Thanks for the comments! Well here's chapter 12!

Disclaimer: I do not own The Outsiders. Neither do i own the song "Bad Day" Daniel Powter does.

I am Sorry Is Eight Letters And So Is Bullshit

Arianna's POV

After Steve told Nicole about the plan to find Dallas, more and more customers came by. There were people who needed gasoline, or an oil change, or they had a flat tire, sometimes all three. Steve and Soda took turns taking care of the customers, and the people were not only greasers, some were Socs too. Nicole and I were just watching the cars pass by, and we made a game out of that. Everytime a blue car passed we would say 'Moo' and if a red car passed we would say 'Meow' but after awhile we got bored of that game. Nicole decided to sit on a foldable chair, and I didn't want to be leaning on the gas pump anymore so i decided to sit on a chair too. I took one of the chairs and placed it behind Nicole's chair, so I would be leaning on her. Before i sat down i saw Nicole holding her head in her hands.

"What are you thinking about Nick?" I said leaning on her chair.

She sighed "...Dallas, I'm just hoping he feels the same way I do...And you are going to fall is you keep on leaning on my chair."

I chuckled and kept on leaning, "Aww don't worry about it. You guys just had a bad day." Then I got this tune in my head, It was a song that I made back in my town with my band.

"Bad Day"

Where is the moment we needed the most
You kick up the leaves and the magic is lost
They tell me your blue skies fade to grey
They tell me your passion's gone away
And I don't need no carryin' on

You stand in the line just to hit a new low
You're faking a smile with the coffee to go
You tell me your life's been way off line
You're falling to pieces everytime
And I don't need no carryin' on

Cause you had a bad day
You're taking one down
You sing a sad song just to turn it around
You say you don't know
You tell me don't lie
You work at a smile and you go for a ride
You had a bad day
The camera don't lie
You're coming back down and you really don't mind
You had a bad day
You had a bad day

I cut the song short 'cause Steve, Soda, and Nicole were all staring at me.

"Was i that bad?" I asked looking at each of their faces. Nicole then got up from her chair, and I was still leaning on it, so I fell backwards. They all started to crack up.

"I'm-sorry-Ari." Nicole was talking between gasps 'cause she was laughing so hard. I sat up from the ground and rubbed my right elbow because it got scratched when i fell. After the laughter stopped they all told me they liked my solo and would like to hear the song with the band playing.

"So how much longer 'till you guys can leave?" I asked Steve and Soda. I get very impatient. I hate waiting, it gives me suspense; that's a bad habit.

"It's 3:00 PM, and we get out at 6:00 PM today." Steve said reaching for a car's wind shield wiper. I gave an 'I'm gonna die' look. Three more hours; I didn't think I would make it. So during the whole three hours I was laying on the ground; I was either sleeping, eating, or watching the people pass by.

I was watching couples walk passed us, they were either holding hands or the girl was being carried by the guy. It made me think about me and Soda, and Nicole and Dallas. I looked at Soda "Hey Soda, if another broad came by and asked you out would you say yes?" I was curious to know.

"No. I wouldn't want to, I have a good thing going already." He said smiling as he was cleaning a car's window.

"Yeah, sure" I don't know why, but I had doubted him. He looked at me and smirked. And what a coincidence; there was a socy girl who came by to ask for directions, and of course she went to Soda.

"Hey cute thang, do you know where The Dingo is? I'm suppose to meet a friend there." She eyed Soda from head to foot. And being the nice guy that Soda is, he gave the broad the directions.

"So how about you and me go out sometime." She winked at Soda, and I can see Soda start to stutter.

"Ha!" I got up from the ground and stood in front of Soda. "Sorry Soc, but he's got better things to do." I gave her a dirty look.

"Yeah, says who?" She was getting closer as if she was gonna slap me.

Soda then went beside me, "Why don't you get lost. We ain't looking for trouble." Soda actually spoke up to a Soc girl, I never thought I would see the day. The girl looked at Soda and then looked at me, I had a huge smirk on my face. After the broad left Soda turned to look at me, he smiled and gave me this look that said 'told you so'. At 6:00 PM I was shouting with glee, I was so happy to leave and begin our investigation for Dallas. We all jumped into Steve's car and drove all over the north side. Then after an hour we found Dallas in Dairy Queen. Nicole jumped out of the car and hurried to get inside.

Nicole's POV

I was so happy to see Dallas, I didn't think I would be. At the DX I was wondering about my feelings for Dally again. What if I don't wanna like him anymore 'cause he was about to hit me...what if I'm just scared of him. I tried not to think of those things. I saw Dally from the outside window of Dairy Queen. Then i felt my heart sink, he was with another girl! I didn't recognize the girl, she wasn't Syvia, I know that for sure. But still, he was with another girl! I thought when Arianna denyed his date offer, that he wouldn't go asking another girl out, but he did. I began to feel hot tears falling down my cheek. I stood out the window for about a minute, trying to grasp all that was happening. And just my luck, it started to rain hard.

Dally's POV

I was having the time of my life, or I wish I was. I was trying my best to forget about Nicole. She probably doesn't want anything to do with me, so why would I want to apologize or even care about her. I met this cute broad while at The Dingo, her name was Juliana. She was a greaser too, and she was sure not like Nicole. Well, Juliana did have the same beautiful eyes just like Nicole, and she had the same sense of humor. Fuck! Why do I have to find qualities of Nicole in every single girl I meet. I mean at The Dingo every broad reminded me of Nicole, except for Juliana. Not anymore more anyway, now I found something about Nicki in this broad too. As Juliana was rambling about her life, I tried not to look at her face. I turned the other way pretending to still be listening, then I saw Nicole crying in the rain. Nicole then turned and starting walking towards a car.

"Hey Julie, this was nice, but i forgot i have some last minute errands to do." I then ran out of Dariy Queen. I saw Nicole get into Steve's car. I knew it belonged to Steve, 'cause it had the same dent marks i made when i drove his car all around Tulsa for a joy ride last month. The car drove off, not noticing that i was behind them. I yelled out Nicole's name but the rain was coming down so hard that no body heard me. I had to see Nicole, something inside of me still wants to talk to her. I ran after the car, I didn't want to lose track of them. I was soaking wet from all the rain. I didn't care if I got sick, my aim was to talk to Nicole before it was too late.