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Dally slowly made his way over to the bench where Tim was. He sat down
next to him gingerly. "Why'd you do it?" he asked quietly.
Tim looked over to Dally and shook his head. "Dally, go to bed. Your
drunk and I don't want to have to deal with yah."
Dallys face slid into a sly smile. "I ain't drunk Timmyboy."
Tim studied him silently. "Dal, if you ain't drunk than why the fuck
are you in the cooler. This could wreck your whole trial, you know.
All your hard work for nothing. You get put into jail after everything
you've done. You'll get even more time."
Dally sighed. "Yeah I know. But I also you wouldn't just attack a cop."
Tim groaned. "You heard 'bout that?"
Dally chuckled a little. "Yeah, Jake was bitchin' 'bout it, and we got
into it." After seeing Tim's expression he said, "Glory Tim, I didn't
hit him. We just traded a few words."
Tim sighed openly. He didn't want Dally to get more time in jail on
his account. "So what's that gotta do with your being here?"
Dally shrugged. "Figured you wouldn't wanna, you know, be alone." he
mumbled the last bit, but Tim heard him.
"You risking your whole trial cause you didn't think I wanted to be
alone." he said sarcastically.
Dally sighed. Before he could open his mouth to save himself Tim
muttered a small thanks. Dally grinned. "What'd you say?"
Tim looked over angrily. "I said, thanks" he held his breath waiting
for a snarky comment that never came. "No problem buddy." Dally laughed.
Tim shook his head. "Buddy? What the hell are they feeding you in that
house."
Dally allowed himself to smile for a bit but then put on a serious
expression. "So why'd you do it Tim? Why'd you attack a cop?"
Tim slid off the bench so he sat on the floor and leaned his head back
so it was laid back on the seat. "I didn't attack a cop."
"Tim, trust me. He was a cop."
Tim growled. "Yeah, I know. But he ain't just a cop, he's also..."
Just say it, just say it, just say it. He took a deep breath. "He's
also...my dad." he shut his eyes and waited for a Dallys response.
Dally felt his eyes open wide. He bit his tongue to prevent himself
from swearing. "But...what...how?" he finally managed to get out.
Tim opened his eyes and glared up at Dally. "Well you see, my mom is
thing called a whore. So you see she fucked this one guy, and let's
just say something broke. And nine months later I was born. But you
see, this guy she fucked, he already had a real nice wife, kids,
everything, so he decided to pretend that nothing happened, that I
didn't exist.
And so my mom moved on. She met a few guys, had another couple more
kids, and moved in with Lance," he spat.
Dally slowly digested what Tim had said. He took a deep breath and
made himself think before he spoke. "What happened today? You could
have beaten him any day you wanted, why today? What happened?"
Tim's body shook at the memory. "Lance...does things." He ran his
finger down his scar and Dally understood what he meant. Tim rushed on
quickly. "I mean he hits us, well usually not Curly or Angel, 'cause
I'm there. But..but he tries to do other stuff to Angel. I mean he
hasn't yet, but he tries. And I wasn't there today, so he almost, he
didn't but he almost, raped her an-and when I saw him today I just
snapped. I didn't know what I was doing, but it's all his fault, if he
hadn't have left us, then..."
"Then Lance wouldn't even be around." Dally finished. "And you
wouldn't have to worry about Curly and Angel every second of the day
that your not there."
Tim nodded. He was glad Dally understood. He laughed in disbelief.
"When I was younger sometimes I'd see him around town when I was with
my mom, and he'd say 'hi', see how I was, and I was real happy 'bout it.
I'd think, "He cares 'bout you." You know?
"But then I got older, and when I'd see him, I'd just ignore him. He'd
say hi, and I'd tell him to fuck off. And then he stopped saying hi. I
would see him around town, sometimes even with his family, and he'd
just ignore me, like I wasn't even there."
"I'd tell myself I didn't care, that he left me and obviously didn't
care about me or else he wouldn't let Lance do those things, but I
did, I do..." he stopped and shut his eyes waiting for Dally to laugh
at him. Why did you say all of that stuff? He thought angrily to
himself but inside he was glad he told someone, it made him feel a
little better."
Dally looked at the wall ahead of him with interest and began. "Yeah,
when I lived with my mom, back in New York, she lived with this guy,
Mitch. And everyday he'd hit me...and do other...stuff to me, and
she'd just walk outta the room and ignore it."
"I hated her for that, I mean who would let someone do that to their
own kid, but I always cared for her, had a little bit of hope, that
someday she'd see it happen and not walk out of the room, that she'd
walk over to me, scoop me up and leave. Go someplace nice, like the
ocean, with some real nice guy who acted like a dad, and we could be a
family..."
Tim swallowed hard. He felt bile rising in his throat. He couldn't
believe that happened to Dally, no wonder he's so tough...
He put a hand sympathetically on his shoulder when he slumped down next
to him on the floor. Dally stiffened for a second then relaxed and
leaned into the older boy.
After a few minutes Dally spoke again. "Do you think, maybe, that
nobody truly hates their parents to the bone? That everyone has a
little bit of hope? 'Cause Johnny did too, you saw how bad his parents
beat 'im some nights, but he always went back home."
Tim sighed and thought about it. He wasn't used to people asking him
for his opinion. He pinched the bridge and slowly thought about what
he'd say. "I don't Dal, I mean, I guess they do, but I don't know
everyone, someone out there's parents might be so bad it'd be
impossible not to hate 'em. I think it depends more on the person then
the parents. Someone could had alright parents and hate them just
'cause they're a hateful person. And maybe someone could have horrible
parents but still love them cause they're a caring person."
Dally nodded thinking about what Tim said. It made sense to him. He
grinned and playfully hit Tim and the shoulder. "Yeah, maybe, but that
means your a caring person."
He laughed out loud at Tims face of astonishment. Tim tried to look
mad but grinned in spite of himself. A loud clang caught both of their
attentions by the door.
"You don't think you could hit a cop and not get ANY punishment now do
you?" the man smirked while unlocking the door and shutting it behind
him loudly. "You'll get your turn soon but just watch the door for
now," the man told his partner who was waiting by the door and hitting
his baton suggestively in his hand.
Both boys tensed openly and glared at the man. "I'm gonna get a
punishment dibshit, note the fact I'm sitting in a jail cell waiting
for a trial." Tim said with venom in his words.
The man growled and hit him hard in the gut with the baton leaving him
curled up in the ground in pain. Dally made a move forwards but the man
pointed to him with the baton. "You stay put. You'll have your turn soon
enough."
Tim pushed himself onto his knees and elbows and looked up to him and
gasped, "He didn't do shit, why?"
The man turned and looked at Dally and smiled a sick smile. "He's
Dallas Winston, do I need a reason?"
Dally gritted his teeth but remained silent. You can't fight back to a
cop because than they can say you started it, and attacking a cop would
get you a lot more time than a few months. And who'd believe your word
against a cops?
They took their beatings silently minus a few cuss'. A long fifteen
minutes later the second officer was happy and they took off leaving
the two in the cell.
Dally pushed himself up and stumble over to Tim who had taken a much
worse beating than himself. "You alright?" he questioned carlessly
before slumping down beside him. Tim didn't bother answering, they
both knew his answer wouldn't change anything, whether he was or wasn't
okay.
After a few minutes Dallys breathing had returned to normal and he
shivered slightly dispite his attempts to stay warm. "I'm guessing we
won't get any blankets.." he said to himself. It was going to be a
long night.
So lots of dialogue, but they had to talk so that was unavoidable.
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