Disclaimer: I do not own the Outsiders.
Tk421beth: I can't give too much away about the ending but I'm pretty sure people will like it. I'm glad you liked the last paragraph, I like it too.
Babygurl33: I'm not saying they will get together but I'm not saying no either. You'll just have to wait and see.
oOoRikku4EveroOo: Dally can be rather cute sometimes when he tries to be. But don't forget he's still tough as nails Dallas Winston!
Steph: Maybe she will and maybe she won't…you'll just have read and find out.
Ellina: LOL, I can't say I'm wild about Dally shooting Daniel beings that he would go to jail and then he and Roxie couldn't be together anyways. Daniel is an okay guy. There's stuff about him in this chapter. LOL, I'm glad you didn't bruise when you ran into the door.
TWbasketcase: I'm not going to end it soon but I'm running out of stuff to happen before the climax. LOL. I think it will be okay though. The climax won't happen for a little while now. Dally will be having a blow up soon and yes Roxie is naïve. But that's part of who she is. Thank you for the praise!
Sodapop's#1gurl: LOL, I'm sure in your mind Dally and Roxie are very happy. And who says they won't end up together? They just might ;)
Author's Note: Wow I got a lot of reviews for the last chapter. That's great. I'm sorry it took me a little while to get this chapter up but I'm having problems with this story. There's a really big thing coming up but I don't want it to happen yet, and I'm running out of stuff to happen before this big thing. So this chapter seems kind of like filler to me. Sorry for that but I don't want to rush the really big thing! LOL, and don't ask what the really big thing is because I won't tell you.
Chapter Six: Girl Talk
"Alright Roxie, what's going on with you?" Olivia asked, taking a sip out of her coffee mug. Olivia, Trisha, and I were sitting in the Curtis's kitchen; one of the rare moments we got to spend time just us three. Darry was at work and Haven and Halley were at school so the house was quiet.
"What do you mean?" I asked innocently, tracing the rim of my coffee mug with my index finger.
Trisha rolled her eyes. "Don't play dumb Roxie. Two-Bit told me how Dally is helping you clean your aunt's house."
"Oh that?" I asked. They nodded. "There is nothing going on between me and Dally!"
"Roxie, come on! The guy has been madly in love with you since you came to stay here ten years ago. Do you really think he would forget all that?" Trisha asked. Olivia nodded in concurrence.
"We're just friends. He even said so himself!" I protested. Trisha rolled her eyes.
"Roxie do you really believe that?" Olivia asked. I nodded. "Roxie, we've known Dally longer than you. Trust us, he isn't over you."
"Okay so maybe he isn't totally over me. But that doesn't mean anything is going to happen. What kind of girl do you think I am?" I asked. Trisha and Olivia exchanged looks.
"Roxie darling we love you to pieces—," Olivia began.
"But you do sometimes let your heart rule your head." Trisha finished. My mouth dropped open.
"Are you two saying that I would let some stupid feelings for Dally that probably don't even exist anymore take over my feelings for Daniel, the man I love with all my heart?" I asked. Olivia bit her lower lip and stared into her coffee, not looking at me but Trisha had no trouble meeting my gaze.
"The thing is Rox, we don't think those feelings for Dally have completely gone away…" she said. I propped my chin up with my head and stared out the window, thinking.
"How do I know if the feelings are gone or not?" I asked, still looking out the window.
"Only you can answer that Roxie." Olivia said, patting my arm. I tore my eyes away from the window and looked at my friends. They seemed so much older and wiser than they had ten years ago, and yet I still sometimes felt like that lost fifteen year old girl who had no idea who she was.
Trisha seemed to sense my discomfort so she cleared her throat. "So Roxanne tell us about Daniel. You've hardly mentioned him at all and we want to know everything about him!"
I smiled, the way I did whenever I thought of Daniel. "Well he's a doctor in Cincinnati, he comes from a very wealthy family, and he used to play baseball…" I bit my lip, wondering if I should have said that Daniel plays baseball. But Olivia simply nodded with interest, her eyes didn't flicker and her smile didn't falter. She must really love Darry; I thought beings that you couldn't say the word baseball around her ten years ago without her bursting into tears. "Um…anything else you want to know?" I asked.
"Roxie, you've barely scratched the surface! What does he look like?" Olivia asked.
"Um…he's about six-foot-two and has a build like Darry's. His hair is brown and he has hazel eyes." I said, pulling a picture of us out of my purse to show them. Olivia raised her eyebrows and Trisha whistled.
"He's really handsome." Olivia said. "I bet he could even give Soda a run for his money."
"Yeah…" I said, taking the picture back, smiling fondly at it before I tucked it back into my bag.
"How did you meet him?" Trisha asked. I bit my lip as I thought back.
"I was a sophomore in college. It was right around the time Dally and I stopped writing to each other. I was really sad about it so my roommate, who was tired of me festering in our dorm every night, dragged me to a frat party. I looked like a wreck and all I wanted to do was go back to the room but my roommate didn't want to go so I just sat in the kitchen. Then Daniel came in the room. He sat down and started talking to me, and the next thing we knew it was two in the morning…"
"That's so sweet!" Olivia said. I smiled.
"Yes, it was. I didn't give him my number but he managed to find it anyway and he called me, right when I got back to my room. He asked me to go to one of the football games with him and we've been together ever since." I said, still smiling as I stretched out my hand, studying the diamond ring he had given me.
"He sounds just the opposite of Dally…" Trish said. I bit my lip as I thought about it. Dally cussed like a sailor on leave, smoked like a chimney and drank too much while Daniel attended church every Sunday with me, never swore, and was a nonsmoker because as a doctor he knew what it could do to your lungs. You couldn't find two different guys. And yet I loved them both, at one point or another.