Kizzy stopped halfway out the door, "I have to get one more thing." She said quietly, tiptoeing through all of the grime and debris that was on the floor. She migrated over to the couch and pulled up a book bag and walked over to a large stand. She opened the splintered door and pulled out a wrench, screwdriver, funnel, and several other tools. Dally stared at her and she almost burst into laughter at his expression.
"I like to work on cars. No way in HELL am I leaving my tools behind." She said with a shrug. Once all of her tools were packed into her book bag, she closed it, flung it over her shoulders and headed toward the door. "Let's go."
They all left the apartment and Kizzy hurled her keys as far away as she could as they exited. "So…mall? I need directions."
Dally shrugged, "I'll get Buck's car and drive you."
Kizzy grinned, "Fair enough."
They walked to Buck Merrill's house and Dally demanded that they borrow his car. Buck seemed a little occupied staring at Kizzy's chest and she nailed him in the face. He doubled over, holding his head in his hands. She'd chipped one of his teeth.
"Nice!" Dally barked.
Kizzy smirked at him and turned to Buck. "so…you gonna let us borrow your car or not?"
As Kizzy got into the car, and Buck handed Dally the keys he said, "Thats quite a girl, mind if I borrow her sometime?" Unfortunately for Buck, he got another punch in the face.
Dally got in, and Kizzy was laughing, "What?" he asked.
"Johnny told me the most funniest joke ever!"
"What was that?" Dally asked making a left onto a main road.
"Two muffins are in a stove getting cooked and the first muffin turns to the second and says, 'boy is it hot in here!' and the second muffin says 'AHHH a talking MUFFIN!'" and she broke out into giggles.
Dally stared at her, "That is the stupidest joke EVER!" he said but laughed at her joy.
Once they arrived at the mall, Kizzy got out of the car, flicking her cigarette away from her. She walked into the mall, heading into the nearest clothing store.
"Ok, let's just get this over with." She grunted, her eyes scanning the racks of skirts in disgust. "Ok…definitely not buying anything on this side of the store." She spat, moving over to the men's apparel section.
She picked up four shirts and four pairs of jeans, a few wife beaters, some boxers and moved over to the girls' section only to buy bras and underwear. She approached the counter and slapped her clothes onto it, counting out the money that she owed.
As they left Kizzy groaned. "I HATE shopping." She grumbled.
Dally stared at her in awe, "I don't think I've ever heard a girl say that."
She shrugged, "first time for everything. Now can we please get out of this plastic fest? I think I'm going to go crazy."
"Plastic?" Johnny asked.
"Socs." Dally told him.
"Ah."
Once they were all back into the car, they headed to the Curtis'. "I'd have you stay with me...but, well, I kinda stay with the Curtis'." Dally said sheepishly.
"It's okay. Soda and Pony are cool. Darry seems...protective and a bit withdrawn but nice." she said, looking out the window.
Dally nodded, and the rest of the ride was in silence. When they pulled up to the house they were surprised to find it dark.
"Hmmm...odd. It's never dark." Dally said, Johnny giving a silent agreement.
Walking up the steps, they opened the door and entered. Going into the kitchen, Johnny found a note. It read: Soda and Darry at Work. Two-Bit and me out. get comfortable, be home later. -- Pony
"That explains it." Dally said, shrugging. He went over and switched on the T.V. all the while kicking off his shoes. Kizzy laughed at how relaxed he looked.
Johnny smiled and turned toward the door, "Well, i'm gonna check in at my house. I'll be around later."
"Sure?" Dally asked, but Johnny was already out the door.
Dally sighed, "I worry 'bout him."
Kizzy sat down next to him, "He's so young."
"Yeah. It's not fair, either. If his parents didn't want him, they shoulda put him up for adoption. Not abuse him every chance they get."
Kizzy nodded in agreement and ran a hand through her hair. "I think I'm gonna take a quick shower, going back to the apartment made me feel gross." She declared.
Dally nodded, "I can see why…that was sick." Kizzy nodded and pulled out a fresh set of clothing from her bag and shuffled into the bathroom.
Dally spread out on the couch watching the TV. His eyes fixed on the screen, but he didn't really take in any of what was going on. He was too busy thinking about the events of the last two days. The thoughts of Kizzy had been driving him insane, he'd been dreaming about her, seeing her just about everywhere and finally, he'd found her, in one of the worst positions possible. He dozed off into a fitful sleep.
Someone smacked his foot and he jerked away to see Kizzy grinning broadly at him. "Well hello there handsome!" She chirped, dressed in a wife beater and a pair of baggy jeans. She lifted up his feet and set down, resting the bottom half of his calves on her lap.
"Did you have to wake me up?" He grunted in irritation.
She smiled a cavity-sweet smile at him. "Why of course I did!"
Dally just rolled his eyes.
It wasn't till about an hour and a half later when Two-bit and Pony came walking through the door. "Hey Dally, Kizzy!" Two-bit said cheerily, "Got Mickey Mouse on?"
"Of course, Two-bit." Dally said, but too late, Two-bit had permanently pasted his face to the screen for the night.
Kizzy laughed, "Two-bit's quite a character."
"Yeah. Sometimes too much." Dally replied.
There was a sound of someone being startled, then Pony came hurrying out, "Theres women panties in the bathroom!"
Two-bit snorted while he was gulping down a beer, and started choking.
How innocent Pony was, Dally thought. Then, he turned to Kizzy, "You want to go remove your dirty underwear from the bathroom?"
Kizzy was bright red, "Sorry, Pony. I'm not used to living with guys. Well, ones I ain't going with." she said, rushing into the bathroom.
Pony finally went to the bathroom, and about fifteen minutes later Soda and Steve walked in, "Hows Everyone?" Soda exclaimed.
Everyone gave a grunt at the same time, letting him know that they were all right. Kizzy rejoined them out in the living room, still bright scarlet from the underwear incident. She flopped onto the couch next to Dally and lit a cigarette.
"So what do you guys do around here besides watch Mickey Mouse?" Kizzy asked after a long silence.
"Play cards, go to the movies, get in rumbles." Steve muttered, his eyes plastered to the screen.
She looked over at Dally, "anywhere you know that I can get a job? I don't want to be a freeloader."
Soda shook his head, "you don't need to pay us or anything. It's really not that big of a deal."
Kizzy nodded, "yes it is and yeah I do. I'm not going to stay with you for free."
Dally shrugged, "do they allow girls at the DX?" He asked Soda.
Soda shrugged, "it depends on how good they are."
Dally and Kizzy exchanged looks and looked at Soda. "I'm good."
"She's good." They said at the same time.
A/N: theres chapter 5 chapter 6'll be up soon thanks to my reviewer: babygurl33 you rock! hope you liked this chapter!