Disclaimer: I don't own the Outsiders or Keeping the Moon.
oOoDancingQueenoOo: I, myself, would go with Soda because Dally scares me sometimes. But Roxie isn't me so we'll just have to see who she picks. But I hope you like it no matter how it turns out.
XxAnGeL02xX: I'm glad you like the story. Hope you enjoy this chapter.
ZELINDA: LOL. Dally is always weird when I write him but luckily nobody ever seems to think that he's OOC. Matt, I love him! I also love Rob Lowe and Tom Cruise and Patrick Swaisy (whenever I watch the Outsiders I think of him as Johnny from Dirty Dancing) and Emilio Estevez (I think he is hot, not hot like Matt is but he's so adorable you have to love him). I hope you like this chapter.
Cutiepiepink angel: you can find out more about the DVD at the Outsiders website which I have listed in the authors note. It will tell you all about the upcoming DVD. So exciting. Yes the part with Soda is very sad but Soda is never too sad for too long. He'll be a bit better later on. Hope you like it!
Sodapop's#1gurl: I wasn't really a Dally lover and I still don't really like him that much in the book and movie. But I like him in my story because he's kind of a big softy underneath all the hostility. I like Soda much better. Sandy is going to pay for breaking Sodapop's heart :evil laugh:. I know you like Soda, I like him too. But I think Dally may be a better choice. However since I love Soda I have decided to write a fic about him where he gets the girl. It's sort of a continuation of this story but there is a new girl who's a Soc. I can't really tell you much more because I've only just started it but I think you'll like it. I will be posting it once this story is finished.
Stef: This story does sort of follow Keeping the Moon. Keeping the Moon is about a girl who goes to stay with her aunt for the summer and she basically finds herself there. The characters that Olivia and Trisha are based on help her. And there's also this guy who is sort of her love interest. I kind of followed that story but none of the guys are like the guy in the book, except Ponyboy kind of but Roxie and Ponyboy don't really click so I had to forgo that, even though he has a really sweet part in the book. I totally recommend it. It's about 200 something pages so it's rather short but it's so good. Actually anything by Sarah Dessen is fantastic but Keeping the Moon is my favorite. You asked about the alert thing. I just made a blog for my fan fiction writing. If you go to my bio here by clicking on my name click on the homepage button and that's my blog for my writing. You can just bookmark that and you'll know when the story is updated. I hope you like this chapter and that your finals went well.
Lovewriter45: Thank you so much. Another new reviewer! I can't really say if she ends up with him, but I will say that it is very obvious in this chapter. I'm not being so subtle anymore. Once you read the chapter and the part of the song you'll get it. Hope you like it.
Gracie: It should be very obvious who she ends up in this chapter. As for choosing between Dally and Soda, that's a really hard choice don't you think? I think Roxie had a little crush on Soda in the beginning but now they're more like brother and sister. However there are some surprises coming up soon.
Author's Note: Alrighty some of you expressed interest about the DVD so here is where I found out about it: It's an awesome website so check it out. Anyways, Aunt Candace gets a little mean here but everything is going to end up alright in the end. And as always I would like to thank my beta-reader babygurl33 because she rocks and always fixes my mistakes and has made this story extra wonderful. Don't know what I would do without her.
Chapter Eleven
It was a sweltering hot day a week after the forth of July and the gang was absolutely baking outside from playing football all morning so I told Dally to come with me to get some lemonade to take to the guys.
"Hello Roxie," my aunt said from the kitchen table where she was working on her latest card, this one was for a dead goldfish. Her long hair was twisted damply into bun and beads of sweat glistened on her forehead.
"Hey Aunt Candy. You know Dally don't you? He's one of the Curtis's friends." I said hooking my thumb over my shoulder at Dally who was leaning against the doorframe as if he owned the place. He had forgone his trademark leather jacket for a t-shirt with the sleeves ripped off. It was too hot for even the greasers to try and look tuff anymore.
Aunt Candy looked up and narrowed her eyes as she studied Dally. He nodded to her, but then went back to glancing around the room with shifty eyes. He looked intimidating with a bruise on his left cheek from a fight he had gotten into a few nights ago. That combined with his scowl and the way his white-blonde hair fell into his eyes, he was very menacing even when he wasn't trying to be tuff.
Aunt Candace cleared her throat as she continued to glance at Dally, I guess to make sure he didn't swipe anything. I didn't understand why she had such a problem with him. Sure he looks tough and mean most of the time but he really is an alright guy once you get to know him. He's loyal and cares about the gang, although he doesn't want to show it because he's afraid. I don't know what he's afraid of but it's just something I have always assumed.
I grabbed the lemonade I had mixed up the night before from the fridge and a stack of paper cups which I handed to Dally. He nodded to my aunt again and then headed out the door. I was about to follow him when Aunt Candace grabbed my arm to pull me back to her. "Roxie why are you associating with that…ruffian?" she asked. I looked at her bewildered for a moment.
"He's my friend auntie." I said shrugging. She shook her head and for once in my life I saw her look firm.
"Roxie I don't want you near that boy unless Darry or Soda is with you," Aunt Candy said unwaveringly.
"But why? It's not like he's a criminal on the run!" I said, even though I knew the men down at the police station knew Dallas very well.
"He's a hooligan. He could get you into serious trouble. Is Soda down at the lot?"
"Yes, and so are Steve and Two-Bit and Ponyboy and Johnny so if Dally suddenly gets it in his mind to kill me I'm well protected." I said sourly as I walked out of the room.
I have never really sassed my aunt before. My mother plenty of times and even though he is very intimidating I have done it to my father too. But never Aunt Candy. She's always been so easy going, and lets me do what I want within reason. I was shocked with myself that I had done that.
"Roxanne?" Aunt Candace asked when I arrived home that night. I felt like a teenager on a TV show, sneaking in after curfew only to be caught. I had spent the day with the gang and stayed for dinner at the Curtis's, but it was only seven o'clock, it's not like I was walking in at midnight.
"You never call me Roxanne." I said as I sat down next to her on the plaid sofa. Aunt Candy was watching I Love Lucy on TV but she had the volume turned down real low.
"There's never been a need," she said shortly. I crinkled my nose. Aunt Candy was acting stricter than Darry was with Ponyboy. "I spoke with your parents today."
"They called while I was out?" I asked disappointedly. My parents only called once in a while, they were busy playing golf and all sorts of things down in the Caribbean, and usually I was out with the guys or Trisha and Olivia so to have a call from them was a treat. Aunt Candace shook her head.
"No, I called them." Aunt Candace answered evenly. "I talked to him about that thug you were with today."
"That thug has a name." I muttered but Aunt Candace acted like she didn't hear me.
"Your mother and father agree with me that you can no longer see him." Aunt Candace said.
"It's not like I'm dating him! We're just friends! You let me hang out with Darry and Sodapop and Ponyboy all the time and you don't even care about Steve and Two-Bit and Johnny. It's just Dally you have a problem with!"
"Roxanne I don't want to hear another word out of you about that boy. Now go upstairs to your room." Aunt Candace said. I groaned and stomped up the stairs, slamming my door.
I reached for the phone on the bedside table and dialed the Curtis's house.
"'Lo?" came the familiar voice on the other end.
"Two-Bit?" I asked quietly into the phone.
"Foxy Roxie, why are you calling here when you just left about ten minutes ago?" Two-Bit asked. I could practically hear him grinning smugly into the phone.
"I told you not to call me that!" I protested. Two-Bit insisted that I have a nickname, not content with Roxie I suppose, and so he came up with Foxy Roxie. Two-Bit laughed. "Can you put Soda on please?"
"I guess…" Two-Bit said lackadaisically and I could hear him yell for Soda.
"Well Miss Roxanne, to what do I owe this pleasure?" Soda asked in his cordial way. I snorted.
"Soda don't talk all fancy like." I sniggered.
"Alright. What do you want Roxie?" he said gruffly in a manner that sounded much like Steve or Dally. "How was that?"
"Isn't there a happy medium?" I asked. "What's up Miss Roxanne?" Soda tried again.
"That's better." I grinned. "Aunt Candace won't let me near Dally anymore."
"What did he do now?"
"Roxanne get off that phone!" Aunt Candace shouted up the steps. I sighed.
"I have to go. I'll see you." I said quickly and hung up. Looking at the clock I saw that it was barely seven thirty. Way too early too go to bed, yet Aunt Candace had told me to stay in my room. I walked over to my window, opened it, and sat on the ledge. The porch roof was below me so it wasn't like if I lost my balance I would go crashing into Aunt Candy's vegetable patch.
I sat there awhile until the phone rang. I picked it up and wound the cord around my wrist. "Roxie?" it was Trisha's voice in a rushed whisper.
"What's up Trish?" I asked. She sounded upset about something.
"We have a situation here. Can you go get Darry and whoever else is at their house?"
"Sure. Why?" I asked.
"I'll explain when you get here. Hurry!" she said before hanging up. I glanced out my window as the wind picked up and thrashed my curtain violently as a summer rain started.
Cliffhanger! Buma ba ba bum! LOL. So Aunt Candy is a big meanie and won't let Roxie see Dally anymore. Will anything happen that will cause Aunt Candace to change her mind? And what could Trisha need Roxie and the guys for? Stay tuned…
Infinite X's and O's,
Hannah