~Chapter 23~ Hiya!! Whats up? Nm!! Im bored!! Here's the long awaited (yeah right) Chapter 23! Go me!! Umm….lalalala…yeah!! Thanks for the idea on this story, whoever gave me this idea..I think it was Sabrina..yeah so thanks! You all know who and who I don't own, right? Yeah, and if you don't well then your just stupid. Oh, I just found my 1999-2000 Cheerleading Photo and I scanned it so if anyone wants to see it they can!!Just give me your email address and I'll send it to you! I was a Junior in High School! Yay go me!!Ok..u probably don't wanna see a pic of me but yeh! Ok..yeah!! Here's the damn story! Did anyone know that you can get kicked out of a class that your taking in college? I didn't know that. But now I do. I got kicked out of Anthropology Class cuz I kept dancing and then me and my friend started singing just to make everyone laugh. And when the teacher told us to quit I told him to Fuck off. So yeah, I don't have that class anymore. He totally kicked me out and told me to not come back! Oh well..on with the story!!
(****Riley's POV****)
It had been awhile since I ran out the door from Dally's. Now I was just leaning against a back alley wall, crying. I was crying about Soda and Sandy. I was crying about Dally. I was crying about Daphne. I was crying about My Dad. I was crying about My Mom. And most of all I was crying about myself. About how I cut, about how everyone thought I was perfect, and about my life. I couldn't think about how good my life was before everything happened.
I still couldn't believe Soda had cheated on Sandy with me and then cheated on me with Sandy. It wasn't fair. How could Sodapop Curtis do that? He was supposed to be the sweet and charming one. Not the playboy. He didn't just pickup any girl. But why me? And hurt me like he did? And hurt Sandy like he did?
And Dallas. He took advantage of me. I was drunk and pissed and depressed. I knew he did that to girls a lot, but why me? I was his friend. I guess what Two-Bit had said before, that Dally doesn't give a damn about anyone, was the truth. He didn't care about me. I was a girl, and a Soc.So,he took advantage of me. Just like any lousy greaser would do, right?
Suddenly all of my sadness turned to anger and I felt like hitting something, anything. I lashed around and hit the brick wall and my knuckles started to bleed. I should have been smarter then to hit brick with my fist. Soda and Dally, for that matter, needed to be yelled at.
I stood up and started out toward the DX. I was gonna give Sodapop and Dallas a piece of my mind. The deserved it. I held my hand and cursed to myself because it wouldn't stop bleeding. Don't get me wrong, it felt good, almost like a cut, but it just wouldn't stop bleeding. "Hey Ri." I turned around quickly, not wanting to be bothered and I saw Ponyboy, Two-Bit, and Johnny standing right there, looking at me like I was some kind of animal.
"Glory Riley! What the hell happened to you? You look like you've been in a train wreck!" It was Two-Bit. I guess he was referring to the tears running down my face, my bleeding knuckles, and my hair was a mess.
"Shut it, Two-Bit!" I groaned and slowed down so they could catch up with me. Two-Bit looked hurt.
"But Ri, something is really wrong with you! Tell me!" It was Two-Bit again. Pony and Johnny just stood there, looking at me sadly.
"Two-Bit, please," I broke down into tears. "You wouldn't understand." He draped his arm around my shoulders.
"Sure I would." I just shook my head, no. "Riley. You don't cry for no reason. Did Dallas do somethin to you last night? You guys were both pretty wasted so was I!" Ponyboy and Johnny started laughing at the fact that me, Dally, and Two-Bit were wasted.
"Two-Bit! Just get away!" I shrugged his arm off my shoulders. He looked at me and made a sad face. Ponyboy walked beside me and whispered in my ear, that everything would be ok. Ponyboy was always trying to cheer me up when I was down. Usually it worked, but this time it didn't.
As I approached the DX I saw Soda, Dallas(who had somehow or another gotten there before me), and Steve just standing there talking. Evie was hanging on Steve and Sylvia was hanging on Dallas. I didn't know where Carmen was, but that was ok. Two-Bit glanced at me as I hurriedly wiped my tears away. I didn't want Soda and Dally to know that I was sad.
I got closer to the DX and noticed, or heard more or less, Dally and Soda screaming and cursing at each other. Some girl was trying to break it up while Steve, Evie, and Sylvia were just standing there, dumbstruck. "I can't believe you asshole!" That was Soda.
"Damnit Soda! I didn't fuckin think you'd care! After all you mad her upset and you mad her do it! You cheated on her with that little whore's best friend!" He pointed toward Evie who was standing there, shocked that Dally had just called Sandy a whore.
"Dallas fuckin Winston! I didn't fuckin cheat on that little broad! I kissed her once! Don't you fuckin know that! Speakin of the word fuckin, how was she?" I couldn't believe what they were saying. Two-Bit glanced at me and gulped.
"Riley, did Dally?" I stopped him and nodded my head slowly. "Damnit! I'll kick his ass!" Two-Bit started to run and I stopped him. He looked at me with a puzzled expression on his face.
"No, this is my battle, I'll fight it myself." I said this, meaning I'd give Dally and Soda a piece of my mind. Then I remembered Steve, who I still needed to resolve stuff with.
"Soda! You're a damn asshole and I don't fuckin care what you fuckin think! Riley likes me and not you! You're nothin but a cheating asshole!" Soda stopped dead in his tracks as his focus came to me. He looked at me and blinked. I turned my expression from sad to angry. I was pissed.
I walked on to the DX and Dally and Soda were now back to arguing and screaming the cuss words at each other. "You guys! Fuckin stop it!" I yelled and they turned around to look at me. "Fuck! Stop arguing about me!" Dally just grinned at me and I gave him a finger gesture.
"Riley, why, how, I mean why could you, how could you sleep with Dallas?" Soda blurted.
I just looked at them both and blinked. They went right back to screaming at each other. I opened my hand and quickly brought it across Sodapop's cheek. Then I did the same to Dallas. I slapped them, open handed, and believe me that hurts like hell. They stopped and they both brought a hand up to their cheek, right where I hit them and then quickly removed my hand.
"I want you guys to both fuckin listen to me!" Soda gulped and nodded his head. By now everyone at the station and on the streets had stopped to listen to us. Two-Bit, Ponyboy, and Johnny, were standing by Steve, in earshot. I turned to Dally because he hadn't moved since I slapped him. "You better listen to me Dallas Winston."
"Soda, you fuckin hurt me so much." He looked clueless. "I saw, or heard, you and Sandy in the park the other day. It hurt me so much that I just wanted to die." I took a deep breath. "Why did you have to be such a fuckin ass!? A simple, "No Riley, I don't like you. I just want to fool around and make out with you." Would have worked perfectly fine and would have been a lot less painful! You are such an asshole." I stopped and rubbed a tear out of my eye. "I thought you were different, Soda. I didn't think you'd do that. You could have atleast had the decentcy to not kiss me. Damnit I'm never gonna fuckin trust you or another greaser again. You're all the same." I saw Soda's eyes drop to the ground and I knew it had hurt him. It felt so good, maybe he'd finally feel what I'd been feeling.
"And Dallas! You took fuckin advantage of me! How could you!? You are a fuckin asshole too! You hurt me, more physically then mentally but Dallas Winston, I trusted you!" That's when Soda broke in.
"Riley," He said and I could see tears coming to his eyes. "Why? Why did you do sleep with Dally?" I hesistated.
"Soda, are you that stupid? I was hurt. You hurt me so damn much and Dally just happened to be there. And I was drunk. It was your damn fault. You hurt me otherwise I would have never did it. I'm sorry, goodbye." With that I started to walk away. Steve stopped me.
"Wait," I just glared at him. "Riley, I know that you're pissed off at me, but listen to me. Don't leave, please, just listen to what Soda has to say. And I'm sorry for liking you. It was a mistake. I'm sorry." I smiled a little at Steve. He was apologizing for liking me. Wasn't it just the day before that Steve was pissed at Soda. Boy, he gets over stuff quickly, I thought to myself.
"Steve, its ok." I kissed him on the cheek lightly. "Ok, I'll stay and listen to Soda, but this better be good." I walked back to where Soda and Dally were standing glaring at each other.
"What Soda?" Dally tried to put his arm around my shoulders. "You don't fuckin know when to stop do you Dallas!? I don't want you to ever touch me again, I don't want you to even look at me." I pushed his arm away.
"Bitch," I heard Dally say that under his breath.
I was going to turn back around and say something to Dallas, but Soda breathed in and started talking. "Riley, I am so sorry."
"Soda!" I screamed. "You're sorry! You're sorry! That doesn't always cut it! I don't care if you're sorry! You kissed me and then went back to that skanky bitch, Sandy!" Evie's eyes widened as did Sylvia's. They were both friends' with Sandy. I used to be friends with her, I thought bitterly.
"Wait, Riley," He said slowly. I was getting angrier and angrier by the minute. I glanced at Steve and mouthed, "This better be good, what he has to tell me." Steve nodded his head as if to say yeah, it is.
"Riley, I, I know I made you sad and your pissed."
"Damnit Sodapop Curtis! You didn't make me sad, you fuckin hurt me! And yeah I am pissed." I lied about him not making me sad. Dally was going to say something about it but I elbowed him in the ribs, hard. "You just don't understand do you. I guess you wouldn't know what its like to be hurt, would you?" I shot at him and rolled my eyes. "No, you wouldn't, nothing bad has ever happened to you Soda. Sandy cheated on you but you knew you'd get her back so that couldn't have hurt you that bad. Soda, I just don't understand, how could you get back together with that fuckin bitch?" I stopped and started again before he could say something. "You're so damn lucky that your parents are dead, I hate mine!" Everyone grew quiet and it sounded like they had stopped breathing. I knew I struck a nerve. Soda swallowed hard and looked at the ground. I was afraid he was going to cry, so I looked away. That's when Soda pulled me into his arms and kissed me.
I pulled away. "Soda! Stop it, now!" He let me go. "What the fuck was that!? Now you're cheatin on Sandy..again?"
"Riley," I heard the desperation in his voice and knew that this was going to be the last try of trying to tell me something. "the other night, yesterday, when you saw me and Sandy. I wasn't getting back together with her." I stopped. Had I been wrong all this time? I looked over to Steve and he was smirking at me, as if to say, "See I told you what he had to say was good." "I, Riley, I like you, I was breaking up with her. That, what you saw, I was telling her goodbye. Yeah, I kissed her, but it meant nothing."
I didn't know what to think. The first words out of my mouth were, "But you said you loved her."
"I do. But not like love love. I love her as in the she was my first love way." I blinked and looked Soda. Then I understood what he meant. He loved Sandy, but not like he wanted to marry her.
"Ok…" That was the only thing I could say. "So what about us?" I heard that coming out of my mouth and immediately regretted it. I was pretty sure what his answer was going to be.
"I dunno. Not right now. I can't trust you, Riley. You had sex with Dallas. I'm sorry." My heart sank.
"But, no, Soda. I, I was hurt, and I was drunk. Please, Soda, I'm sorry. Please forgive me, Soda, I am so sorry." I found myself begging Soda for forgivness and I wanted to gain his trust back. He just shook his head and I burst into tears. "But, Soda, please," I sobbed and wiped my eyes. "Just give me one chance, I promise, I'll," I sobbed again and Soda just walked off to go inside the DX.
He left me standing there, crying my eyes out in front of Ponyboy, Two-Bit, Evie, Johnny, Sylvia, Dallas, and Steve. I didn't much care what Dally thought anymore. As far as I was concerned he didn't exsist. I turned around and Steve was motioning for me to come to him. I walked past Dallas and muttered, "You fuckin bastard! Stay away from me." That didn't bother in the least bit, he just watched me walk past him.
I walked up to Steve who just hugged me and walked me away from the DX. "Riley," he shook me. "Calm down, its going to be ok. I'm sorry that Dally got you drunk and took advantage of you." This reminded me of something that Darry had said to me. He had told me that I was that girl who Steve wanted to have sex with.
"Like you would," I whispered quietly. He looked at me, shocked.
"What did you say?"
"I said, like you would. You would take advantage of me." I pushed Steve away and just started walking off. I saw Carmen coming toward me and I was thankful for that. I needed to talk to her.
~A/N~ Hiya! That's the end of chapter 23!! What did you guys think!? Good? Bad? What? Review!! Ok, sorry it took me so long to write this chap!! I don't have very much time anymore!! AGGGHHH!!!! Anyway, review!