.
When they left he walked down the hall to find Raleigh sitting outside of Dallas' room crying on the floor. He walked over to her and pulled her up into a hug. Raleigh stood there and cried into the 6'3 boys shoulder. When her tears had finally gone she looked at him through glassy eyes.
"I'm a horrible person, aren't I?"
"No, Blaze! You shouldn't have done what you did but it is ok. No damage was done and she will just know now to watch her back." Steve said reassuringly. Raleigh looked at him with a sad grin.
"Darry isn't going to love me anymore, is he?" She asked fearfully.
"He'd be stupid to. You really are in love with him aren't you?" He asked with a grin of his own.
"Yeah, do you hate me, Stevie?"
"I could never hate you."
"He sure as hell better not!" They could hear Dallas' voice drift through the open door.
"DALLY!" Raleigh yelped and rushed over to him. She told him all about what she did and about throwing Darry's ring.
"Don't worry, Blaze. Cherry will forgive you and Darry will come to his senses. I'll take care of everything." Dallas said as his cold gray eyes softened as he looked at her. Steve quietly backed out of the room as the 'brother & sister' talked about how to fix the sadness that Raleigh was feeling. He sat in the waiting room, thinking.
He thought of a girl about 5'4 with wavy brown hair and deep brown eyes. He thought of Laney and how good it felt to have her in his arms tonight. Steve settled into the chair wishing he had his girl to hold. One day, he would tell her that he didn't care that he was a greaser and her daddy was the Judge of the town, and they would runaway together and live happily ever after. He fell asleep just as Raleigh came back and sat beside him. The two friends sat in silence thinking of love just out of reach.
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Hey! I know that this chapter is like horrible but I am leaving Sunday and I wouldn't have been able to update for a while! Well I hope that you all like this chapter and maybe if I get lots of reviews I will try to update before I leave!(*WINK WINK*) Well I hope that no one is mad about this chapter!!! EMAIL ME!!! writerraleigh@yahoo.com
I love you all!
Special thanks to :
SodasGurl Lai Hana Chino
(you have me as a favorite story! MMUUAAHH! THANK YOU!
And to all of my other reviewers. I LOVE YOU WITH ALL OF MY HEART!!!!