Okay, sorry it took so long... I was a bit busy! But read on people! Read on!

-Jasmine

When we got to the hospital Soda ran to Pony and soon Darry joined in. The boy looked so different. He seemed happy in the time he was with his brothers but once they pulled back it was easy to see he wasn't. He seemed distant and worried. There was soot on his face and his hair... What the hell happened there? There was no greaser in it and it was a fair bit shorter. Oh, and it was WHITE BLONDE! Just a bit of a change from the brown red it was last time I saw him. Goodness, you've left out of the loop for just ONE week...

"Hey Pone." I greeted. He smiled up at me from the white hospital chair he was in.

"Hey Susan! Good to see you! I'm glad you finally left the house." I hugged Pony. Once I pulled away I gave him a confused look.

"Pony, what happened?" Pony ignored my question though.

"We have to see the others. Johnny and Dally... They got hurt in the fire."

"Fire?" I almost yelled, "What they hell do you mean? What are you talking about?" Pony sighed and ran a hand through his hair.

"No one told you? Well, I came home real late one night and Darry was yelling at me and got real mad and just hit me! I over reacted a bit and tried to run and I brought Johnny to the park with me and then these Socs came... They tried to kill me but Johnny saved me but killed Bob... We got help from Dally and ran away to this church and we left one day with Dally and we came back and the church was on fire! I didn't know what to do so I just ran in there and Johnny followed and we got the kids out but Johnny... He got caught... Dally went in to save him but we don't know if he's going to be okay yet..." Pony trailed off and I couldn't believe what I had heard. It seemed like something you would only read about in a story, how could this be real? Though I couldn't help but swell with pride when I heard what Dally did for Johnny.

"Dallas is here?" I asked Pony. He nodded.

"He kept asking about you." He told me, I couldn't help but smiled. The whole time I hadn't been able to get him off my mind... I had been on his? I was sure he would be with another girl and just forget about me... Clearly not.

"I have to go see him." I told Pony. "You stay with you're brothers." I looked over and saw reporters coming this way and hurried to leave, "They were really worried about you, you know?" Pony looked down, ashamed.

"I know." He whisper. I didn't get a chance to say more though because the reporters were starting to fire questions. All I could do was slip away hopefully unnoticed. Though that wasn't too hard, Soda was goofing of and joking with them. I smiled at the picture before taking off in search for Dallas Winston.

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It took me FOREVER to find someone who could tell me where Dallas was. I was starting to loose my nerve. I took a deep breath and knock on the door frame to his room. Dallas, who had been twirling his class ring on his finger, snapped his head up. There was clear shock on his face.

"Can I come in?" I asked in a small voice. Why was I so scared? Oh yea, he probably hates me. Memories of our last meeting flashed across my mind. I guess hitting him over the head with a frying pan was a bit much. I held my hands up and walked in.

"I come in peace." I told him. He didn't smile. He looked like a zombie. Is that what I looked like?

"Dallas." I pleaded.

"Only the fuzz call me Dallas." He snapped. I sighed and went over to his side.

"When did you get out of jail?" I asked. He looked looked up at me. His eyes were filled with hate masking, though quite poorly, the hurt.

"Why do you care?" He spat. The tone he used was like the first night we meet. It was like a bullet. It was cold, venomous, cruel even. Though from some reason it did not scare me. I looked down at the scar on my leg. I didn't care how much he had hurt me. I love him. I can't live without him. That much was clear to me. My reason to live? Dallas Winston.

Too bad I blew it.

Why couldn't we just kiss and make up? Why weren't things ever easy?

"Dally." I pleaded. My voice sounded defeated, like I was on the verge of tears, "I love you." I told him. His stony expression didn't change. I sighed and started for the door. A rough hand caught my arm though. I was yanked around by Dallas.

"Wha-?" I managed to get out before his lips crashed onto mine. They were much nicer then the last pair that had "graced" my own. I smiled, I had missed him. All too soon he pulled away. Both of us were smiling. Rachel would love to hear about this one. Dallas held out his ring.

"Be my girl?" He asked. I smiled even wider.

"I would be honored."

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I felt on top of the world. I was with Dallas again. I loved him and he loved me. What could go wrong? The only bad thing was that I wasn't able to see Johnny. Dally told me what had happened. I hoped he would be okay. The gang would be a wreak if... if things turned out badly. I couldn't even think about that. Johnny would be fine. He had to be.

If only I believed myself.

I whistled as I grabbed the mail off the table. Th world just seemed so perfect. Like everything was finally in place. As I looked through everything I came across a large envelope addressed to me. Still smiling, I ripped it open. Though once I read the first paragraph my smile disappeared. I gasped and the letter fluttered to the ground.

This was NOT happening.

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-Jasmine