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Me: Thanks to Immortal Soul and Aaliyah-Charity for reviewing! LOL Immortal Soul – I would NEVER even THINK about having Dally stay bloody and mangled! LOL! So don't hurt me! … I was also thinking about who to pair Bleu up with…Dally or Two-Bit? I've been leaning towards Dally…

~*~*~*~*~*~*~Chapter 12: Confessions with Two-Bit~*~*~*~*~*~*~

          I awoke the next morning to the smell of scrambled eggs. I saw Darry sitting in the kitchen alone, reading today's paper.

          Groggily I folded all of the sheets and walked over to him. I gave him a hug and sat down next to him. He had warmed up a plate of scrambled eggs for me and I started to eat.

          "Thanks for breakfast, Darry," I said in between bites.

          "Hey, you're my sister," he winked at me.

          I grinned. "Where's Soda, Steve and Two-Bit?"

          "Soda and Steve went to the DX and Two-Bit's probably still sleeping."

          I finished my eggs and told Darry I was heading over to Tim's place. He gave me a hug and told me to be careful.

          I knocked on Tim and Angela's door. Tim answered and beckoned for me to come in.

          Angela was sitting at the kitchen table sulking and playing cards. Her expression instantly brightened when I walked in. She ran up to me and gave me a big hug.

          "Hey Bleu!" she cried, "Wanna play cards with Tim and I?"

          "Hey, you can't play cards without me!" I heard a familiar voice shout. The screen door slammed and Two-Bit walked in. "Hey, y'all, can I play too?"

          Tim nodded and dealt out the cards. The kitchen table was round, and I was sitting next to Tim and Two-Bit, with Angela across from me. "We're playing poker," Tim stated.

          Tim won most of the games. We stopped two hours later when Tim and Angela went to go to the Dingo, so Two-Bit and I walked to the park.

          "Darry told me you had a bad nightmare yesterday," Two-Bit broke the silence, "Do you wanna talk about it?"

          I gulped. "Yeah, ok. You're my friend and I guess you have the right to know."

          He put his arm around me and I told him all about my parents, and the nightmare I had last night. He tensed up at the part about Dally.

          "So, uh, do you like Dally or something?" he asked, rubbing his neck and looking away.

          I looked at the ground. The truth is, I do like Dally. But I also like Two-Bit. Not wanting to hurt any feelings, I replied, "I don't know. Truth is, I've been having my eye on two guys…"

          I saw Two-Bit glance at me out of the corner of my eye and I blushed furiously, losing my cover.

          "I wouldn't happen to know this other guy, would I?"

          I tried not to grin. "Ya know, I think you know him very well."

          Two-Bit's face lit up and I giggled. "You're good friends with Tim, right?"

He looked at me strangely for a minute, but then it sunk in that I was kidding. I burst out laughing and ran towards the swings. He jogged after me and grabbed my arm. "You know, you're very funny," he shook a finger at me, grinning.

I smiled up at him and we sat down on the swings. We talked for a while, and when it got dark he walked me back to the Curtis house.

"What are you up to tonight?" I asked as he turned away.

"Eh, I might go meet Johnnycake, Pony and Dallas at the Nightly Double, or I might get rip-roarin' drunk. Maybe both. Depends what I feel like."

I grinned. "Don't do anything stupid, ok?"

"You got it, babe. See ya tomorrow."

"Bye."

Just as Two-Bit left, Steve's car came into the driveway and Soda hopped out. "Bye Steve!" he yelled, and jogged up to me. I waved to Steve and he waved back to us.

"Whatcha up to, Bleu?" Soda asked as he opened the screen door for me.

I walked into the house and sat down on the couch. "I dunno. What are you doing? Hanging out with Sandy?"

"Yup. I'm gonna take a quick shower and Steve's going to pick them up, then swing around here. I'll be right back, ok?"

"Alright, Sodapop."

          I turned on the TV and found Mickey Mouse. I decided to watch it, since there was nothing better to do. I looked at the clock; Johnny's movie was half way over. I missed him; he's always been my favorite cousin and my best friend.

^^Johnny's POV

          I was sitting next to Soc girls. I couldn't believe it. What really threw me off was that I had talked to Dally like that. When he was picking on Cherry, I stood up for her and told him to lay off. He got pretty mad, but didn't do anything to me. He got right up and sulked off. I figured it was probably because of Bleu being the object of his affection, and that I'm her cousin. Now it was just me, Cherry, Marcia and Ponyboy. I miss Bleu a lot; ever since she came here 3 days ago, I feel as if she's my best friend, big sister and guardian angel all rolled into one.

^^Dally's POV

          My insides felt like molten lava. I can't believe I let Johnny talk to me like that! What the hell is he thinking? What the hell am I thinking? I'm Dallas Winston! Why didn't I just break his nose right then and there? Then it came to me. The Cade's, Johnny and Bleu, are the only things I truly cared about. Sure, my gang was kick-ass awesome, but Johnny is my pet and buddy, and Bleu…I really like her. Damn, I really do have a weakness…

          Admitting to myself that I had a weakness made me go crazy. I looked around for a weapon of some kind, and found a piece of a pipe. Enraged, I slashed the tires of a car closest to me and heard shouts of protest.

          Oh, shit, I thought, that's Shepard's car!

          I bolted out of there as fast as I could, but Tim caught up to me and gave me a few punches I thought would make me puke up my stomach. After our gruesome fight, I promised I wouldn't slash his tires again and I headed over to Buck Merril's. I was pretty damn tired and needed a place to stay.

          Buck, after I bullied him for a minute, let me hang low in his room. I laid my head on the pillow and quickly fell asleep.

~~~~****~~~~A while later~~~~****~~~~

^^Ponyboy's POV

          Johnny and I walked to the lot and I started a fire. We overheard Johnny's parents fighting again, so he decided he would sleep in the lot tonight.

          "Just don't tell Bleu," he said, grinning, "She'll storm out here and drag me back to your place."

          I laughed. "Hey, I won't. You be sure to come to our house if you get cold, right?"

          Johnny nodded. "Yeah, sure I will."

          We lay on the grass talking for a bit until Johnny started to get hysterical. "I don't think I can take much more of this, Ponyboy. I-I'll kill myself or something!"

          I put my arm around Johnny to comfort him. "Now, don't talk like that. You can't kill yourself, Johnny."

          "I gotta do something! There's gotta be a place without greasers, Socs…there must be someplace with plain, ordinary people…just people!"

          I closed my eyes and we lay down on the grass. "It's like that out in the country," I told him, half-falling asleep, "Away from all of the big towns. Out in the country…I miss going there with my folks…"