CRYSTAL'S POV

After all the packing, loading, and unpacking I was tired. Becky and I were organizing the stuff we'd brought over while Melissa dusted. The house was nice. It just needed to be cleaned up a little and it could probably use a paint job. Some people may say the house was a bit runned down, but I thought it was pretty nice seeing as it was on the bad side of town, in a fairly rough neighborhood. But anyway, while we cleaned and organized everything, we'd sent the Steve and Soda to get Dally.

I still had to go to 'my' house to get the rest of my stuff before my dad threw it all out. I would bring the rest of my clothes and personal belongings and I guess I would bring my furniture too. I mean I do need a bed and chest of drawers.

Late own I'd have to get a crib and few other things. I'd set it all up in my room. I think what we all were planning to do was Becky and Melissa were going to share a room, then Andrew, Dallas, and I would have our own rooms.

A few minutes later the guys walked in. The guys being: Steve, Soda, Dallas, and Andrew. I think Andrew was asleep because Dally was carrying him and his head was resting on Dally's shoulder.

"Hey." I said walking over to Dally.

"Where can I lay him?"

"Just put him on the couch." I told him. "How are the ribs?"

"They're better. Still soar, but better." He said.

"Hey Crystal. Where are you going to put the crib when you get it?" Becky asked.

"In my room with me." I said.

"Oh." Becky said. "Well, it's going to be an adventure when the baby is born."

"Yep, and I can't wait!" I said smiling.

It may not be Dally's child I'm carrying, but it's still part mine. No all mine. The jerk that raped me doesn't get to claim any part of my baby.

"Hey you want to go to the Dingo or something later?" Dally asked me.

"Instead of the Dingo, let's just go over to the Curtis' and hang out with the guys." I said.

"Ok, sounds good to me." Dal said.

We did some more work around the house, and then we went over to the Curtis'. The whole gang was there. Two-Bit was watching TV, Steve and Soda were playing poker. Pony was doing homework and Johnny was trying to read Gone With The Wind. Darry was looking through bills, and the kids began to play. Johnny stopped reading and started playing with the kids. Becky, Dallas, and I sat down on the couch. It wasn't long before the guys were wrestling. Well, all of the guys except Darry.

"What's wrong Crystal?" Darry asked me.

"Oh, nothing. I'm fine." I told him.

"Are you sure? You look a little sick."

"Yeah, I'm sure." I said smiling. I'd tell everyone later. I would just tell them all at once so I wouldn't have to repeat the story a million times. I think the only people that knew anything was Dallas and Becky.

I didn't realize that Pony had left the room until I heard him yell to everyone from the kitchen, that dinner was done. Everyone rushed into the kitchen and piled their plates with food. The whole time through dinner, I couldn't take my eyes off of Dallas. His gorgeous brown eyes and his dark brown hair. He looked tough, but very handsome at the same time. Dallas was hard and tough but I knew that he was sensitive too. I could tell that by the way he looked after Johnny, Andrew, Melissa, and Becky. I think he even tried to look after me too. If he weren't then he never would have gotten in that fight with Jerome. Some how Dallas knew it had been Jerome. I didn't know how Dallas knew, but he did. I hadn't known his name until Dallas told me and when he described him, I knew it had been Jerome.

"I'm going to the house. I'm tired from all the moving we did today." I said.

I told everyone goodnight and started walking to the house. I didn't get far when someone stepped out from behind a tree.

"Hello Crystal." Jerome said.

"What do you want?" I asked hoping I didn't sound as scared as I felt.

"I just thought I'd get even with your boyfriend for beating me up." He said. He grabbed my arm and nearly dragged me to the house. He pulled me into one of the bedrooms and I knew what he was going to do.

"No...please...don't." I said pleading. I hoped Dally or one of the guys would come in soon.

But they didn't. When Dallas finally did come in, I was sitting in the corner of the room wrapped up in a blanket, crying.

"Crystal, baby, what's wrong?" He asked me.

"He...did...it...again...Dallas." I managed to choke out between sobs.

"Crystal, we have to get you to the hospital." He went to used the phone and a few minutes later Darry came rushing in.

"What happened?" Darry asked.

"That jerk came back." Dally said. To my surprise he was holding his temper fairly well. I was very surprised that he wasn't using every cuss word known to man knocking down a wall. And to top it all off, he was very extremely gentle with me also.

Dallas and Darry took me to the hospital. The doctors checked me over, ran a few tests, and put me in a room. They were going to keep me for observation. Once I was settled in m room Dally and Darry came in to see me.

"So, would one of you like to tell me what's going on?" Darry asked.

Dallas explained what all has happened and what is happening.

When Dallas finished the story, Darry was speechless.

CinderBrat- Thanks for reading and reviewing. I hope I gave a pretty good description of the house. I'd forgotten that I hadn't done that. I thought the price would work pretty well for a house on the bad side of town in the sixties. What book was it that only had ½ page for the chapter? I think the author could have made it longer than half a page. Lol... Keep reading.

Makai Goddess Ookami- I added a few more some stuff to the house to make it where it would seem like it fit the price. I'll put more later as the story goes on, like them just discovering the problem. Keep reading and reviewing. And I'm glad you like it.

Grease Girl- Thank you for your review. Keep reading and reviewing. I'm glad you like my story and are reading it.