[Dally POV]
I hadn't seen Johnny in a couple days, which was disappointing to me. I walked into the Curtis's, slightly hoping Johnny would be there. Ponyboy was sitting on the couch, he looked over at me. He smiled slightly at me and put his attention on the T.V. I took a seat by him, I looked at what he was watching. He was watching a stupid documentary, this is why I hate watching T.V. with Pony. I sat there for a few moments, trying to get my thoughts together. I thought it was kinda strange that Pony never introduced his friend to me, they've been friends for over 10 years and I never met him. I thought it was rather rude but I didn't really know how to confront him about it. I glanced over at Pony and his eyes were practically glued to the screen. I nudged him in the side with my elbow, he only shifted a bit and didn't look at me. I sighed and I waved my hand in-front of his face. He looked over at me looking annoyed,
"What, Dally?" he said in a bored tone. I really wanted to slap him on the side of the head but I decided not to.
"Why did you never introduce me to Johnny?" I said and he tried to look confused. "I don't know what you're talking about." he said and glanced at the T.V., Pony is a terrible liar.
"Don't lie to me, tell me why." I said sternly and he shifted away from me.
"Dal, I really don't know what you're talking about.." he said quietly and I chuckled a bit, "You're a terrible liar,kid." I said and he tried to get up from the couch.
I grabbed his arm and he looked at me like I lost my mind. "Dally, if you hurt me you know you'll be dead.." He said shakily and I pulled him onto the couch again. I let go of his arm and he looked at me, his eyes full of fear.
"You better give me the truth." I said and he began to sweat nervously.
"I can't tell you Dal.." he said nervously and I sighed, "and why is that?" he looked away from me.
"He's different..he's dangerous.." Pony whispered, the fear in his eyes intensified.
"Dangerous? How the fuck would a small guy like him be dangerous?" I said, annoyed.
Pony tried to get up again but I pulled him back down, not loosening my grip on his arm. Pony squirmed a bit but he gave up. "Dally, you're hurting me.." he said and tried to pry my fingers off. "I'm not letting you go until you tell me the truth." I growled slightly. The front door opened and I looked to see who it was, it was Soda.
Soda noticed my death grip on his little brother's arm, Pony was looking at Soda with a pleading look. Soda's face turned into concern and he quickly walked over to Pony and I. Soda pulled my hand off of Pony's arm and pulled him away from me.
"What the heck are you guys fightin' about?" Soda said looking over at me.
"We weren't fightin' more like arguing." I said calmly and Pony looked at me like he was offended.
"Just arguin'?! You had a death grip on my arm! You near about cut off circulation!" Pony said angrily, "and besides we weren't arguing neither. ", I sat there with a scowl on my face. Soda had a confused look on his face,
"If you weren't fightin' or arguin' then why did Dallas have such a grip on you?" He said and Pony looked at Soda.
"He was askin' about..Johnny.." Pony said quietly, he got extra quiet when he said Johnny. Soda looked at me and I made eye contact with him, he looked away almost instantly.
"What about Johnny?" Soda said, his voice was a fake tone of slight happiness. I smiled slightly and put my hands in my pants pockets, "I was just wonderin' why you never introduced us to each other.." I said, slightly mocking Soda's tone.
"How do you know about Johnny..?" Soda said nervously, "You've only seen him.." he muttered.
"I met him at Buck's, we really liked each other." Soda looked at me with a worried look, "Bucks?" Soda said a bit shocked.
"Yeah...So Soda, can you tell me why?" I said with a slight playful tone, Soda shook his head slowly "No,no I can't." .
I felt straight up irritated now, what was so bad about Johnny? he seemed to be just a regular guy, though he was a bit socially awkward but that just made him cute to me.
"What's so damn bad about Johnny?" I said in a demanding tone. Soda had a slight scowl on his face.
"There's nothing bad about him as a person...it's more of what he is.." Pony said and Soda dug his elbow into Pony's ribs.
"Then what is he?" I said impatiently, Soda sighed heavily. "Dallas...just listen to us, Johnny is an amazing person but...he's not like us.." Soda said calmly, almost in a comforting way.
"Not like us? What?" I said, my face twisted into confusion. Soda sighed "He's a vampire..just not what we are..", I became even more confused. Now that I thought about it, Johnny did have fangs...i'm surprised I didn't notice before. I didn't understand how that made him dangerous, he seemed pretty normal.
"What's wrong with him? Is he psychotic?" I said and Soda didn't answer, he just brushed my question off.
"Let's not talk about it anymore, me and Pony are getting stressed.." Soda said and looked at Pony, he nodded in agreement. They left the room and left me sitting there with so many unanswered questions. I hope the next time I see Johnny, he can answer some of these questions.
