Chapter 2

Dally woke up the next day to find himself in the Curtis' house. He must've fallen asleep the night before, as he was still in the same clothes, a white tee and his favourite blue jeans. He was lucky the brothers didn't mind though, Darry always left the door unlocked, in case one of the gang needed a place to crash.

Dally yawned and rubbed his eyes. He got up and was quite happy to smell eggs and bacon. Darry was cooking that day.

"Hey Dally! I made extra eggs when I saw ya on our couch. Were you drunk or something?" Darry turned and smiled cheerfully.

That was odd, Darry was never cheerful. Dally decided to take advantage of it though, "Nup. Had a headache, that's all. Hey, made any extra bacon?" He grinned.

"Yeah, but they're not for you. Johnny and Two-bit are coming over later. They might be hungry. Oh what am I saying, Two-bit's always hungry. Anyway, yeah, you can't eat yet, we have ta wait for the rest."

Dally sighed. He sat down on one of the chairs and continued to smell the eggs. Johnny was coming over later, and suddenly Dally didn't feel so good. His palms sweated profusely and he shook his legs uncontrollably. It's funny. He never felt nervous whenever he wanted to woo a girl. Johnny's so feminine he could be classified as a girl too, but Dally had known Johnny for a very long time, and Dally had never ever tried to woo his friends. Especially someone he treasured a lot.

"Yo Dally!" Sodapop came out of his room with a towel wrapped around his body. He slapped Darry on the shoulders and tried to grab some of the egg he was cooking. Darry however threatened to pull the towel off, so Soda ran back to the room.

"Kid brothers" Dally heard him mumble.

Suddenly the door swung open, and in came Two-bit and Johnny. Two-bit smirked as he saw Darry cooking, and ran straight for the eggs. Johnny saw Dally and smiled.

"Hey." He squeaked.

"Hey Johnny." Dally smiled back.

Johnny sat next to him and turned to Darry, "Dar, can we hurry today? I'm gonna go catch a movie with Ponyboy after this." He then turned back to Dally, "Hey, you wanna come?"

Dally's heart stopped. Was this like a date? Quickly, but not too quick as he didn't want to seem too eager, he murmured, "Yeah, why not, what're we watching?"

"Some beach movie I guess. But hey, I gotta go home first, got some chores to do, so I'll meet you and pony at the lot at around 12?"

Dally grinned, "Sure thing, kid" That was great! At least he had some time to get ready. And maybe get some pointers from Ponyboy.

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After breakfast, Darry, Sodapop and Steve left for work, Two-bit went out, god-knows where, and Johnny went home. Ponyboy was teaching Dally how to romance Johnny, and they seemed to be progressing well.

"Damn it Pony, do I have ta give him these flowers? That's dumb man." Dally sniffled as Ponyboy handed him a stalk of rose.

"Dally, you gotta let him know how you feel without him thinking you wanna get into his pants. Even though you want to, it's best he doesn't know it first yeah?" Ponyboy rummaged his bag for a comb, "besides, Johnny likes things slow and steady."

Dally groaned as Ponyboy carefully combed his hair. He dreaded being so neat, but he'd do anything for Johnny to notice him. "How slow? I'm no patient man you know."

"That's your problem. You're never serious. If you want a relationship to work out, you've gotta take things slow. You have one night stands and stuff, and I think Jo—Oops, sorry, was that too hard?" Dally winced as Pony accidentally combed his scalp, "anyway, yeah, Johnny's pretty insecure. You need to make him feel special."

"How the fuck am I going to do that, Pony? I'm no good at romance an' stuff"

"That's why I'm here to help! Remember, at the movies, don't try and go too far. Don't try to touch, kiss or harass him. Talk to him. Get to know him better. And tell him you like him."

Dally contorted his face.

"I saw that. Listen, do whatever I told you, and you'll be fine."

"What if he rejects me?"

Ponyboy was silent for a moment. "We'll see." He grabbed a mirror and shoved it in front of his face. "Whaddaya think?"

Dally's mouth opened. "Holy shit? Is that... me?" His hair was now flat, heavily greased and neatly combed to the side. "I look like some asshole, Pony. You sure Johnny would like this?"

Ponyboy shrugged. "Hopefully. Now come on, we're gonna be late."

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