Broken Hearts Repaired

A/N Sorry for the long update wait. I got sick, so I didn't get the chance to write. Thanks so much for the reviews! By the way, Cassidy and Laurie are based on real people.

Disclaimer The ONLY characters I own in this fic are Cassidy and Laurie!

Ch6: Fitting In

Cassidy sat on the couch at her house feeling a little confused. What just happened hadn't quite registered in her mind yet. She decides sitting there doing nothing is wasting time, so she watches TV.

She gets bored, and starts thinking, 'Why did Laurie leave? I didn't do nothing to her! We've gotten in fights before and I punched her, but she didn't leave. Am I really like she said? Lazy, not doing any work...I don't know. I think I'll go look for her. She couldn't of gotten far...I bet she's with that Sodapop boy...she likes him, so she's probably flirting with him right now.'

As Cassidy stepped out the door she saw someone walking down the sidewalk. She tensed up. What if it was a Soc?

"Hey Cass! What're you doing?" Dallas Winston said as he walked up to her.

"None of your business!" Cass said as she pushed pass Dally.

"Hey, wait a minute. I just wanna talk," Dally turned around and put his hands in his pockets.

Cassidy stopped walking, and turned around, "What about?"

"I dunno. Whatever you wanna talk about," Dally said hoping she'd open up a little.

'I don't why, but I'll do it. I just hope I don't open up too much,' Cass thought as she walked beside Dally down the sidewalk.

Cassidy told him about the fight with Laurie, and he made her feel better about it.

"Don't worry, she'll come back. If she doesn't, you've got other friends, right?" Dally said as they stopped in front of a small grocery store.

"No, not really. Laurie was my best and pretty much only friend," Cass looked up at Dal' with watery eyes.

"You've got me," Dally said softly. So softly, he even surprised himself.

Cassidy smiled and Dally thought, 'Wow, she's even more beautiful when she smiles.'

To break the tension he spoke again, "You want a bottle of pop?"

Cass looked confused, "But you said you didn't have any money."

"Heh, when did I say I was gonna buy it?" He said with a smile.

"I guess I'm not the only thief around then," She laughed.

"I'll be right back," Dally ran in the store to swipe a coke.

Back at the Curtis house

"Nice to meet you Laurie. I'm Darry, Sodapop's brother," Darry said as he sat down to watch TV too.

"And I'm Ponyboy, Soda's other brother," Ponyboy pulled up a chair and sat down.

"Where's Dally?" Steve said after he looked around the room.

"What about Johnny?" Two-Bit said as he drunk a swig of beer.

"Dallas is probably with Cassidy somewhere," Laurie said and everyone looked at her.

"Who?" Darry said, confused.

Laurie explained who Cass was and what happened.

About that time, Johnny walked in, "Hey everybody."

"Hey Johnny," everyone said at about the same time.

Johnny sat down by Soda. Two-Bit turned off the TV because Mickey had gone off.

"Well, I guess I'll go on home. Goodnight everybody!" Two-Bit said as he walked out the door.

"I guess I'll go too. See ya'll later," Steve waved as he went out the door.

This left Darry, Ponyboy, Johnny, Sodapop, and Laurie in the house.

Down the road

Dally and Cassidy were still running as hard as they could, even though they'd lost the police a long time ago.

"Here we are," Dally said as he walked up to the Curtis's door.

A/N Sorry for the wait!