~Chapter 24~ Wow!! Chapter 24! Yay! This is good..I mean that I'm on chapter 24! Isn't it good? And I've got nothing but positive reviews so far so that's good! Should I end this story pretty soon or make it keep going for awhile? You peoples can choose! Anyway..everyone knows who and who I don't own. Am I right? Sure I am. I'm always right! Lol. J/k! Ok..why do I always have to make these disclaimer thingys so damn long? Lol..I dunno! Here's the story! Thanks to everyone who's reviewed!

                                                            (****Carmen's POV****)

            I saw Riley running toward me and she looked upset. Then again she had been upset for awhile. I was just hoping she would be ok the next day, because the next day was Monday and we would have to go to school. Riley wouldn't want everyone to know about everything that had happened over the weekend. Hell, I didn't know everything that had happened yet! "Carmen! Carm!" I heard her yell at me. I stood there and let her catch up with me before I walked any further.

            "Hey Riley, whats up?" I smiled at her. I was planning on walking to the DX and apologizing to Steve for getting pissed at him. He had the right to like Riley if he wanted, didn't he? I had no room to get mad at him. But before I walked to the DX, I wanted to find out what was wrong with Riley.

            She just shook her head and I could tell she was trying not to cry. "Riley, babe," I put my hand on her shoulder and shook her a little, trying to get her to look up at me instead of the ground. "Ri, what's wrong?" She shook her head again and gave in to crying. The tears just came strolling down her face. I picked her arms up, one-by-one to examine them, to make sure she hadn't been cutting. They looked the same that they had a while before.

            Finally Riley broke the silence. "Soda, and Dallas." She muttered and sat on a bench that just happened to be there. Ok, Soda and Dallas. I had gotten that much out of her. What was she wanting me to do? Guess at what her crying had to do with Soda and Dally? I wasn't going to do that.

            "Ok, Ri, what about them?" I said this sternly before turning to her.

            "They, Soda, he hurt me, and he uh, doesn't-t-t-t" she stuttered, something she only did when she was really upset. "t-trust me because Dall-l-as took advantage of me," She said this last part as a whisper and my eyes went wide. Her and Dallas? He took advantage of her. I would kick his ass!

            "Oh Ri!" I hugged her affectionatally. Wow. I didn't know what to say to this news. "It'll be ok." That was the only thing that came to my mind, and I wasn't sure if it really would be ok. This time Dallas had really done it and I think Soda had too. All the greasers, at one time or another, had done something to get Riley pissed but it had never broken her down into tears.

            Just then I saw Steve coming down the street. I guess he was skipping work. Me and Riley ignored him until he was standing right there in front of us. "Steve," I muttered to him and he just grinned at me.

            "Nice to see you too." I rolled my eyes and knew that me and Steve were automatically made up now. Steve sat down beside Riley. "Hey Carm, mind if I talk to Riley?"

            "No. I mean, sure, yeah you can talk to her. I'll just be leaving." I got up and Steve stopped me.

            "No. Stay."

            "Fine. Whatever." I sat back down on the bench and wondered why Steve would want me to stay.

            "Hey, Riley. I was uhh…" He scratched his chin, trying to think of the right word to use. "thinking. Yeah, I was thinking about what you said earlier, about me just wanting to take advantage of you. I'm sorry. Yeah. I did say that before, but I didn't mean it. I like Carmen. I always have liked Carmen and I'm sorry if I made you upset." I beamed when Steve said he liked me. Steve liked me! Steve liked me! I felt like jumping up and dancing while chanting those words over and over. It would sorta be like a cheerleading chant then. But I didn't. I had to be considerate to Riley's feelings.

            Riley just frowned and muttered that she was ok and that she accepted Steve's apology. I was really getting worried about her. Especially since I knew that she cuts herself.

                        ~A/N~ Hi everybody! What do you think of this chapter? Good? Bad? Review! Sorry this chap was so short and sorry it was so damn boring! Just review and maybe the next chapter will be longer! Just maybe!