Chapter 3: Secrets And Lies

Taissa's POV

I was still amazed that the actual Sodapop Curtis A.K.A Rob Lowe was in my room. Rob, or should i say Sodapop was arguing with the guy who looked like Matt Dillon, also known as Dallas.

"Answer the question, Dal! Why are you here?" Soda said looking angier then ever. He looked even hotter when he was pissed off, but something inside of me still wasn't too excited about Soda's arrival. Recently i broke up with my boyfriend; Andrew. I have been dating him for almost a year already, but he told me that he didn't feel anything for me anymore. I was totally heart broken, especially since right after we broke up, he started to date the class's number one tramp. She goes by the name, Angelica. I hated her so badly, but if Andrew felt something for her, I could do nothing more then just wish them luck in their relationship. While I was daydreaming about my Ex, Dallas and Soda were arguing louder and louder. My head started to ache, I couldn't take it anymore and neither could my sister, by looks of it, she looked like her head was going to explode.

"Shut up!" Me and Marissa both yelled. Soda and Dally stopped and stared at us.

"Where are we exactly? And why are there so many pictures of me on your wall?" Dally said scanning the room inch by inch.

"You guys are in our bed room." Marissa explained.

"Yeah, and there are so many pictures of you because my sister has a crush on you--" Right after I said that Marissa hit me on the head. I giggled and then grinned at her.

"How did we get here?" Soda asked looking at us like he was out of his mind. He didn't seem too happy about being somewhere he didn't know. Then we all heard some people talk pretty loud downstairs. Marissa and I both looked at each and jumped off the bed. I was the first one out the bedroom door, followed by Maury, Dally, and Soda. Once I reached the bottom step of the staircase, I turned on the light and what I saw surprised me. My eyes widened. I saw Ponyboy coming out of the living room, Johnny was standing by door, and Two-Bit came out of the kitchen with a bottle of beer in his hand.

"Hey, that's our father's booze!" Marissa yelled from the top of the staircase. Two-Bit then spit out the beer.

"Who are you two?" Two-Bit exclaimed. He looked around the kitchen to make sure no one else he didn't know was going to pop out.

"Hey Maury, that's Two-Bit!" I yelled.

Two-Bit gave me one of his famous grins. "How do you know my name?" He put down the beer and walked closer to me and my sister.

"Okay, everyone follow me into the living room." I said. Once I reached the entrance of the living room, Ponyboy was standing right next to me. "Hey Pony!" I yelped.

He jumped in surprise. "How do you know my---" he began.

"Your name. Umm I'll explain everything in the living room. After I sat on the couch and rested my feet on the coffee table, I eyed every single guy. Once they were all in the living, they all started arguing again. Marissa then jumped down next to me.

"Wonder what they're fighting about?" Marissa whispered to me.

"There's only one way to find out." I said. I stood on the coffee table and made a loud whistle to get their attention. "People! Why are you fighting?" They all stared at me as if they never seen a loud mouth girl before.

"You wouldn't understand." Dally said scoffing at me. I got pissed off. I knew almost everything to know about The Outsiders, what could I possibly not understand.

"You wanna bet!" I said giving him one of my dirty looks. Marissa then pulled my arm "Calm down Tai. You know how they are." she said.

"Well..." I said trying to convince them to tell me their problem.

"Sylvia is a skank and so is Sandy." Two-Bit said simply. Dallas and Soda turned to Two-Bit. Oh boy, here we go again with the arguing.

"Wait!" I yelled. "What did they do?" I probably could solve their problem. Me and Maury watched and read The Outsiders a ton of times, there was nothing we didn't know about them. I guess you can say we are a tad obsessed.

"Supposedly Sandy was caught making out with another guy." Soda said looking at the ground.

"And my broad, Sylvia was caught with another guy too." Dally said crossing his arms.

"Oh, but they did cheat on you guys." Marissa said from behind me. We all turned to face her. "Hold on a sec." She ran to our room and got The Outsiders book. "Take a look" She handed Soda and Dally the page where it said that Sylvia cheated on Dal and Sandy got impregnated by another guy.

"How can we believe you?" Dallas said not taking his eyes off the book, "and where did you get this book?"

"That's how it goes, buddy. Maybe you just can't handle the truth." I teased him.

Dallas then turned over to his friends. "Hey man, I'm sorry for acting like a jackass."

Soda also wanted to join this confession "Yeah, I'm sorry too Dal. And to you too Pony. And all you other guys. I didn't mean to act that way."

"Its' okay Soda" Ponyboy got closer to his brother, and Soda then grabbed Pony and gave him a nuggy on the head.

"Aww, isn't that sweet!" Marissa squealed.

"Hey, is this how you know our names?" Soda said looking at me.

"Yep! I hope you don't take it in a stalker kind of way." Marissa said scratching her head. Dallas then threw the book backwards and walked close up to Maury.

"And what's your name?" He said giving her his hand. Maury turned red, and it took her awhile before she said "Marissa"

"Are you sisters?" Ponyboy finally said something to us.

"Yep. That's Marissa and I'm Taissa." I said sitting back down on the couch. Soda looked at me and smiled. I couldn't resist, I had to smile back.

"So where exactly are we?" Two-Bit said. At first I hadn't noticed Two-Bit said something, I was looking at Soda and he was looking at me back. He grinned at me and then I felt my face get hot.

"Uhh you guys are in New York City." I said shaking my head trying to get Soda's gorgeous face out of my mind.

"New York?" Dally then swerved around. "This place was my home town."

"Yeah, we know." Marissa said smirking. Dally looked at Maury and whispered something in her ear. I saw Maury's face turn bright red once again. I cocked an eye brow at her and she just grinned at me.

"You guys are home alone?" Johnny said. I almost forgot Johnny was even here. Poor Johnny, he should speak up more.

"Yeah, we're alone. Our parents are in Paris for awhile." I said while yawning. "You guys sure came at a great time." I said sarcastically, checking the clock; it was 3:30 in the morning.

"Sorry to barge in on you two like this." Soda said scratching his head. "So can we crash here for the night?"

I gave a huge grin "Yeah! Of course!" The thought of my ex-boyfriend was out of my mind now, but I wasn't sure if making a move on Soda was such a good idea.

"We have two guest rooms, and one person can sleep in the living room." I said trying to get everyone comfortable. Okay now everyone ended up like this: Ponyboy and Johnny had the two guest rooms and Two-Bit decided to sleep in the living room. All who were left was Sodapop and Dallas.

"You guys can sleep in our room, but on the floor." Marissa said mockingly but she was actually serious.

"How about you and me share the bed, baby." Dally said holding Maury by her waist.

"Ha! You wish!" Maury said and then daintily walked up the staircase, Dally followed right behind her. Soda was right behind me, then right before I was going to go up the stairs I felt his arms go around me.

"So where do I sleep?" he whispered into my ear. I felt chills go down my spine.

Then I turned around and looked at him. "You are going to sleep on the floor." I sounded pretty bitchy but I couldn't help it. I turned off the lights and then headed up the staircase with Soda right behind me. We put blankets and pillows on the bedroom floor. Dallas was on Maury's side of the bed and Soda was on my side of the bed. Maury turned off the lights and everyone but I fell asleep. My eyes were still opened, I was staring at the ceiling. I couldn't believe Sodapop was actually right here with me, that was unbelievable. I wanted to see him before I fell asleep, so I bent down to look at him, and to my surprise he was awake too.

"You're not tired?" I asked.

"I'm sorry, but your floor is not that comfortable." He said sitting up. I rolled my eyes and smiled at him.

"Do you wanna sleep with me on my bed?" I must have been out of my mind, but he didn't look too comfortable, so I felt bad. His eyes widened and he grinned at me.

"For real? You want me to sleep with you?" He said getting all excited.

"Yeah, but just to sleep. No funny business...yet." I smiled at him sweetly. Then he got out of his covers and jumped on my bed. He laid down next to me, and being the sweet guy that he is, he put his arm around me. I grabbed his arm gently and held it while I fell asleep. It wasn't until long that I saw Dallas jump on Maury's bed, I guess she had the same bright idea as me. The air conditioner was on and it felt extremely cold in the room. I moved closer to Soda, trying to get warm. He squeezed me, not too hard but just right, and he held me close to him. Then I fell into a deep sleep.