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-Kelly AKA Not-that-kinda-gurl

Chapter 8

"Im sorry." I said turning and running out of the house. I stopped when I reached the Priest's garden. I sat down on a bench and wrapped my arms around myself and rocked slowly, tears falling. I heard footsteps behind me and knew it was Dally. I knew he would be angry with me. I turned to him.

"Im sorry." I said, tear-filled eyes shining at him. He wrapped his big strong arms around me and smiled.

"Stand up." he said, roughly. I was confused, but did what he said. He sat down and pulled my onto his lap. I smiled slightly.

"Are you mad?" I asked I ask quietly, looking away from his eyes.

"How can I be mad? I could never be mad at you." he said as he kissed my neck, repeatedly.

"Let's go home." I said. "I have some explaining to do." I mumbled. He stopped.

"What do you mean? We haven't even been gone past your curfew. It's only 6:00 pm." he stated, the obvious.

"You gotta promise you won't be mad." I said slowly.

"Let's hear it." He said sighing.

"I kinda left the guys a note saying that we were getting married and I was never coming back." I said, smiling at him, slowly.

"YOU WHAT?" he asked looking at me.

"You said you wouldn't get mad." I whined.

"YOU TOLD DARRY WE WERE GETTING MARRIED! HELLO! DARRY!" He exclaimed. I looked away from him.

"I'm sorry." I whispered softly. He got up, pushing me off his lap and forcing me to stand up as well. He took my hand and we thanked the priest and climbed back into his truck.

"We have to go fix this mess." He growled. There was something I liked about that, but something I hated all the same. We drove home in silence, neither saying a word to the other. I knew I had pissed him off. Not by popping up and saying I wanted to get married and then making him go and then getting him to agree and then him saying yes and then me saying no. That hadn't pissed him off. What pissed him off was the fact I had left my brothers a letter saying I was running off to elope and never coming back. That pissed him off. We pulled up next to the house and we could hear yelling and avid conversations coming from inside. I climbed out of the truck and he looked at me. He pointed to the door, signaling me to go first. I walked to the door and slowly opened it. Darry looked at me with a flushed face as did the rest of the gang.

"MARRIED?!?! YOU WENT TO GET MARRIED?!??" He asked rounding on me. He was right in my face, yelling. Dally stood behind me, not speaking. I can't say I blamed him. Darry is big.

"Darry..I .." I started.

"YOU WHAT?!?!" He fumed. "You fucking eloped! What do you ave to say about that?!?" He continued

"I..I ..we didn't Darry.." I tried to explain.

"Hell you didn't! What is wrong with you?!?" he continued yelling. I started crying, and Dally pulled me to him. I cried on his chest.

"And you.." Darry rounded on him. "This is all your fault! You Bastard!" He said as he started to swing at Dally. Two-bit and Steve had grabbed both his arms to stop him.

I had turned to face Darry and was in front of Dally. I wasn't gonna let Darry hit him. I just wouldn't. Darry's face was angry and I could see the hate in his eyes.

" Let's just go." I said pushing Dally towards the door. He resisted and pushed me out the door.

"Darry! Just so you know! We didn't get married! She wouldn't do it! You know why? She needed her brothers there!" He yelled before walking outside. I was standing there waiting on him. He took his jacket off and wrapped it around me. We walked in silence for a little while, before I spoke.

"I'm sorry." I whispered softly. He wrapped one arm around me.

"Don't worry about it. I don't blame you. Your brother should learn to listen." he said just as softly as we approached Buck's house. Dally threw the door open. There was no party tonight, surprisingly enough.

"BUCK!!!" Dally yelled as he looked around, keep hold on one of my hands. The only people we saw were the group of drunk greasers in the corner playing poker. Buck emerged from the closet under the stairs.

"What the Hel...Oh Hi Dally, what can I do ya for?" he asked looking from him to me.

"Were gonna crash here tonight. Darry needs time to cool down. We don't wanna talk about it." he said sternly.

"Who am I to tell you no man?" he asked, smirking. Dally groaned.

"I didn't..it's not like that. Buck shut the hell up." He said as Buck started laughing. I grinned slightly.

"Oh and boys," Dally said gesturing to the boys playing poker. "You stay down here. I don't want you touching her." he made a point of looking threatening. I stifled a laugh as we walked upstairs. He smiled at me as he opened the door to a room on the right. We went in and he sat down on the bed as I looked out the window, with my arms crossed. I heard him moving around and I turned to looked at him. He had taken his shirt off and turned down the bed. As I watched he lit a cigarette on the necklace pendant he wore all the time.

"Would you sit down and stop worrying so much?" He asked taking my hand and pulling me onto his lap. I smiled slightly and kissed him gently.

"I know I should, but he's my brother and you know how it is." I said as I slid off his lap onto the bed. I curled up into a small ball and tried to get comfortable.

"You can't sleep in those clothes. Trust me. Im a guy and even I know that." He said smirking. He picked his t-shirt he had just pulled off up and handed it to me. It was blue and said Duke Blue Devils on it. As much as I hated that team, I took it.

"You expect me to wear this rubbish?" I asked laughing softly.

"Rubbish? It is most certainly not rubbish." He laughed. " Just go put it on, you'll be more comfortable." So I did as I was told. I went into the bathroom connected to the room and changed into the loose fitting t-shirt. I walked back into the room carrying my other clothes and tossed them on the chair. I climbed in next to Dally and snuggled up to him.

"You okay baby?" he asked softly. I nodded and snuggled closer to him. He pulled the blankets up around us and soon we were both sleeping.

I woke the next morning with Dally's face smiling at me. "Morning." I murmured. He smiled.

"Morning cutie."he said yawning.

"We gonna go see my brother?" I asked.

"If we must." he said closing his eyes. He moaned and rolled over. I draped my arm over his side and kissed his bare back a few times.

"Thank you for sticking with me no matter what happens." I said as someone knocked on the door. I groaned. "Make them go away." I whined.

"Who the hell is it?" he yelled towards the door as Buck opened the door. I pulled the covers up around me embarrassed , as Dally laughed.

"What Buck?" Dally asked sitting up.

"There's some boys downstairs that want to speak with you Dal." He said, not looking to happy.

"Damn. Tell them I'll be down in a few." he mumbled. Buck nodded and left. I looked at Dally.

"What did you do?" I asked.

"Nothing, that I remember." He said, as he looked at me. "I need my shirt baby." He said.

"Okay. Let me go change." I climbed out of the bed and entered the bathroom, after grabbing my clothes. I changed quickly and tossed his shirt to him as he slipped it on and ran down stairs. I put my hair up in a ponytail and walked downstairs after him. He was talking to Tim and Curly.

"Hey babe." Curly said nodding towards me as Dally wrapped his arm around my waist protectively. "Oh.." Curly said understanding. I smiled at him and kissed Dally's cheek.

"Anyway." Tim continued. " So I figure if the Socs think they can jump all our women, they need to be taught a lesson." Tim said, anger flashing in his eyes.

"Is Angela alright?" Dally asked, frowning.

"Yes. She's just shook up. I told her if they had done anything to her, she had best tell me, but she said they just spooked her a little. So I reckon she's fine. " Tim explained.

"Yea. I'll help you. I got my own woman to think about." he said kissing my forehead. Tim just laughed.

"You think your brothers will help?" Tim asked me.

"I guess. I have to talk to them first." I said as they nodded and left.

"We may as well go see them now." Dally commented. I nodded agreeably. "Buck were gone! Thanks man!" he yelled as we walked back to my house. I entered slowly with Dally behind me. They were all in the living room talking. The conversation stopped as I stepped in.

"Hey." I said softly. No one responded. I made towards Darry to talk to him, but when I began he cut me off.

"Im sorry." he said, looking at me as he stood up. " I should have listened to you. When I found the note, I freaked. Im sorry." he said. I hugged him.

"Im sorry too. I was just upset when I wrote it and I actually did have plans to elope, but we didn't. I couldn't never do that without you guys. Plus Im not ready." I explained.

"It's okay. I love you. We all do." He told me. I smiled and told him the same. We all sat and talked for the reminder of the day, until I mentioned Tim and the Socs.

"Yea. We will help. Until Friday at the rumble, though, I want you to have someone with you at all times." He said.

"Oh she will." Dally answered for me. I smiled at him.