~~~~~Next day~~~~
Dallas' POV
I was so happy when I finally got to Tulsa. I missed Alison, even though I wasn't gone that long, but still. I pulled up to the Curtis house, it was around 3 in the afternoon, so I figured everyone was here. I looked over at Zoe and smiled, seeing her sleeping. I quietly got out of the car and went over to the passenger side. I carefully picked her up, without waking her and holds her so she was on my hip. She was pretty small for her age and I wondered why that was. It didn't matter too much to me though. I made sure she was on the side where Jack hadn't cut me.
I walked in the house and all the guys looked over at me. "Dally!" They yelled happily. I looked at Zoe, hoping she was still asleep. Sadly, my hopes were crushed as I saw her slowly open her eyes. "hey Zo Zo." I said. Zoe rubbed her eyes. "hey Dal." she said and looks around the room. "What happened to your eye?" Alison asked, she must have gotten up and walked over to me. She looked at the cuts around my eye. "Its no big deal, just a few cuts. My dad and I got into a fight." I said. "How badly are you hurt?" She asked.
"Not bad." I told her and smiled a bit. "Liar." Zoe said. "Thanks for the help Zo." I said sarcastically. "Welcome." Zoe said. "So how badly are you really hurt?" Alison asked. I sigh and set Zoe down. "Besides the cuts around my eye, I have a few broken ribs and a deep cut on my side. I'm fine though." I told her. I was really just ignoring the pain, but I wouldn't tell anyone that. "Did ya clean yourself up?" Darry asked.
"No, I went to see my old gang. We just caught up and Blade cleaned me up, so I'm good." I informed them. "Blade?" Two-bit asked, like it was a weird. "Nickname, but don't act like its a weird name." I said and Two-bit chuckles, nodding. "So how many people are in your old gang?" Steve asked. "5, there's Blade, Blake Storm, Emmet and Snake." I told them and the guys nodded.
Zoe was staying close to me, I think she was either shy or she just didn't know what to do. "Oh, this is Zoe. Zoe these are the guys. Darry, Soda, Pony, Steve, Two-bit, Johnny and Alison." I said, pointing to each one as I said their name. Zoe waved, still close to me. "hey." she said and I picked her up again. "Ok, ya sure she's like 11 or 12?" Steve asked. "Yea, she just looks younger." I said. "She looks small for her age." Darry said.
I nod and sit down, with Zoe in my lap. "You look tired." Alison said, looking at me. "I am, I haven't slept in about 3 days." I told her and yawns. "Did ya just drive all the way there, then back here without sleeping?" Pony asked. "Yup." I said. "You should go get some sleep." Alison said. "I don't want to take Zoe with me to Buck's." I said. "Then leave her here." Darry suggested. "I don't know." I said, I didn't want to leave Zoe alone. I knew she'd be with the guys, but I wanted her to be safe with me.
"I can clear out the spare bedroom and y'all can stay there." Darry told me. "Thanks Dar." I said and looks at Zoe. Darry nods and gets up, walking to the spare bedroom. I glad that Darry was willing to let us stay at his house. I didn't want to lose Zoe again, she was my only family left. I was gonna start being protective of her again, like I was before I left New York. I needed to be there for her again, I had to. My mom was probably disappointed in me already, I left my baby sister with that monster, I hate myself so much for that.
"Dallas hello?!" I heard Steve yell in my ear. I jumped and looked at him, pushing my thoughts aside. "What?" I asked, slightly annoyed. Now I couldn't hear out of that ear now. "We called ya like 5 times and Zoe even slapped ya." Two-bit told me. I never felt her slap me, probably wasn't hard. "Oh." I said. "Turning into Pony?" Soda asked and chuckled. Pony looked up from his book, hearing his name. "Oh Dally came back, hey." Pony said and waved at me. "Wow Pony you're really slow." Steve said. "I was reading. I didn't hear y'all say anything. I just heard my name." Pony told us. "He's even more clueless then Dally was." Two-bit said, laughing.
I rolled my eyes. "I was just thinkin', what did y'all want anyway?" I asked. "Ya think?" Two-bit asked like he was astonished. I slapped the back of his head. "I'm not stupid Two-bit, of course I think." I said, I really was smart. They just didn't know how smart I really am. "Ok well anyway, Darry finished cleaning out the spare bedroom." Soda said. "I don't mind if Zoe and ya live here either." Darry said. "Thanks Dar." I said and get up, putting Zoe on my hip again. "Anytime Dal." Darry said. Zoe yawns, she didn't sleep a whole lot in the car. "We're gonna go take a nap." I said and kissed Alison's cheek. She smiled at me. "Ok." the guys chorused and I walked to the spare room. I laid Zoe down and took my leather jacket off. That was weird for me to do, I always wear it even during hot summer days.
I set my jacket on the dresser and laid next to Zoe. I carefully hold her close to me and close my eyes. She cuddled up to me, but was careful, not wanting to hurt me. I really loved my little sister, now that she was back, I hoped I could sleep better now. Soon enough I fell into a deep sleep quickly, being really tired. For once, I slept peacefully, no dreams or nightmares. I held my little sister protectively in my sleep.
