Disclaimer: Ace: Sorry for the short chapter...

Two-Bit: At least it's a chapter...

Dally: Ace doesn't own The Outsiders

I really wanted to know why Dally actually came by. I mean, he didn't tell me anything about Darry or Soda or Steve and it was bugging the crap out of me. Dally and I were talking about random shit until I noticed Dally had something on his mind.

"Dally, there's something botherin' you, right?" I asked. He had moved to the bed with me; he was leaning against the window and I was sitting on the edge of the bed. I was staring at him now. He stared right back at me. We kept it up for a few minutes, staring at each other. Finally, I jumped on him, pulled him to the floor, and pinned him down. I had his wrists pinned to the floor and I was sitting on his legs. He struggled against me for a few until he noticed it was futile. He relaxed and stared right at me. "What's botherin' you, Dal?" I asked again. He remained silent.

"There's nothin wrong with me, Two-Bit." he finally said.

"Yeah there is."

"Get offa me, kid!"

"I'm not a kid! I'm an..." I shuddered, "Adult."

"With the mind of a six year old..."

"What's buggin' you?" He looked away, biting his top lip. "Don't make me lay on you..."

"I talked to Shepard..."

"Tim?" I gasped for a breath. He nodded and looked back at me. His eyebrows raised and fell.

"Yeah..."

"And?"

"He knew about the kid... you know, Kendra's kid..."

This is not goin' so good, I thought, "Stop avoiding the–."

"He refuses to take care of the kid." I shot up. Dally made a weird noise, I guessed I sat weird on his legs.

"Sorry..." I got off of him. "He refuses to take care of the child?" I asked, shrilly. Dally got up too.

"I talked to him and he yelled at me to stop talking to him about it."

"If he wont help with the kid... who will?"

"I don't know..." I laid back against the bed.

"What is she goin' to do with the kid? Abortion?" There was a catch in my voice.

"Golly, I sure hope not!" he yelled at me. "A kid is still a human being!"

"But..."

"I sure couldn't kill an infant..." he added.

"Well... if not abortion, adoption?"

"If she can't take care of the kid..."

"I wont let that happen!" I yelled, shooting up.

"You can't do anything bout it, dude!" It was true, I can't do anything about it. I just can't see my sister killing or giving up the kid. "I have to talk to Tim." I said, getting up. Dally looked up at me.

"Good luck finding him..."

"What?"

"He ran off..."

"That bastard!" There was another catch in my voice. "I'll go find him!"

"How are you gunna...?"

"I'll find a way!" I pulled on my jacket, "I'll search all over Tulsa... all over Oklahoma... all over America if I have to!" I yelled out, "I wont let him run out of this relationship with my sister!"

"Two-Bit..."

"I found out the hard way that Kendra isn't a kid anymore... If Kendra isn't a kid, neither is Tim. Tim has to take the consequences! He's a fucking bastard if he thinks he can run from me." I kicked open the door and ran out. I heard Dally yelling out at me and his footsteps behind me. I jumped onto the railing and slid down on my feet. Once at the bottom of the rail, I jumped off onto a table. I jumped from table to table until I got to the door. There's no way I'm letting Tim get out of Tulsa before a good beating. Dally must of followed me, cause once I got out the door, there were screams and yells from inside, like someone was pushing their way out of the crowd. Finally, he jumped on me from behind and we fell like a ton of bricks. "GET OFF!"

"CALM DOWN!" I stopped instantly. This wasn't Dally... I looked up at him and froze. A cold sweat rolled down my back.

"DARRY?!"

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