Chapter 6

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Chapter 6 (Still Narrators POV)

Darry, Soda, Pony, and Dally all looked at her in disbelief. She looked at all of them, with tear filled eyes.

"Who are you?!" she asked as she began crying. She pulled her legs close to herself and rocked back in forth. At that moment the Doctor came rushing in. Upon seeing Kelly and the guys, she looked around.

"What happened?" she asked, placing a comforting hand on Kelly's back and rubbing it gently. All the guys were speechless. Kelly looked up at the doctor.

"Please..where am I? Who are you? Who am I?" she asked looking up at the doctor. The doctor looked down at her.

"It's okay sweetie. I'll be right back." The doctor said. She shuffled out and Kelly looked at the guys.

"Who are you?" she asked , again. Soda looked into her eyes, hurt and scared.

"It's me baby. Sodapop." He said taking her hand. She pulled it away and looked at him.

"Do I know you?" She asked looking up into his eyes. She watched as a tear fell from his eyes and the older, taller guy, pull him into a hug. A few moments later the Doctor bustled back in.

"She has a case of amnesia. Now with Amnesia, there is no set time you can have it. There is no guarantee that she will get over it." The doctor stopped as Darry gasped. "No. That's not what I meant. I mean that she could get back into her old routine, but her memory of occurrences before now, not be present. Or she can go back and get her old routine back and one day it all comes flooding back. I think her case is the latter. She is a strong willed girl, despite her fragile state." The doctor explained.

"So it's a waiting game?" Dally asked. The doctor looked at him.

"Yes sir. That's exactly what it is. You just need to keep her into her old routine as much as possible. School, Dances, whatever she used to do. Make sure she does it. " The boys nodded and the Doctor left. They ran a few tests on her and then, while they waited for her to be discharged they talked.

"Your name is Kelly Marie Curtis. And you are.." Darry said, when she cut him off.

"16." She finished. Darry looked at her, his face gleaming.

"How did you know?" he asked.

"It's on my hospital band." She said blandly. His smile left and he sat back down.

"So you guys are my brothers?" she asked gesturing to all of them.

"No. Just us. Me. Im Darry. This is Ponyboy, and Sodapop. " He said gesturing to each.

"Then who are you?" She asked looking at Dally. She thought he looked tuff, but in a hott sort of way.

"Im Dally. You grew up around me. I am in...I hang out with your brothers. " He said, after Darry threw him a warning glance about mentioning the gang. She nodded as the Doctor came back in.

"Darry if you can sign here, she will be all set." She smiled at Kelly and Darry signed the papers. Kelly got up and put the coat Dally handed her on. She walked, following them, slowly out the door. This all looked so new to her and she was scared.

"Do you remember anything I told you while you were sleeping?" Dally asked hopefully as he waited with her while the boys brought the car around.

"I'm sorry. No. Was I suppose to?" she asked, worriedly.

"No. It's fine. Don't worry about it." He said, his heart sinking as he said these words. Kelly noticed the heartache in his eyes and wished she could remember. It was obviously important. She was about to ask him what he said, when her brother pulled up and ushered them into the car.

After a full day of trying to remember anything and everything she had known before and a full day of trying to comprehend what they were telling her, she finally collapsed on the bed, tired and scared. Everyone else had already told her good night and that if she needed anything, yell. But they couldn't give her what she needed. No one could.

She found herself walking down the hall to the kitchen and seeing seven guys looking at her with big eyes, like she had done something wrong. There names were still fuzzy, but she could tell you their personalities down to the hilt. She was remembering slowly. Then, Darry started yelling at her about remembering and then everyone else joined in. She couldn't take it. She started screaming.

She woke up, crying, in a horrible sweat with someone sitting next to her, stroking her cheek. She looked over and could make out the outline of Dally.

"Are you okay?" he asked quietly as he pushed the door shut, so not to wake up anyone else.

"I..I think so." She stuttered. "What if I never remember?" she asked looking up at him, as he turned on the lamp. He looked down into her tear filled eyes.

"You will baby. I know you will." He comforted her, taking her in his arms. She snuggled closer to the warm body. She felt so at home, though she couldn't understand why. Then she remembered something. She was excited, but didn't show it. She looked up at Dally.

"Why are you so cold?" she asked him.

"Well, we can always get under the blanket." he said, as he began pulling them towards her.

"No. That's not what I meant. Why are you so cold? I mean, like mean and harsh. You shut the world out. " she said, looking away from him, in case she made him mad. He looked down at her tenderly.

"I was hoping you wouldn't remember that part." he said sighing. "I'm glad you remembered though." He smiled and began his story.

"When I was younger, I lived in New York. You'd be surprised at what could happen there. I got put in Juvy so much, your head would spin. I had a horrible childhood. Then I moved here. I started hanging out with Tim and his gang. You might not remember him, but I'm not saying that's a bad thing." He laughed as Kelly giggled. " My life was just getting worse and worse. I have been through it all, from killings to shootings and back. I made a promise to myself after I started hanging with Darry and his gang, that I wasn't gonna get hurt like I did in NY. I was gonna be tough, because when your tough like me, you don't get hurt. You just are. No feelings. No remorse. You just exist." he stopped and looked down at Kelly.

"Then I met you. From the time I actually started thinking of you as a woman and not a kid, I understood why I always felt the need to protect you. " He stopped and looked down at Kelly. Her face was stunned.

(Kellys POV)

Memories had come flooding back to me. Millions of images. All jumbled together. The last one that played in my mind was a soothing voice, whispering sweet nothings in my ear. It was Dally I could tell. One sentance kept playing over and over in my head. "I love you Kelly." Dally loved her!

"Kelly...are you okay?" Dally asked her. She looked up at him.

"I love you too."