When You Wish Upon a Star......

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A/N. Thanks for reading this guys. Even when it takes me a while to update. Hopefully there aren't a lot of typos. If there are you can probably figure out what I wanted to say.

*Dally's POV*
* When Two Bit is eating lunch*

I was completely alone in the room with Ponyboy, and I wasn't sure if that was a good thing or a bad thing. What if he tried to do himself in again?
" I won't" a tired and raspy voice came from the bed.
I jumped a little and mentally slapped myself for getting scared.
" Won't what?" I asked Pony.
He sat up as much as he could.
" Kill myelf"
"Not today anyway" he added as an afterthought.
"Kid," I started to say.
"What? Am I making you uncomfortable?" he asked me. Staring at me with those gray green eyes of his that I had seen become so cold.
" Pony, you're... well you're my friend so I don't really want you to die," I told him.
"I bet you couldn't handle it," he said quietly.
" Damn it! I have seen stuff in New York that would make your head spin," I yelled.
" Don't yell, it's not good for the patients on this floor," he said.
Why the hell did he have to remind me that we were on the Pyschiatric ward?
" Fine, I won't yell, but what I said's true," I said.
" I don't think I can ever tell," he said softly.
"Tell what?" I asked him.
"Why I did what I did," he whispered.
"What about Johnny or Soda, can't you tell them everything?" I asked him.
" Not even them, and especially not the doctor that comes in and talks to me everyday," he said bitterly.
He started absentmindedly stroking the white bandage on his arm with his fingers. It was a brand new bandage, just replaced a few minutes ago.
" Aren't you supposed to tell the doctors?" I asked dryly.
" Dally, think about it. Would you spill the secret torments of your inner soul to a complete stranger?" he asked me.
"Probably not," I muttered.
" Knowing you, you wouldn't even tell your best friend," he said.
" That's probably true too, but I'm going to tell you something," I said to him.
He looked at me in confusion and surprise.
" Tell me?" he echoed.
"Yeah...." I said.
For a minute I couldn't find the words I wanted. I wasn't sure if I should tell him, but I was all ready in this deep.
" You're not the only member of the gang that's tried to do him in," I told him.
He was shocked.
"What the fuck? Why the hell...." he swore.
It was sort of amusing in a sick twisted way. I had never heard Pony swear like that before.
"Yup, last year," I said nonchalanty as if I was talking about a picnic or something.
"How?" he asked.
I think I'm going to be eternally grateful to that kid for not asking why. I guess he understands that you don't always know why.
"Same wayyou did," I told him.
" Pills?" he asked.
"Yeah, I went to the hospital after I realized that I didn't want to die after all," I said.
"So that's where you were those few days, we couldn't find you anywhere," he mused.
"Right, but can you promise me something?" I asked him.
"Sure, Dal,"
" Don't tell anyone, I don't want people to think of me as weak," I said.
I saw the slightly hurt look in his face and realized what I had just said.
"Sorry kid, I didn't mean it the way it sounded," I told him.
Did I just apoloize sincerly?
" I know you didn't Dally, don't worry about it," he said softly.
" Ok," I said but my voice was unsure.
"Really Dally, I'll be fine," he insisted.
"For how long?" I wanted to ask but kept my mouth shut.
I sat down on the edge of his bed.
"So..." I trailed off.
" I don't know how the weather is, I can't see outside," he said with a hint of remorse in his voice.
" Hannah can though," he said after a minute.
"Is that the girl who wrote the poem?" I asked him.
" Yeah, I haven't talked to her in a while though," he said.
Slowly Pony got up from his bed and went over to the small door on the wall.
" Aren't you supposed to be in bed?" I asked him.
He gave me an incredilous look as if my showing concern for anyone but myself was the biggest newsflash of the century.
"Well yeah most of the time, but this is nothing," he told me.
" Kay" I said
Pony knocked on the door four times then stood back. It looked like he was waiting for something. Suddenly, the door opened and a figure came out of it. They stood up and then I was able to see them more clearly. It was a girl with shoulder length black hair and light brown eyes. She was very thin and looked like she was sick.
"Hey Colt," she greeted Pony with warm affection.
"Hey yourself, Banana," he said in a teasing tone.
I hadn't heard Pony speak like that in a long time. They both walked back over to Pony's bed and sat down on it next to me.
"Banana?" I wondered outloud.
The girl who I assumed was Hannah looked straight at me.
"Hey," I said.
There was something about her eyes that made me feel uneasy. She was only about fourteen or fifteen, but her eyes were too old for her. Like Pony's eyes.....
"Hi, are you a loon?" she asked me.
"Huh?" I asked.
" She means are you a patient or a visitor," Pony explained.
"Visitor," I said.
"Hmmm ok," she said.
Then she looked at me a little closer.
" You've tried it too, have't you?" she asked me.
"Tried what?" I asked her.
" The same thing that got me and Colt here in the first place," she said.
" Yeah, but how'd you know? The only person besides the doctors that knows that is Ponyboy and I just told him a few minutes ago," I said
" Sometimes I can just tell," she said.
"It was kinda creepy," I said.
" She does have that affect," Pony said.
"Watch it Colt," she warned.
He smiled at her.
" That guy's got it bad, I just hope she's not a complete lunatic," I thought.
" Oh yeah, I wanted to ask you something," Pony said.
"Shoot," she said.
She seemed like a slightly louder version of Ponyboy.
"How's the weather?" he asked her.
" It's fine, nice and cloudy, but last night there where so many stars.." her voice took on a more childish tone.
"Really?" Pony asked in a wistful voice.
"Yeah, and I wished on some of them," she said quietly.
" I can't tell you though because then they won't come true," she said
" I understand," Pony said
"Thanks Pony, you're a true friend," she told him.
The tips of his ears were turning red, and I didn't say anything because I could tell this was a special moment for them.
"When you wish upon a star, makes no difference who you are," she started to sing in a soft sweet voice.
"Anything your heart desires will come to you," Pony sang with her. He had a pretty good singing voice for a guy. I wondered if his brother's knew he could sing. Somehow I knew the answer was no. They sang the whole song together.Harmonizing so well together that even I could tell it was good.
" When you wish upon a star your dreams come true," they finished together.
I hate emotional moments.
" That's one of my favorite songs," Hannah said.
" It's a nice one," I said.
They both looked at me in alarm.
" I forgot you were here Dally," Pony said.
"Dally? Is that your name?" Hannah asked me.
" Dallas actually," I said.
She looked at the old beaten watch on her wrist.
" I gotta go, I promised Caleb that he could come by and visit me, nice to meet ya Dally, bye Colt," she said.
"Caleb?" I asked wondering who it was.
"My little brother, he's a patient on this floor too. He arrived right after I did," she said sadly.
" Oh," was all I could say.
" Yeah, well I'll see you soon," she said.
"Bye Hannah," Pony said as she left.
I could tell the kid was getting tired and I suggested to him that he lay down for a while. He must've been really tired because he agreed without any arguments. Usually it took a lot of persuading to get Pony to rest.
" She seems like a tuff girl," I said to him.
"She is, like my long lost twin or something. She's had to go through way too much bad shit in her life for someone who's such a great person," Pony sleepily said.
" Yeah, and did she say her little brother is here"? I asked him.
" Caleb, he came here a little after she did, I guess he couldn't take what was happening to his family. He's only about seven thouh," Pony said.
"That's young," I said in disbelief.
"I've never met him, but he seems like a good kid," Pony said.
Then he yawned widely and said,
" I'm going to sleep now. Thanks Dally, I think I'm starting to feel better," he said and closed his eyes.
"Sure kid," I said and stepped out into the hall to find the other guys. I knew what Pony meant by "better" and I hoped it was true. No one like Pony deserves something like this. Or anyone like Hannah or her little brother Caleb. No one on this floor deserved this really.
" When you wish upon a star," I sang quietly to myself as I went to look for the rest of the gang. Damn emotional moments.

A/N. That was chapter 20. Loads of dialogue, I know. I hope you guys liked it. If you have any questions or comments donut forget to leave a review.
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Fyremoon.