A month after Charlotte returned home she and Darry were hanging out at his house for the day. They were sitting on his couch while Soda was flipping through the channels.
"Come on Soda, find something already," Darry grumbled as Soda flipped through the channels one last time. He finally stopped on some show.
"I have no idea what this is but its better then nothing," Soda replied as he got up and sat in the chair. Darry and Charlotte shrugged, not knowing either. The three of them sat there and tried to watch whatever show that was on.
A while later Pony came in from hanging out with Johnny at the park, "I'm going to get a slice of cake anyone else want one?" Pony asked and Darry got up to help him. Soda and Charlotte nodded in reply as Darry and Pony went to the kitchen. Darry grabbed the plates down and helped Pony put the cake on the plates. They each took two and went to the living room.
Darry handed a slice to Charlotte than sat down next to her, "thanks," Charlotte replied and Darry nodded with a mouthful of cake. She chuckled at him also with a mouthful.
"After this what all to do?" Darry asked the others with a smile. Charlotte smiled back and shrugged, "Wow, that's helpful," Darry told her and she chuckled.
"Sorry, just, I'm not sure what all to do today, just about all the painting is done in my house," she told him and he gave her a confused look.
"What do you mean just about all is done?" he asked as he ate another bite of cake.
"I found more things that'll need to be done," she simply replied.
"Oh really?" he joked with her, "well the four of us could go over and paint if you want, it'll give us all something to do."
"Sounds good to me," she replied and glanced at Soda and Pony, "how about it?"
"Let's go," Soda said as he quickly finished his cake. Pony nodded in reply as he got up and took care of the plates. Charlotte and Darry put their shoes on and waited for Pony and Soda to hurry up. The boys came out, got their shoes on and they all left the house and went to Charlotte's place.
They all entered after she unlocked her door, "So, what all do you want painted?" Soda asked as he sat on the couch.
"Well, you and Pony could take those two stands out and paint them in this light brown," she told him. Pony grabbed the can of paint and two brushes while Soda grabbed the two stands and the two left out the front door.
"What do you want us to do?" Darry asked her with a smile.
"Well, I was honestly thinking of re-painting my dresser, but if you want we could go to the kitchen and re-paint the walls and let the boys do the dresser?" she asked in reply. He took her hand and took her up to her room.
"We can paint the dresser in here," he told her and grabbed two brushes when he saw that she had the dresser drawers out and all placed on newspaper on the floor. She took one of the brushes and opened the can of white that was next to her. She took the screw driver she had close by and stirred her paint up.
Once the paint was good and stirred she started to paint the front of the drawer that was next to her. Darry started on the dresser, "What the whole thing in the white or what?" Darry asked.
"Yeah, the whole thing will be white, well the nobs will be in the pale green," she told him and he nodded and started to paint the dresser.
Soda and Pony got done with the stands they went into the house and saw the others missing, "Dar? Charlotte?" Soda called and got no reply. They headed upstairs to see if they were up there. When they got to the bedroom they saw a site they never thought they'd see again, Darry and Charlotte were making out.
Soda and Pony slowly made their way into the room, "The painting is done," Soda said making the two jump.
They pulled apart, "oh, um, okay, thanks guys, the kitchen needs to be re-painted, the paint is chipped in a few spots," Charlotte told them kinda embarrassed that they were caught.
"Let's go then," Darry told her and the four of them went down to the kitchen.
"I already have the paint in here, I got things around because I was going to paint the stuff this week," she told them as she handed out paint brushes to everyone and took one for herself.
The guys nodded, "So, I'll start on this wall, Soda you can take that one, Pony the one that leads into the dinning room and that'll leave you with the small wall," Darry spoke up. They all nodded and went to the walls and opened the can of paint that was there.
Darry opened his paint and saw that he had pale green, "pale green and white for the kitchen, I like the colors," he told her with a smile. She smiled back and the four of them painted the walls. When the walls were done they all went to the living room and sat down for a while.
"Thanks for the help guys," Charlotte told them as they went over to Darry's house instead.
"You're welcome," they all replied as they all relaxed. Darry reached over and turned the radio on that was on the stand next to him.
"It's better then listening to the silence," Darry told them all and they nodded in reply.
"True, anything is better then silence," Charlotte spoke up in reply.
About four hours later Char goes to her house to do some cleaning she needs to get done. Such as dishes and sweeping the floor and some laundry she needed to do. Some of the gang stop by Darry's and they all hang out and play some poker.
"So Darry, what's going on between you and Char, she's normally here?" Two-Bit questioned.
"She had things of her own to do and I wanted to hang out with you guys," Darry simply replied. They all smiled and finished the game of poker.
Two hours later, "Well, I am going to head to Charlotte's she told me whenever I needed a place to crash the spare room at her house is mine, so I'm gonna use it," Dallas announces and leaves the house. He goes over to Char's and she's sitting on the couch reading a book. She glances up and smiled.
"Hey Dallas, did you eat?" She asked kindly.
"Yeah, Dar made burgers for everyone," he replied and joined her on the couch.
"Okay, is everything okay Dallas?" she asked not looking up from her book.
"Yeah just tired, I'm heading to bed, night sis," he told her and she smiled and glanced up at him.
"Good night Dallas, see you in the morning," she replied placing her book mark in her book, then placing her book on the coffee table, "I'm also heading to bed, you know where my room is if you need me." Dallas nodded and watched her go up stairs to her room.
The next morning Dallas woke up to the smell of bacon and eggs being made. He slowly crawled out of bed and went to the kitchen and saw Charlotte at the stove cooking.
"Morning Char," Dally greeted.
"Morning Dallas," she replied, "coffee's done if you want a cup."
Dally nodded and got two cups down and poured them each a cup.
(Dally's POV)
"So, that looks like a good breakfast," I told Char looking over her shoulder.
"Thank you Dallas, it sounded good so I decided that it's what I'll make," she told me with a soft smile.
Okay yeah a tough hood like me does have feelings for a girl, but this girl is more of a sister to me then anything else, ever since my mother left dad and I, she was the one I could talk to about anything. Hell she took the place of a mother figure to me. But, she's now more of a sister. When she left like she did it hurt like hell not knowing where she was going or anything.
"Dally, is everything okay?" Charlotte's voice brought me back from my thoughts.
"Yeah, just thinking sis," I told her and her smile got bigger.
(Char's POV)
I could tell that something was bugging Dallas, I can read that kid like a book sometimes. I glanced at him and he had a worried look in his eyes, but I knew better to bug him about his feelings.
"Dally, I am sorry for leaving like I did," I started and got a sigh in return from Dallas, " I really had no choice but to go, mom and dad just packed me up and told me to go to college."
"I know," he sharply told me.
"Dally, you are my kid brother and I never meant to hurt you like that," I told him and got a smirk in return, "I know you better than that Dallas, you do know how to smile, kid." With that he smiled a true smile, "I knew it."
"Funny sis," he told me and that made me smile. We have this relationship that no one can understand, not even Darry. We call each other bro and sis all the time, when he really wants something he'll call me sissy or Char-Char, "um Sissy, I do have a question." he told me and as I said, when he calls me sissy he wants something.
"What's up?" I asked not sure how to reply, you never can tell with Dallas what he's gonna ask or anything.
"Well, I was wondering if it'll be alright if I stayed a few days, the old man kicked me out again?" he asked.
"You know you don't need to ask Dallas I already told you, you could stay as long as needed," I told him and got a hug, surprisingly, from him. I hugged him back, " I do love you Dallas, and you know you can come to me to talk about anything," I told him as we were hugging.
"Love you too sis and I know I can, it's just hard sometimes to talk about things," he replied and I nodded in agreement. After that we ate in silence, I guess since neither of us really knew what to talk about. After breakfast Dallas, shockingly, did the dishes up for me as I got ready for work.
"I'll be home around six or six-thirty," I called to Dallas as I did my hair and make up in the bathroom.
"Okay, want me to have supper made?" he asked.
"If you want," I told him in return, "Well, I'm off, have fun and feel free to stick around here if you want, it's your house also." he gave me a smile and shooed me off to work.
"Have fun sis," he told me and I rolled my eyes.
"I'll try, you have fun also," I told him and left for work.