VERY IMPORTANT NOTE AT BOTTOM!
Maggie slumped down at the couch, still glaring at Dallas after what he had said. She was in no way like him. She didn't use men for one night and then throw them away. She wasn't cold hearted. She cared about more people than just herself. She wasn't like him at all! She was totally different, or at least thats what she tried to convince herself.
She crossed her arms over her chest and looked a the T.V, Mickey Mouse of course. She sighed heavily and leaned against Johnny's shoulder and closed her eyes. She could feel her body getting more and more limp, more and more tired.
Maggie woke up later and found her self on the couch, curled up in a ball. She leaned up slowly and stretched. Her neck was cramping from the awkward position. She looked down at her feet to find Johnny curled up on his end. She smiled a little and looked around at the rest of the room. Steve was spread out across the floor which means his dad had to have kicked him out again. She got up slowly trying not to make any loud noises that would wake either of them. She walked tiny steps, her feet making soft padding sounds on the floor. Just as she had passed Steve he reached up and grabbed her around the waist, pulling her down next to him. She laughed a little and got situated next to him, the water could wait. He sighed happily and wrapped an arm around her stomach before closing his eyes again. She did the the same smiling a little as she did.
She woke up a while later, the sun shinning in through the curtains. She looked over to see Steve still beside her but Johnny had gone either to the kitchen or back home to get some clothes. She slowly lifted Steve's arm and slid out from underneath him. She got to her feet and followed the sweet smell of food and found herself in the kitchen standing next to Darry.
"Morning." she told him as she walked over and slumped down in the chair. Maggie turned a little red when she realized she still hadn't told him about the detention. Her heart started to pound and she didn't know whether or not to wait for him to say something or to start the conversation on her own.
"So..." he started and paused as he put the eggs into a dish, "what's this detention about?" he asked calmly. Maggie looked away from him.
"I smarted off to a teacher." she told him truthfully and looked back into his eyes.
"Did you learn your lesson?" he asked as he set them the eggs on the table.
"Yes." Maggie said, turning more towards him as he moved. For some reason Darry was being extremely nice and it kind of scared her. She watched him with her eyes as he moved here and there and fixed things for breakfast.
"Just...don't let it happen again." he sighed heavily and gave her a stern look. Maggie gave him a big smile and shook her head wildly. She was really happy that Darry was letting this slide. She looked up when she heard a huge yawn and saw Steve stretching shirtless and hair wet. She stared at him for a couple of seconds before ripping her eyes away and realizing that that was just wrong. Steve was like her big brother!
"When did you take a shower?" Maggie asked as he sat down next to her.
"While Darry was in here talking to you. How's your arm?" he changed the subject quickly, referring to where Dallas had grabbed her last night.
"Which one?" she joked even though she knew full well which arm he meant but she still had that nasty bruise on her shoulder from the car.
"What'd ya mean which one?" Steve snarled and scooted closer to her. Maggie turned red quickly and looked down.
"I was just joking." she tried to cover up herself.
"Yeah, sure!" Steve snapped at her as he tilted her chin up to look at her.
"What'd you mean?" he asked her again, staring her strait in the eyes.
"I mean I have more than one bruise is all." she tried to lie again and looked away from him quickly.
"Did Dallas give you it to?" Steve asked, disgust written all over his face.
"Wait a second!" Darry cut in angerily. "What bruises? Why don't I know about Dallas giving you a bruise?"
Maggie sighed and turned to Darry. "Its nothing Darry. Dallas was just a little mad last night when he found out I had a detention."
"A little!" Steve snorted sarcastically and pulled her sleeve up revealing the bruise that Dallas had given her last night and the bottom of the bruise on her shoulder. Steve looked up at her in confusion before carefully pulling it the rest of the way up to reveal the whole thing. Steve and Darry hissed in unison and Darry squatted down beside her to get a better look.
"What happened?" Darry asked in awe as he looked at it some more.
"Dallas got mad at me the other day and slammed on his breaks. I wasn't wearing my seat belt so I went flying up and my shoulder hit the dash board." she told them like it was no big deal.
"Why didn't you tell anyone?" Steve asked her.
"Cause I didn't want to get him in trouble. I was the one who mad him angry. I deserved it." she added. Darry looked up at her angrily, as did Steve.
"You didn't deserve this no matter what you do!" Darry snapped and walked out of the dinning room. He returned a few minutes later with some lotion and gave it to Steve.
"Rubbed that on there, maybe it will help with the color or something." Darry shrugged before walking back over to the kitchen and starting breakfast up again. Steve pulled her sleeve up more before setting the bottle down and getting some onto his hands.
"Cold!" Maggie whined as she put it carefully on her shoulder.
"What happened?" Soda's voice floated in from the doorway. Steve and Maggie looked up at him.
Just as Steve was about to say something Maggie cut him off, "Long story." she sighed before turning back to Steve. She sat there patiently as he finished putting it on her arm and then put it away. They all sat down at the table and were later joined by Johnny and Pony before they started eating.
"I need your help at the garage today, Maggie." Steve said after breakfast as he waited for Soda.
"Sure." Maggie said as she smiled and hopped up. "Where's your extra shirt?"
"Its in Soda's closet." Steve told her as he sat down in the spot where she was just at. She nodded and walked to Pony and Soda's room where she found Steve's old DX shirt. She pulled it off the hanger and slipped it on over her white tee shirt. She looked at her self in the mirror. The shirt was too big for her of course and had DX sewed on top of her left breast. On the back of the shirt it had Randle written in big bold and cursive letters. Maggie laughed at the thought of her being Steve's sister. She moved back into the living room where she picked up Soda's hat and placed it on top of her own head, pulling her pony tail through the whole in the back and straiting it down on her head. She nodded towards Steve and joined him on the couch waiting for Soda.
She watched in amusement as Soda hopped around looking for his shoes and his clothes. It took him about 20 minutes before he found them and Soda, Steve, and Maggie could leave. Once they got there Steve and Soda got a lecture from the boss man and Maggie just stood there in laughed.
"You in the garage with me, Mags." Steve told her as she pulled on her hat a little. She growled at him playfully and straitened her hat before following him to the garage.
Maggie worked there for the rest of the day. About 2 hours after lunch Steve and her sat under a car giving it an oil change when the bell rang in the front.
"Can you get that, Mags?" Steve asked her as he fiddled around. "Soda's filling up a car." he told her when he sensed she really didn't want to do it. She sighed and nodded her head before rolling out from the under the car and grabbing a rag and whipping her hands. She walked slowly up to the front and behind the counter, her shoulders slumped down. She looked up finally to see Adam and Amy with a couple of sodas in their hands.
"Never expected to see you guys anytime soon." she told them with a small smile as she rung them up and took there money.
"Same goes for you." Adam answered as he smiled back at her.
"How's that eye?" she asked towards Amy as she looked at her eye.
"Much better." Amy giggled. "Can't believe I hadn't thought of that one myself!" Maggie laughed and leaned against the counter.
"How ya guys been?" she asked them after a moment of silent.
"Good." they both answered at the same time. Maggie smiled at them both, they were almost like twins except for the age difference.
"We're going to the Nightly Double tonight you wanna come?" Amy asked suddenly as she leaned against the counter. Adam glared at his sister before turning to Maggie and smiling.
"Sure, I'll go." Maggie said as she looked from Adam to Amy, they both had this michivious glint in their eyes.
"Great." Adam said as he smiled warmly and his deep brown eyes glittered. Maggie stood almost transfixed as she looked at him. She liked him; she didn't know why but something about him made her like him. Not just a physical attraction like she had had with Tim but one of those real ones that you really feel emotionally instead of physically.
"Umm, how about we just meet here and we'll all walk together? Save us the time of trying to find your house." Maggie nodded in agreement.
"What time?" she asked before they could leave.
"7:00 sound good?" Maggie nodded again and smiled as they both left.
"Who was that?" Steve yelled from under the car as she went back in the garage.
"Some new friends of mine that just moved in town." she told him as she wheeled back under the car.
6:00 That Night
Maggie rushed around the room trying to find something to wear that was right for the weather but still looked good. She couldn't find anything that she felt like wearing. She didn't even know why she was making such a fuss about it. For some odd reason she felt compelled to look good for Adam and Amy...or maybe just Adam. She finally pulled out a pair of jeans at the bottom of the drawer that Soda had let her put her clothes in. They were faded and ripped at the jeans but they hugged her in all the right places and made her butt look great! She pulled them and button them before moving on to her bag to find a shirt. She searched through it frantically, not finding anything. Finally she came across one particular shirt. It wasn't really a shirt per say but a tank top. It was white and was a little frayed at the bottom but looked great anyway. She remembered it now. It had been her sisters when she went on her first date with Jim. Then her sister gave it to her when she went on her very first date with some dorky middle-classer that she had actually hated. She smiled a little as she pulled it on and looked at herself in the mirror. It covered up her flat stomach perfectly and snugged her in her chest area a little big. She put her fingers to her lips as she thought of something to cover it up with.
"Think, think, think!" she mumbled to herself as she paced around Soda and Pony's room. She thought for a couple of minutes like that before finally jumping up and down when she had it. She ran to Darry's room and searched through the very back side of his closet. She had seen it in here one day when she was looking for something.
"Yes!" she yelled as she pulled it out of the closet and fell on her butt. "Ow." she mumbled as she rubbed her butt for a minute before remembering the shirt. She put it up in front of her to look at it. It was a little wrinkly and a little old but it looked perfect. She smirked and slid it on before running back to Soda's room and looking in the mirror. She looked great, not to girlish, but not to boyish. She had on Darry's old brown leather jacket from when he was in Tulsa High. He had grown out of it of course because of his muscles but it fit her perfectly. It was big but not too big, just how she liked it. She rubbed the dust off of the collar and pulled hear hair over the top of the jacket. She moved over to Soda's dresser where she had temporarily laid her makeup and started putting on her foundation. When she was finished she put it down and picked up the little bottle of perfume Two Bit had stolen for her and sprayed a little on. She sighed heavily as the butterflies built up in her stomach.
She couldn't figure it out. Why was she feeling this way? It just didn't make since. She didn't like Adam in that way. Or at least she didn't think so.
She looked up at the wall to see it was already 6:30. She walked slowly into the living room and waited for Darry to look at her from behind his paper. She cleared her throat rudely when he never did. He rustled his paper a little bit and then finally looked down. He stared at her for a few seconds before putting the paper in his lap.
"Where'd you find that?" he asked as she looked at his old jacket.
"In the back of your closet." Maggie told him as she spun around to give him a better look.
"Looks good on you." he said with a grin before returning to his paper.
"Well, I'm leaving, Darry." she yelled to him as she walked to the door.
"Be careful! And I mean it!" he yelled back sternly. Maggie walked out the door, being sure not to slam it. It was going to take her about 20 minutes to get to the DX in the dark, especially since Socs would be out and drunk greasers like Two Bit would be behind the wheel. She looked both ways before crossing the road, just a precaution and started walking towards the DX.
About 15 minutes later and 2 minutes till 7:00, Maggie arrived at the DX where she found Adam and Amy patiently waiting for her. She smiled at them both as she walked up.
"You look good." Maggie told Amy as she looked at her outfit.
"You do, too." Adam said before Amy could answer. Amy looked at her brother and then back at Maggie before smirking and walking ahead.
"Hey!" Maggie yelled after her as she watched Amy walk across the street with out listening. Maggie heard the tired before she saw the red Mustang heading towards Amy. She ran towards Amy hoping to make it in time. Just as the red Mustang was about 10 feet away from Amy Maggie swept her out of the way, pushing her to the ground.
"You have to watch where your going in this place!" Maggie snapped at her as she got to her feet angrily and brushed off her jeans and jacket. She looked over towards Amy who was also on her feet and brushing the dirt and grass off of her.
"I'm sorry!" Amy snapped back. "I just thought I'd give you and my brother a little privacy!"
"Well," Maggie said, a little calmer now, "we really don't need it."
"You guys ok?" Adam asked as he jogged up to them both.
They both nodded at him, Maggie a little out of breath.
"Let's get going or we'll be late." Maggie said with a small smile as they all started walking.
About 10 minutes later they all ended up at the Nightly Double in the seats. Maggie had shown them both the way to sneak in to a movie so they wouldn't have to pay. Dallas style.
"You guys wants something?" Adam asked as he stood up and got ready to go to the concession stand.
"POPCORN!" Maggie and Amy screamed together and laughed wildly. Adam laughed at them and left to get it.
"I thought I heard you." a familiar voice said from behind her. She looked up to see Dallas, Pony, and Johnny right behind her. All three of them jumped the seats, Dallas on the end followed by Pony and then Johnny. She smiled at them all before turning to Amy.
"Amy," she started, "this is Pony, Johnny, and Dally." she introduced them and pointed to each one. "Guys this is Amy."
"We know." Dallas said as he looked around to see who was at the Nightly Double.
"Course you know." Maggie mumbled bitterly.
"Who are they?" she heard Adam asked as he walked up beside Amy and handing them both their popcorn.
"Adam this is Pony, Johnny, and Dallas. Guys this is Adam." Maggie said again before eating a little popcorn. Maggie focused the rest of the time on the movie try to watch as much of it as she could. She couldn't believe she had run into Dallas when this was supposed to be her one night off! She looked up when she heard some new voices, voices she didn't recognize.
"Are you sure you wanna do this?" a Socy girl with short black hair asked. She looked over at the other one, a red head. She knew that one. That one was Cherry Valance.
"I came here to see a movie and I'm gonna see a movie!" Cherry snapped at the black headed girl angerily before crossing her arms over her chest and watching the movie.
"I'm freezing out here!" Pony mumbled to all of us. I smirked at him and chewed on a popcorn carnal.
"Why didn't you bring a coat, stupid?" Dallas asked as he tried to light up a wee. "Even Maggie was smart enough to wear a coat!" Dallas added, still trying to light his weed. He smirked a little as he leaned forward and struck up his match on the chair next to Cherry and then getting in her face. She looked at him but he turned away and sat back.
Maggie threw popcorn at him angrily. Why couldn't she just have a night off?
"Some cute red head." Dallas said to Pony, making sure that Cherry could see. Maggie rolled her eyes and started watching the movie some more, tunning the rest of them out until she felt something hit her forehead. She turned to see Amy smirking wildly at her brother and Adam chuckling.
"That's not funny!" Maggie snapped, barely able to keep a smile off her face. Adam and Amy kept smirking at her until she threw a couple of pieces of popcorn at her.
"HERE, THAT'LL COOL YOU OFF GREASER!" Maggie looked up suddenly at the sound of Cherry yelling. She turned around to see Dallas soaking wet with Soda and Cherry fuming. Maggie stifled a laugh and turned to Adam and Amy.
"Let's get out of here." Maggie told them both as she got up and walked down the row, leaving Pony and Johnny behind.
VERY IMPROTANT NOTE:
Fouled you guys didn't I? About the Tim and Adam thing ne way, lol. I KNOW YOU GUYS ARE GOING TO HATE ME FOR DOING THIS! But it was in my plot all along and it won't be what I planned unless I put the events of the book in here. It'll end up all right you guys'll see. Trust me, will ya? Please, please, PLEASE, R&R for me! I LOVE YOU ALL!