Chapter 10
Dally's POV
I stayed at Halley's house while she went to talk to Soda. I sat on the couch and stared at the clock. It struck 5:00 and Halley walked in with a tear-stained face. Her eyes were red and puffy. She fell to the ground. She looked like a mess.
I got up from where I was sitting and put my arms around her and held her in my arms.
"I told him," she said, "and he got mad at me." She started crying. I held her tighter and stroked her hair.
"It's gonna be alright. He'll get over it, I mean, come on, who wouldn't be upset to lose a girl like you?"
That made her smile. So then I smiled. "Soda's gonna want to kill you next time he sees you," she said.
"Don't worry about it. Soda couldn't hurt a fly."
I sat there, with her in my arms, until she was calmed down enough to move from where she was.
Arya walked in about twenty minutes later. I was the only one downstairs because Halley had gone upstairs to take a shower.
"Hey Dallas. You staying for dinner?"
"Sure, if I'm invited."
"Okay. You're invited. Where's Halley?"
"She's upstairs taking a shower and relaxing. She had a hard day. She told Soda about what happened between us last night and this morning."
"What happened this morning?" she asked looking confused.
"We kinda made out on the couch….and on her bed."
"Oh. Just great. So how'd Soda take it?"
"Not too well. He's mad, and he and Halley broke up."
"Oh. Well that sucks….So he knows about you, which means you probably need somewhere to spend the night," I nodded, "You're welcome to the couch if no one else takes it."
"Thanks."
Immediately after, Two-Bit and Steve walked in. They took over the couch, Two-Bit turned on the TV, and he and Steve watched Mickey Mouse.
Arya went into the kitchen to start dinner and I headed upstairs to check on Halley.
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Dally's POV
When I got to her room, she was still in the shower, so I decided to lay on her bed and wait for her.
She walked into her room, fully dressed, and was still looking kinda upset about the whole situation. She came and layed down next to me and I put my arm around her.
We layed there together. She was telling me about the conversation between her and Soda and I was listening and comforting her. While we were laying there, I ended up falling asleep, with Halley in my arms.
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Two-Bit's POV
Dinner was ready so Arya sent me and Steve upstairs to get Halley and Dallas. We very quietly went up the stairs and opened Halley's bedroom door. Then Steve said very loudly:
"Look it what we got here!"
It scared them good because Halley jumped and Dallas fell off the bed. Steve and I laughed until there were tears in our eyes.
Dallas got up off the floor cursing. "Fucking, no-good, son of a bitch."
"Now, now Dally. Watch the language," I said, "What do you two love birds think you're doing?"
"We were making a fucking cake…..What the hell did it look like we were doing?" Dallas said angrily.
"Well it looked like you two were in bed together. Man, is Soda gonna be mad when he hears this."
Dallas gave me an ice cold glare, which kinda scared me, so I shut up.
"Arya wanted us to tell you dinner's ready," Steve finally told him. So they got up and followed us downstairs.
When us four got downstairs, everyone was already at the table. Steve sat next to Soda, and I sat next to him. Pony and Aubree were on the other side of Soda. Daryy and Arya were next to them. Hannah and Johnny were next to me, so that meant there were only two seats left, and they were across from Soda.
"So, what you two were doing upstairs all this time?" Aubree asked.
"I'll tell you what they were doing," I said, "they were in bed together." At this comment, Arya, Darry, Pony, and Soda all almost choked on their food. Steve and I cracked up again.
"No we weren't," Halley said, "well technically we were, but not doing what you think we were doing. We were talking and we fell asleep. Nothing else happened."
Dallas once again gave me that ice cold look and I elbowed Steve, and we stopped laughing.
We finished our dinner in silence. Soda was the first one done. He put his plate in the sink and rushed out of the house.
"Where's he going in such a hurry?" Darry asked confused.
"He probably needed some air after being in the same room with Halley after she broke up with him," I said.
"You broke up with him?" Pony asked, directing the question towards Halley, "Why?"
"Because I became attracted to someone else," she said looking at Dallas.
After that we dropped the subject. Dallas helped Halley in the kitchen, clearing the table and washing dishes, while the rest of us went to look for Sodapop.
We found him sitting on a bench in the park. "Hey Sodapop. What're you doing sitting here all by your lonesome?" Steve asked walking over to him.
I saw him wipe his eyes before looking up. "Hey guys. I'm not doing nothing. Just thinking, that's all."
"About what?" Pony asked.
"I'm trying to figure out how my girlfriend and my friend could hook up like that behind my back."
"Aww man. Don't worry about it too much," Johnny said.
"Yeah, you know how Dallas is. When he wants something, he gets it," said Darry.
"Yeah, I know. But why did he have to want my girlfriend?"
"I don't know man. It probably won't last long though if Dallas pulls a stupid stunt like he always does. Halley will be back in your arms in no time," Pony said.
"What do you mean by stupid stunt?" I asked.
"With every girlfriend he has, he ends up cheating on her."
"Are you serious?" Darry, Pony, and Soda nodded. I looked at Arya. "And you're letting your younger sister date the son of a bitch?"
"I didn't know, so don't try and blame this all on me," Arya said.
"Don't worry Soda. It'll be okay. This whole thing will blow over and Halley will see how much you mean to her," said Hannah, who was now sitting on the bench on the other side of him.
"Come on Soda. Let's go back to the girls' house," Darry said.
"Okay. Let's go," Soda said and reluctantly got up.