Author: mikesh
Title: Why did my life have to turn out this way?
Summary: What if Darry had decided not to raise his two brothers?
Part: 16?
A/N: italic now thoughts ok?
Krista: sorry but there's no hidden message
Thanks to all that have reviewed so far.
The guys stopped before they left town to get something to eat since it would be awhile before they got to Nebraska. They didn't get on the road until four o'clock.
"So how long before we get to Nebraska?" Steve asked
"I would say six to eight hours maybe longer." Soda asked
When the guys all just looked at him wondering how he knew how far it was…
"Darry's friend went to college there and said that it took him eleven hours to get there, so figured the way Dally drives it shouldn't take as long." Soda said
"Ok then lets get going." Dally said
So they got on the road heading to Nebraska. Steve, Soda, Johnny and Two-Bit were all asleep before they got out of town. They were all really tired since they'd been up early that morning.
$$8 o'clock that night$$
"Hey do you want me to take over so you can get some rest?" Two-Bit asked seeing that Dally was about to drift off to sleep.
"Yeah if you don't mind." Dally said
"If I minded I wouldn't have made the offer now would I have?" Two-Bit asked
"No I guess you wouldn't have. I'll pull into this gas station so I can stretch my legs and you can get into the driver seat." Dally said
So he pulled into the gas station and got out while Two-Bit was getting out too. They got back into the car about five minutes later surprised that none of the guys woke up.
"Hey Dally?" Two-Bit asked
When Two-Bit got no response he looked in the review mirror and saw that Dally was asleep using his coat as a blanket.
I'll just have to tell him when he gets up in the morning. Thought Two-Bit
About ten thirty Johnny woke up and he talked to Two-Bit for an hour and then he fell asleep. The at midnight Soda woke up.
"Hey if you want me to drive for awhile I can." Soda said
"Sure just to let you know its only about two hours away from here." Two-Bit said
"Well that be good. Hey when we stop I'm going to get out and stretch my legs." Soda said
"Not to sound mean but how are you going to get out?"
Two-Bit asked referring to the fact that Soda was in the middle in the back.
"Didn't think of that part." Soda said
"I'll let you out when we stop." Dally said
So they pulled over onto the shoulder and Dally, Two-Bit and Soda all got out of the car to stretch their legs. About two minutes after they got out Johnny and Steve both woke up thinking that they were there. They got out of the car seeing as the guys were to stretch their legs too.
They got back on the road about twelve thirty. Soda, Dally and Two-Bit all fell asleep while Steve and Johnny stayed up and talked to Soda to keep him awake.
Now enter Lancaster Country
Population: 995
(AN: I know it was more but that was just a nice round number ok?)
They found a hotel that still had the vacancy sign lit up. Dally had woke up by that point but Two-Bit was still sawing logs.
"If you'll get out I'll go get us a room for the night/day." Dally said
"Dal I'll go get it. No offence but they may think you're just up to trouble." Johnny said
"I'm not going to argue with you then." Dally said
Steve, Soda and Johnny could tell that he must be pretty tired otherwise he would have put up a bigger fight then that.
Inside the Hotel Lobby
The guy saw Soda pull up in the parking lot so he came out to the front.
"Now I don't want any trouble from you fellows." Said the man behind the counter.
"No sir there won't be any." Johnny said
"Ok now that we're got that clarified how many rooms and for how long?" the man asked
"I need one room for just tonight." Johnny said while suppressing a yawn
"Kid stop pulling my leg now how many rooms do you need?" the man asked
"Sir I just need the one." Johnny said
"Ok but if there's a big mess in that room then I'm charging you extra." The man said
"I promise there won't be a big mess sir." Johnny said
"Ok that will be $17.55 and your room number is 18. Just go down this hall here and take a left it's the second room on your right." The man said while pointing the way for Johnny.
Johnny paid the man and thanked him, then he went out to the car to tell the guys.
All five guys came in without a change of cloth which looked weird the man behind the counter.
In the room
Since there were only two beds and none of the guys wanted to sleep on the floor or in the car they doubled up. Soda and Johnny slept in the same bed and Dally and Steve slept in the other bed, Two-Bit slept on the chair. The guys didn't get to sleep until four in the morning.
Two-Bit woke up about 9:30 a.m. Since he knew that the others would sleep until ten or later he went out to get the car filled up.
"How may I help you sir?" asked the gas attendant
"Just fill her up please." Two-Bit said
So the gas attendant filled up the car. As he was going to tell Two-Bit the price he noticed that the plates were from Oklahoma.
"So you just passing through or you here to see someone?" The gas attendant asked
"We're visiting someone." Two-Bit said
The gas attendant looked at Two-Bit as if he had lost his marbles.
"Sir there's no one with you." The gas attendant said
"They're at the hotel sleeping." Two-Bit said while wondering why he was telling the guy that.
"Oh. So who are you here seeing?" asked the gas attendant
"Just an old friend." Two-Bit said
"Well if it's a college friend I might know who it is. My daughter is a college student, it might be someone that she's talked about." The gas attendant said
"Then do you know Darry Curtis?" asked Two-Bit
"Do I know him? Do I know him? He's like the son I never had." The gas attendant said
"What?" Two-Bit asked
"He's dating my daughter Stephanie and he's the captain of our football team here." The gas attendant says
Two-Bit just snorts and says "I'm sorry for her."
"Sir I don't know what you have against Darry but I find the man quite likable." The gas attendant said
"Dad is something wrong?" Stephanie asked
Neigh one had see or heard her pull up.
"No hun this man here was just wondering if I knew Darry." The gas attendant said to his daughter
"Sir what do you want with Darry?" Stephanie asked Two-Bit while eyeing him causally
"One the name is Two-Bit and second I need to talk to him about a family matter. Not to sound rude but all I want to know is where to find him." Two-Bit said while trying to keep his anger under control.
"Well" stated Stephanie
But before she could say anymore and end up regretting it later her dad stepped in.
"You should be able to find him at his dorm. Once you get to the gate there should be a woman who can tell you where to find him." The gas attendant said
"Thank you and how much do I owe you?" Two-Bit asked
"Five dollars." The gas attendant said
So Two-Bit gave him the money and drove to the dinner that he saw coming to the gas station to get some coffee and doughnuts.
Back at the Gas Station
"Dad do you think I should go tell Darry that he's coming?" Stephanie asked
"No but when you see him you might see if he says anything about the guy and if doesn't then its up to you what you do." Her dad said
"Ok thanks I better get going now." Stephanie said
"Did you need something?" Her dad asked
"No I was just passing by and saw the guy and it looked like he was giving you trouble. Thought I'd see if you needed help." Stephanie said
"Thanks but you saw I didn't." Her dad replied.
When Two-Bit was leaving the dinner he didn't knowwhat surprise was waiting for him at the hotel when he got back.
When Two-Bit got back to the hotel he walked into the room and about dropped the coffee. Dally had his arm wrapped around Steve like he was a girl. Two-Bit started laughing so hard that he woke the guys up.
"What's so funny Matthews?" asked Soda
"Yeah what's so…" Dally started to say before he realized that he had his arm wrapped around Steve. When Steve realized that the arm around him wasn't his he and Dally jumped out of bed so fast that they about knocked over Two-Bit and Soda who had just got out of bed.
Dally and Steve were blushing so badly that the guys laughed that much harder.
"If anyone tells what they saw just now I will pound them into the ground." Steve and Dally said at the same time while both having looks that could kill.
The guys still kept laughing but quit after a while because the look Dally was giving them told them that he wasn't kidding and not to mess with him.
"So is there something between the two of you that we need to know about?" Two-Bit said and then started laughing again.
"NO!" Steve and Dally screamed at once
"Ok it was just a joke." Two-Bit said
The guys all clamed down and they were about to get ready when the realized that they hadn't brought their cloths in.
"I'll go get them, you guys drink your coffee before it gets cold." Two-Bit said
They all said thanks for the coffee and doughnuts and Two-Bit went and got the bags. Since none of the guys were heavy packers it only took him one trip.
So the guys got changed and cleaned up. They ate their doughnuts and drink their coffee. As they were loading the car back up Two-Bit what he found out when he got the car filled up.
When they checked out Dally and Two-Bit got directions on how to get to the campus.
When they got to the campus the woman there told them that Darry was in dorm 5 room 315 which was on the first floor.
The guys thought that was kind of weird that the bigger numbers were on the bottom and the smaller numbers were on the top. They parked the car and walked in like they were there everyday.
They found the room that Darry stays in.
Knock, Knock, Knock
No answer
"dhdgdg" someone said from inside
"What?" asked Two-Bit
"I don't know, knock again" Johnny said
So Two-Bit knocked again
As Two-Bit was about to knock again someone hollowed at them.
"Hey what do you want?" The guy asked
"We're looking for Darry, but he doesn't seem to be answering." Two-Bit said
The guy then said "Darry's my roommate. What do you want with him?"
"We just need to talk to him for a minute." Soda said
"Hold on let me make sure he doesn't have a girl with him." Darry's roommate said
"If you mean his girlfriend then she won't be in there." Two-Bit said
All eyes went to him then
"She was at the gas station when I filled up the car." Two-Bit said
So the roommate let them in and when he was about to go wake Darry Steve stopped him. He knew that Soda would want the honors of doing that.
Since Soda knew that his brother was a very sound sleeper he got a glass of freezing cold water and then went over to Darry and poured it on his his.
"WHAT WAS THAT FOR?" Yelled Darry thinking it was his roommates or one of his friends.
"Get your ass up." Soda said not at all kindly
Darry was still out of it because he had party until two in the morning since they had won the game the night before.
"What?" Darry asked
"I said get your butt up." Soda said
"Stop yelling!" Darry said while making his hang over headache worse.
"I'm not yelling." Soda said starting to get annoyed with Darry.
"Go back to bed James and if I didn't know better I would think you were one of my brothers." Darry said not realizing that James was in the room and that it was actually one of his brothers.
"Uh…Darry I'm over here by the door." James said
"Yeah and Soda's standing at the head of my bed." Darry said
"Open your eyes and look." Soda said
So Darry opened his eyes wishing right away that he hadn't.
"Ohhh" Darry said
"Now get up!" Soda yelled
So Darry got up and went over to James and asked him to let them have some time alone. James agreed not liking the fact that there were five against one if one of them decided to try and hurt Darry.
Darry then got dressed and started making coffee for himself and the guys.
"We've already had breakfast." Two-Bit said
"Oh what are you doing here anyways? Thought you were never talking to me again." Darry said
"I wouldn't be here but Pony needs your help." Soda said on the verge of yelling at his brother
"What are you talking about?" Darry asked
"I'm talking about how my baby brother gets hit by the people he lives with everyday." Soda said
"The boy's home wouldn't have put him with a family like that." Darry said
"Well they did!" Soda exclaimed very loudly
"How did you find out anyways?" Darry asked letting his curiosity get the best of him
"He was telling me that he had a friend but he let slip 'I'. And we confirmed it with him that's where were yesterday." Johnny said
"Even if something like that was really happening he wouldn't have told you. Now why are you really here?" Darry said/asked
"WE'RE HERE BEUCASE WE NEED YOUR BLOODY HELP!" Soda yelled
"Ok lets say I believed you, what could I do?" Darry asked
"You could help us get him out of there and put that monster that he lives with behind bars." Steve said surprising everyone there
"Ok I've heard enough out of you guys now if you don't mind I have to go see someone." Darry said
"Would that happen to be your girlfriend Stephanie?" Two-Bit asked
"How do you know about her?" Darry asked
"When I filled up the car I stopped at the gas station that her dad works at and we got to talking about you and then she stopped in to say hi." Two-Bit said looking smug because he knew that he could ruin Darry's relationship with his girlfriend.
"Yeah like she would talk to you Matthews." Darry said while trying to cover up how nevus he was that Two-Bit might have said something to Stephanie that she didn't know about.
"Whatever lets go guys. As you can see he isn't going to help us." Two-Bit said
So the guys walked out to the car as soon as they were in the car Soda started crying.
"Hey what's wrong?" Steven asked getting worried because he'd never seen Soda cry before.
"WHAT DO YOU THNK IS WRONG?" Soda yelled while still crying
"Hey if its because Darry didn't believe us don't worry. My mom has a friend who is a lawyer and she maybe willing to help us." Two-Bit said
"You think she would?" Soda asked
"Yeah but the only thing is she doesn't do the free trials, so where would we get the money?" Two-Bit said/asked
"What is a free trial?" Soda asked
"He means pro bono it means that they don't charge to represent you." Johnny said
"Ha, ha, ha you're starting to sound a lot like Pony now." Soda said still laughing.
"Do we need to monitor what you read Johnny?" Dally asked also laughing
"Cut it out Dal." Johnny said
"Ok guys lets get going. We have a long trip ahead of us. You ok now Soda?" Steve asked
"Yeah I'm fine. Lets get going." Soda said
So they left to head home. The guys were just thinking of what happened that day. Soda wondering how he was going to ask Steve for money for Pony's trial and also wondering if Two-Bit's friend would really help them.
Back at the Dorm
James had seen that the guys had left so he went back into the dorm.
"Hey everything alright?" James asked
"Yeah it was just some old friends coming to say hi." Darry said
James didn't believe him but decided not to push Darry because he knew it wouldn't do any good.
Darry's Thoughts
Was Soda telling the truth? He's never lied to me before so why would he start now? Maybe he was just trying to pull my leg. No they wouldn't have came that far just to try to pull my leg. No forget Darry nothing's going on. They're just mad at you still so they mad up some lame ass excuse to come down here.
A/N: I know that may not have been what you were expecting but I didn't want Darry to be like 'All my poor brother.' Promise it will get better ok?
Oh by the way there's nothing that's going to happen with Steve and Dally I just thought I'd add some humor before it starts getting dark ok?