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Bailey woke early and changed into a skirt and blouse. She pulled her hair up into a high ponytail and ran down the hall skipping steps to reach the kitchen. Her hair fell in small loose strands around her head and she pulled out some fruit and yogurt.

A soft breathing came close by and she closed the refrigerator door to see Johnny sleeping on the couch rolled up into a small ball. She finished her meal and opened the front door quietly to not wake anyone up. Bail's borrowed Pony's bike and rode off to school. She thought nobody would know she was there at the school. It was a Saturday and dead quiet. She reached the bleachers and sat in the highest row and began to write in her notebook. The sun slowly climbed in the sky and woke the world around her. She heard cars down the street and the birds in the trees. Bails thought about her life here and the letter in the mail she had gotten the day before. She had opened it at least twenty times that morning. It lay in her hand the letter now slightly creased.

Dear Bailey Clare,

How are you? I know I haven't written in months but I think its time for you to come home. I know you love it with your cousins but I think this will be best. I don't have the time to pick you up but I know you would be able to get a ride from one of your friends. As your mother I ask you to come home as soon as possible. You have over stayed with your cousin Darry and I think its time to move on to Aunt Ann's cottage in Maine till you graduate high school. She thinks being raised with all boys will do you more harm then good. Please write as soon as you can.

With much love,

Mother

Bails whipped the tears from her face and tried to finish her letter telling her mother how much she didn't want to leave. After the sun raised to high that it hurt her eyes she got up and walked to pony's bike and got on it. She rode through the town, up every street and down ever hill, trying to find a way to tell the boys her dilemma. She decided not to tell them till her never letter came from home, she finally reached the house and found the Darry's truck still there and the back screen door unlocked like she left it. As Bails walked in the screen door she looked at the clock that read just about noon.

The couch was empty, and the house was dead silent. She went up to her room and fell asleep to stressed to worry where the boys where. She woke in the late evening and latterly rolled out of bed and at the feet of Dally Winston. She rubbed her eyes like a young child and looked up into his cold eyes. He bent down and said, "We have been looking all over for you." She yawned and whispered, "Been here since this….I can't remember." Bails yawned again and got up slowly. Dally just stared at her with an amused face and then said, "If I didn't like you this much I wouldn't have let you sleep longer." Bailey grinned at him and followed Dally down the stair case. Darry sat on the couch his face not amused, Ponyboy and Johnny in the corner with Soda sitting on the piano bench.

Bails looked at Ponyboy first, he looked sad and nervous. "Bailey Clare! When I am talking to you, please look at me!" Dally barked. Bails straightened and turned to her cousin. "I did leave without a note but I thought I would be back before everyone got up." Dally crossed his arms and said, "It's dangerous to be out in Tulsa that early with no supervision." Bails shouted, "Why can't you just let me handle all of it on my own?" Soda tried to stop the shouting, "Now Bails come on think about this." Bails glared reached her cousin soda and she shouted, "Stay out of this coke!" A small grin climbed his mouth and he pulled away. "You're sometimes harder to handle then I ever wished for. I thought a girl would help this family!" Bails uncrossed her arms, "You wish will come true. I will leave."

Her tears ran down her face as she turned to run up the stairs but Dally Winston blocked her way. She shoved around him but he grabbed her shoulder and walked her towards the door. "I'll handle her from this point." He said to Darry. "Now wait a minute Dally!" shouted Darry before his voice was cut off by the slamming door. Bails let Dally guided her to the car before she started talking. "Get in the car Bailey." Dally said. Bails shook her head and then said, "I am not going anywhere." Dally laughed and said, "You are as stubborn as they come. Now get in the car." She finally gave in and sat in the old mustang. "Where are you taking me?" she whispered. "Away from here like you wanted." He simply said while zooming off into the dusty road that led onward. The evening sun drifting downward and Dally's mustang lights showing the way.

Bailey fell asleep and let the breeze pull at her hair. As the new sun rose in the morning wakening her from her dreams, reality crashed down on her. She moved her face towards the figure driving and opened her eyes. "Dally?" she said lightly. He squeezed her shoulder and whispered, "Where here!"

Well this is for all the fans of this story that I hadn't written for a good 4 months. I'm sry I hadn't until now. Please enjoy.

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