A/N: Well I've decided to write a second chapter, whether anyone wants it or not. So there. Anyways, on with the story!

Chapter 2 – Curiosity

Sodapop walked into the living room looking slightly dazed. Darry entered from the kitchen drying his hands on a towel.

"Who was it?" he asked. Soda, unable to form words, motioned for Darry to go to the door. Darry strode past him, dropping the towel on Steve's head as he went by. The gang heard the screen door open and then slam shut again as Darry went out onto the porch.

"Well?" Two-bit pushed. "Who was it?"

Soda plopped onto the couch, still in a daze.

"There was a beautiful girl at the door…"

"And?" questioned Steve.

"It was for Darry…" The whole room was silent for a moment.

"For Darry? Are you sure she wasn't just looking for me?" Two-bit joked.

"Nope, she seemed quite insistent on seeing Darry…" Soda paused, sucking in a breath. "The universe has been flipped upside down."

"Oh come on guys," came Ponyboy's voice. "Leave Darry alone."

"Yeah," added Dally, and everyone turned to look at him. "Maybe if he gets laid he'll stop being such a hard-ass." This received a laugh from everyone, mainly because they all believed it was true.

Meanwhile

Darry's POV

I sat across the table from Edie at the local Soda Shop in quite wonder of what I'd done to deserve this. 'Absolutely nothing' came the answer from the back of my mind. Edie was beautiful. I had noticed her right away when she had come outside carrying the fateful tray of lemonade. There wasn't anything particularly astonishing or different about her, but she was beautiful.

Her straw blonde hair was poker-straight and fell past her shoulders to mid-way down her back. She was fairly tall, maybe 5'8 or so with a slender frame. Not skinny but just right. Her face was soft and seemed to have a permanent look of amusement on it. Her eyes were startlingly bright green and seemed to exude confidence and happiness at the same time, although the confidence had not been evident when she had shown up at the house. I think her eye were what made her so beautiful. They were deep and soulful but piercing at the same time. I met her gaze and felt like I could get lost in those shining green pools forever, and most definitely not mind.

"I suppose it was kind of out of the blue for me to show up at your house like that," she stated, interrupting his internal monologue of her beauty. "I don't normally do things like that but…" she paused. "There was something about you… It was intriguing. I just felt that I couldn't let you disappear," she stopped again. "I wanted to get to know you."

"Wanted?" I asked.

"Want." She stated firmly. "Now that I've found you anyways."

There was something curious about her. Darry felt comfortable with her immediately. Her presence was relaxing. And she made him laugh. Really laugh. Something he hadn't done in a long, long time.

Later

Not wanting to miss a single detail of what had happened with the mystery girl, the gang stayed in the Curtis house that night. Waiting for Darry to come home. Around quarter after nine they heard a car pull up in front of the house. It was silent for a few minutes, nothing but the sound of the car engine running, and then… the slam of a car door. The car drove off and the gang heard heavy feet climb the steps to the run down house.

Darry walked in, hung up his coat, and then turned to face the living room, where he was greeted with the expectant faces of his brothers and friends.

"Good Lord," Darry muttered under his breath. "Don't tell me you guys waited here all night just for me."

"Course not," scoffed Two-bit. "Vain, party of one."

"U-huh," breathed Darry, clearly not convince. "Honestly. You guys are as bad as a bunch of old ladies." He sighed. "All right. What do you want to know?"

Everyone laughed. Stone cold Daryl, as it would appear, was in love.

Please R/R if you want it to keep going!