Back to History class. The same old dull routine for poor Gwendolyn Marie James. Today, it was even worse. Two-Bit wasn't in class! What was I going to do?
Well… you know, I was doing okay. I actually took some notes this class, and the teacher actually gave me a weird look for taking notes. As if he'd never seen anyone ever do that before (and I wouldn't be surprised if that was true!).
I looked over to Flower for a moment, who was twirling her pencil boredly and humming a Dylan tune. I smiled at her softly to myself, but then went back to gazing at Two-Bits empty chair.
"How pathetic am I…" I mumbled under my breath, causing Flower to look over at me dully, then smile stupidly.
Soon enough, the bell rang. I walked up to Flower pouting, "He wasn't in class."
"Who?" she said blinking her large eyes at me.
"Two-Bit!" I hissed. She was so dumb sometimes.
"Ooh. Why? You gonna ask him to a movie?" She said walking down the hall. There was something about the way she walked, like she was floating.
"I… I couldn't do that! I just met him." I cried. It was true, I was too shy. The only person who talked less then me the other night was that Cade kid!
"Yeah. Besides, he likes blondes." She said, I could see her smirking to herself. She was pulling me in, going to make me do something stupid. "You could never spend a night with him. You'd be too embarrassed."
That was it, I snapped. She was so wrong! "That's it, I'm just gonna go right up to Two-Bit Matthews and..and…!"
She was grinning at me stupidly, and I turned around, angry-like and ran smack into Two-Bit.
"Hey Gwenny. What you gonna do to this Two-Bit Matthew's kid?" He raised his eyebrow and smiled at me. Oh. God.
I turned about five shades of red, "Oh...um…"
"She was just going to ask him something, weren't you, Gwen?" Flower asked, "Well, I have to go my locker. I said I'd meet--… I have to go do homework." And with that, the flower girl flounced off.
"What were ya gonna ask me?" Two-Bit smiled.
"Wouldchuugotothdriveinwithme?" I said quickly starring down at my feet.
"Bless you." Two-Bit grinned, "Come on, try again. I'm still listening."
I looked up at him, and took a breath in, "I was wondering…if uh, you'd like to go the drive-in with me."
He blinked, then the smile came back, "Sure, why not. What day?"
I practically skipped home, feeling a little like Flower must have everyday. When I walked past a park, and I saw Dally standing against a tree, and I blinked. I didn't know whether to say hello or not when he walked over. His gaze was like cold rain.
"Hey there Gwen." He said, to me his words were smooth and icy.
"Hello Dallas." I said quietly, looking at the ground. I shivered a little.
"What are you doing out towards this part of town?" he asked, continuing to walk closer to me.
"It's quicker to get home this way." I said finally looking up to him. He wasn't at all far from me now…
He grinned, but it wasn't the same kind of grin that Two-Bit or even Steve had. "So you didn't come to see me?"
I wasn't good at picking up on sarcastic humor, or teasing, so I blinked, "No, I actually wasn't."
Surprisingly he didn't frown at me, he continued to grin, and one of his hands came up and softly petted the curls on my hair. Oh. Lord.
"Um…Dallas…" I choked, backing off a bit. "I have to get home."
"What's the rush?" He smiled, and I frowned.
"Please, I don't have time for games."
"But games are fun, Gwendolyn."
"Dallas!" I said. He was really ticking me off now, but even more so he was scaring me. So I started to walk away, continuing my way home. Flower was right, he was scary.
