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everyone.....(turns to one reviewer) I love you!....(turns to other
reviewer) I love you.....(turns to scary orc from lord of the rings) Don't
love you!......so, the updates are going to slow slightly.....the brothers
are home...and school's starting back up soon...grrr...but there is regents
week in like 2 weeks, so maybe I'll finish the story by then.....so, let's
get back to the story
*Dally's P.O.V.*
Everyone was already at Doc's by the time I got there. I was really glad to see that my two gangs were getting along. Ponyboy and Baby John were sitting in the very back, reading comic books. They both looked like they were about to fall asleep right there, but they wouldn't admit to anyone they were tired. Two-Bit, Snowboy, and Mouthpiece sat at a table, laughing it up. I figured they'd all get along, they all thought they were comedians. What surprised me most was to see Action playing darts with Johnny. Johnny was quiet and didn't like to start fights, but Action, well, his name spoke for him. But there they were, chatting it up. Darry sat at a table with Tony, Riff and Ice, the guy who had replaced me as second lieutenant (A/N yes, I know Ice is from the movie, but Diesel's name brings back to many memories of the morons in my english class....ask Liam's Kitten). The girls were there too, Riff's girl Graziella, Ice's Girl Velma and Nicola, all chattering away annoyingly (Anybodys sat with them too, looking extremely bored). Then I noticed that while the other girls were sitting on chairs, Nicola was sitting on A-Rab's lap while she talked to the girls and he leaned back and spoke with Big Deal, Tiger and Gee-Tar who were playing cards with Soda and Steve. I decided to be a jerk and tap Tony on the shoulder and nod in their direction. He whistled, snapped and went "Nicky!" at the top of his lungs. She didn't say anything, just rolled her eyes and moved into the chair next to where A-Rab was sitting, never stopping her conversation with Graziella and Velma.
I don't know why, but I got a bit of an odd feeling in my stomach when Nicola put her head on A-Rab's shoulder. I knew she was doing it just to bother me-but it didn't know why it should bother me. I had spent the last thirty minutes sitting on a bench swearing to myself that I felt nothing for her, yet I felt weird when she was flirting with her own boyfriend. 'Eh,' a voice in my head said. 'Maybe it's indigestion. You did eat like five plates of pasta at Tony's house.' Riff was living with Tony's family. I don't know how they managed to fit six people (Tony, Riff, Tony's mother, Nicola, and Tony's two younger sisters, Cecile and Sonya) and I didn't know how they were going to fit all seven of us guys in their house. But Tony's mother insisted.
Just then, Joyboy, who was serving as look-out, whistled. The Hawks slowly filed in. Graziella and Velma immediately got up and left. Nicola walked up to Riff and went "Riff, can I stay? I'm not afraid of them."
"Ask your brother," was all he said. She looked up at the Hawks and swallowed hard, which I knew was a real bad nervous habit of hers. Obviously she was afraid. But God help the person who would point that out. She walked up to Tony.
"Can I stay?" she said.
"No, go home Nicola," he replied.
"Tony, please-"
"NICKY!" he yelled as she jumped. "Just go home. Please, just go while we still know the Hawks ain't gonna bother you again." She nodded, grabbed her purse and slinked past the Hawks, dragging Anybodys with her. As she walked past them, I heard a few Hawks go "Bye Nicky." and give her a little wave, but not in a friendly way. More of a taunting way, because she froze and her eyes got wide for a second as they did this. I was about to go slug a few of them, but the guys were already restraining A-Rab, who had knocked over a table and two chairs trying to get at the Hawks so I decided against it. The Hawks on the other hand, just stood there and laughed. If I were one of them, I probably would have been laughing at A-Rab too, since he was kind of small and didn't look like he could put up much of a fight.
It took a few seconds before everyone calmed down and we set up the tables for the war council. As we sat down, the leader of the Hawks looked around. "You need to call in extra troops?" he said, sneering and eyeing my gang. "Getting scared, Jet-boy?"
"Pfft," Riff scoffed. "You wish. You see, this one," he said, patting Pony on the back. "He's a real genius and knows a lot of medicine stuff. We was figuring that he could patch you guys up after the rumble." All the Jets started laughing, and I saw Ponyboy sort of puff up with a bit of pride at being recognized.
"Let's get to business," the Hawk lieutenant said. Apparently the Hawks couldn't take a joke.
"Time," Ice said.
"Tomorrow," the Hawk leader said back. Riff nodded and added "After dark." They shook hands.
"Place," Tony said.
"Under the highway," the Hawk lieutenant said. Riff shook his head.
"The park," Ice said. The Hawk leader shook his head.
It went on like this for at least a minute when I said "How about the river?" I remembered rumbling there before. The Hawks nodded and Riff and their leader shook hands.
"Weapons," the Hawk leader said.
"Garbage," Riff said. The Hawks shook their heads.
"Knives," they said. I saw Two-Bit perk up at the opportunity to use his switch, but Darry shook his head.
The leaders went back and forth until Action said "How 'bout rocks? There are tons around the river." The leaders both agreed and the war council was done. We all began to drip out of Doc's store, walking to our respective homes. The guys headed home with Tony and Riff, but I walked through the playground. I still had a lot to think about. **crap ending...but, I'm tired and I have to wake up early and I really wanted to get one more post in.......I'll try to bring soda and steve more into the next chapter.....I feel like I'm neglecting them......well, please r/r.....NOW GET SOME SLEEP!!!!
Everyone was already at Doc's by the time I got there. I was really glad to see that my two gangs were getting along. Ponyboy and Baby John were sitting in the very back, reading comic books. They both looked like they were about to fall asleep right there, but they wouldn't admit to anyone they were tired. Two-Bit, Snowboy, and Mouthpiece sat at a table, laughing it up. I figured they'd all get along, they all thought they were comedians. What surprised me most was to see Action playing darts with Johnny. Johnny was quiet and didn't like to start fights, but Action, well, his name spoke for him. But there they were, chatting it up. Darry sat at a table with Tony, Riff and Ice, the guy who had replaced me as second lieutenant (A/N yes, I know Ice is from the movie, but Diesel's name brings back to many memories of the morons in my english class....ask Liam's Kitten). The girls were there too, Riff's girl Graziella, Ice's Girl Velma and Nicola, all chattering away annoyingly (Anybodys sat with them too, looking extremely bored). Then I noticed that while the other girls were sitting on chairs, Nicola was sitting on A-Rab's lap while she talked to the girls and he leaned back and spoke with Big Deal, Tiger and Gee-Tar who were playing cards with Soda and Steve. I decided to be a jerk and tap Tony on the shoulder and nod in their direction. He whistled, snapped and went "Nicky!" at the top of his lungs. She didn't say anything, just rolled her eyes and moved into the chair next to where A-Rab was sitting, never stopping her conversation with Graziella and Velma.
I don't know why, but I got a bit of an odd feeling in my stomach when Nicola put her head on A-Rab's shoulder. I knew she was doing it just to bother me-but it didn't know why it should bother me. I had spent the last thirty minutes sitting on a bench swearing to myself that I felt nothing for her, yet I felt weird when she was flirting with her own boyfriend. 'Eh,' a voice in my head said. 'Maybe it's indigestion. You did eat like five plates of pasta at Tony's house.' Riff was living with Tony's family. I don't know how they managed to fit six people (Tony, Riff, Tony's mother, Nicola, and Tony's two younger sisters, Cecile and Sonya) and I didn't know how they were going to fit all seven of us guys in their house. But Tony's mother insisted.
Just then, Joyboy, who was serving as look-out, whistled. The Hawks slowly filed in. Graziella and Velma immediately got up and left. Nicola walked up to Riff and went "Riff, can I stay? I'm not afraid of them."
"Ask your brother," was all he said. She looked up at the Hawks and swallowed hard, which I knew was a real bad nervous habit of hers. Obviously she was afraid. But God help the person who would point that out. She walked up to Tony.
"Can I stay?" she said.
"No, go home Nicola," he replied.
"Tony, please-"
"NICKY!" he yelled as she jumped. "Just go home. Please, just go while we still know the Hawks ain't gonna bother you again." She nodded, grabbed her purse and slinked past the Hawks, dragging Anybodys with her. As she walked past them, I heard a few Hawks go "Bye Nicky." and give her a little wave, but not in a friendly way. More of a taunting way, because she froze and her eyes got wide for a second as they did this. I was about to go slug a few of them, but the guys were already restraining A-Rab, who had knocked over a table and two chairs trying to get at the Hawks so I decided against it. The Hawks on the other hand, just stood there and laughed. If I were one of them, I probably would have been laughing at A-Rab too, since he was kind of small and didn't look like he could put up much of a fight.
It took a few seconds before everyone calmed down and we set up the tables for the war council. As we sat down, the leader of the Hawks looked around. "You need to call in extra troops?" he said, sneering and eyeing my gang. "Getting scared, Jet-boy?"
"Pfft," Riff scoffed. "You wish. You see, this one," he said, patting Pony on the back. "He's a real genius and knows a lot of medicine stuff. We was figuring that he could patch you guys up after the rumble." All the Jets started laughing, and I saw Ponyboy sort of puff up with a bit of pride at being recognized.
"Let's get to business," the Hawk lieutenant said. Apparently the Hawks couldn't take a joke.
"Time," Ice said.
"Tomorrow," the Hawk leader said back. Riff nodded and added "After dark." They shook hands.
"Place," Tony said.
"Under the highway," the Hawk lieutenant said. Riff shook his head.
"The park," Ice said. The Hawk leader shook his head.
It went on like this for at least a minute when I said "How about the river?" I remembered rumbling there before. The Hawks nodded and Riff and their leader shook hands.
"Weapons," the Hawk leader said.
"Garbage," Riff said. The Hawks shook their heads.
"Knives," they said. I saw Two-Bit perk up at the opportunity to use his switch, but Darry shook his head.
The leaders went back and forth until Action said "How 'bout rocks? There are tons around the river." The leaders both agreed and the war council was done. We all began to drip out of Doc's store, walking to our respective homes. The guys headed home with Tony and Riff, but I walked through the playground. I still had a lot to think about. **crap ending...but, I'm tired and I have to wake up early and I really wanted to get one more post in.......I'll try to bring soda and steve more into the next chapter.....I feel like I'm neglecting them......well, please r/r.....NOW GET SOME SLEEP!!!!