Edited/revamped in October 2006 because it needed it and for you peeps considering voting for it… Please?
Contains slash (boy hearts boy) so please don't flame if you don't like it, I warned you…
Steve looked around him with uncertainty. The gang wasn't letting this slip and fade into things they didn't talk about.
"What is up with him?" Darry blinked and held his tongue until he found suitable words to articulate what a dumb ass Steve was.
"You shouldn't ever treat a guy like that." Two Bit said, blinking.
"What do you mean?" Steve asked.
"You were tossing him around and you know he doesn't like that kinda stuff." Two Bit said, shrugging his shoulders.
"He knows I was joking." Steve said.
"You never joke with anyone else like that." Pony said.
"You know him, what makes him take something like that the wrong way?" Steve asked, turning his gaze to Pony.
"Anyone could take that the wrong way." Pony said.
"Even a Greaser? He knows better than that-"
"Justin isn't a Greaser." Darry stepped closer to Steve, restraining his voice. That was more frightening than his yelling since it meant he was working very hard not to yell. "He's Justin. He's our friend. He has his own reasons to take that kind of treatment poorly. And you have your own reasons to treat him better. Is that understood?" Darry growled. Steve nodded and rubbed the back of his neck as Darry's fists remained clenched.
"What are his reasons?" Steve asked.
"I'm not sure." Darry said.
"You must have an idea if you're getting so miffed." Steve said.
"In case you haven't noticed, our boy doesn't talk much about his reasons." Two Bit said.
"Why? If it bothers him so much, why wouldn't he talk about?" Steve asked.
"It doesn't bother him unless some knuckle head like you does something wood headed." Darry said.
"Wood headed?" Steve raised an eyebrow. Darry tapped his forehead with his knuckle, as if knocking on a door.
"Wood headed, nobodies home where ever you make decisions." Darry said.
"That would explain a few things." Two Bit said.
"Oh stuff it Two Bit. How the hell was I supposed to know if the kid has issues?" Steve asked.
"Stop pretending that you didn't do something wrong. You made him very angry. It doesn't matter how or why, you should know better than to behave that way. You're trying to convince us that you were treating him like you'd treat one of us, but I've never seen you screw with Pony like that." Darry said.
"Yeah well if I did you'd be on my ass about it and I didn't think you would bother defending Justin." Steve said.
"Why wouldn't I?" Darry said.
"You never cared before." Pony and Two Bit exchanged looks and blinked.
"Compared to you?" Darry asked.
"He never liked me. You never gave him a chance." Steve said.
"What are you talking about? I brought him home from the hospital-"
"And before that you just glared at him. He's unhappy with me but he's terrified of you."
"Get out."
Ooooo, like the tension? Or not. Whatever. Yesh, I understand the Darry/Justin pairing is a common desire. Perhaps. Ratings prolly gonna go up soon. Soon we figure out what happened to Justin and perhaps another hot family member of his will show up and lend explanation to his, issues. Did I mention his family member will be insanely gorgeous? Oh, and Justin's hair, dyed. Hehe.
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