A/N Sorry if Dally seems OOC or whatever X) and I don't own The Outsiders. I love the reviews I really do ^.^ and so umm…review? :D

We didn't make it to New York that day. We were only on the road for about 7-8 hours yesterday and today. I asked Dally and he said it takes about a full day of nonstop driving to get there, so I imagined we're about two-thirds of the way there.

When I woke up, Dally was already driving. "We're almost there Liana." He said. He sounded a bit sad when he said it. I smiled though. He calls me by Liana now. He did before, but never so softly. "Ok." I said.

We were quiet most of the way to New York. The mood wasn't angry or gloomy. A little sad but I think we were both happy. Dallas was probably happy because he wouldn't have to deal with me anymore and I was happy because I got to be with my big brother, and he wasn't ignoring me. I thought long and hard about how much I really got to him, if he even cared for just the tiniest thing.

I didn't really want to know if I didn't get to him, but I kind of wanted to know if I did. I didn't indirectly ask anything, I just sat there and waited for something good to happen.

I read a huge sign that said, "Welcome To New York." My smile wasn't showing anymore. I really didn't want to go home. I didn't want to be scolded and I really didn't want Dallas to leave, but there was no way that he'd want to take care of me.

Dally sighed as we went into a more populated part of New York. By now, the sun was going down and the mood was very unsteady in the car. I didn't feel like smiling or laughing, talking even. But Dallas thought other wise.

"Listen…lets go to any store you want. You can pick out one thing, just to make up for your birthday." Dallas said. He parked somewhere and we got off and walked on the sidewalk.

This time when I grabbed Dally's hand, he didn't pull away. Instead, he wrapped his hand around mine. "Did I finally get through to him?" I thought happily. We walked into a candy show first, and being who I am, I still gripped the teddy bear in my other hand.

Dallas and me looked at a bunch of candies, but I ended up not wanting one, no matter how good it looked. We walked into another store, but I wasn't much fond of it because nothing in it interested me. I just saw a bunch of boring books and not much color filled the store. I left immediately when I didn't see anything I liked.

I walked into another store, which seemed to have more weapons than stuffed animals, which Dally seemed to have more of an interest than I did.

As I held Dallas' hand while walked down the street, it started to rain. "Lets walk into this store to avoid getting sick." Dally said, sounding just a bit concerned.

I stayed near the window and watched the pouring rain in the night. I looked at my teddy bear, which barely seemed to be wet at all.

I turned around, hoping to find Dallas, but he was talking to some girl. I walked closer and heard him say his last few words of his sentence. "…we can hang out as soon as I get this little brat back home and out of my life." I dropped my teddy bear, like I did at Pony's house. Dallas hurt me once more. I turned around and ran out of the store, hearing my name being called by Dally. The tears in my eyes and the rain didn't help with my eyesight in the night.

"I can't believe I thought I got through to you!" I thought as I made my way down the sidewalk. I was already drenched with water and slipping down to the ground in a puddle didn't help.

I quickly got back up, feeling tears still flowing down my cheeks. "It was obvious I wasn't wanted! Why didn't I just tell myself that I was doing the impossible at trying to make him open up? Why did I let myself hurt all these years?" I thought as car headlights and street poles zoomed past me.

I turned into this little walkway with a bench and sat down. "Dallas…why did you have to keep hurting me? Constantly, every day…" I said, shaking. My throat was tight. I didn't want to talk; I just wanted to sit in the rain in the middle of the night, crying to my heart's content… crying all those tears that I should've cried all those years.

I heard footsteps and looked up to find Dally, breathing hard a few feet away from me, with my teddy bear in his hand. He was looking down, and I couldn't really tell what the emotions were on his face. I was expecting mad or angry, for ruining him and that girl, or just for running out alone in the rain.

"Liana…" I heard him say. The tears didn't stop though. I think his presence might've made it worse. Sadness and guilt filled his eyes when he finally looked up at me. I got up, not knowing whether to run away or to run to Dallas for actually coming out for me.

Then I felt a sharp pain in the right of my chest, and next thing I knew, I was on the ground. "Liana!" I can hear Dallas yell. My eyesight went out of focus a few times before I saw my big brother holding me in his arms. He looked at my chest and whispered, "No…"

He looked at me in the eyes with his guilty, sad eyes. "I…I'm sorry…for all those years I never noticed you or your love…for not caring until just a few days ago…or for all those times you were there for me, but I was never there for you…" Dallas said softly. "Thank you." I said softly. I closed my eyes.

"Look at me Lia! Don't die on me!" Dally shouted. "I'm ok." I said quietly. It was getting a bit harder to breath. "How can you just forgive me so quickly? How can you not stay mad at me?" Dallas questioned. I smiled. "Because I love you big brother…" I whispered. I could've sworn I saw tears in his eyes.

He pulled me into a hug. I gladly wrapped my arms around him. "I love you too…little sis…" He whispered into my ear. I smiled. "He said it…he finally said it…" I thought happily.

Dallas' Point Of View

I tried to not let those darn tears fall. I held Liana in my arms like she was my lifeline. What was I doing? Why didn't I get help? …Maybe somewhere in the back of my mind I knew it was too late. I didn't want to think that. I didn't want to see Liana die. I didn't want to see her annoying little smile, that was sort of cute, go away. Her green soft eyes and her little giggle that I remember so long ago will vanish forever. Why did I only start noticing now?

"I only ignored you because I thought you were fine with Mom and Dad's love…they loved you more than me…wasn't it obvious?" I whispered. I felt Liana nod her small head.

"I left only thinking of myself…I…I'm sorry…" I whispered, not wanting to say sorry. I hated those words, but Liana needed to hear them. "I loved Johnnycake more, but only because he was like me. I thought he needed me, and when I thought had nothing left, I needed him, too." I said softly. "But you thought wrong…" Liana whispered. I could still feel her warm tears. "I opened up to you…I might've not made up for all those years but I was glad to do something…" I said softly.

"This is what I wanted all those years…for you to see me…thank you for…accepting me…" Liana whispered lowly. Her grip around me loosened. I felt my eyes grow wide. "Liana…don't go…" I said into her shoulder. I closed my eyes to reduce tears, but it didn't help, and the tears fell slowly down my face, along with the heavy rain.

I still had my grip tight around Liana, and personally, I didn't want to let go. She was gone now. It was too late for me to open up to her anymore than I barely had…this is exactly what I didn't want…to loose her after I started to care for her. "Liana…come back down to Earth…" I barely choked out. "Stay with me…" I pleaded, but I couldn't get her back, and will never be able to now. So I just kneeled there, in the pouring rain, holding my little sister's dead body…can my life get any worse?

A/N No Johnny isn't dead if you're wondering and if he was, Dally wouldn't know :/ He's talking more about his childhood though :C and sorry if making him cry made him OOC, and sorry for any misspellings and grammar issues XC But umm… that's it :3