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Authors Note: Alright… well… not much to say so I'll just say thanx to:

Samurai Angel

Two-BitGortez

Rugrats 101

Chapter 8; Visit From Sylvia

Dally's P.O.V.

When I woke up, to my disappointment, my bullet wounds were still in pain. But I felt something else on my stomach. I opened my eyes and looked down. Charlie had her arms folded on my stomach and chest and had her head lying on top of them, asleep. I smiled and chuckled to myself a little. Quietly, so as not to wake her up.

She's a great kid. Well, I guess I can't really call her a kid. She's sixteen. It's great to have someone like her care about me, you know? She sort of admires me. She looks at me with the same look in her eyes that Johnny does. And she has nice eyes, too.

She really is beautiful. Man, if she wasn't almost my kid sister…

Well, I decided not to wake her up, but she woke up by herself within a few minutes anyways.

She sitirred, blinked and looked up at me. Then she smiled.

"Hi Dally!" She said cheerfully, lifting her head. "How ya feeling?"

"Mornin' Charlie. I'm feelin' a little better, I guess. Did you sleep like that all night?" I asked.

"Yeah, is that okay? You're not mad are you?" She asked, with a fearful look in her eyes. She looked so cute I almost laughed.

"No," I said smiling, "It's fine. Thanks for stayin' with me, actually."

She smiled. What an awesome sister.

Charlie's P.O.V.

I woke up, still with my head on Dally. He didn't mind. He was the best. I talked to him a little bit, then stayed with him when the hospital brought him breakfast. He gave me half the food because he hated hospital food. Then we turned on the T.V. in his room, and some show came on where a family was eating breakfast with gold forks and knives and stuff.

"Hey Dally, look at that, they have gold silverware!" I blurted out before thinking it through. Dally looked at me and burst out laughing.

"Gold silverware, huh?" He said. I realized what I had said and laughed too. We were still laughing when someone came in the room. We both looked up and saw a girl. I knew her. Dally's ex-girlfriend Sylvia.

Dally sort of glared at her. I, on the other hand, looked at her with a look of pure hatred. She cheated on Dally, and more than once too. Anyone who treats my brother like that will definitely not be liked by me.

"What do you want?" I spit before Dally could say anything.

"I just wanna talk to Dally," She said quietly. She always had been intimidated by me. I looked at Dally. He nodded. So I walked out of the room, bumping her shoulder on purpose and staring her down as I left. I walked down the hall to Johnny's room.

Johnny's P.O.V.

When I woke up, I wondered if Charlie was here. I didn't think about it much longer, because not long after I thought it, she entered the room.

"Hey Johnny!" She said happily. I was happy to see her too.

"Hi Charlie!" She came over and kissed me on the lips. Her sweet, soft lips. Then she sat down beside my bed.

"How come you're here so early?" I asked.

"Oh, I slept in Dally's room," She smiled.

"Oh…" I said. I felt a hint of jealousy. I knew her and Dally are really close, but still…

"What's wrong?" She asked.

"Well, I know you and Dally are really close, but you know… you're not really related… and he's a boy and you're a girl… a pretty one…"

"Johnny, you can trust me. I wouldn't go out with Dally, it'd be like going out with my brother, cause he is practically my brother! …And thanks for callin' me pretty, Johnnycake." She said.

I smiled.

"No problem, Charliepie."

Then I remembered something the doctor had told me last night.

"Charlie, guess what!" I said excitedly.

"What?" She said, smiling confusedly by my sudden outburst of happiness.

"The doctor said I can get out tomorrow on a wheelchair!" I said happily.

"Oh Johnny that's great!" She exclaimed and hugged me. She was beaming. Then she sat back up and I was about to tell some stupid joke about wheelchairs when some girl stomped down the hall, looking really pissed. Wait, I knew who that girl was. Sylvia.

Charlie noticed it too. She turned and watched Sylvia stomp down the hall until she came into my room. She stared down Charlie.

"You!" She said. Charlie looked at her, surprised.

"Dallas won't get back together with me because of you! I wish you would do him some good by getting out of his life so he can be happy! With me!" Sylvia yelled at Charlie. That got me angry.

"Hey, Dally loves Charlie, and it would do him no good whatsoever if she wasn't in his life!" I said back to Sylvia.

"Oh, I'm sorry Johnnycake," She said it a cutesy voice and blew a kiss at me.

Ew, I thought.

Well, Charlie'd had enough. She stood up and looked Sylvia in the eye.

"Sylvia, you do shit like that to Johnny again and I will personally bust your jaw! Johnny doesn't like you! And you know what? Neither does Dally! It ain't because of me, it's because he doesn't want you! You cheated on him after he trusted you! So back off, stop trying to get him back, stop hitting on Johnny, and stop being bitchy to me!" Charlie yelled at Sylvia. I couldn't help but smirk.

Sylvia stood speechless for a minute, then turned and walked out of the room. Charlie turned to me and her angry eyes softened as they looked into mine.

"Sorry, Johnny," She said quietly, apologetically.

"It's okay Charliepie… that was awesome," I said and smiled. She smiled back.

"I'd be proud to be in love with you," I said in almost a whisper.

She smiled softly. Beautiful.

"You can be in love with me all you want, Johnnycakes, because I love you too," She said in the same voice I used.

I smiled back at her. Then she leaned over me and kissed me on the lips.

"I love you, Charlyennah Donalds," I smiled.

"I love you too, Johnny Cade," She returned the smile.

Charlie's P.O.V.

So just like that, Johnny and me were in love. Just two kids in love. But it was tearing me up that I couldn't tell Dally. I had to tell him somehow.

"Johnny, I have to tell Dally. I can't lie to him." I said after a peaceful silence.

"I know what you mean," He said.

"Okay, here's what I'll do," I said and picked up a pen and piece of paper. I wrote this note:

Dearest Dally,

Okay, I couldn't tell you this in person for fear of getting my head kicked in. Johnny and I are… well, we're in love. Please don't be mad, or sad, or any other negative emotion. It's a good thing, be proud of us. You're not losing us, it'll bring the three of us closer together, I swear it. Well, that's it Dal.

Love,

Charlie.

P.S. And Johnny.

"There. I'll be back in a sec." I said and walked to Dally's room.

I went inside, dropped the note on his lap, and attempted to run away, but tripped and fell down beside his bed.

He looked at me, read the note, then looked back at me lying on the floor and said,

"What the hell?"

"Umm… Dally, you ain't mad are you?" I asked nervously.

He looked at me for a minute, then back at the note and I saw his eyes scan it again.

Then he said…

Nothing until next chapter! Haha! Oh man I love doing this! Arlrighty well, I wanna have lots of nice reviews so I can update this quicker. Thanx!