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Chapter 5

"Over My Head"

Dally's POV

I parked the car near the Curtis's house. Jenna and Ponyboy were talking about something and I was completely oblivious to their conversation. I was busy thinking about Lena. She might even be the right one for me. We walked into Pony's house, and we found Soda, Steve, and Johnny all in the living room.

"Hey guys" Jenna said cheerfully

"Hey, where's Two-Bit?" I said sitting down beside Johnny on the couch.

"On a date with Anna Maria." Steve said taking a sip of a Pepsi.

"I thought he was going for that broad, Molly?" I asked. Two-Bit has a wide collection of blondes that he considers to date. In my opinion the hottest girl Two-Bit ever introduced to us was this dirty blonde haired chick; Demi.

"Ponyboy, Vanessa's coming tomorrow. I can't go pick her up, I have work. I was thinking maybe you can go pick her up." Soda asked going into the kitchen and bringing out a plate of food for Ponyboy.

"Alright, what time?" Ponyboy said taking a bite out of the chicken that was placed on his plate.

"Around noon, bring her down to the DX. I'll see her there." Soda said. Ponyboy nodded his head and looked towards my sister.

"Jenna, you mind coming along with me to pick up my cousin?" Ponyboy asked. It seems him and Jenna have been getting along pretty well.

"Sure" Jenna said sitting down next to Ponyboy at the dinner table. She eyed Ponyboy scoop up his food into his mouth.

"You hungry too?" Ponyboy asked smiling at her. Jenna nodded slowly and gave him a smile.

"Sorry Jenna, but Ponyboy got the last bit of food." Soda yelled from the kitchen. From the loud clangs of pots and pans, it seems Soda was checking for any leftovers.

"Don't worry Soda; I'll share some of my food." Ponyboy said getting up from the table and coming back with another fork in his hand.

"Thanks!" Jenna said and started eating the food on Ponyboy's plate.

"Hey Pony, how are we going to get to the train station?" Jenna asked gulping down the food in her mouth.

"We'll probably walk or something." Ponyboy said.

"I'll give you guys a ride. I have nothing planned tomorrow." I said butting into the conversation. Lena didn't look so happy when I dropped her off at her house, I'll let her cool off for a day.

"Yeah, that would be great, bro!" Jenna said happily. Lately, Jenna has been appreciating my company; it's sort of strange but very thoughtful.

After the next few hours everyone was out of the house except for me, Jenna, Pony, Soda, and the hardest working person I ever met; Darry.

"Night Jenna" I said rubbing my sleepy sister's arm.

"Night bro" She said in between a big yawn.

I was sleeping on Darry's armchair but then when Jenna crash on the couch I decided to sleep on the floor next to her. The next morning I woke up with a pain in my back. Jenna was already up, and so was Ponyboy. It was about 11 in the morning, I was about to sleep some more but then I realized I had to give the squirts a ride to the train station. So I got up and took a long shower and put my clothes back on.

"You ready?" I asked putting on my leather jacket.

"Yup" They both said in unison.

On the way over to the station, we played a game that me and Jenna use to play when we were younger, the "Would You Rather" game. It was pretty childish but it made Jenna happy, so I didn't mind it all so much.

"Would rather be in a fight with Darry or a Soc?" Jenna asked. She was sitting in the front seat beside me.

"I would rather fight a Soc. I don't think I wanna mess around with Darry." I said truthfully.

"Oh I got a good one for Ponyboy, would you rather date a stripper or a hooker?" I asked slyly.

"It would depend on who the stripper or hooker was." Ponyboy replied. He gave a slight glance towards my sister. I hope he wasn't thinking what I thought he was thinking, 'cause if he imagines Jenna as a stripper or hooker, I'll beat the living shit out of him.

"Jesus Christ Pony, I wouldn't care who it was. I would go for both." I said. Jenna started to chuckle, "Jenna, if you ever think about becoming a stripper or a prostitute, you'll never see the light of day again." I said licking the sweat on my lower lip. She rolled her eyes and looked out the window.

"Hey, we're here!" She said excitingly.

We got out of the car and walked into the station. It was about 20 minutes until the right train where Ponyboy's cousin came. Almost every passenger except for Pony's cousin came out, I never met his cousin before, but I knew she didn't come out yet from the look on Ponyboy's face. When his face lit up I stared in the direction he was looking at. I think my face lit up as well.

I was looking at the most beautiful girl I ever laid eyes on. She had brown hair, past her shoulders. She wore tight fitting jeans and a red tank top. If I hadn't gotten back to reality I think I would've drooled over her.

"Hey Vanessa!" Ponyboy said to his cousin.

"Hey Pony! Long time no see, huh." She said giving Pony a kiss on the cheek. "And who's this?" She said looking at my sister.

"I'm Jenna" My sister said politely. Usually she's really jumpy around the girls I find pretty.

"Nice to meet you Jenna, I'm guessing from the 'hello' from my cousin, that you know my name is Vanessa." Jenna and Vanessa shared a small laughter until I came into the picture. I swear I saw this twinkle in her eye when I saw her look at me.

"Hey sis, what's going on over here?" I said causally, as if I never noticed Vanessa was there.

"Who are you?" Vanessa asked.

"This is Dally, Vanessa. He's Jenna's older brother." Ponyboy did the introduction for me.

"Hey Dally, it's nice to meet you." Vanessa's voice sounded so gentle.

"Same here" I said gazing at her icy blue eyes.

Jenna's POV

I felt this hot tingly sensation when Dally and Vanessa looked at each other. I think the feeling inside of me was my anger. We just me Vanessa and she seemed pretty nice, but now she and my brother are falling for each other. It's a shame that she's going on my 'hate list'

On the way back home Pony and I had to sit in the backseat, while Dally drove and Vanessa was sitting up front beside him. I would have butted into their conversations, just like I did with Lena, but Ponyboy was doing some catching up to do with his cousin, so I couldn't destroy a conversation if my fellow dating crasher was engaged in it.

Once we arrived to Ponyboy's house, Vanessa made herself at home. She laid her luggage on top of Ponyboy's bed, and then walked through the entire house, as if she was a health inspector checking for a violation of some sort. When she settled down in the living room, where everyone else was she smiled at Ponyboy.

"This place has changed." She said.

"You've been here before?" Dally asked.

"Yeah, but when I was younger. I remember a few things in here, but then there are other things, then I feel like I don't even know this house."

"Well it has been a few years" Ponyboy said giving Vanessa a warm smile.

"I'm assuming I wasn't here when Vanessa was in town." My brother can ask the stupidest questions ever. Its logic, bro. If Vanessa was here when she was younger and you were in New York probably when you were younger, what does that mean?

I sighed heavily and responded, "No Dal, I doubt you were even in Tulsa when she was here."

"She's right, you were probably still in New York." Ponyboy said.

"New York? Is that your hometown or something?" Vanessa asked sounding interested.

"Yeah, you should come with some time over there" Dally said trying his best to be flirtaous. I rolled my eyes at his request.

"Sure" She said simply.

"C'mon Vanessa, Soda wants to see you at his job." Ponyboy said getting up from the couch.

While walking towards the DX, Dally put his arm over Vanessa and started to ask her questions.

"Dal and Vanessa seem to be getting along, huh." Ponyboy said happily. I glared at him and he looked away.

Once we arrived at the DX, Dally shouted out Soda's name, and in a second, Soda was standing on top of a car trying to see who was calling him. When he saw Vanessa he jumped off the car.

"Hey Sodapop!" Vanessa said hugging her cousin.

"Hey Valen!" Soda said picking up Vanessa while she hugged him.

I whispered to Ponyboy, "Why did Soda call her Valen?"

"Valentina is her middle name, and Soda prefers to call her that instead of Vanessa." Ponyboy explained. I cocked my eye brow and wrinkled my forehead. That's a strange family thing I guess.

I had a feeling we were going to stay at the DX for a while, so I sat down on a car's hood, and eavesdropped on Soda and Vanessa's conversations.

There was a moment where Dally was leaning on a gas pump and Vanessa came along and leaned on Dally. Dally was probably enjoying himself, but it just made me more frustrated. I didn't want this new broad to take away my only brother, I had to think fast. So I grabbed the bucket of water that was next to the car, and when no one was looking I poured some of the water on the pump so that it spilled on Dally, which would make him move from his position.

"What the hell?" He said moving away from the gas pump and observing it. BINGO! That planned worked.

"I saw that." Ponyboy said crossing his arms.

"Oh, ok, so what? You are my partner in crime. Do you have any ideas on how to keep them apart?" I asked staring at Dally and Vanessa again.

"I'm not going to be part of this mission if it means destroying not only Dally's date but my own cousin's date." Ponyboy said sounding very serious. "I just won't be part of it."

"Fine, I don't need your help anyhow." I said walking away from Ponyboy. I glanced back at him to see what his reaction was. He had a blank expression on his face, he wasn't even looking back at me; he was staring at the cemented ground.

For the next few hours I had to bother Dally all on my own. What I mostly did was just be near him and never leave his side. Once everything went quiet I would talk about Julie or sometimes even Lena, which would make Vanessa very uncomfortable. At the end of the day me, Dally, and Vanessa slept in Ponyboy's house. I tired myself out; working alone on crashing your brother's date is hard work, even if the date was staying at a gas station the entire time. I left that day with Dally still being clueless about my business in crashing his dates, Vanessa being a little bit uncomfortable around Dally, and Ponyboy who was upset that I was also crashing his cousin's date.

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