"Tiffany!"

I immediately woke up and Dally hopped on me.

"Ugh, Dally." I mumbled. "Get off."

"Alright." He replied and hopped off of me.

"What time is it?" I asked sitting up.

"It's almost ten." Ponyboy said coming out of the kitchen.

"I should go home. I need to take a shower and get new clothes." I said.

"Why don't you eat first then, you could go home?" Darry said coming out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around his waist.

"Darry!" Dally exclaimed and covered my eyes.

"Stop it Dally." i said pushing away his hands.

"What? I just don't want you to see a almost naked guy." He replied.

"I've seen worse in the bar and that reminds me I have work tonight! Ugh!" I exclaimed putting my head in my hands.

"You work in a bar?" Darry asked from his room.

"Yeah, Dally got me a job there." I said.

"What bar and where is it?" Darry asked coming out of his room.

"Monyello's Bar. It's on ninth street." I said looking up at him.

I could feel my cheeks getting hot and red. He was wearing a tight black shirt that showed off his muscles, jeans and his hair was pulled back. I looked away quickly but Dally saw this and he, of course, said something.

"Looks like somebody has the hots for you Darry." He chuckled.

"What?!" I yelled, jumped on him and put him in a head lock.

"Wow, I regret teaching you this." Dally said struggling to get out of my grip.

"Hey listen, mom said not to teach me but you didn't listen, as usual." I said and let him go.

"Well, I'll start breakfast." Ponyboy said and returned to the kitchen.

"Hi y'all!" Two-bit came waltzing into the house.

"Hi Two-bit." We all said.

"Tiffany, I heard you scream from the down the block. What's up?" Two-bit asked sitting down in a chair.

"Nothi-"

"I just said," Dally cut me off."That someone has the hots for Darry because when he came out of his room just now, I saw she was blu-"

"No!" I yelled and tackled him again.

"Alright! I surrender!" Dally Exclaimed and I let him loose.

"Breakfast is ready!" Ponyboy said.

I got up carefully. Dally and Darry were watching me. I took a step with my bad foot and pain shot through me. It wasn't as bad as last night but it was still pretty bad. I decided to hop over to the table. So I tried to hop to the table but I almost fell. I caught myself and thought what I could do to get over to the table. I didn't realize Darry came over to me and was about to lift me up. he picked me up and threw me over his shoulder.

"You look like one of those rag dolls!" Two-bit laughed.

I made a face at him and Darry put me down in a chair.

"Thanks." I said. He nodded and went to his seat.

"Thanks for breakfast." I said when we were done."I really have to go now."

"I'll help you to the house." Darry said as he got up.

"No, I don' t want to-" I was cut off by Darry picking me up and throwing me over his shoulder.

"You comin' Dally?" Darry asked.

"Nah, I think I'll go catch a movie." He said.

"When did you ever think." I mumbled.

Darry chuckled at the comment and walked out the door. He walked down the street. His shoulder was digging into my stomach and I was feeling like I was going to puke.

"So, do you really have the hots for me?" Darry asked.

"What?" I asked glaring at the back of his head.

"Well, I saw you blush when I came into-"

"Tiffany!" Darry was cut off by my ex-boyfriend.

"Just keep walking." I mumbled to Darry. He didn't listen. He stopped and put me down. I couldn't stand on my own so his hands were on my shoulders holding me up in case I fell.

"What do you want David?" I asked crossing my arms over my chest.

"I just wanted to say I'm sorry and I love you." David said.

"Ha! You love me! You should have thought about that when I saw you cheating on me with Sylvia! At least you could have picked a prettier girl." I told him. "Darry lets go."

"Alright." He said, picked me up and threw me over his shoulder.

"But I am sorry!" David yelled after us.

I ignored him. I saw him kick the dirt and run back to his house. A tear ran down my face.

"Don't think about him. He's crazy to cheat on you." Darry said.

"What are you saying?" I asked wipping the tear away.

"I'm saying any guy who would cheat on you would have to be crazy." He replied putting me down on my porch. My parents weren't home so...

"Do you want to come in?" I asked.

"Uh, sure." He answered.

I opened the door and held it for him. He hesitated then took a step in. He looked around. I put my jacket on the rack and took my hair down.

"You could take a seat. I'll be out of the shower in a sec." I told him. He nodded and sat down on the couch. "Oh and what time is it?"

"It's twelve." He said.

"Thank you." I said and limped went into the bathroom.

I took a quick shower then went into my room. The shower made the swelling go down in my ankle and I could walk better now. I said I wasn't going to wear a skirt anymore so I picked out light brown pants that looked like a skirt. I picked out a tan shirt and put them on. I opened the door and looked at Darry. He was still sitting on the couch reading the newspaper. He looked up and gave me a quick little grin.

"Let me ask you something, if you don't mind." I said.

"No, not at all." darry said emotionless.

"Why do you never smile?" I said limping over to the couch. He frowned and looked donwn. "You don't have to answer that if you don't want to."

"No, it's alright." He said and put the paper down. I sat next to him and waited. "Well, my parents died in a car wreck and ever since then I barely smile or laugh. I try to but there's nothing to smile at and I hate my smile."

I laughed at the last part. "Well,I'm sorry about your parents and I like your smile. There's nothing to be ashamed of."

He looked at me with soft eyes. I smiled at him trying to get him to smile. He made a small grin which only made my smile grow bigger. He leand towards me slowly. I leand towards him and...